Fantastic! I must admit, my initial reaction was that a Frogeye
wouldn't have a hope against a modern 3l V6 car. Then I realised how
much weight had been added to the Peugeot, sound system, play station,
and the mechanism for those doors is bound to weigh a ton. And clearly
a bit of effort had been put in preparing the Sprite in the opposite
direction, removing weight and making it race-ready. For racing
generally, on a hill-climb particularly, weight is everything.
Still, the result is hilarious. So many of the mods to the Peugeot are
to make it LOOK fast - bodykit, spoilers, lowered suspension etc. - yet
it can be beaten by a car with 1/3 of the engine capacity and probably
even less power. HA!!!
Was that from a recent episode of Top Gear? I usually manage to catch
it, although I missed it last night, and the season opener a couple of
weeks ago. Hold on, it's repeated tonight at 7:00, gotta catch it!!!
Watching that made me regret not turning up to our local hillclimb a
couple of weeks ago - it was a bit damp that day, but it's only held
twice a year and in Aberdeenshire you have to take whatever weather you
get, so I should have gone (as a spectator, I should mention, Sammy is
in no state for such shenanigans!).
Richard & Sammy ('73 Black Tulip BGT)
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