Het wereldwijde magazine en verkoopplatform voor liefhebbers van klassieke auto’s, door liefhebbers.
Het wereldwijde magazine en verkoopplatform voor liefhebbers van klassieke auto’s, door liefhebbers.
David and Karen Ayre are the lucky owners of a 1907 40 HP Itala and have used their 104 year old Italian Machine extensively since 2007: “The first trip for our Itala after nearly 40 years of "resting" and after a full restoration was taking part in the Centenary Peking to Paris, then the following year we travelled across America starting on the 'Pebble Beach Motoring Classic' from Seattle to Monterey and then to San Diego. In 2009 we travelled across North Africa from Tunisia, through Libya and into Egypt and then in 2010 after much deliberation we again entered the 2010 Peking to Paris and travelled a new route from through Mongolia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekhistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Turkey."
And now they've seen the world they're heading for Italy as particpants in the Pre-War Via Flaminia. Karen continues the story: "We thought it was time to take the 'beast' back it its roots and test the Italian way of life! Looking for an interesting tour or rally, we stumbled quite by accident on the 'Pre War Via Flaminia' whilst advertising a 6 1/2 Bentley on 'PreWarCar.com' and are now thoroughly looking forward to this new challenge at the end of May. It can be sometimes difficult to find the type of rally that would suit an older car that can only travel comfortably at ...