MotorPunk October 2013 | Page 23

Rally Roundup | Classic India Rally 2013 | “ obstacles include huge families on tiny motorbikes, cows and cripplingly overloaded lorries “ continues. The Great Rann of Kutch is the world’s largest salt desert, flooded by seawater at the start of the monsoon, creating islands above sea level for the region’s wildlife. The 1937 Lagonda L645 would create a crowd anywhere in Europe and in India its pull is even more magnetic, yet the natives are friendly and inquisitive and the rally even makes the local papers. Overnight stays see mess tents erected, tea brewed and pub quizzes for charity. Some days the rally covers 23