Historic car journeys

RALLE HISTORIC CAR JOURNEYS THE GREAT JOURNEYS First journey around the world in a car' 1927 In 1927. 26 year old Clärenore Stinnes. her husband and 2 technicians left Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to embark on the first journey around the world in a car. In her Adler Standard 6, she covered a total distance of 46,758 kilometres in two years Finish Start and one month. Frankfurt am Main - Teheran – Moscow - Beijing - Buenos Aires - Vancouver - New York City - Paris - Berlin The Peking-Paris Race 1907 In 1907, 5 teams set out on the difficult route of the Peking-Paris-Race. Following Start Finish a telegraph route, the race span two continents and featured a distance of fifteen thousand kilometers. Prince Scipione Borghese and Ettore Guizzardi finished the race first in their car model 'Italia'. 50 Peking - Ulaan Baatar - Saint Petersberg - Berlin - Paris First circumnavigation of Australia by car 1925 In August 1925, Nevill Westwood, a Seventh Day Adventist missionary commenced the journey that would make him the first person to continuously circumnavigate Australia by motor car. By riding his Citroen 5CV over a distance of 10,000 kilometres from Perth to Darwin and back". the 22 year old made Australian motoring history when he returned to Perth on 30th December 1925.5 40c Start/Finish Perth - Darwin - Albury - Melbourne - Adelaide - Perth The New York-Paris Race 1908 Start Finish Six cars from four different countries took off for a round-the-world auto contest in February 1908. As many roads on the route were unpaved, participants even used railway tracks on balloon tires for hundreds of miles to advance the race. Winning driver George Schuster crossed the finish line about 5 months later. on 30th of July. 000610 New York City - Seattle - Yokohama - Vladivostok - Paris A four-year journey around the world" 1973-1977 Finish Ted Simon, globetrotter and successful book author, spent a good portion of the 70s traveling around the world on his Triumph motorcycle. Travelling 78.000 miles through 45 countries, he became an inspiration for thousands of travellers around the world. Africa - South America - Brazil - Argentina - Chile - Panama - California - Australia - Singapore - India - Afghanistan - Iran - Turkey - Europe Start SPEED DEMONS AUSTRALIAN STORIES 1909 Bathurst – Melbourne Early long-distance ride in one of Australia first steam driven cars!11 Designed and built by Herbert Thomson and Edward Holmes, the 5 horsepower single cylinder Phaeton steam carriage was one of Australia's first steam driven cars. It was able to carry two people 2 people 493 miles from Bathurst to Melbourne at an average speed of 8.7 miles per hour. Louis Rigolly in his car which first exceeded 100 mph in 19040 1904 Louis Rigolly" The very first car to travel faster than 100 miles per hour was a Gobron-Brillie steam car, driven by Belgium Louis Rigolly. 1912 Freemantle - Sydney First West to East crossing of Australia in a motor car 1964 Donald Campbell In his Bluebird CN7, British Sir Donald Campbell set a land speed record of 403 miles per hour in Australia's dried salt Lake Eyre in 1964. His first attempt in 1963 was ruined by rain – the first rain in 20 years, which flooded the lake. In their 10-horsepower Brush car, Francis Birtles, S.R. "Syd" Fergusson, and terrier Rex undertook the first West to East crossing of Australia in a motor car in 1912. The trio was the first one to Francis Birtles in the Oldsmobile 30 cross the across the Australian Nullabor at the same time. 1925 First woman to circumnavigate Australia by motor carl415 On 14th October 1925, Marion Bell departed Perth in her Oldsmobile, Accompanied by her eleven year old daughter, she became the first woman to circumnavigate Australia by motor car, covering a distance of 12,000 miles. OLOBMOBILE 1906 Advertisement for Oldsmobile" 45 10 Austin Seven 15 40 1928 First winner of the 20 25 Australian Grand Prix7 35 30 Arthur Waite won Australia's 100 Miles Road Race on Philip Island in his Austin 7 in 1928 - a famous historic race which officially was Radiator grill of Austin 7 first called "Australian Grand Prix" in 1929. 1 http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-1279103-1-1279368-1-0-0-1279436-0-0-135-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html 2 http://listverse.com/2011/06/27/10-historic-car-races-that-shaped-motor-racing/ 3 http://trailblazer.pioneertracks.com/thistory.htm 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PNz2NvvBcw&feature=youtu.be 5 http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/1923-5cv-citroen 6 http://listverse.com/2011/06/27/10-historic-car-races-that-shaped-motor-racing/ 7 http://www.jupitalia.com/jupiter.html 8 http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/s852734.htm 9 http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/world_land_speed_record_drivers.htm 10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_Rigolly_Car_1904.jpg 11 http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/478.html 12 http://www.nswevents.com/Event/04-04-2012/1912-centenary-expedition-20121 13 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Francis_Birtles_Oldsmobile_1908.jpg 14 http://trailblazer.pioneertracks.com/thistory.htm 15 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/21010716?searchTerm=%22marion%20bell%22&searchLimits= 16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oldsmobile_1906-0210.jpg 17 http://www.triposo.com/poi/Australian_Grand_Prix 18 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Austin7_grill.png Allianz ) BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALLIANZ AUSTRALIA Search for "Allianz infographics" for more! 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