The National MicroCar Rally

Britain's biggest Microcar event

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The National MicroCar Rally - Britain's biggest Microcar event

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The line-up on Show day
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Autobianchi
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Bond Mk G interior*, BMW 600*, Bambi*, Bond Minibyke
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Berkeleys, assorted
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Berkeleys
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Bond Bugs - including a 4-wheeler
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Camping Trailers
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Bond Minibyke and Minicar Mk F
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Bond Mk C and Mk G Tourer
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Bond Mk Gs - Tourer and Estate
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Camping at the racecourse venue
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Citroën Bijou
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Contenders in the "Other, Metal" class
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Contenders in the "Other, Plastic" class
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Frisky - ultimately voted Car of the Show (and simply gorgeous)
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Frisky
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Goggomobil Coupé
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Goggomobil Saloon
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Heinkel/Trojans
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Heinkel/Trojans
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Heinkel/Trojans
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Isettas*
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Isettas
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More Isettas
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Lambretta - with unusual forward cargo hold (which is NOT what it says on the number plate!)
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Messerschmitts lead off for a road run
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Messerschmitts
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Messerschmitts
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Messerschmitts
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Tiger*
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Modern "pods" - one very powerful (and one not!)
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Nobel (between Scootacar and Reliant)
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NSU Prinz
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Three Peels together
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A half-restored Peel Trident (in a very literal way!)
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How very tempting it must be to just buff up the other half!
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Cars visiting "The Lost Corner" while out on a road run
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Happy Roadrunners
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Well-travelled Isetta*, Scootacar, Raleigh Super Seven, Reliant Foxes*
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Janus*, Isettas*, Bugs in a row*, Scootacar*
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Show Day
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Show Day
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Show Day*
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Trabant
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Trojan
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Some of this year's winners:
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Lifetime Achievement Award - being received by Grenville Taylor, on behalf of Tony Marshall
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The National MicroCar Rally 2009 was organised by the Micro Maniacs Club, and took place from 4-6 September 2009, based at the Ripon Racecourse in Yorkshire. Road runs on both the Friday and the Saturday took streams of microcars into and around the Yorkshire Dales - including some notorious hills that had even the drivers of "ordinary" cars doing a double take. There were no tales of microcars left out there on the Dales, though, so all must have made it!
This year's photos (below) show just some of the cars attending. With the fine, though windy, weather, we had a particularly strong turnout.
(You can also see Pete Crouch's photos of the rally on his photobucket pages [Photos marked * courtesy of Sam Glover of Practical Classics]

If you have any more photos from this or other NMCR's that you'd be willing to share, please do get in touch.