Rally Sweden 2015
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
BEING THE LAST STAGE HERE,FOR THE 'HISTORICS' MOST OF THE DRIVERS WERE PUSHING HARD....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
SOME WERE GETTING 'AIR'.......SOME MORE THAN OTHERS
THE OLD VOLVO'S STILL GOING REMARKABLY WELL....
BUT NO MATCH,FOR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE.....
THE OLD VOLVO'S STILL GOING REMARKABLY WELL....
BUT NO MATCH,FOR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE.....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE OLD TR7 V8 MAKE IT TO THE FINISH......ALONG WITH THE 'ASCONA' AND THE 'FINNISH' V4
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
FROM UP HIGH,ON THE STAGE,WE COULD SEE DOWN ONTO THE 'SERVICE AREA'.....AND THE HISTORIC 'CREWS',AS THEY GOT BACK...
WAITING FOR THE LAST OF THE 'SAABS' TOP PASS OVER THE YUMP,WE TREKKED DOWNHILL,TO INVESTIGATE....
WAITING FOR THE LAST OF THE 'SAABS' TOP PASS OVER THE YUMP,WE TREKKED DOWNHILL,TO INVESTIGATE....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
NOT SEEING THE 'WHITE 99EMS',COME THROUGH THE FINAL STAGE,WE FOUND IT BEING LOADED UP ON THE TRAILER,IN THE SERVICE PARK....
BEING INQUISTIVE,WE ASKED THE QUESTION...?
THE ALTERNATOR HAD GIVEN UP,JUST A FEW STAGES BEFORE THE END OF THE RALLY...
BUT THE 'CREW' WERE STILL UPBEAT,AND THANKFUL AT LEAST THE '99EMS' WAS STILL IN ONE PIECE...
THEY WERE ALSO CURIOUS,AS WHERE WE WERE FROM...?
IT WASN'T LONG,BEFORE THEY HAD THE BONNET OPEN,AND WE WERE SWAPPING STORIES ABOUT,EACH OTHER'S 99.....
IN FACT,THIS CAR,IS 'OLA STROMBERGS'....EX-WORKS ' 99 EMS'
BEING INQUISTIVE,WE ASKED THE QUESTION...?
THE ALTERNATOR HAD GIVEN UP,JUST A FEW STAGES BEFORE THE END OF THE RALLY...
BUT THE 'CREW' WERE STILL UPBEAT,AND THANKFUL AT LEAST THE '99EMS' WAS STILL IN ONE PIECE...
THEY WERE ALSO CURIOUS,AS WHERE WE WERE FROM...?
IT WASN'T LONG,BEFORE THEY HAD THE BONNET OPEN,AND WE WERE SWAPPING STORIES ABOUT,EACH OTHER'S 99.....
IN FACT,THIS CAR,IS 'OLA STROMBERGS'....EX-WORKS ' 99 EMS'
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
EVEN ORIGINAL 'MINILITE' ALLOYS,BEND IN THE SNOW
NOTE 'MODIFEID' ALLOY PEDAL BOX,BATTERY SUNK INTO BULKHEAD,MODIFIED' REAR ENGINE MOUNT(TO CYL.HEAD) TO ALLOW REMOVAL OF EXHAUST MANIFOLD
NOTE 'MODIFEID' ALLOY PEDAL BOX,BATTERY SUNK INTO BULKHEAD,MODIFIED' REAR ENGINE MOUNT(TO CYL.HEAD) TO ALLOW REMOVAL OF EXHAUST MANIFOLD
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
JOB SATISFACTION....
NOTE 'EXTRA' TRAVEL,MODIFIED SUSPENSION 'DRIVESHAFT TUNNELS',AND THE COOLING DUCTS TO THE FRONT BRAKES.....
THE 99EMS WAS RUNNING,STANDARD 'FRONT HANDBRAKE' TYPE CALIPERS,WITH SOLID DISCS....
NOTE 'EXTRA' TRAVEL,MODIFIED SUSPENSION 'DRIVESHAFT TUNNELS',AND THE COOLING DUCTS TO THE FRONT BRAKES.....
THE 99EMS WAS RUNNING,STANDARD 'FRONT HANDBRAKE' TYPE CALIPERS,WITH SOLID DISCS....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
AFTER WE HAD 'INTERROGATED' THE 'CREW' OF THE '99 EMS',WE HAD A GOOD WANDER AROUND THE SERVICE PARK.....YOU NEVER KNOW,JUST WHAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BRING ALONG,EVEN IF IT WAS NOT COMPETING.....
THIS LOVELY TOYOTA COROLLA,WORKS LIVERY BORE THE CREW 'HANNU MIKKOLA-ARNE HERTZ' ON THE WING....
THIS LOVELY TOYOTA COROLLA,WORKS LIVERY BORE THE CREW 'HANNU MIKKOLA-ARNE HERTZ' ON THE WING....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
FURTHER DOWN THE 'RUNWAY',AT THE 'SERVICE PARK,WE WERE ACCOSTED,BY A LOVELY YOUNG LADY,ENFORCING 'FREE COFFEE' AND 'HOMEMADE' BISCUITS UPON US......
AFTER A MORNING IN THE FOREST,THIS WAS MOST WELCOME,AS IT WAS COMPLIMENTARY......
ALONG WITH SOME 'FREE' GIFTS......
'PRACTICAL' ONES OF COURSE,THIS IS SWEDEN...
SO SOME 'DAYGLO' JACKETS AND 'ICE SCRAPERS; WERE GLEEFULLY HAD !!
HOWEVER,I WAS A LITTLE MORE CURIOUS AS TO WHAT EXACTLY? THE YOUNG LADY WAS PROMOTING..?
'ELECTRIC VEHICLES' USED THROUGH OUT 'VARMLAND',AND THE 'NEW' TOYOTA,WITH 'HYDROGEN FUEL CELL' WHICH IS ONLY JUST BEING INTRODUCED IN 'NORWAY'......
VERY INTERESTING STUFF....!!
AFTER A MORNING IN THE FOREST,THIS WAS MOST WELCOME,AS IT WAS COMPLIMENTARY......
ALONG WITH SOME 'FREE' GIFTS......
'PRACTICAL' ONES OF COURSE,THIS IS SWEDEN...
SO SOME 'DAYGLO' JACKETS AND 'ICE SCRAPERS; WERE GLEEFULLY HAD !!
HOWEVER,I WAS A LITTLE MORE CURIOUS AS TO WHAT EXACTLY? THE YOUNG LADY WAS PROMOTING..?
'ELECTRIC VEHICLES' USED THROUGH OUT 'VARMLAND',AND THE 'NEW' TOYOTA,WITH 'HYDROGEN FUEL CELL' WHICH IS ONLY JUST BEING INTRODUCED IN 'NORWAY'......
VERY INTERESTING STUFF....!!
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
'YAMAHA' WERE ALSO THERE,IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE MY 'LAD' HAD TALKED HIS WAY INTO A TEST DRIVE......
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
THE 'WRC' WAS STILL OF COURSE ,RUNNING'FOR ANOTHER TWO DAYS......
'HELICOPTERS',BUZZED ABOVE.....
AS THE SUN,BEGAN TO SINK.....
'HELICOPTERS',BUZZED ABOVE.....
AS THE SUN,BEGAN TO SINK.....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
NOW,IF THE PHOTO'S ARE NOT REALLY DOING IT FOR YOU........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8fqyhkn5H0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8fqyhkn5H0
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
The driving is always amazing but i have to say that watching that video felt like I was just watching the same car over and over again. The body styles just seem to mirror each other completely these days.
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