Alastair's most unsuitable and yet most popular car: The Austin A35. Alastair shares an exotic and adventurous history with this fun little car. Purchased in 1992, it began its rallying life with the route de mayor in El Salvador before heading straight off to La Carerra Panamericana. After all that Alastair drove it back across the US and had it shipped back to England from the East coast.
The first thing that attracted Alastair tot he A35 was the colour: Speedwell blue. The car was also ready for rallying with a roll cage already fitted, a bigger engine than standard, disk brakes, and tubular shock absorbers.
As time went by and all the cars crashed and burned and broke down, the little A-35 didn’t crash or burn or break down. La Cucaracha got to the end and the crowd loved it. And that night on the television the rally was on the news and everyone stood up to see the big screen and see themselves on telly. So the rally report came on and they had the guy leading the rally and in 64th place … La Cucaracha. There was a big long shot of La Cucaracha shooting along. Then the next day in the only national paper, on the front page a picture of … La Cucaracha.
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