Article from Tulip Rallye

[Keith Clements]

http://www.ic-tm.nl/nl/klassieker-nieuw ... k%E2%80%99

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Count Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt: "I feel like giving kick ass' Tuesday, July 2, 2013 By Jan-Erik Plettenburg.

Count Hugo Robert Joan van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1929) won in 1953 the first Dutch Tulpenrallye the year 2013 and he still drives the car. In fact, he has just ordered a new BMW from the 5 Series. "Wherever I can ride hard, but never more than 50 km / h not to touch. Lose my license"

The Count won sixty years ago with French navigator Eschauzier the Tulpenrallye, the first Dutch team. Frans was an old school friend. I sat with him at the Princess Beatrix Glion sur Montreux School in Switzerland. A friend of mine, where I had a little crush on, went there after the Second World War, namely to. French had entered deep Fiat 1100 and we played with it. You could laugh with him. It was a bit of a crazy guy. Quiet, a real Zeeuw. Eschauzier was convenient and could well tinker. His sister was married to an engineer Schiff Vredestein. Therefore, we had access to Profilux tires from Vredestein. No idea what has become of French. He had money and has never had to do much. He's going to work. At Vredestein through his brother I was French and his wife later sometimes, with reunions of the Princess Beatrix Lyceum. "
Tire pressure
The car that Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt in 1953 appeared at the start of the fifth Tulpenrallye in Spa, was his own Jowett Javelin. "In 1952 I drove that car my first Tulpenrallye. The car was modified with the help of importer Sieberg in Amsterdam. The rear doors I had removed to save weight. There were cardboard plates. The mats and the rear seat had been removed. I fell out during the final test at Zandvoort because the engine was run hot. The roller cover lingered. It would have been sabotage, but I dare not say. "
For the Tulpenrallye 1953 I had prepared myself to perfection. I was eager to win. I had a cover made with valves, which I could open up. Behind the wheel with a rope That worked perfectly. You could not make cars lighter from that year. However, we had the motor on the inside polished for better returns. Also, I had prepared myself to one of the stages. I knew there would be a test where you had to go down. Without using the engine as soon as possible a mountain I wanted to know what would work best: a possible so heavily loaded car or just as little cargo on board. We then practiced in the Ardennes with sandbags and guess what: no sandbags we were faster through the corners. "
During the rally, at the beginning of the course of this trial in the medieval town of Clervaux in northern Luxembourg, many teams threw the tank once full to have extra weight. Tires were inflated spare. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt did the opposite. "If a drunkard, I drove to the start of the special stage. The sides of the tread were completely worn down. Then I let the tires inflated hard, leaving only remained a narrow tread. Thus, I was by far the fastest of the trial. " To continue: "At the awards ceremony organizer Piet Nortier was so emotional that 'his' boys had won, that tears rolled down his cheeks."

Dead or deaf
Since 1992, the Tulpenrallye a rally for classic cars. Earl Van Zuylen van Nijevelt is still in the Committee of Recommendation Tulpenrallye, "but it is no longer the rally of the past. I also understand that it is no longer possible, but I do have to laugh a bit. It has become a journey from lunch to dinner. The Tulpenrallye then was of special stage for special stage. It was three days and nights away. Nowadays people hire good readers in. I am sick to my stomach when I have to read a map. I think kick ass giving fun, but on closed roads. I drove all stages. " The count can be found at the closing gala of the Tulpenrallye every year, but for him the fun a bit off. "The men of that time are dead or deaf. There is to be carried. "No call