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May you rest in peace. His driving talent shocked and won admiration from the Tanganyika Motors Managing director by then Jimmy Finney who convinced him to cross over to his firm as a workshop Manger. Bert Shankland The Glasgow born rally driver who lived and rallied most of his life in Tanzania. Bei Interesse bitte Mail und ich helfe gerne weiter. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

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Bert Shankland - rally profile

Peugeot was well represented among entrants: We lived in Mpwapwa in the early isxties. Back in Nairobi, at the halfway point, Carlsson was still in the lead, with a Ford Cortina in second, and three other Fords rounding out the top five. A few hundred miles from the return to Nairobi, reports of difficult going for the front-running Fords and Datsun came in. Home News Bert Shankland dies in Scotland.

Syankland Macha 2 May at Entering the Kiroka Pass section in Tanzania, torrential rains began.

Rather than shqnkland well known water hazards, such as mud pits, the problem was therefore the choking dust. Tanzania had pulled out of the Safari in His wins in and 67 are well chronicled but he maintained that the drive which gave him the most satisfaction came in Bert's fortunes changed dramatically when he switched to Peugeot. Various manufacturers took up the challenge inwith 8 teams represented. So I photocopied these in when I found them and eventually wrote an account of the 's exploits based berrt this source.

Together with his navigator Chris Rothwell, he won the East African Safari in and in the KF2, and had solid finishes later in thethough not beet getting first in GC. I spoke with Jaswant Singh about it on two occasions but in the end I found a very good secondary source in the bowels of the library at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.

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First place overall in definitely incorrect, a SE won inFirst in Class in sahnkland, and Second place overall, First place overall inFirst in Class inFirst place team inand Second place overall, culminating in the hat-trick in67 and Shankland was an icon of the Tanzania motor rally drivers and his move from Ridoch Motors to Tanganyika Motors shhankland was coupled with rally victories boosted sales of Peugeot cars in the country and beyond.

Oooh Beti Shakilendi mungu akulaze mahala pema. It was a pleasure to know him.

He took active part in international motor rallies between and under Mitsubishi and Mercedes Benz teams. Shankland, who drove Peugeotwon the rally back to back in andhence putting Tanzania and the car model in regional and international map.

At some points along the southern leg, the three-pointed star on the grille became fully submerged which shows what kind of severe conditions competitors were facing. Ber mud on the sections out of Kampala was severe, and Carlsson was lucky to get through before a knot of cars became embedded, tying up all other competitors shahkland many minutes.

They objected to the start and finish always being in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Shankland, a Scot, moved to Tanzania at a young age and was not too long thereafter the workshop manager at Tanganyika Motors, the Peugeot importer in Tanzania, where he achieved fame at the wheel of the Peugeot Injection KF2 sedans.

The dismal record of foreign drivers in this event was confirmed about miles north of Nairobi, on the northern leg of the rally.

The only American car in the event, a powerful Mercury Comet V8, which The Reporter says "carried a greater weight of petrol than the overall weight of some complete cars! The engine oil was then changed, but on the bumpy roads on the way back to Nairobi, the remaining sand in the.

See What Everyone is Watching. Muddy, dusty, hilly, dangerous and demanded highly skilled driving.

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In so doing, their gearbox struck a rock and its casing was cracked. The third factor after the dust and bumps, was the loose nature of the road surfaces, which varied from the relatively adhesive to the very Slippery.

He also got backing from Ken Kassam, the director of Leyland Albion to steady his rallying career. The dusty and muddy routes, transformed the East African Rally into one of the most gruelling rallies in the world, attracting top-flight motor rally drivers from most parts of the world. Preston-Gerrish in a Lotus Cortina were running in first after a few hundred miles, with Joginder Singh in a Datsun suankland behind.