The Ford Barn

petehoovie · 01-09-2022, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by RalphG

Some of the comments under the video suggest that this was shot as background video for movies and that near miss close to the end of the video was staged. Notice a police officer present to control traffic for the stunt.

Graeme / New Zealand · 01-09-2022, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by RalphG

I like those old driving videos even more now that they are colourized. From the same channel I spotted my favourite Mercury (52) at the 1:40 mark. A mercomatic too but different script than mine. (Automatic)
https://youtu.be/eydLo8g0kr8

Ralph I saw a late 40's to early 50's Hillman Minx entering the drive through at 4.19 on your one, that would not be something you saw every day in North America. We got lots of these Little English cars down here in NZ. They only had a 1200cc 4 banger side valve. Surprised that would sell over there with the fast roads as they would not "pull a sick sailor off your sister". My dad had the last incarnation of the same shape a 1300cc 4 banger OHV 1955 version (first year for OHV). He was a " Hillman man" most of life until he switched to Honda with the Japanese invasion.
These colourized films have been well done but the car horn sounds are a bit weak for the cars of the times and are more suited to later model "Jappas"

GB

Graeme / New Zealand · 01-09-2022, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RalphG

Some of the comments under the video suggest that this was shot as background video for movies and that near miss close to the end of the video was staged. Notice a police officer present to control traffic for the stunt.

Thanks Ralph ...makes sense ,I'll take it back.

GB

russcc · 01-10-2022, 07:15 PM

This was a cool video/movie. The next one on you tube after that, was the history of the Lincoln Highway, part of the PBS series and hosted by Drake Hokanson who wrote a book about the highway with extensive photos of what remains. Wyoming, Medicine Bow, Rawlins and the remnants are on my future road trip list.
In 1919, Lt Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower had command of on Army convoy testing the utility of this coast to coast road. This event eventually led to Ike signing the bills for the Federal Interstate system in 1953 & 1956.

01-10-2022, 07:15 PM	#24
russcc Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,871	Re: SAN FERNADO - BURBANK 1940s This was a cool video/movie. The next one on you tube after that, was the history of the Lincoln Highway, part of the PBS series and hosted by Drake Hokanson who wrote a book about the highway with extensive photos of what remains. Wyoming, Medicine Bow, Rawlins and the remnants are on my future road trip list. In 1919, Lt Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower had command of on Army convoy testing the utility of this coast to coast road. This event eventually led to Ike signing the bills for the Federal Interstate system in 1953 & 1956.