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Ryan 09-13-2012 01:37 PM

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.

Duffy1 09-13-2012 03:13 PM

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Wonder how many test drivers they lost a week ?

plind 09-13-2012 03:33 PM

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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

Huckster 09-13-2012 03:42 PM

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Wow, that looks like fun but brutal.

MrTube 09-13-2012 03:42 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by plind (Post 498507)
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


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?

Huckster 09-13-2012 03:52 PM

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It sure does.

peters180a/170b 09-13-2012 03:54 PM

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:rolleyes:They drive like that in Jersey all the time...

CBoz 09-13-2012 04:02 PM

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Sometimes in those old pictures someone would trace the outlines to make the pics less blury. Especially true for old newspaper photos.

mot 09-13-2012 04:10 PM

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if it was a 30 tudor ,it would have looked like me out in the Idaho desert chasing rabbits in the 60s Yahoooo

19ED30 09-13-2012 05:29 PM

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(( Re: Ford Proving Grounds... 1928
Wonder how many test drivers they lost a week ?))quote.
How many Camera men did they go threw???

newshirt 09-13-2012 06:12 PM

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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?

Steve Wastler 09-13-2012 06:48 PM

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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.

CHuDWah 09-13-2012 06:54 PM

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What are they doing at the end of the video...fishing out the one that didn't make the curve at the beginning? :D

MrTube 09-13-2012 07:49 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Wastler (Post 498622)
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.


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.

Roadster62 09-13-2012 08:07 PM

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I have a few old newspaper photos 8x10's that have whiteout backgrounds and enhanced lines, common practice back then. Bob
Quote:

Originally Posted by CBoz (Post 498534)
Sometimes in those old pictures someone would trace the outlines to make the pics less blury. Especially true for old newspaper photos.


LukeDahlinger 09-13-2012 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff/Illinois (Post 498672)
That's not vintage 1928. That is Brent, heading to the shop late for work:p Video was taken only a week ago. Notice he lands in a lake at the end of the clip.

It's 1928 footage. I'm the one who uploaded it. This was part of an old newsreel. This footage also appeared in "The New Ford" , a 16mm film produced by the Ford Motion Picture Laboratories.

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?

jkeesey 09-13-2012 08:54 PM

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I have yet to see anyone drive anywhere near as daring as that in their A

dennisonk1957 09-13-2012 08:59 PM

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Next moon shot they ought to take an A and drive it on the lunar surface...then leave it for civilization to admire!

Ryan 09-13-2012 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jkeesey (Post 498692)
I have yet to see anyone drive anywhere near as daring as that in their A

Ummm.. You should me drive mine. :)

jkeesey 09-13-2012 10:17 PM

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I drive mine that way and it scares a lot of people.


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