Ford Motorsports Records--East African Safari--Photography--Item 16
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The East African Safari Rally tested a car's and driver's endurance. During the 1960s, the rally's course covered thousands of miles passing through Kenya, Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Uganda. Drivers could expect punishing road conditions. Mud or dust was commonplace. Many cars that entered did not finish. Don Bailey was co-driver on one of the American teams driving Mercury Comets in 1964.
The East African Safari Rally tested a car's and driver's endurance. During the 1960s, the rally's course covered thousands of miles passing through Kenya, Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Uganda. Drivers could expect punishing road conditions. Mud or dust was commonplace. Many cars that entered did not finish. Don Bailey was co-driver on one of the American teams driving Mercury Comets in 1964.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1963-1964
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2007.1.1930.17
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.00 in
Width: 10.00 in
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