Mean-looking Russian Arm deployed for ad on Bessborough

A television ad for a Netherlands Insurance firm was being shot Friday on Bessborough Drive. Where else? It has employed a mean-looking vehicle called by its owners the Russian Arm. It was parked on Airdrie Rd. when The South Bayview Bulldog snapped these shots. It is clearly designed to take “flying shots” of all types. We suspect the chairs and tables set out on a couple of lawns would be the likely crowd scene. A caterer was preparing food. The Russian Arm is black to the brake linings and finished in a “zippered” metal unlike any vehicle seen before, presumably to prevent glare. The insurer is said to be making its debut in Canada.