MDchanic

I suspect that this is an 18 frame per second film run at 24 frames per second, (makes it look like the car is going impossibly fast), but it's still a cool video.


- Eric

coppercutlass

Awesome ! Pretty amazing at how much abuse it took considering how "crude" or simple those cars where .

Tony72Cutlass'S'

A friend of mine just bought a 4 cylinder model A, i know it's not the same car. but it's incredible how you could probably tear apart that engine in the field.

Adjust the choke with a **** in the engine bay

Throttle idle speed adjustable on the steering column

I want one.

oldcutlass

Pretty tough rig.

rustyroger

It ticks all the boxes for good offroading ability. tall skinny tires to bite through mud and find some grip, long travel suspension, light weight and flexible chassis and plenty of torque at low revs.
I suspect that particular car may have a locked diff though.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

Roger.

Lady72nRob71

Wow - darn tough cars to take that abuse. I like how there was no damage when they rolled it!
Locking rear had to have been on there. Looks just like here with the sticky gumbo. Here you do not make footprints, you take them with you.

Funkwagon455

Well, I can see that at least the Dodge owners have remained consistent for the last century.. Very impressive, I'll have to ask my good friend if his SRT8 Challenger is up to the task!

pogo69

Very clever how they rolled it down and up on the roof and then back upright

MDchanic

They did that to show how strong the roof was - if you notice, they rolled up all the windows afterward to prove that there was no deformation to the doors or window tracks.

- Eric

rustyroger

Let's not forget it's a promotional movie made by Dodge.
But due respect, that was one tough car, how many of todays cars could do that - including 4wd trucks?.

Bad roads and muddy tracks were much the norm outside big cities then, so cars were built to handle them. And if they broke something they were easy to fix and a horse could often pull them out if they got stuck. I wonder how its contemporaries from GM or Ford or one of the many long deceased makers would compare in a like for like test.

Roger.