Model T Ford summits Ben Nevis

A team of 70 battled hail, snow and strong winds to carry a replica Model T Ford car to the summit of Ben Nevis. The car was carried up in pieces and re-assembled on the top of Scotland’s highest peak at about 11 am yesterday (Wednesday 18 May). The car was again dismantled for the descent.

The event was organised to commemorate the driving of a Model T to the summit in 1911 as a publicity stunt by a Ford selling agent in Edinburgh. The commemoration plan had courted controversy with an initial idea to airlift the car to the summit. Eventually agreement was reached with the John Muir Trust, which owns much of the peak, to allow the car to be carried in bits up the mountain.

Local company No Fuss Events co-ordinated the event with the support of Fort William Community Council, Friends of Nevis, the John Muir Trust, Nevis Partnership and The Outdoor Capital of the UK, working with the Ford Model T enthusiasts. David Munro, of No Fuss Events, told the BBC that 71 people had volunteered to help carry the car to and from the summit, which is 1,344 m (4,409 ft) above sea level.