Their Story
The 1968 London-Sydney Marathon has been written about and captured by a number of the drivers, reporters and on-lookers of this amazing rally.
Here are a number of these wonderful records.
Read, See and Enjoy:
The Route as outlined by Alan Sawyer
Jack Sears pre-trial account
Building a car for a Marathon - Basil Cardew
Melvin Lewis Biography - Driver of Car 99 - 2 WD Land Rover
David Benson's Story - Reporter for the Daily Express
John Smailes - Pre-Marathon Observations
Jim Graham's Story - Secret Weapons and humourous pre race highlights
Michael Scarlett - Marathon 1800 - (A Post Script)
The Survivors of the Marathon - by Ken Green and others
Ron Morgan's Memoirs - A Media man remembers.
Brian Lemon's great pics - taken in Perth
Bill Kneipp's - fantastic pictorial in Australia
Autopics - special pics donated from their site
Spoils to the Victors - by Alan Sawyer
Bill Tuckey - The Aftermath
Harry Firth - Interview with Motor Manual 1969
Checkpoint Teheran - by Frank Goldsworthy
Checkpoint Bombay - by Stephen Harper
Allan Chilcott's Story - An exclusive report of the Lucien Bianchi accident.
Berwyn Williams Story - Driver of Car 21 - Austin 1800
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