I wonder if the locals mostly appreciated or were annoyed by the added traffic?

Part of the intrigue of a rally is the navigation. I realize the rules excluded modern navigation tools (GPS, Google Maps, etc.) but I'm sure their effect was still in play in this rally. It can be difficult to locate a current, detailed, paper roadmap today.

I think there were all of 15 entries.

But in some of those villages up the-ah, that would be considered a traffic jam. Why we haven't seen that many khahs in a long time.

Back in the late 50's, I used to compete in sports car rallies in New York State and in the New England area. My car was a 1952 MG. My friend had a MB 300SL. We used to use Kurta calculators and slide rules. The cars used mostly were Austin Healeys, Alfa Romeos, Triumphs, Morgans and a Saab and Volvo. Them were good times. The rally would wind up at a local watering hole; the Bella Vista on Long Island was one of them. I served as president at a club in New Hampshire, but it fizzled out after a while because most of the members were in the military and were transient in nature.