La Carrera Panamericana Rolls Through Oaxaca

I remember when my BELOVED dad took to see this races trough the mountains of Mexico.. Maglioli, Boneto(RIP) some Americans.. Gullwing Mercedes.. Some Ferraris, Oldsmobile´s and Lincoln´s..many Ford´s and Mercury´s a Lady racing?… all of them REAL HEROES.. Great job congralations on the organizers.. Mr. León.. We were friends.. we still are.. but heavent seen each other..

I remember when my BELOVED dad took to see this races trough the mountains of Mexico.. Maglioli, Boneto(RIP) some Americans.. Gullwing Mercedes.. Some Ferraris, Oldsmobile´s and Lincoln´s..many Ford´s and Mercury´s a Lady racing?… all of them REAL HEROES.. Great job congralations on the organizers.. Mr. León.. We were friends.. we still are.. but heavent seen each other..

thats a 1965 corvair corsa to be precise!!!

7urtle,

Tape on headligts is a coomon practice in case one takes a rock. It helps prevent the light from falling apart and it can work longer as well as keeping glass off of the course or possibly cutting your own slick.

wats up with tape over the lights?

Dhillaz,

Those bumpers are fiberglass replicas of the original.

I have raced with most of these teams and know most of them personally. For anything you want to know about these cars or this race check my La Carrera site here;

http://lacarrera2007.blogspot.com

Out of 107 total cars that started

#427 finished 67th overall
#343 Corvair finished 70th overall
#306 MB SP250 finished 31st overall
#422 yellow MB finished 49th and 3rd in class
#275 Mini finished 52nd overall
#253 Volvo finished 46th overall
#138 Studebaker finished 30th overall
#129 Studebaker finished 27th overall
#277 “FUCHS” on hood finished 19th overall
#290 “Apple Farmer Team” Volvo from Washington finished 39th and 4th in class

#458 Lister-Chevy finished 101st (Exhibition class)
#133 Orange Olds finished 3rd overall. Tube frame car with Winston Cup engine.

How come the car in the top photo has a chrome trim, but a silver-paint bumper?

The Corvair is great – it took me a while to figure out the lettering on the trunk: “peligroso a cualiquer velocidad” = “unsafe at any speed”

oh god, someone’s driving a Daimler SP250 across Mexico? That’s gonna end in tears.