I leave tomorrow to compete with my bro-in-law in the 2013 Rallye du Maroc Historique. A 6-day, 2500km rally through the Moroccan countryside. There are 85 teams participating, more than 25% are 911's. Our car is prepped and enroute to Marrakech.

 

good luck

 

Very nice... Enjoy!

 

Good luck and have fun

 

Here are some pics from the rally. We started 60th and finished 26th overall. I thought it was going to be a battle between Porsche 911 and Ford Escort but in the end, the winner was a '75 Peugeot 504 V6 Coupe. 2nd and 3rd place were Porsche 911's. What a great experience driving through the Atlas mountains and numerous Moroccan towns. Morocco is a beautiful country and their people are very nice, friendly and accomodating. Although most of the rally teams spoke French, a few that spoke English helped us along the way.



Our '72 Porsche 911








'70 Porsche 914/6




'75 Peugeot 504 V6 Coupe. Won 1st place overall.


End of Day 5 - the three Tuthill 911's in our team being prepped for the start of Day 6


'81 Renault 5 Turbo


On Day 2, we had a broken seal on one of our exe-tc dampers. Same dampers used on WRC and Subaru Rally Team USA cars.


Start of Day 4 at Parc Ferme in the town of Merzouga, at the edge of the Sahara desert.


High up in the Atlas mountains.


'66 Porsche 911 S


'69 Citroen DS Coupe


'85 Citroen Visa 1000 Pistes


'81 Porsche 911 SC


'81 Porsche 911


'77 Ford Escort RS Mk2. Finished 4th place overall.


'68 Ford Escort 1600 Twincam Mk1


'80 Mercedes 500 SLC Coupe


'82 Opel Manta 400


Waiting in line to start a special stage.


'75 Porsche 911. Won 2nd place overall.


'80 Mazda RX7


'72 Porsche 911


The mountains we drove by were just spectacular.






A common sight - Me and my fellow co-drivers waiting for our designated check-in time at stage time control

 

One of the other 911's in our team was owned and driven by Paolo Faldini. Paolo started 18th and finished 7th overall in the rally. Paolo owns a Porsche 934, the 3rd one that rolled off the factory line in 1976. He said he bought the car from someone in the USA. He sent it to Kremer in Germany and it took 2 years to be restored. The 934 is a racing version of the 911 Turbo, only 400 manufactured, prepared to FIA Group 4 specifications. The factory engine was a 3.0L that produced 480hp. Paolo's car produces 700hp.

Here is Paolo in front of his Tuthill-prepared 911.


Pics of his '76 Monaco Blue 934.

 

Amazing photos, the scenery looks stunning. Thank you for sharing. When is the next race ?

 

The 2013 rally video just got published.

http://www.historicrally-tv.com/Maroc-2013_v15.html

3 mins. into the video, the special stage up the mountain on Day 1 was fun and breathtaking. On Day 2, the 1st special stage passed by the painted (blue) rocks of Tafraoute. In 1985, a Belgian artist used 18 tons of paint to color the large boulders. It was weird to see that out in the middle of nowhere. On Day 4, we end up in Ifrane, a beautiful Swiss-like ski resort town up in the mountains. With pine trees and luscious green landscapes, it was a refreshing sight after driving four days through desert terrain.

Other videos: Rally aerial views

 

Very cool. Thank you for posting the video, I'll have to watch it tonight though when I get home and can actually hear it

 

wow thats way to cool!! reminds me of my dads home State of Rajasthan, India