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It would take balls of granite to do Pike's Peak in that rig.
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I'd like an opportunity to try. Ok, maybe not Pike's Peak, but going for a drive around a track would be awesome.
Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.
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I'm guessing that rig doesn't have power steering. You'd have arms like The Rock after driving it.
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All dirt back then and much slower speeds. Cliffs were still spectacular though.
As far as safety equipment it looks pretty comical. I don't even see a lap belt. Maybe without a roll cage you're better off getting tossed out of the car as it rolls down the mountain side.
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Back when men were men and luggage was strapped to the back of the car.
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@ttyymmnn balls of bedrock to do that NOW, even when there are perfectly safe racecars available. some people do.
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@john-norris photo taken in front of Hummer Motor Sales Company, a Lexington and Oakland dealership at 1020 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington D.C.
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This pikes peak wreck comes to mind
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@ttyymmnn Long linkage tractor-style manual steering, but it might be long ratio enough you'd just have to spin the wheel a lot to make your turns. Wait - that's not better.
You may have also noticed that there are only brakes on the back axle.
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@ttyymmnn The wikipedia article actually has a little more info on the Pike's Peak run.
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I have never been a fan of colorized photos. People argue that the past didn't happen in black and white, but I argue that how is it any more accurate if you are only guessing at the colors?
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You may have also noticed that there are only brakes on the back axle.
I did not. Hard to believe sometimes that the human race managed to survive.
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I didn't realize it was colorized until after I posted it - duh. I ran across another photo that looked Iike the same car in a museum and it was a much paler yellow. So, I agree. The photos look interesting but are probably wrong.
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@ttyymmnn said in Good Morning, Oppo:
I'm guessing that rig doesn't have power steering. You'd have arms like The Rock after driving it.
My first truck didn't have power steering. It was surprisingly light once you got rolling. Trying to crank the wheel while sitting still was a fools game, but it really didn't take much forward/backward movement to make it easy to turn. I learned real quick to only try turning when the truck was rolling.
Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.
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@BicycleBuck Vehicles that were designed from the start not to have power steering are always easier to drive than when the power steering fails on a vehicle that was built with it. I remember a deuce and a half being shockingly easy to steer, once it started rolling a little bit
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@ttyymmnn That's partly what makes They Shall Not Grow Old so great. Peter Jackson and the crew did SO MUCH research to make sure they got the colors correct, or as close to correct as humanly possible.
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My first two VWs didn't have power steering. I actually like the feel when on the road, but parallel parking was a bit of work, and when I was younger, we lived on a street where parallel parking was the only option. Sometimes you had to park a block away from home just to find space.
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@benn454 said in Good Morning, Oppo: @john-norris
@ttyymmnn That's partly what makes They Shall Not Grow Old so great. Peter Jackson and the crew did SO MUCH research to make sure they got the colors correct, or as close to correct as humanly possible.
Unfortunately, I have not seen that film. But when colorization is done right, it can be a valuable tool, at least for brining a bit of reality to the scene. The colorization of that photo above is not done well.
