This video is for all the guys that come on this site and talk about putting 496cu. in. or turbo or super charged engine in their otherwise stock car that has 40+ year old components. This is what happens.

You gotta crawl before you walk.

 

Looks like he down shifted instead of up.

 

mopar with weak or broken, rusted shackles, leaf springs, funny though!!

 

Painful to watch, seemed like a nice car. Added horsepower will bring out the weak points in a power train.

 

That's funny, I collapsed the control arm on the drivers side on a 73 cutlass I had back in the day, lucky it didn't go that far.

 

that was funny as hell

 

Oh my God! I have heard of it happening but never seen it, that was funny but painful!!!

 

That looks like the main drag in Stony Plain AB to me.

 

It's funny if you're watching,but i'm sure it's not funny for driver of that car.Appears to have lost the mounting from the leaf springs?

 

And the guy didn't turn around to help him out. They just laughed and drove away, kinda messed up! Must not be a car guy/gal

 

Funny video, but it's hard to say the failure is 40 year old components... I've seen plenty of failures from brand new equipment from people that buy the cheapest part possible or don't install it properly... There's a video from a few years ago where a 3rd gen camaro ripped out the ladder bars right on the starting line at the track, probably a home brewed special...

 

This is hilarious lmfao. I wouldn't have stopped not much I could do unless I have a flat bed. I sheered the ring and pinion on my ex's k5 blazer and luckily it happed right after take off from a light but even at 25 mph I had the 35's hoping and skidding lol. It was 2am. And a tow truck happed to be driving by and he towed me home for 45 bucks cash lol. This guy might have a harder time getting onto a flat bed lol.

 

In the newscast last night they said the guy bought the car a couple of hours before.

 

I feel for the poor guy.

 

ya don't seem funny to me . poor guy plunked down some cash and now he has to tell his old lady he broke it already like Christmas day .

 

Looking at it slowed down it appears that the right U-bolt failed to secure the rear in place and the rear starts driving forward until it hits the wheelwell on that side causing bouncy-oh **** carnage to ensue. That's a kick in the pants for the unsuspecting new owner, but i know i've driven a newly purchased car without checking every nut/bolt in my suspension... could have been me, probably anyone really. Hope he's able to put it back together.

 

A buddy of mine in high school had a 79 malibu with a pretty warm 350 rocket in it. He was doing a smokey launch in front of his house, when he had gotten down the road a bit and the front u joint "expired". The driveshaft dug into the pavement and wadded it up, but not before it beat the transmission tail shaft to death and "recontoured" the floor pan. Obviously not the kind of damage as in the video, but stout running engines + stock components sometimes equals trouble.

 

A cautionary tale for the resto-modders.