markbognor
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The Wall of Deathmarkbognor
@markbognor
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If you get the oppertunity to experience this you really should take it. It's a whole body experience of noise and motion. The wall moves as if it is a living organism and the concentrated noise from the open pipes of the pre war Indians is felt as much as heard. Promted by the chance finding of this film: (Vimeo link) The Wall of Death - A Film By Benedict CambellNot sure how (or if it's possible to) embed from vimeo so you'll have to follow the link.
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Watched it at the NEC classic car show, I was completely blown away, it is an amazing show that everyone should see if they get the opportunity.
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1968 Volvo 142S 1969 Volvo 164 1987 Volvo 240 Estate (Sold) 1971 Triumph 2500 Estate
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room.
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markbognor
South East
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The Wall of Deathmarkbognor
@markbognor
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I quite clearly fail at life. For which I appologise profusely.
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damask
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I actually know a family that do this, and have attended a few fairs with them... They train you on a push bike with a welded cog, basically to show that you cant lose power for an instant! Its some scary stuff when one of the boys showed me a scar from an operation he had after coming off once...
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MK2VR6
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Great link, looks well worth experiencing seeing it. Am I missing something with autofive's link?
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room.
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta 2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van 2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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It isn't a proper wall of death until you take a lion along for the ride ;D
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in
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LOL!!! Look at that lion, its loving it
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 Mazda 929 Coupé 1986 Mazda 929 Wagon 1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon 1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr 1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL 1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo 1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr 2000 Rover 45 V6 Club 1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel 1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon 1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler 2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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It isn't a proper wall of death until you take a lion along for the ride ;D I suppose autofive did say intrusions would be met with cats, your just combining the two ;D
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta 2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van 2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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You could build your own from a few hundred pallets and some plywood. No, I'm not joking - this guy did...... Have a look at his youtube channel for a few other films about a chap learning to ride I and various other stuff.
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Last Edit: Dec 3, 2011 18:20:25 GMT by dave21478
1986 Panda 4x4. 1990 Metro Sport. 1999 Ford Escort estate.
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mrzee
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Having seen the Fox family's wall of death show at Flookborough Steam Gsthering this summer I do agree that it is something well worth seeing!!!
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Autofive in awesome contribution shocker! its vip's day off so i took up the role of pseudo moderator
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room.
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PHUQ
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It's an absolutely fantastic experience and well worth seeing.
The wall with the cars on looks incredibly scary however- look at the gaps!
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Brian Damaged
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The Wall of DeathBrian Damaged
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I've got clear memories of the Wall Of Death that used to visit when the fun fair came to town as part of Redditch carnival back in the 70's. I just thought the guys doing it were so facking cool. I'd not seen this video before today Mark, cheers for (re)posting it. Have a pic:
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"Fearless Egbert"
Dunno, that's really got a ring to it!
Watched these several times in the past; its a bit like being thrown in a spindryer playing ACDC full volume..... awesome!
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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I'm sure I saw a great film about this once, 'Eat The Peach' I think it was called, anyone heard of it?
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 Mazda 929 Coupé 1986 Mazda 929 Wagon 1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon 1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr 1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL 1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo 1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr 2000 Rover 45 V6 Club 1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel 1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon 1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler 2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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