Racing on the rocks

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We love a bit of motor sport here and have found memories of driving on frozen lakes in Switzerland and Scandinavia. When you look at historical images of the ice racing in Sweden the amount of Specials is striking, with every Olle, Malte or Ivar seemingly coming up with a car of their own design. One that really struck us was the ‘Nobe V8 Special’ constructed by a man named Gustav Nobelius. In fact his Nobe Special was based upon the earlier GB1 Special from Norway (story here) but we fell for the looks that Nobelius gave it. The V8 designation does indeed point towards eight cylinders, so this must have been quite a beast to drive. And how about those cast spike wheels without tyres? We alsolike  the looks of the man himself, reminding us of the late great Terry Thomas in Monte Carlo or Bust. Speaking about ice racing…

(Words editor, picture courtesy kustomrama.com)

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