European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Brass badges adorn the hoods of Many Veteran cars above. This brass door handle adorns a 1903 mors double Phaeton below. A brass Horn prepares to strike on 1904 Peugeot Type 63a. A Dee stalker hat sits atop the highly polished this 1903 de Dion Bouton two seater get Friendly push brass Headlamp of 1903 Mercedes from its mends. Tonneau. To Vintage car owners Rev pm up for annual rally Michael Hughes of Buckinghamshire England drives his 1903 Sunbeam Tonneau out of the starting Chute in Hyde Park Byda Edidio staff writer the Drivers called it love. Bystanders called it madness Britain s Veteran car club Calls it the London to Brighton what other than love would possess someone to leave a warm Hearth and Home at an ungodly hour on a Chilly november morning bundle up in a heavy coat goggles and gloves and sit astride an open top horseless Carriage for eight hours As it belched smoked and backfired Down the London Brighton Road on sunday nov. 7,462 Drivers from 16 countries brought their pre-1905 Veteran cars to London s Hyde Park cranked them up at 7 30 a.m., and in a Cloud of Blue Black smoke shuddered out of the Park. Veteran car owners have followed this ritual on the first sunday in november every year since 1896, when the first 75-mile emancipation run from London to Brighton was held to celebrate the abolition of Britain s 4 Mph Speed limit. From 1896 Onward motorists could drive at a breathtaking 12 Mph and no longer needed to have someone walk in front of their cars with a red warning Flag. ,. By 9 a.m., the last of 121 different makes of car Many of them the Only surviving examples of their Breed had rumbled out of the starting Gate. Several of these Vintage machines had been participating for 40 years a testimony to the reliability and Fine engineering of the Early automobile. But the greatest testimony was to love for the tender care and meticulous restoration of Vintage machines. Although the run s organizers estimated the combined value of the automobiles to be at least $30 million dollars any Veteran car owner would confirm that the love affair Between Driver and machine is priceless. And the London Brighton run keeps the love affair alive. Is photos by Dave Didio 14 Stripe Magazine november 11, 1993 this couple from Kent England is bundled up for a Chilly ride on their 1904 Humber Olympia Tri car fore car a three Wheeler Complete with a Wicker picnic Basket on the Back. A crier walks up and Down the pathway in Hyde Park summoning driven to their can for the Start of the run left. It takes a Strong Back and a firm grip to turn the Crank on this 1904 de Dion Bouton two seater above. November 11, 1993 stripes Magazine 15
