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Pre start & Scrutineering: 4 June 2023
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Gill Cotton, Andrew Kellitt and Audrey Rudd ensured
that the necessary paperwork and protocols were adhered
to, before issuing neck danglers and route books. Soon
afterwards knots of anxious looking navigators were found
in dark nooks and shady crannies poring over the pages
of instructions and notes, looking out for anything which
might trip them up later. Down in the town square Andy
Inskip, Charlie Neale, Russ Smith and Jack Amies checked
the vehicles for safety and compliance and dealt with the
inevitable gremlins that tend to show up just before a
rally start. Bill Holroyd’s Bentley had some fuelling issues,
whilst Paul and Mariella Kirkham’s tripmeter was one of
several minor electrical issues that needed to be put right
ahead of a measured mile calibration run along the home
straight of the 1936 Deauville Grand Prix.
There was then time for a relaxed lunch in one of the
many superb cafes and restaurants which spilled out
onto the streets of this, the closest seaside resort to Paris,
before the drivers briefing and official welcome with Fred
Gallagher and Mark Appleton. Drinks on the beach and an
excellent dinner as the sun dipped low over La Manche drew
the pre-start formalities to a close and the rally retired at
a sensible hour. Tomorrow looks like it will be a busy one
and no-one wants to oversleep.
Josef and Adelheid Dillier’s 1955 Jaguar XK140 Coupe
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