Bruce and Harry Washington, of Timaru, celebrate in Paris after winning the Peking to Paris endurance rally.

Timaru's Bruce and Harry Washington have won the Peking to Paris endurance car rally.

The father and son duo, driving a 1929 Chrysler 75 Roadster, was first in the Vintageant category and first overall in the race for the 110 classic and historic vehicles that started in Peking on June 12.

Over the ensuing 36 days, the Washingtons, with Bruce driving and Harry navigating, piloted their car on a route that stayed faithful with the original event back in 1907, covering 13,695 kilometres to the finish in Paris on Monday [NZ time]. On the way they crossed the Gobi Desert and Mongolia before heading through Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland and finally, France.

ENDURANCE RALLY ASSOCIATION/SUPPLIED Timaru's Bruce and Harry Washington driving their 1929 Chrysler 75 Roadster through Mongolia in the 2016 Peking to Paris Endurance Rally.

For Bruce Washington it was third time lucky while it was a novice win for Harry Washington.

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"You see what happens when you never give up," Bruce Washington said at the finish, having previously entered the event in 2010 and 2013.

There was further success for the pair as an "astonished" Harry won the Philip Young Cup for novices.

Harry Washington, at only 19 years old, was struck by the fact that "every country was like its own rally, every time you crossed the border you didn't know what you were you going to get. An amazing experience and I'm so proud of my dad and yes, I'd do it all again tomorrow".

The news was not so good for the other all New Zealand team, mum and daughter Heather and Joanne Worth. They had numerous issues, including a roll over and an injury, but their 1968 Volvo Amazon 122S still made it to Paris. They finished 45th in classic category for pre 1975 model cars.