1970 London Mexico - World Cup Rally- The LAC's Mike Wood his Rally Years

[@aureliobrighton1871]

I certainly have no idea of the strain and traps a Rallye like this would bring. So I was thinking, how can cars so different in concept equally make it. E.g. 'lightweight' Bmw, 'tank' Volvo, 'caprice' DS ... 'mini' Mini. All those delicate working pieces of the drive chain, steering etc. It is marvellous. And you can't just stop another, civil Triumph to transplant the 7th set of halfshafts. Another aspect is the adventure itself. We were in Siciliy in the early 80s with our brandnew 900 ems Saab, and going to Enna already was thrilling to us. It is like going from Cadogan Gardens to Kensington High Street in comparison. Well, thank you for the lift and Vaia con Dios 🌷:) P.S. was that a Rolls at 17:18 😯

[@tikkathreebarrels]

Honestly I found this a but disappointing in that I hoped to hear from Mike Wood himself but I gave up on the "9mm home movie with contemporary jolly music format". I was actually a member of LAC back when Tony Fall and Mike Wood were the big thing in rallying west of the Pennines and LAC was better known for running sprints and hillclimbs than anything else. Actually I might have already enjoyed this footage in period at a clubnight at the pub halfway up Pendle Hill!

[@LancashireAutomobileClub-hy9kr]

Mike filmed all these on his 8mm home movie camera ( I assume in those days no microphone) in between navigator duties & he had the contemporary music added shortly afterwards so guess its music "of its time" he gave us a copy of his movies on DVD which is what we are sharing.