Off Topic? Best Video of Driving in the Mud.

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lance Sorenson, North Carolina on Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 04:14 pm:

This video features Dodge cars, but it shows what driving on early roads was like back in the T days. It's the best I have seen. Agree?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq2jY1trxqg


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By William L Vanderburg on Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 04:23 pm:

It's a wonder any of the cars that existed then are around today.....


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tony Bowker on Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 04:38 pm:

And all those on the Death Valley tour thought Titus Canyon was bad!!!! It was a freeway by comparison.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bernard Paulsen, San Buenaventura, Calif on Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 08:55 pm:

Since we're OT anyway, I got a kick out of this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz5s3027gvc


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ed in California on Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 10:19 pm:

Look...they have gawkers or "lookie-loos" too....stopping on the bridge behind them as they are flipping the car back over. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Peter Kable on Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 10:52 pm:

Dodge's were really good at driving through mud like this,

I used to go to a property (farm) shooting in my teens and they had a 1924 Dodge 4 which was used when it got wet.

In 1956 there was a huge flood which put the whole countryside under water for months.The Dodge was the only contact with the outside world ( all other vehicles were not able to do what it did including Land Rovers Jeeps etc) it was used weekly to go to the closest town Bourke NSW 50 miles away. Having narrow wheels meant it was able to cut down through the mud to hard ground as you can see in some of the shots as it followed previous tracks in the film.

My mates and I had a WW2 Willys Jeep we used to drive over the property shooting pigs. We would come across deep ruts in the ground all over which were put there by the Dodge when it was used in the wet season. If we got bogged the Dodge was put into service to come rescue us.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 11:07 pm:

Thanks for that Lance.........I happen to have one....... :-)

1925Dodge


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