they got around pretty good back then

[jeff of pa]

still trying to figure out though at 1:35

I would have rolled it the other way.

I wonder what their reasoning was ? Momentum ?

 

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[pepperj]

Downhill maybe?

Heck they got around better than most 4x4's today, but liking the roll job and hardly no damage.

 

[jeff of pa]

Downhill maybe?

Heck they got around better than most 4x4's today, but liking the roll job and hardly no damage.

must have been the tire size.

 

[billpa]

Bet the butt got a workout.They sure would go in the mud.

 

[pepperj]

must have been the tire size.

Had a /68 Mercedes Uni-Mog 22.5 skinny tires walked through anything, over, and up, but these ones from the twenties really took a beating and still went a ticking down the road. Do that today and it would $$$ damage.

 

[ARC]

lol... talk about "ruts" in the road... sheesh..
And I b*tch about the potholes... heh

 

[ARC]

Sheesh... cars today cannot even get through half that crapola...
unless its a truck or jeep... hum-v whatever...
Try taking the ole family car down one of those bad rutted roads...heh

 

[releventchair]

"I wonder what their reasoning was "

Maybe a demonstration of the strength of the roof and A pillars ect..
They rolled the windows up right away after it was righted. A demonstration is my guess...

 

[jeff of pa]

"I wonder what their reasoning was "

Maybe a demonstration of the strength of the roof and A pillars ect..
They rolled the windows up right away after it was righted. A demonstration is my guess...

I agree the Fact there was a Camera on them the Whole Time,
I think it was probably an early ad for Dodge.
& run in the Movie Theatres

but still impressive

I lost count at how many Pans , I dented & ripped open over the years
and how many Drive Shafts & Universals I had to fix
Doing things like that in the 70's.
I
never rolled one though

 

[ARC]

I would hate to "cross the street" in that first part...

" oh I see the 7-eleven... I need smokes... let me just hop through this MUD PIT !!!... Ill brb"

Cool vid though Jeff.

 

[jeff of pa]

I would hate to "cross the street" in that first part...

" oh I see the 7-eleven... I need smokes... let me just hop through this MUD PIT !!!... Ill brb"

Cool vid though Jeff.

Good thing they invented Concrete & Blacktop

That Street would cripple a horse

 

[ARC]

lol... I bet it did many times...
I could see it now... something "spooks" the horse you are ridding into town...
your are not quite to the "sidewalk" whatever that is in the video.. heh...
Horse rears back... and you are like WOAH WOAH WAOHHHHHHH!!! ...
NoT HERE YOU_____... heh

Prolly the CAR passing / backfiring...heh

 

[barrywk]

their reasoning was ...had they pushed the other way they would have been rolling it over up hill...they had gravity helping them in that direction

 

[ARC]

Hey ! that street was made from the 4 dollars in tax money they collected.
Sheesh could not even be a bank robber in that town...
the mud would catch you, heh

 

[jeff of pa]

their reasoning was ...had they pushed the other way they would have been rolling it over up hill...they had gravity helping them in that direction

I

see they had a lot of people watching on the Bridge in the Back round too .Seemed like allot of bridge traffic for the period.

Must have been with them

 

[ARC]

Hey... where is this EXACT spot... MD TIME !!!.
I want to look up oldest videos of people falling in muddy streets.

 

[Ahab8]

Had a /68 Mercedes Uni-Mog 22.5 skinny tires walked through anything, over, and up, but these ones from the twenties really took a beating and still went a ticking down the road. Do that today and it would $$$ damage.

That Unimog is one bad buggy! I'd love to see a pic if you have one bud. Awesome vehicle

 

[Keppy]

their reasoning was ...had they pushed the other way they would have been rolling it over up hill...they had gravity helping them in that direction

Yes sir that was what i saw there was a slight grad going up on the other side..

 

[pepperj]

That Unimog is one bad buggy! I'd love to see a pic if you have one bud. Awesome vehicle

It was the best advertising vehicle going for my company, 258.1 gear ratio in reverse, 4 cal. gas everything waterproof, gun racks, right from the Swiss army, 13,000kmh on her when I bought it out the container. Would drive down to the recrushing plant and drive to the top of the huge gravel piles 45% slopes no problem. Great for going through from one parking lot to another, 8-12" traffic barriers were a walk over. What was cool I could lift off the doors, windshield, sides, tailgate as everything was on a pin hinges.

I'll look for a photo of her over the weekend.

 

[Ahab8]

It was the best advertising vehicle going for my company, 258.1 gear ratio in reverse, 4 cal. gas everything waterproof, gun racks, right from the Swiss army, 13,000kmh on her when I bought it out the container. Would drive down to the recrushing plant and drive to the top of the huge gravel piles 45% slopes no problem. Great for going through from one parking lot to another, 8-12" traffic barriers were a walk over. What was cool I could lift off the doors, windshield, sides, tailgate as everything was on a pin hinges.

I'll look for a photo of her over the weekend.

Yeah they are incredible. I'd get in trouble with one. Have to drive over a cop car or something lol