Lancia Motor Club

The dates have been set for the 2011 Sliding Pillar Rally, 17th-20th June 2011. The location is Vaals in The Netherlands in the Meuse/Rhine region on the borders of The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

Ade, thanks to you and your team, Carol and I enjoyed this event so much this year, that plans are already being hatched to attend again in 2011.

We are hopefully bringing my 1960 Appia Coupe’ with us.

What do you suggest will be the best port to have it shipped to?

Any other tips for attending the rally in Europe will be much appreciated.

These are the full details for the 2011 Sliding Pillar Rally:-

Should we be paying you direct in £ sterling, or sending off Euros to the organisers ?
Thanks,
Nick

Hi Nick, Pay the organisers direct in euros please. Thanks Ade.

When I take my Appia Series 3 over to Europe, I don't bother to switch over to euro headlights (I do have a set which the car was wearing when it first came ito this country) - I just tape the lens as appropriate. Breakdown insurance is good, hi-vis gillet, warning triangle and spare bulbs mandatory. I put in any 95 RON fuel I come across and add some lead replacement juice (probably not needed on a standard Appia Berlina). Most important item for the Sliding Pillar is some string/light cable or wire to tie the entry plate on with! Second most important item is a good appetite as you will eat and drink well!

Which port to use probably depends on where you live. From Sussex we always buy Eurotunnel vouchers with our Tesco points (this is very good value). I'm still thinking of then taking a swinging countrified route across the North of France and then going up to Liege rather than use Belgian roads.

Brian Mills

I'm feeling my age!  I just can't work out where to send my completed application form. Can anybody help please?

Entries should be sent to:

Eduard De Landtsheer
Boesbergstraat 12
B-1933 Sterrebeek
Belgium
Email eduard@busybee.be

Here are some photos of a car that would be eligible for the Sliding Pillar Rally, but somehow I doubt if it will ever take part! I bet you wish it would though.

See post under the heading VSCC Silverstone race-day 23 April.

Colin

For info : if anyone is having a problem with the bank transfer as a consequence of not having the bank's name on the last page of the entry form (Barclays could not complete the transaction for me today); I have Googled it, and it is :

KBC Bank NV, Brussels, BE 1080.

Nick

Nick, yes it is KBC Bank (good bank - they sponsor the spring classic bike races!) and the branch name is Dilbeek-Centraal not Brussels if your bank needs to know

regards
Brian Mills.

I arrived back last night from another wonderful SPR in the Aprilia.

Sure, the weather could have been kinder  -  it rained on and off. More on than off, but stopped 10 miles from Calais on our return. Which was lucky as my wipers failed on Sat. a.m.  On the plus side, the people were companionable, the days and evening were very sociable, and the Bilderberg Hotel near Vaals was exceptional. Eduard and the organising team organised a really terrific Sliding Pillar weekend.

Next year it is in the Cotswolds, centred roughly on Broadway. Ade will no doubt post the dates on his return.
Nick

I definitely want to do next year!!

Tim

I second Nick's comments on this years Sliding Pillar Rally, especially memorable were the Jezuietenberg caves http://www.jezuietenberg.nl/English/english.html totally unexpected, cave drawings and sculptures like you have never seen before.
Some great cars too, including Martin Willems' Kappa plus lots of Augustas/Belnas and a good selection of Aprilias.
Well done to Eduard, Toon, Jan and their team.
A selection of photos:-

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more...... the Deltas were back-up cars.

Details of next years rally are here, http://www.lancia.myzen.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3929.0

Another great event. Pity about the weather, but Chris and I enjoyed it anyway. Thanks to all who organised it. Arrived home this evening with no problems apart from a tendency for the clutch to slip occasionally, but that's happened before and it always seems to cure itself before I get around to sorting it out once and for all! The Augusta covered 875 miles at about 30 mpg, much of it at 55 to 60 mph. Looking forward to next year's event in the Cotswolds. Regards, John

   Yes----- a thoroughly enjoyable event. Excellent Hotel---Excellent company. Congratulations to th SP team.
   My Aprilia covered  1000+ miles at over 35mpg but I admit I was taking it fairly gently in deference to the rattling big-ends.
   6 volt wipers are still working away doggedly!
   Only problem occured when it was our turn to drive onto the ferry and she refused to start!! The dock hands were on the case with a tow onto the boat before I had a chance to even check the spark and the problem had self-healed by the time we were back at Dover.  I think she just got hot and flustered in the queue for passport control. (Rad had started to drip (leak!) thanks to bumpy Belgium roads and I had failed to increase my top-up frequency to match)
   See you in the Cotswolds in 2012.
                                                  Ben