Grant Wallis - 2 Fast 2 Furious Sobema Matterhorn at Peterhead 15/9/23

Eventually Caught up with this Sobema matterhorn for some footage, I first saw it at its first place in Scotland at Stonehaven earlier this year but was not open, then caught it building up at Elgin recently, but took a short trip through to Peterhead to get a ride on it. Thanks to Grant for giving us a forward and backward cycle on the machine, I first originally saw the machine in the late 80s at Rathven market as a kid with mont blanc cars under the ownership of Brian Hickey, always looked a lively machine, rides well with a fair swing in the cars and the cars were very roomy compared to some other matterhorns I have previously done through the years. This is also the 3rd matterhorn currently travelling in Scotland. If you see this machine around its well worth going for a ride on!!!

[@caitlinzebradownie6626]

That ride should be in Glasgow more often

[@caitlinzebradownie6626]

It should be near Glasgow this summer

[@paulmasters2022]

Wow never seen a sobema Matterhorn set of cars swing so wild 😮

[@ecossefairgroundphotograph1514]

No shock absorbers fitted but I think they will be refitted in the winter

[@icrimsoni2360]

​@@ecossefairgroundphotograph1514very unusual for a Sobema to require shock absorbers, whoever was in charge of manufacturing this did a really good job, excellent model, do you know if this uses a leaver or buttons to speed up/down? The only other model that can get its cars completely upside down is Freddy's revenge but you have to run it at a slow speed for longer than 2F2F however it does top out at a higher speed so you've really got to be careful not to push the drive too fast down otherwise the cars will get extremely close to the top banner because the arms start coming of the track 😄😄.

[@johnmarshall9695]

@@icrimsoni2360 its not buttons or a lever its a dial

[@icrimsoni2360]

@@johnmarshall9695 interesting, thanks for replying.

[@caitlinzebradownie6626]

Is it like the turbo jet

[@caitlinzebradownie6626]

I am nervous about riding this

[@ecossefairgroundphotograph1514]

Nothing to be nervous about it's a good ride it's always been a wild machine since it came over from Norway

[@darylgrenney5048]

Where’s all the lights gone from the cars

[@ecossefairgroundphotograph1514]

They do have them a lot of the machine was stripped by the previous owners

[@caitlinzebradownie6626]

I hope this ride stays in Glasgow and doesn’t get sold out

[@ecossefairgroundphotograph1514]

Looks like a foreign broker is dealing with it and seen a few foreign people interested I recon it could go abroad

[@caitlinzebradownie6626]

@@ecossefairgroundphotograph1514 oh no

[@caitlinzebradownie6626]

@@ecossefairgroundphotograph1514like it’s not even been in the uk for 18 months

[@caitlinzebradownie6626]

And I’ve missed out on milngavie and spooktacular last year so that can’t be the end of its journey over Scotland

[@caitlinzebradownie6626]

And it’s expensive to export rides

[@caitlinzebradownie6626]

How fast is it

[@ecossefairgroundphotograph1514]

Yeah it's fast but the swing on the cars is wild