Four days and 700km through the scenic German countryside with some stunning young classic cars
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The Rallye 604 is not your typical rally. Yes there is a time clock ticking and yes there are penalty points for infringements but there is a heady dash of fun too and that’s what sets this event apart. Cars that were manufactured up to 1995 are eligible to participate in this one of a kind rally that starts from Garage 10 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Our consulting editor Bob Rupani was at the helm of a 1977 Volkswagen Scirocco
. His navigator, Caroline Jäckel and he had just met but they formed the essential driver-navigator bond almost instantly. Over the next four days and 700km, they had to perform various tasks that required skill as well as teamwork. Challenges such as stopping a model car within a designated distance, throwing a newspaper into a bucket while the car is in motion, opening a cylinder head and refitting a spark plug after removing it and many more turned out to be testing but they do seem like a great deal of fun - just look at the images below. And nothing matches the experiece of driving a beautiful, iconic and painstakingly maintained car through the scenic German countryside with likeminded and passionate people for company.
Images by Dieter Debo, Carolin Jäckel & Bob Rupani
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