![]() ![]() The personal data collected may be used in the future by the Data Controller to inform data subjects of other similar initiatives and update them on conferences and training events. UE 2016/679 GDPR,processes your personal data in order to allow you to participate in the initiative, and also to enable us subsequently to contact you in order to provide didactic material and eventual attendanceĬertificates. The overland route was then no longer viable, and unfortunately it has never really been restored since.We hereby confirm that Maggioli S.p.a., in its capacity as Data Controller pursuant to the European General Data Protection Regulation This ‘golden era’ of overland travel continued until 1979 when, almost simultaneously, the Russians invaded Afghanistan and the Shah of Iran was deposed by the Ayatollah Khomeini and his followers. Formerly the route most used was through Kerman and Zahedan in southern Iran and Quetta in Baluchistan (southwest Pakistan), entirely bypassing Afghanistan. Never mind the general lack of cars in Afghanistan, these roads - built to military standards - opened up the southern part of the country and became the preferred route for overland travellers indeed they were by far the best roads in the region. In particular, the Americans and the Russians were competing with each other through their aid projects in Asia, and in the early to mid-1960s had built a superb highway across Afghanistan from Kabul to Kandahar and Herat, then on to the Iranian border. ![]() In the 1960s, the concept of a Pan-Asian Highway was being promoted and important segments of this grand plan were being upgraded or established. We fitted a temperature gauge on our return to Canberra. The little car was painfully slow, but it passed the test with the only apparent problem being that it boiled on the long ascents. A snow drift finally stopped us just short of the summit. We then took it on a test drive south from Canberra into the Snowy Mountains and up to the top of Mt Kosciusko, Australia’s highest peak. The engine, clutch and brakes were thoroughly overhauled and the rest of the car was checked. It also had cost only $175, although much mechanical work was subsequently needed to prepare it for the trip. ![]() In fact, Stuart had planned to sleep in it if he had gone alone. Despite its small external dimensions, it had remarkable storage space inside. There was some sense in using the Multipla. At the time I owned a VW Beetle, which I thought was much more robust and better suited to the journey, but Stuart was going whether or not I joined him. To be honest, I was less than impressed with the Multipla. They had a tiny 633 cc four cylinder engine and a top speed of about 50 mph. Multiplas were commonly used as taxis in Italy. Stuart already had a car for the journey, a strange little van-like thing called a Fiat 600 Multipla, circa 1960, a precursor of the modern Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV). ![]()
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