1973: RABAT To CASABLANCA - A Rally Adventure | Wheelbase | Classic Motorsport | BBC Archive

[@MichaelLoda]

Great stuff from the archives in amazing quality, it's surprising how good those old footages look when digitized properly

[@user-th1zp6ju5e]

Brilliant clip - loved the humour - thank you

[@TinLeadHammer]

This was a nice long piece! A rally must be an adventure, a cross-country drive, a marathon, a rally-raid. It was the time when the DS can do as a rally car! Paris-Dakar Rally was/is probably the most well-known. Silk Way Rally was Europe to China, and Camel Trophy was more an off-road adventure. It seems these long rallies have somewhat lost their appeal.

[@AdamTheMan1993]

I do hope 1 day the Dakar rally returns to Africa

[@HarleyRoad007]

Geraint Philips (Welsh chap spoke about the rubber throttle cable) used to live opposite and we’d look after his cats.

[@professormcclaine5738]

Never to be repeated.

[@matthewlidis]

Fantastic journalism

[@a34rwl]

DS!

[@bonnetdedouche437]

Disappointed that British Leyland didn't enter. Imagine an Austin Allegro Group B turbo with added nitrous! Or a supercharged Riley Elf kitted out in full Dakar spec. Luxury!

[@stephenspence1192]

British Leyland? This was a car rally not a walking tour.

[@AdamTheMan1993]

@@stephenspence1192 Funny that the first ever winner of the Dakar rally was a British Leyland Range Rover

[@stephenspence1192]

@@AdamTheMan1993 Yes Leyland were not that bad. I just could not resist a cheap shot The demise of our car industry is very sad indeed. I am old enought to remember when the vast majority of cars on the road were British made and designed. It is a great shame.

[@smokerjim]

I'd rather do without an unscheduled rapid disassembly thanks (and that would be a risk for any 1970s engine with twin charging in competition over long distance)

[@AbAb-th5qe]

"I think I can go further and say that it is an aquired taste" 😂

[@cookster1001]

Would much prefer this sort of racing to Formula 1 any day of the week. Does any rallying tv coverage still exist ? Remembering some of those names of the drivers from Grandstand

[@ChorizoCentauri]

Yes, but it's worth ten. All right, all right. No, no, no, no. It's not worth ten. You're supposed to argue. "Ten for that? You must be mad."

[@CricketEngland]

Solidarity Brother

[@CricketEngland]

“Wont haggle” 🤣🤣

[@bjornopitz6561]

​@@CricketEnglandand sisters!

[@ritualentertainment]

I wonder how many people will immediately catch the reference

[@jeangenie68]

17 and I won't take a penny less, or strike me dead !

[@Buff_Cupcake]

Matt Berry really sounds like he has pulled inspiration from the gent presenting this video.

[@SmallBlogV8]

A lot of BBC presenters talked like this in those days. It was just the style!

[@jasonayres]

(3:35)🐍: Charming..!

[@More_Row]

Oh man, I would have done this gladly back then. The reporter does nothing but whinge about the food and heat and salesmen haha. (British humor?)

[@wills2552]

Yes.

[@More_Row]

@@wills2552 Nice

[@leoedward7363]

I’m not sure, I’m British but he seems like just a miserable prick…

[@ned900]

presenter has such an irritating accent.