The Ford Barn

deuce lover · 12-26-2020, 03:26 PM

A bit off topic but thought some members would enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsKjPwRaA5Q&authuser=0

V8COOPMAN · 12-26-2020, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by deuce lover

A bit off topic but thought some members would enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsKjPwRaA5Q&authuser=0

Sheldon.....That was a blast! Thanks, Bud!

If I'm not wrong, that was the same venue that our friend Mart in Solihull put his 3-window coupe through it's paces. DD

Zeke3 · 12-26-2020, 03:45 PM

Sheldon, that was an enjoyable diversion. Thanks for posting.

95476 · 12-26-2020, 04:25 PM

Thanks Sheldon !

jack orchard · 12-26-2020, 04:33 PM

Thanks, Sheldon.
Tell Leonard and Penny HI.

flatford8 · 12-26-2020, 05:41 PM

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That was fun!!.... Thanks!!....... Mark

Mart · 12-26-2020, 05:54 PM

Good eye, Coops.
The No24 car was shown on the hill at Prescott. I've run the coupe and the roadster there.
The last clip, Bluebird, was on the beach at Pendine. Again, I've ran the coupe and the roadster there.
Mart.

deuce_roadster · 12-26-2020, 07:33 PM

Dick, enjoying your avatar twins!

Ronnieroadster · 12-26-2020, 07:41 PM

Nice great examples of history and power

Tim Ayers · 12-26-2020, 07:56 PM

The Beast of Turin (the first Fiat) is my favorite. So incredible for the time (late teens).

V8COOPMAN · 12-26-2020, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by deuce_roadster

Dick, enjoying your avatar twins!

Yeah.....I'm just kind'a hung-up on these old Twin Cessna T-50s. Only a handful still flying today! Sky King liked 'em too. The one pictured here is the one used in the Sky King series, BEFORE actually being purchased by Kirby Grant. Here, it is being flown off of a beach where it had endured a forced landing of some sort. Dick D (DD)

Tim Ayers · 12-26-2020, 08:25 PM

I guess a prop strike in the sand didn't require a tear down and inspect back in '55.

V8COOPMAN · 12-26-2020, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Ayers

I guess a prop strike in the sand didn't require a tear down and inspect back in '55.

Hey Tim.....That's a good point to make, but like several of the older twins back then, notice that even with the gear retracted as seen on this example in the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola (been there...it's unbelievable!), the wheel/tire is still substantially exposed and was designed to take the load in the case of a gear-up landing. And any pilot with any smarts at all killed the engines the last few seconds before touching down, and with the starters, bumped both props to a horizontal position like in the picture.....NO prop strike! In fact, if you look at the beach picture, I don't see any damage or even any scrapes or scratches to the bottom of the airplane. DD

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MyFlattyFord · 12-26-2020, 10:11 PM

Extreme engine # 10 should have been a modified 60 hp V-8 Ford in a midget race car....

Epper1 · 12-27-2020, 01:24 PM

Thank you

GB SISSON · 12-27-2020, 02:49 PM

That was absolutely Over the Top! I loved watching (and listening) to it. Thanks for sharing.

47Monarch · 02-28-2021, 01:01 PM

Thanks for sharing

19Fordy · 02-28-2021, 01:26 PM

Fire breathing monsters.

Jay Leno is one fortunate fellow.

12-26-2020, 03:26 PM	#1
deuce lover Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rockwall TX Posts: 6,018	9 cars with extreme engines A bit off topic but thought some members would enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsKjPwRaA5Q&authuser=0

12-26-2020, 03:45 PM	#3
Zeke3 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Columbus, IN Posts: 1,646	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines Sheldon, that was an enjoyable diversion. Thanks for posting.

12-26-2020, 04:25 PM	#4
95476 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 482	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines Thanks Sheldon !

12-26-2020, 04:33 PM	#5
jack orchard Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: summerfield florida Posts: 383	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines Thanks, Sheldon. Tell Leonard and Penny HI. __________________ Proud FNG We fixem cars. Heap Good!

12-26-2020, 05:41 PM	#6
flatford8 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Lyman,ME. Posts: 3,024	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) That was fun!!.... Thanks!!....... Mark __________________ I'm thinkin' about crankin' My ragged ol' truck up and haulin' myself into town. Billy Joe Shaver…RIP

12-26-2020, 05:54 PM	#7
Mart Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Solihull, England. Posts: 9,239	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines Good eye, Coops. The No24 car was shown on the hill at Prescott. I've run the coupe and the roadster there. The last clip, Bluebird, was on the beach at Pendine. Again, I've ran the coupe and the roadster there. Mart.

12-26-2020, 07:33 PM	#8
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 4,043	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines Dick, enjoying your avatar twins!

12-26-2020, 07:41 PM	#9
Ronnieroadster Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: East Coast in CT Posts: 1,778	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines Nice great examples of history and power __________________ I use the F word a lot no not that word these words Flathead, Focus and Finish "Life Member of the Bonneville 200 MPH Club using a Ford Flathead block First Ford Flathead bodied roadster to run 200 MPH Record July 13, 2018 LTA timing association 200.921 First Ford flathead roadster to run 200 MPH at Bonneville Salt Flats setting the record August 7th 2021 at 205.744 MPH reset the record in 2024 to 211.830 running to mile four. Top speed 2024 mile five 220.672 exit speed 221.587

12-26-2020, 07:56 PM	#10
Tim Ayers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,226	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines The Beast of Turin (the first Fiat) is my favorite. So incredible for the time (late teens).

12-26-2020, 08:25 PM	#12
Tim Ayers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,226	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines I guess a prop strike in the sand didn't require a tear down and inspect back in '55.

12-26-2020, 10:11 PM	#14
MyFlattyFord Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 28	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines Extreme engine # 10 should have been a modified 60 hp V-8 Ford in a midget race car....

12-27-2020, 01:24 PM	#15
Epper1 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Sparks NV Posts: 11	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines Thank you

12-27-2020, 02:49 PM	#16
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 6,202	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines That was absolutely Over the Top! I loved watching (and listening) to it. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

02-28-2021, 01:01 PM	#17
47Monarch Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Sydney Nova Scotia Posts: 129	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines Thanks for sharing

02-28-2021, 01:26 PM	#18
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 11,916	Re: 9 cars with extreme engines Fire breathing monsters. Jay Leno is one fortunate fellow.