The Ford Barn

Admiral · 10-25-2016, 01:30 PM

I suspect the answer from most of you would be "NO!" But hey, if nothing else it's comforting to know these old Fords can take a beating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1h...ature=youtu.be

Many of you have probably seen this video already but I enjoyed it so I figured I'd share. I love watching the "primitive" transverse-spring suspension brushing off all the abuse those drivers are dishing out.

Seth Swoboda · 10-25-2016, 01:42 PM

Who filmed my wife driving?

Swarm · 10-25-2016, 01:57 PM

Why are the cars right hand drive? Cool video

RalphG · 10-25-2016, 02:13 PM

Its a British film hence the RHD. That looks like fun but no, I won't be putting my39 through anything like that. Interesting to see at the 1:45 point the 39 on the left seems to have lost it's headlight rings. .

GB SISSON · 10-25-2016, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by RalphG

Its a British film hence the RHD. That looks like fun but no, I won't be putting my39 through anything like that. Interesting to see at the 1:45 point the 39 on the left seems to have lost it's headlight rings. .

They refer to the other car as a 'prefect'. Is that a term for the 4 cylinder cars?

V8COOPMAN · 10-25-2016, 03:25 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

They refer to the other car as a 'prefect'. Is that a term for the 4 cylinder cars?

The best way to describe a Prefect would be as a 4-door Anglia. DD

Rustedjunk · 10-25-2016, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by seth swoboda

who filmed my wife driving?

lol!

Mart · 10-25-2016, 04:54 PM

Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen that one before.

Mart.

Graeme / New Zealand · 10-25-2016, 10:47 PM

Ford Prefect 1172 sidevalve 4cyl, engine 10 "taxable" British hp. Made from 1938 to 1952 in this "upright piano" guise. The roads in New Zealand were "littered" with these things well into the 1970's. They were not very stable if you took a corner tightly and would "fallover". I knew a bloke at school who had 2 of these, a metallic brown one and a blue one. He tipped one over and bent the body badly and he and his mates got out put it back on its feet and drove it home. Over the weekend he pulled the body off and put the body off the other one on and swapped the plates, illegal but no questions were asked. They were "10 a penny" here, cheap and fun but wouldn't "pull a sick sailor off your sister".

GB

deucemac · 10-26-2016, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Seth Swoboda

Who filmed my wife driving?

Egad! You mean to tell me there is someone out there that drives as bad as my ex-wife?

Henry Hopper · 10-26-2016, 01:28 AM

Great film and it looked like Ford was pushing the V8 sales in England..but I guess it all got stopped 12 weeks later when the war started in September 39.

I wonder if those two 39's made it, and are still around somewhere....I know there is a 39 cabriolet about half a mile from where I'm sitting that has been here all its life.

Seth Swoboda · 10-26-2016, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deucemac

Egad! You mean to tell me there is someone out there that drives as bad as my ex-wife?

Haha! My wife's not that bad, just one mirror ripped off and some dents over the years. But I'm telling you she will drive over and through anything on the road.

V8COOPMAN · 10-29-2016, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

They refer to the other car as a 'prefect'. Is that a term for the 4 cylinder cars?

Here's a PREFECT! DD

dumb person · 10-30-2016, 12:20 AM

Yes i would when i was younger and the cars were new. Not so much now...

big job · 10-30-2016, 03:41 AM

Utube "never give a sucker a break" W.C. Fields 1941 about 3/4 into the vidio

10-25-2016, 01:30 PM	#1
Admiral Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Oakland County, Michigan Posts: 562	Would You Ever do This to Your Car? I suspect the answer from most of you would be "NO!" But hey, if nothing else it's comforting to know these old Fords can take a beating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1h...ature=youtu.be Many of you have probably seen this video already but I enjoyed it so I figured I'd share. I love watching the "primitive" transverse-spring suspension brushing off all the abuse those drivers are dishing out.

10-25-2016, 01:42 PM	#2
Seth Swoboda Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 3,795	Re: Would You Ever do This to Your Car? Who filmed my wife driving?

10-25-2016, 01:57 PM	#3
Swarm Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Hanford California Posts: 45	Re: Would You Ever do This to Your Car? Why are the cars right hand drive? Cool video

10-25-2016, 02:13 PM	#4
RalphG Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Sask. Canada Posts: 2,424	Re: Would You Ever do This to Your Car? Its a British film hence the RHD. That looks like fun but no, I won't be putting my39 through anything like that. Interesting to see at the 1:45 point the 39 on the left seems to have lost it's headlight rings. . __________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/roosty6/videos

10-25-2016, 04:54 PM	#8
Mart Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Solihull, England. Posts: 8,756	Re: Would You Ever do This to Your Car? Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen that one before. Mart.

10-25-2016, 10:47 PM	#9
Graeme / New Zealand Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lower Hutt , New Zealand Posts: 2,126	Re: Would You Ever do This to Your Car? Ford Prefect 1172 sidevalve 4cyl, engine 10 "taxable" British hp. Made from 1938 to 1952 in this "upright piano" guise. The roads in New Zealand were "littered" with these things well into the 1970's. They were not very stable if you took a corner tightly and would "fallover". I knew a bloke at school who had 2 of these, a metallic brown one and a blue one. He tipped one over and bent the body badly and he and his mates got out put it back on its feet and drove it home. Over the weekend he pulled the body off and put the body off the other one on and swapped the plates, illegal but no questions were asked. They were "10 a penny" here, cheap and fun but wouldn't "pull a sick sailor off your sister". GB __________________ "you can't make honey out of dog sh*t" "You're a long time looking at the lid"

10-26-2016, 01:28 AM	#11
Henry Hopper Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: N.W.England Posts: 439	Re: Would You Ever do This to Your Car? Great film and it looked like Ford was pushing the V8 sales in England..but I guess it all got stopped 12 weeks later when the war started in September 39. I wonder if those two 39's made it, and are still around somewhere....I know there is a 39 cabriolet about half a mile from where I'm sitting that has been here all its life.

10-30-2016, 12:20 AM	#14
dumb person Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: South pacific island Posts: 1,724	Re: Would You Ever do This to Your Car? Yes i would when i was younger and the cars were new. Not so much now... __________________ <Link> This is how we roll<Link> "I'm Convinced that no one really reads posts anymore; they just fabricate what they think the post says then ramble on about red herrings."--Bob Outcasts rules of old cars #1 Fun is imperative, mainstream is overrated #2 If they think it is impossible, prove them wrong #3 If the science says it impossible you are not being creative enough. #4 No shame in recreating something you never had #5 If it were not for the law & physics you would be unstoppable

10-30-2016, 03:41 AM	#15
big job Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Dighton, Mass Posts: 1,230	Re: Would You Ever do This to Your Car? Utube "never give a sucker a break" W.C. Fields 1941 about 3/4 into the vidio