Nobody actually knows which pieces of automotive detritus will show up at the starting line on Day 1 before it actually happens. There are two reasons for this… First, not every team announces what they will be bringing in advance. Second, not every team that does announce what car they are bringing in advance will actually make it to the starting line. There is a frighteningly high rate of attrition when trying to get 20+ year old, sub-$500 cars to move out of the driveway much less several hundred or thousand miles to the starting line of the Rally. However, some teams have announced their intentions and most of them have a history of making to the starting line (or catching up with the Rally a few days later) and so we have a sense for at least some of the craptacular vehicles that should be coming along for the adventure.
And craptacular they are! In addition to our own 1969 Dodge Dart Custom barn rescue, a few of the more… interesting… vehicles expected at the starting line include:
– a 1971 Ford C-750 Cab Over gas semi tractor
– a 1971 VW Beetle
– a 1974 VW Thing
– a 1978 Mercury Colony Park wagon
– a 1981 Lancia Beta coupe
– a 1985 VW Quantum Diesel (modified to run on waste vegetable oil (WVO))
Peruse the slideshow below to see some of the rust, duct tape and bailing wire holding together the remains of once-spectacular cars competing in the 2013 BigApple2BigEasy Rally!
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