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The 100 Miles of Amsterdam

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Roland and Astrid Kok coming from underneath the Rijks Museum.

Story by Pete Vack
All photos by Wico Mulder

A few days before Christmas, the citizens of Haarlem and Amsterdam witnessed one of the most unusual rallies ever conceived, the 100 Miles of Amsterdam, open only to prewar classics. It was another brainstorm of rally wizard Bart Kleyn, a full time rally organizer who had previously studied Molecular Sciences at the Agricultural University of Wageningen and then obtained a PhD in Oncology/Hematology at the University of Virginia. [Read more…] about The 100 Miles of Amsterdam

Pre-War Lancias Wanted to Pursue Ark of the Covenant

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If you have ever thought about doing an “Indiana Jones” and have a pre-war Lancia, (or any other classic) now’s the time to get in touch with Bart Kleyn for next year’s Via Flaminia Coloniale Ethiopian Rally. Bart has recced out the route and below are some of the places he’s got scheduled.

And as everyone by now knows, Ethiopia was once a hotbed of neat Italian cars…some still surface here and there. According to Kleyn, “In the five years that the Italians did colonize Ethiopia they left a deep impression. Most of the road system we know in this vast country was constructed during that period, just before the war. With the Italians came not only the roads but also the cars. In that period regular races where held with Alfa’s, OM , Fiat, Maserati and Lancia.”
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