Post by sledrat on Oct 24, 2013 7:13:36 GMT -5
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Wow Check this out according to the ebay listing i found this morning
this was evel knievels original sled he used in a few jumpsd in the 1977
I wonder how that hardcore stuntman is doing these days?
USe to love watching his events on TV a true showman and one tuff SOB!
Later sledrat!
Heres alot more great info about the history of the sled
www.snoprousa.com/evel-knievel-snowmobile.html
The jump in Chicago on January 31st, 1977 was a semi success.
The sled landed on it's tail end and damaged the rear of the tunnel.
Ron claims that it really knocked the wind out of him during the landing.
He landed on his back 5 feet from the sled and thought his rib was broken
and had punctured his lung. It took 20-30 minutes for him to start breathing
in a correct pattern. He said that during this period on his back the only thing
he could hear was Jill St. John in his ear phone asking if this jump was a test
or if he was going to try again.
Ron wound up with a spinal injury and never rode or raced snowmobiles again.
Ron Phillips photo with the Ski-Doo RV was published in the
Waukegan News Sun, Section B
On Tuesday February 1st, 1977.
Read more... Click link below..
www.snoprousa.com/evel-knievel-snowmobile.html
