Thursday 3rd November 2011

Time For Tea? Wall Of Death...With Added Lion

Yes, it is exactly what it sounds like...

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Today's teatime treat comes courtesy of our very own PH2 biker-man Jon Urry.

It's the answer to a question nobody in a sound mental state should be asking, namely: how do you make that most tricky of petrol-based circus feats, the wall of death, more challenging?

The answer, for this lot at least, is obvious: chuck a lion into the mix. Blimey they were crazy back in the 1930s... the evenings are long without telly, Facebook or PistonHeads, we suppose...

So Jon, do you fancy giving it a go with a motorbike and sidecar for us...?

[dave stew]

Brilliant - they didn't piss around with health and safety back then!
Loads of toys made from real mercury and dollies with heads that came off to reveal a spike to stab your sibling with.

Happy daze...

[zeb]

the car must have run on esso petrol....;)

[v4nnm]

mad as a fking brush.

[timewatch]

Airbag with CLAWS!

[cookie1600]

Bonkers!

Wouldn't get away with it now though just think of all the agencies and charities that would be piping up about health and safety + cruelty to wild animals/open topped cars/wooden banking/smoking public/no seat belts/driver out of hours/no neck brace/no tax insurance, MOT, lights etc etc etc

[Lord Flathead]

The Lion appears to be enjoying the ride!

[kotafey]

Uh... ok

[pits]

God bless the liondromes, the world needs more of these.

[Crunchy Nutter]

Just taking the lion for a spin dahling! Pip pip!

Marvellous stuff. I love how the driver gives the lion a whack at the end for good measure. The thing might have had his hand off if it hadn't have probably been feeling a bit sick.

[diddly69]

What a thrill for everyone!

[rockymount]

Looks like the lion was the mane attraction. Luckily, they'd fed Leo beforehand, or otherwise it wouldn't have been just the driver/car spinning around but the the cameraman as well !! Wonder what they fed Leo ......... "Finch and Chimps" perhaps

[timbo48]

Paws for thought
There's a tail to tell there somewhere
People used to take a pride in their work in those days........I could go on

[thewheelman]

Drugs must have been fking amazing in those days!

[PascalBuyens]

rockymount said:

Looks like the lion was the mane attraction.

Oooh, I see what you did there...

[Total loss]

For those that haven't seen it (and well worth seeing if you haven't) at Goodwood Revival, Silverstone historic and other events, that very wall of death in the film is still in use to this day. The Demon Drome - wall of death, run by a great bunch of people, the Seymour family and who put on a great show. http://www.demondrome.com/History.html

[Moley RUFC]

Superb. Should be this week's pic

[J4CKO]

Whenever the picture is from time wise and when I see a Male Lion now, I always think they have a Seventies look about them.

[Cecil]

I first saw thatpicture on here in a thread on dangerous handling, fantastic

[Mr Gearchange]

I'm waiting for Blib to arrive and pronounce "repost"

[Teppic]

Mr Gearchange said:

I'm waiting for Blib to arrive and pronounce "repost"