Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 I was cruising youtube this morning and found the above video. Apparently, those Model A Fords are bombing around the Ray Dahlinger built Ford test track which doubled as an airport for Ford execs of the day. Great footage.... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Ford Barn, click here.
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Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 Wonder how many test drivers they lost a week ?
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Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 Hi,
Nice video,... I do also find some old fun...!! Here is a picture from a " Dirttrack" day in 1930 in Copenhagen DK.. As you can see, they are testing the Cars very hard... http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/310/flyingmodela.jpg |
Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 Wow, that looks like fun but brutal.
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Something very odd about this photo, almost as if its drawn. Only one face has any detail, of course I guess this could be distortion from the camera, however the wood almost looks cartoony? |
Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 It sure does.
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Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 :rolleyes:They drive like that in Jersey all the time...
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Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 Sometimes in those old pictures someone would trace the outlines to make the pics less blury. Especially true for old newspaper photos.
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Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 if it was a 30 tudor ,it would have looked like me out in the Idaho desert chasing rabbits in the 60s Yahoooo
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Wonder how many test drivers they lost a week ?))quote. How many Camera men did they go threw??? |
Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 That photo looks like an artist's rendition. Notice how the entrance ramp has a nice low slope of about 15 degrees, and then it suddenly changes to 45. I think if you actually hit that 45-degree section at any speed, you'd wreck the whole structure. And would you get that much lift from the front wheels after all the inertia was absorbed by the impact?
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Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 The structure, albeit a little crude, is rather stout, should easily take an A at a retry good clip. Notice removal of front bumper and bumper braces, so it wouldn't ram the increased angle.
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Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 What are they doing at the end of the video...fishing out the one that didn't make the curve at the beginning? :D
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What exactly is stout about it? The what appear to be 1x1's that its framed out of which the larger lumber is resting on? Look what is supporting the ramp sections, its not stout. |
Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 I have a few old newspaper photos 8x10's that have whiteout backgrounds and enhanced lines, common practice back then. Bob
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Ray Dahlinger(no relation) was one of Henry Ford's close associates who oversaw Ford's farming operations, Greenfield Village, and special projects such as this one. Who's Brent? |
Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 I have yet to see anyone drive anywhere near as daring as that in their A
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Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 Next moon shot they ought to take an A and drive it on the lunar surface...then leave it for civilization to admire!
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Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928 I drive mine that way and it scares a lot of people.
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