1950 Cadillac 5th Wheel Driving

[Ron_TN]

https://youtu.be/mGLhoOdL7ek

 

 

Is this not slick or what....and this was 66 years ago.

[jpx2rk]

Pretty cool, guy was pretty smart to accomplish that.  

[quickbiscuit]

Just don't park left side to curb!

[10-Ring]

I wonder if people would drive like such idiots if the consequences were getting hit with one of these tanks instead of a Prius?

[Grand Torino]

I thought I'd seen it all.

[RC3]

I wonder if people would drive like such idiots if the consequences were getting hit with one of these tanks instead of a Prius?

Sadly, I saw a crash test that showed the chevy being decimated during a crash. They were testing new cars vs old one and that volvo ate up the chevy. it was a 54 I believe.

[Caster]

Just don't park left side to curb!

If it takes its power from the drive shaft all one would need to do is use reverse or forward transmission gears to change directions.

[gregintenn]

That would make a pretty awesome emergency brake as well! :eek:

[Caster]

Less wear and tear when doing donuts in the parking lot too.

[monkeylizard]

Sadly, I saw a crash test that showed the chevy being decimated during a crash. They were testing new cars vs old one and that volvo ate up the chevy. it was a 54 I believe.

 

I've seen a '59 Chevy vs a 2009 Chevy Malibu. Awesome to watch. Amazing advances in passenger safety in 50 years.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g

[hipower]

And of course it had to be on about the ugliest Caddy ever built.

[joe4vol]

A lot the damage done to the new cars is actually helping the passengers. The energy is absorbed by the damage to the car and not by the passengers.

[10-Ring]

Sadly, I saw a crash test that showed the chevy being decimated during a crash. They were testing new cars vs old one and that volvo ate up the chevy. it was a 54 I believe.

 

Yeah those old ones will not hold up in a crash, they just don't have the engineering.  What I was saying is that they are going to hit harder based on their weight alone.  I suck at physics but know enough to know that if a Chevy that weighs 3 tons and a Prius that weighs 1 ton are traveling at the same rate of speed the Chevy will do a lot more damage to the hipster in the Nissan Leaf that was checking his Facebook while turning left on a red.  

[monkeylizard]

Mass matters, but so does engineering. I'd rather take a hit from a 3-ton Chevy in a 1-ton car from today than a 3-ton car from 50 years ago. If I have to take a hit from a 3-ton Chevy, I'd rather do it in a 15-ton dump truck, but that's just me.

[Ron_TN]

Duh.......Hey Ron.....how did we get on car weights and crashes....( looks up at title of topic )....CRASH.....BANG .....BOOM.....POW...... :blah:

[AtomicRooster]

Wonder how fast I could get that bad boy going in a circle....."hey...hold my beer and watch this"