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Thread: Rally books. What have you got?
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21st June 2011, 20:37 #111
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Life sometimes throws in little surpises. Last week I was finally making an order for Jyväskylän Suurajojen jäljillä 1970-1974, a detailed history book of 1000 Lakes published in December 2010. (I believe it's one of its kind, the author have made a great work, driving all the old stages, meeting people living on those roads, talking to drivers of course, etc.) While googleing for the best price I ended up on a second-hand book store site that had Willy Weyens' Rallywereld '85 for €4. Okey, I didn't know the book - nor the language it's written in - but for that price sure I ordered it for the pictures alone. It arrived today, bit worn down sleeve but otherwise in okey condition. Now we come to the life's little surpises part. It appeared that the book had been a christmas present, because on the inner cover there was a text: "Hyvää joulua Heikille 1985! Merry Christmas 1985 to Heikki!" and a signature of no one else but Timo Salonen, World Rally Champion of 1985, the year the book was written in! The bookstore I ordered the book from is located in Hämeenlinna, Salonen's home city, so it makes sense. I don't know who is the man who this book had belonged to though. Still - a little surprise most welcomed.
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11th August 2011, 18:50 #112
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My flat is so small I have room only for one book at a time - at the moment it is this one:
I´m a slow reader so I think my next book purchase will be somewhere around the year 2050.
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12th August 2011, 12:16 #113
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Originally Posted by Miika
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12th August 2011, 15:08 #114
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I´ll have to give the book more time before giving the final verdict, the cost is high but then again I doubt there is any other rally book that compares to this. Searching and buying all the original books and mags of the Group B wouldn´t be cheap either, and in the end it still wouldn´t be the same thing as this. So instead of searching all the books out there, I´ll propably settle for one good one.
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27th August 2011, 17:05 #115
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Originally Posted by Miika
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28th August 2011, 09:32 #116
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Originally Posted by makinen_fan
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4th September 2011, 09:54 #117
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Miika, your chanell is great.
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4th November 2011, 18:51 #118
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If anyone wants a great Christmas present we have about 300 copies of the Welsh Rally book remaining. We could do with having a bit of room in our dining rooms this Christmas!
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9th November 2011, 21:37 #119
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According to Motorsport News, Pirelli have pulled their sponsorship of Martin Holmes' excellent World Rallying Annual........it will likely be published after Christmas....
First Rallycourse going, and now this news....
Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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9th November 2011, 22:43 #120
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pitty as it was my favourite Christmas present.
Though no longer on my team.... Plenty of us just got Hulked!
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