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Thanks for the comments guys.

Dreamer 33, couldnt remember it but knew it was something like that. Do you know if it travelled from here or just the plates on a car there for show?

No Skylines this year but there was a GTR 33 last year who did it with an Escort Cossie. It was in the same colours as the blue and orange porsche in my pics. He works for Redline, a car mag.

Also have the pics in high res if anyone wants one.

Before

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After

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Picture courtesy of Rhys - passionford.com

Awards - unsure of original source

Awards:

The Gumball Enthusiast Award went to first timer Mark Muss, who had a slew of problems with his 1994 black Lotus, but stayed totally on top of it and was up the front of the pack every day.

Tough Guys of Gumball were former London gangster Dave Courtney and his team, driving an imposing black Ford F150. It's hardly suprising he won when you consider the first line of his autobiography (Stop the Ride; I Want to Get Off') says:

"One time, this guy came at with an axe in his hand and murder in his eyes. He was proper annmoyed, let me tell you. Fortunately, I had a sword in my hand. So I stuck it through him".

The Gumball Bling Award went to the boys in the pimped out VW Campervan, with Porsche engine and suspension.

A "special award" went to the driver of the Lamborghini Murcielago who was busted at 194mph before he'd got out of the UK. That car was impounded, so he took his Mercedes round the rest of the route, til he blew that up in Italy. He then had his Lambo disempounded and brought to Italy, where hours later he completely wrote it off and had to hitch hike the rest of the way to Monaco. He'd wish to remain anonymous for insurance purposes...

Best Driver went ironically to Kim Mazelle, who has now completed four Gumballs without ever taking the wheel

The Copilot Navigation Award went to the ice cream van, who managed to complete the entire 3000 mile route with a top speed of 55mph; narrowly missing out on the Spirit of the Gumball.

Cleanest car on the Rally went to fashion designer Mark Eley's tricked out Golf GTI.

DC Shoes Lifetime Achievement Award went to Carter Healey, who has been on every Gumball 3000 - this year in a Nissan 250Z.

The grand finale of the award ceremony was the coveted Spirit of the Gumball Award, which went to the Caterham Girls in their first rally. Sue Bellarby and Kathryn Huddart decided to come on the rally on a whim and bought an open top Caterham 7 just a few days before the start.

They joint owne a cleaning agency (Dustintime) and had their credit cards and cash stolen in Budapest, forcing them to drive under toll booth barriers for the rest of the route. They broke down seven times between Budapest and Italy and were also stopped seven times for speeding in between (although got away with no fines).

They were "continuously lost", got frozen and completely drenched due to their lack of a roof (someone kindly gave them goggles, which they hadn't even brought). Then two hours out of Sicily their Caterham finally blew up, forcing them to hitch hike the whole length of Italy to Monaco.

As if that wasn't hardcore enough, Sue has volunteered to drive the ice-cream van back to the UK, as it's owners have to go back to the States and Beaulieu Motor Museum want to exhibit it!

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