MORE than 100 gleaming vintage cars, including a 100-year-old Chalmers 10, will pass through South Holland on Friday afternoon on day one of The 4th Flying Scotsman 2012.
The three-day endurance rally sets off from the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, between 8am and 9.45am tomorrow and will finish at the birthplace of golf, St Andrew’s, in Scotland on Sunday teatime.
Rally organisers have asked car “crews” to don period dress to add to the spectacle.
The first cars are expected to reach Sutton Bridge at around 2.15pm before making their way along the A17 to Sutterton, where they will turn along the B1397 to Kirton and head off along the B1192 to Hubberts Bridge.
Rally organisers have earmarked several spectator points along the route and the A17 at Sutton Bridge is listed.
Cars are expected to pass through Sutton Bridge up to 4.15pm.
Pre-1920 cars taking part include a 1915 Franklin 8M6-30 and a Marmon 34.
Among the glittering stars on four wheels will be a 1924 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, an Aston Martin Le Mans dating back to 1933 and a 1929 Bugatti T43.
Aston Martins and Bentleys are strongly represented in the rally, but there are mass produced makes and familiar family cars such as Fords, Rileys, Humbers and Vauxhalls.
The Flying Scotsman is the only long distance rally purely for vintage car owners and is primarily aimed at drivers who enjoy an element of competition.
The three-day drive will have frequent timed sections, tests on private land and checkpoints all manned by experienced marshals.
Awards will be presented at the end of the rally, including best performance and best marque team, and all finishers will get a medal. Entry is by invitation only.