Day 4 - Introducing Rosie

Sweep team helping to ready Rosie for her rallying debut

Only Daphne started today from Auckland, leaving Joe90 convalescing in a Talbot Owner’s Club member’s garage. Mario and Rita made good on the day, beating at least one of the Porsche 911s on the track test then going on to rack up a couple of tight regularity scores. The final time control of the day was at the Hobbiton movie set. Where PP and Penelope fielded their sub off the bench: enter a Rosie-red 1972 MGB GT, procured in Auckland under a complex deal structure certain to attract the attention of the NZ securities commission. The MG is a complete minter, as if driven straight out of BLMC Abingdon, but with just the standard 1.8 litre B-Series mill, and not rally-prepared so Peter will need to drive with subtelty on the gravel stages which our fellow competitors have already found are quite tough on the cars. But most importantly the next phase of the rally is going to be Triumph v MG: Mount Doom 2020. We’re already negotiating the film rights.