MONTE CARLO RALLY 1966 VIDEO BY PHATE FILM'S ( UK ) SONG'S BY SPACE ( FR ) EDITED BY NEA ALECU ( ROU ) IF YOU LIKE THE VIDEO PLS SUPPORT BY SHARE & LIKE TO HELP HIM GROW !! TX
I took part in 1966, car 112 a Simca 1000 ( at 59 secs). Along with the minis we were disqualified as well because of a very obscure infringement of the lighting regulations. According to the english regs we had commited no offence but the french said that the original french regs were the definitive version, so out we went! We did attend the post rally bash at the palace which was a rather special opportunity but feelings were running high amongst the British competitors.
Oh it was "destroyed" in -64 too when the jury decided to change the rules late saturday night to give the Minis the victory after beeing beaten on every stagr by the US Holman-Moody Ford Falcons
The Monte Carlo rally has ended in uproar over the disqualification of the British cars expected to fill the first four places. The first four to cross the finishing line were Timo Makinen (Finland) driving a British Motor Corporation Mini-Cooper, followed by Roger Clark (Ford Lotus Cortina), and Rauno Aaltonen and Paddy Hopkirk, both also driving BMC Minis. But they were all ruled out of the prizes - with six other British cars for alleged infringements of complex regulations about the way their headlights dipped. The official winner was announced as Pauli Toivonen, a Finn who lives in Paris, driving a Citroen. BMC and Ford have lodged protests but even if they are upheld, the reputation of the rally has been severely dented. After the race, a British official said: "This will be the end of the Monte Carlo rally. Britain is certain to withdraw." Timo Makinen said: "None of us dreamed that the stewards would turn the results upside down - and for such a stupid reason." This will be the end of the Monte Carlo rally British team spokesman The British cars were disqualified because they used non-dipping single filament quartz iodine bulbs in their headlamps, in place of the standard double filament dipping glass bulbs, which are fitted to the series production version of each model sold to the public. According to new rules introduced at the end of last year, any car entering the rally must come off a standard production line, with at least 5,000 cars being built to a similar specification. The British cars were equipped with standard headlamps - but the only way of dipping them was to switch to non-standard fog lamps. Richard Shepherd, from the BMC, said: "There is nothing new about the lights at all. They have been used in our rallies, on rally cars, including the Monte for two years now and we've had no trouble at all in the past." The confusion arose because the rally organisers initially said the race would be run under the old rules - and only announced the switch after entries had been accepted. The BMC says it spent £10,000 on preparing for the Monte Carlo rally - and is now considering withdrawing from next year's race
