08-02-2017, 09:30 AM
That story Jeffrey reminds me of one told to me of another by my late friend Pat McCabe ( Kirsty the weather girl's dad). When he passed his test his father bought him a Fiat 500 Abarth. I believe it was the winter of '62 and Pat and his pals decided to go skiing, Glenshee I think, Well the Skis were too long for the 500 so he put them underneath and tied them to the front and back bumpers.
On the journey up the weather closed in and they were the only ones around. The narrow tyres on the 500 meant they were digging in and gripping but eventually they lost all traction and steering, the raised snow outwith the tracks made the car ski....... allegedly it bumped around side to side but miraculously stayed roughly on course and there was no other vehicles on the road, eventually they got grip and were able to stop.
So there you are a Fiat 500 bobsleigh.
On the journey up the weather closed in and they were the only ones around. The narrow tyres on the 500 meant they were digging in and gripping but eventually they lost all traction and steering, the raised snow outwith the tracks made the car ski....... allegedly it bumped around side to side but miraculously stayed roughly on course and there was no other vehicles on the road, eventually they got grip and were able to stop.
So there you are a Fiat 500 bobsleigh.
