1977 East African Safari Rally

[Gooberwalla]

There was a time when the East African Safari Rally drivers would only wear green bush hats. I saw so many Safari Rallies. I would especially enjoy the day before the Rally when all the entrants/vehicles were parked together for technical compliance. Saw the Singh brothers (who won in a Volvo PV544 in 1965) and many of the regulars. The Safari Rally was a test for the drivers and vehicles.

[RenaissanceBloke]

Does anyone have this with just the sound of the cars?

[MurrayG95]

oooooooohhhhhhhhhh a lancia

[coldfuzionzxx]

please restore audio without music.

[HeavyPantolones]

Cool video. But; no audio = fail.

[FilimStar]

dude is wearing shorts, wah wah weeh wah. no overals no helmet. these guys had balls of steel. love the video. wapi sound track bana?

[boxer3main]

2:30 to 3:10 wow. looked like a lake. quite the fan club.

[spy2wice]

Killjoy record companies, Aaaaaarg!

[exiv200gt]

what a harsh rally!mug,raining and flood

[josatinho]

ESCORT RS 1800 MKII

STRATOS

[driverfilms]

Damn WMG spoiling this video

[FirebrandB37]

Great video! Exciting, dramatic images from a great rally! A pity the pigs censored the soundtrack :(

[MoMoney717]

So if your car breaks down its you vs. the lions? Intense haha

[rickharradine]

My Dad died recently who was a Safari driver and I sent this video out as a tribute to him. I grew up in Kenya and was there around this time. They were special. RIP Roy Robinson 1928-2008

[54spiritedwill54]

Very very nice

[tdi4motion]

4:38 JEAN TODT!!!!!!!!

[normsk9bitehard]

can't stop watching this vid. good old days of the 2 wheel drive rally cars. no roll cage, no racing seats, just get out there and drive. that's skill and guts for you!

[pitatapiu]

lol you sure?  they have headsets, harnesses and bars all over some of them :-P

[LordRezzo]

nom nom nom!!!!! hehekekeke I feel like cybering! v

[mtaeler]

Great Video!!

Thanks!

[calistofox]

thanks for post man !!! i miss that old times!

[c9ari]

Let me hear the CAR!  The Car is the best music there is...

[therionkp36]

2:29  AMAZING!!!

old school rules!!!

[TLTBoy]

when the hell was this on and what show?

[306maxievo2]

It's a veeeeery old video. At least 4 years old.

[TLTBoy]

thanks, yeah back when Speed actually had good shows and good programing with the racing, not the shit nowadays

[TLTBoy]

I don't think ANY driver from ANY other racing series can compare with these guys, they had balls and this was raw and real!

[beatnik514]

That show on Speedvision was great

[TLTBoy]

back when SpeedVISION actually showed interesting shows and wasn't infected with the pussy's in NASCAR shit. Why can't we go back to what the channel originally was?

I can't wait for The Racing Network!

[sexypirate01]

i miss you safari rally and all the followings and services i did on the rallycars in the bush mud rain now it all memories

[kiambas]

haha mzuri sana!!! oh man makes me wanna push my focus to the limits!!

[gumpdy]

unfortunately for you it's a focus.

[pjkj112]

These were the good old days when there was plenty of mud, floods and rains around making it really good to watch and naturally difficult for the drivers. But this was and still probably is the world's toughest rally.

[icebergstu]

everyone of these movies is screwed with Shit Music. Lets hear the cars!!

[Burabuda]

2:00 NISSAN VIOLET 710 HT SSS LZ14

[205gtist170]

2:50 ish on the river....simply amazing!

[aquadtp]

those were the days, wearing shorts on a rally

[foballa]

reminds me of the day jonathan moi would get time barred but will be put back by presidential decree.

[kutchrd]

Any loving father would do that.But do you have any particular incident?Know Kenya too,don't recall ?

[agdub]

he was also the man behind the peugeot 205 t16, 405 t16 and the 908 group c car

[celo1952]

Don't know if anyone noticed but the navigator that gets out of the Peugeot #11 at the check point is a young Jean Todt..manager of the Ferrari F1 Team

[mufazie]

This is awsome. At 2:40 they are on the back to help with traction. In Zim the worvets would be smashing up the "gari"

[Parmsingh1234]

Great Deep Purple track to this which brings such memories of my childhood days in East Africa.

[flightlessfairy]

I would like to inform you all that bjorn waldegard is a safari legend and has just won for a 5th time! bjorn won this years safari with his son mathias co-driving 30 years after his first safari

[Matti1721993]

great vid

[pcmuscle]

I have a 1977 4-door Colt Lancer. This vid brought tears in my eyes. In those days, there was a time when this car took 1st place 3 times in a row or was it, 1st, 2nd & 3rd places in one event. I love this car.

[driverfilms]

I might be getting a 78 colt lancer, Do they have any major problems? Cant find much about them on the net

[pcmuscle]

As far as I'm concerned, the car is quite easy and CHEAP to maintain. But you have to get used to some missing convenience like intermittent-wipers. My AC is the hanging type and is more efficient than most newer cars. I put in a 5-speed transmission and it keeps up with most cars on the highway.

[driverfilms]

thanks for the info, by the time I got the money the guy hold sold it!!

wishing I had brought it sooner

[c9ari]

Very very nice

[awsgtmaj]

ahh the good old days... shirt sleves, no nomex, twin heuers, a halda twin master and running to get your route book stampped.

thanks for bringing back great memories. if i remember right this was one of the wettest safari's ever

[YrHen]

Quite right!awsqtmai,and thankfully it's now called The East African Safari Classic - The World's Greatest Rally. Proper rally cars, proper rally drivers,and miles and miles of bloody Africa. Greetings to all the mud crews from a few years back,and Bwana Waldegard.

[ildizastro]

This is true rallying,its Kenya baby and its coming back!Joginder was wikkid!

[SuperSizedSikh]

Wicked turn by Joginder singh

[chilenozo]

lol at 4:41. Jean Todt(Ferrari F-1 current manager, also during Schumi's time at Ferrari) was a co-driver in those times?.

That old man has been having fun for many many years then. I envy him!

[zarrocket]

Awesome awesome video.

Love the lancer going through what looks like a bloody lake.

A bit young myself to remember the ram chargers, but I've heard funny stories of their arguments with hairpin bends.

[pjkj112]

This is absolutely great. You have put on the music by one of my favourite "heavy metal" bands - Deep Purple as well as one of my favourite events in the Safari Rally Calendar. I, always made it a point to watch the rally cars drive pass and especially in the capital, Nairobi and go to whatever check point I could as a child.

[Nissannx2000svg]

way cool it so damn retro lol no helmets,nomex just pure guts water didnt stop them cars at all.

[Otenga]

It makes INDY 500 look like some kids game!

[Subaru555gr]

The best rally after acropolis i

[jet79637]

EXCELLLLLLLLLLLLENT!!! classic

[kcu76mm2]

Best video I've watched...good old fashioned rallying...

[manuotieno]

Great cars, great drivers, greatest rally there ever was. I am Kenyan, born and raised and this brought back memories of my younger years. Easter weekend came with Safari Rally fever and we would drop everything to go and watch the cars zooming by! Thanks dude!

[pjkj112]

What did you think of the well known Joginder Singh?

[manuotieno]

Joginder Singh was one of the best! The man had some serious skills. It's a good thing he is still involved in the sport. He is part of the team organising for this year's East African Classic Safari Rally. He has a auto parts shop in Nairobi and a couple of years ago he was rebuilding a replica of the Colt Lancer that he used to campaign in the Safari back in the 70's. It was a sight to behold!

[pjkj112]

I still remember his car. naturally, I supported him all the time. I also remember that once, when my family and I were just driving out of Belle Vue Drive In after watching a "Bollywood" movie, during Easter Weekend, a rally car drove past very fast. But I managed to get a look at the vehicle and my father asked me who it was and I replied "Joginder Singh." Later, on reaching home, I checked the number and I was correct.

[manuotieno]

Thats really cool, man. I still admire those old school rally cars like the Colt Lancer, Datsun 1600 SSS, Ford Escort Mk2 etc. Since the advent of the Classic Safari Rally, I have been hoping that Joginder Singh would participate even once.

I remember the way we would rush for the newspapers in the morning to keep up with who was still in the rally.

Do you remember the time a couple of Dodge Ram Chargers took part in the rally?

[pjkj112]

The other driver who I always supported was Shekhar Mehta. Recently, I was informed by one of his relatives, who is also, incidently, related to me, that he passed away some tiem back. But I remember the incident when I heard that Joginder Singh's vehicle had flipped over but he was fine and was still in the rally. I vaguely remember about the Ram Chargers but not much.

[rafiki9396]

Joginder was a hero for me.He was named 'Simba ya Kenya' and all Kenyans supported him. Easter was such a special time & the Safari was just magic. All the media in Kenya went crazy. The great story was how the local drivers kept winning against the Europeans.

[pjkj112]

rafiki, I entirely agree with you - he was known as "Simba ya Kenya."If ever, Joginder Singh did not not, A lot of people, I think got upset at not being able to see him. The other was ofcourse, Shekhar Mehta. Easter was always the time that I looked forward to and seeing those cars drive past. This video jur relives the original spirit I think.

[LUK0BA]

I think Shakameta won this one. I wasn't born but I was told he won 5yrs straight at that time.

[pjkj112]

He may have done - I can't remember. But I know that he was one of the best Rally drivers around in Kenya besides Joginder Singh. Unfortunately Shekhar Mehta is no longer with us.

[kegoR]

wow rally and highway star

great!!!

[fourOHtwo]

my favorite deep purple song with my fav sport THANK YOU

[tdi4motion]

REAL RALLYNG!!!!!

Have you seen Jean Todt co-driver on the Peugeot 504?

Great times!!!!

Nowadays rallying is nothing compared to this!

[405T16]

Brilliant video! Just why do the original sounds always have to be spoiled by music?

[405T16]

Absolutely brilliant video! Just why do the original sounds always have to be spoiled by music?

[ehlpitel]

Deep Purple-Highway Star.

[Sensekhmet]

Those were the times. No bitching and whining from the drivers, too!

[Speedyrolla]

Can someone tell me the singer.band and/or the song of this vid?Tnxsss

[Sebut]

deep purple - highway star;)

[Speedyrolla]

Tnxs Dude

[k3nny5k1ll3r]

Just graeat!

[76ers]

Safari still remains the world's toughest rally. Big respect for all those who completed it

[Cuivier]

Too bad it's no longer part of WRC. Oh, BTW-I want Lancia Stratos!!!

[diesellover]

speedvision

[vanpastel]

Alfa said it! Amazing

[Ballshippin]

Nice Video!!

[alfa2007]

Just amazing.

[Magicman54321]

Now this is rallying! Where did you get that video from! That is awesome!

[wrtxxx]

this video was in my PC, I obtained it of a lost page in Internet, does like 3 years, is cool! it is the essence of rally,

byebye