by TR6 ANSA » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:48 pm
The picture flatters the condition of the car a bit, but the ride height is ok. In 2002 the car was imported by the previous dutch owner, after the Midas he first imported was stolen before it was even registered!
In 2006 I took the car sleeper train in Düsseldorf, a 2,5 hours drive from my home. The next morning I was in Innsbruck. Originally I had bought a ticket for Bolzano, North Italy, but of course the Italian railway were on strike! Not a problem for me, because I had planned to go skiing a day or 2 on the gletscher in Hintertux, Austria.
The car rallye you see in the pictures is the Mille Miglia. Nowadays a regularity rerun of the real race that took place from 1928 to 1957. I have visted this rerun a couple of times since 1999, the year I bought my Triumph TR6, but 2006 was the first and until now the only time I took the Bronze to Italy.
The Mille Miglia is what the name implies, 1000 mile. In the real race in 1955 Stirling Moss set an Incredible record, it took him and his co-driver Denis Jenkinson 10 h 07' 48", almost an average of 100mph!
If you are in Italy in may, you have to visit the rerun, as you can see there are wonderful cars present.
Midas Bronze
Triumph TR6 PI
Peugeot 106 Rallye