Gus, I scrolled through every photo on the Tulpen site. Lots of pretty
people in pretty sweaters with their grandchildren and flower arangements.
Nice. But not a helmet in site.

I'm speaking of Performance Rally. Balls out, hammer down, full speed ahead,
9.9-to-10-10ths rallying with antique cars.

I wasn't speaking of "Tour" brie and chardonnay rallies, that ain't my bag,
baby.

Norm

Here is Europe, if you drive historic rallies, you are often not allowed
to use modern distance meters like Brantz. So everybody is falling back
mainly on Halda's. And of course the older the better. Rather the
aluminium case than plastic. It's sort of a status as well.

There are more `of us' as you think, the figures you named are a
fraction. Even here in Holland there are about a 800 -1000 who do rally
driving......

Here a famous one, http://www.tulpenrallye.nl/
<http://www.tulpenrallye.nl/> over 4 countries in six days, 2400km




--- In historicrally@yahoogroups.com, "Team Blitz" <blitz@...> wrote:
>
> Who in the hell are buying these? They are antiques. It's like buying
old
> tone arms when you don't even have a phonograph player. The old people
who
> need antique rally meters are people who are fitting out antique rally
cars.
> How many of us are there? Like 200 or 300 worldwide? All vying to buy
5000
> Haldas worldwide? How weird. Just weird. I don't think so. I think
there are
> some vested sellers (and some clueless "wall-hanger decor" buyers) who
are
> buying and selling to each other to keep market prices artificially
> inflated. Norm
>
> Team Blitz, 2-1/2 million Capri parts in 7 warehouses. New, Used,
> Restoration, and Racing parts technology for your 1970-78
European-built
> Capri. http://www.teamblitz.com
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