16-04-2020, 11:07 PM
My most terrifying tow was when my mum's Hillman Imp suffered a seized camshaft on the A1 just at the start of the A1M north of Doncaste.
After much telephone trouble(1971 vintage) a pal arrived with a crowd of lours in an Austin Westminster 3L. He tied on a rope good 30 fit long shouted "Jump in, follow me!" and hauled me the 40 odd miles back to Harrogate at 70mph. the brakes on the Imp were almost glowing as I made futile attempts to slow the bugger down!
After much telephone trouble(1971 vintage) a pal arrived with a crowd of lours in an Austin Westminster 3L. He tied on a rope good 30 fit long shouted "Jump in, follow me!" and hauled me the 40 odd miles back to Harrogate at 70mph. the brakes on the Imp were almost glowing as I made futile attempts to slow the bugger down!