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Even though it's not about a Model A Ford, you should enjoy watching this little two minute 1921 vintage movie - sure makes you appreciate the roads we have today! :eek:

"Oilfield Dodge" Promotional Film 1920s Dodge Brothers Wild Ride - YouTube

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Its amazing a 2 wheel drive car could do all that. I know some all wheel drives that would have got stuck. lol thanks for showing. ken ct.

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Built Dodge Tough !

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Ken: After watching what they put the car through it might answer some of the questions today's restorers have about how their car got some of its dents it has; if cars went through this level of abuse it's a wonder any of them survived to be restored later. I fully expected to see the car roll over at about the 43 second mark as it eased over the ledge and was surprised to see that it actually did roll over later at a much less difficult point.

Bless our modern paved highways!

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Looks familiar to what I heard. My Dad was born in 1902.

His Dad, my Grandfather, born 1867, bought his first car, a Dodge, in 1912, (when my Dad was 10), when cars were as rare as space ships.

The nearest car dealer/auto mechanic was 60 miles away -- if it had not rained in a week or so, my Dad related that a 60 mile trip one way took all day with uncertain water filled large sink holes on dirt roads with no gravel.

"All" mechanic work in similar remote rural areas was done at home.

Gasoline was pumped with a hand pump out of 55 gallon drums into gas cans with spouts at grocery stores.

On many days, dirt roads were totally impassable for early car travel -- also duster suits & goggles were used often just in case one had to follow another car kicking up dust/sand, even with one driving behind a windshield.

Our Model A's today travel on "Easy Street"; but some bear scars of "back-then."

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I believe I would need a change of drawers after that ride. It is pretty impressive that they flopped it on its side and just rolled it all the way over and kept going.

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Notice the bridge behind the car being uprighted.

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Our modern two wheel drive cars would not be able to handle that, plus a lot of our four wheel drive cars.
MIKE :)

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Seems to me that old Dodge was blowing a lot of steam out the tail pipe. Blown head gasket on top of the bad road conditions?

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Side question to this post. Do you have to sign up with utube to download the video?

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you cant download from youtube, only stream the video.

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Watch this video about downloading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt2SmMprL48

It talks about using "savefrom.net"

Some videos are copyrighted.

Darryl in Fairbanks where its supposed to be +91 F today, currently 87 F

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Hi Darryl:
Give us a weather update next January or February. :eek:

My daughter-in-law was stationed in Fairbanks for three and a half years at Eielson Air Force Base and one February morning my son called and said, "What's the weather like there in Texas today?" I replied, "Sunny and probably 70 degrees, why?" He said, "How does 68 BELOW ZERO sound?" Said he had his wife make him a pot of scalding hot coffee and poured him a cup - he went out on the porch and threw the contents up in the air and "WHOOSH" - it vaporized and vanished! Then he said he got my granddaughter's little bubble blowing jar and blew some bubbles and they just settled softly on the porch - he then thumped one and it shattered like a light bulb! No thanks, I'll take Texas winters. ;)

They actually lived in North Pole, Alaska and considered buying a house on "Santa Claus Lane". My son said, "Think of how much money I could have make by having people send me their kid's letters to Santa and his reply would be postmarked North Pole, AK and mailed from Santa Claus Lane."

Pretty place - we visited them for about two weeks while they were up there . . . but we went at the end of June and early July. Had problems sleeping since the sun never set - I asked him on July 4 what time the fireworks started and he laughed and said, "There are no fireworks up here since it's never dark enough to see them."

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That steam could be the hot tailpipe hitting the puddles of water and mud in the road, just a guess.

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2:36 here comes the paint preservative!