19th March, 2005
A vintage Bentley looks likely to lead the assault on Scandinavia in this year’s
MSA Euroclassic car tour.
Londoner Steven Collins is the owner of the
1928 4.5 litre Bentley which, to date, is the oldest entry for this popular
British organised annual run. The car which spent its early years racing in
Argentina, will have just returned from a drive to the Kremlin before it heads
to Denmark for the start of the six day event.
Entries are pouring in
from all over Europe as well as the USA. And among the cars lining up on the
starting line will be a 1952 Alvis, a 1954 Bentley R Type Continental, a clutch of
Jaguar XK 150s as well as a number of Austin Healeys - a ’60’s
favourite.
And this is the first time in the 13 year history of the
Euroclassic, which starts in Aarhus (Denmark) on Sunday 22nd May, that the route takes the
crews north to the land of the Vikings.
Along the way they will visit
the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen, pop into LEGOLAND Billund, cross the
world’s longest suspension bridge, visit castles and motor museums and spend
happy hours zooming around racing tracks in Sweden. And no trip to
Sweden would be complete without visiting the home of Saab and Volvo, the latter
hosting the final lunchtime feast in Gothenburg on 27th May.
The annual run
is organised by International Motor Sports, a subsidiary of the Motor Sports
Association (MSA) - the sport’s governing body in Britain and organisers of the
largest and most prestigious motorsport events to take place in the UK.
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