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  1. 10th July 2013, 06:45 PM #1
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    well worth a watch

    1926 Dodge promotional video
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq2jY1trxqg]"Oilfield Dodge" Promotional Film 1920s Dodge Brothers Wild Ride - YouTube[/ame]
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    Wow in nearly 100 years we all still like driving the hard line and getting muddy but back then a roll over did not mean a new car just keep rolling till your on your feet again (bet that was in the owners manual)

    Cheer for the link
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    Quote Originally Posted by VM_Motori View Post
    Wow in nearly 100 years we all still like driving the hard line and getting muddy but back then a roll over did not mean a new car just keep rolling till your on your feet again (bet that was in the owners manual)

    Cheer for the link
    It makes you wonder if we should all be running skinny tyres to make it through muddy holes.

    I guess its light weight is part of the reason it handled those conditions with apparent ease.

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    Well that is the basis for that old argument of wide verses skinny tyres. That bit of film lends a lot of weight for the skinny tyre theory. Cut through the mud till you hit firm ground and what little weight that car might be is concentrated on a smaller foot print.
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    It rides like a Nissan Patrol.
    Obviously has a LOCKER in it.
    Great flick!
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    Quote Originally Posted by vnx205 View Post
    It makes you wonder if we should all be running skinny tyres to make it through muddy holes.
    235/85/16's here
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    Old dodges arent that light, the 4ltr 4cyl engine would have to be 250kg on its own, my old mans got 1926, 1927 and 1928 Dodge's - 1928 being a 6cyl.
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    According to this site, a 1926 Dodge weighs 3025 lbs or 1372.117 kg.

    1926 Dodge Brothers Series 126 Technical Specifications and data. Engine, Dimensions and Mechanical details. | Conceptcarz.com

    It always amuses me when someone converts an imperial weight or length which is probably rounded off, to a metric number to several decimal places.

    I am sure that around the time we converted to metric measurements, some people did it deliberately to try to create the false impression that metric was complicated.

    The silliest example I remember is a shooting magazine, that converted the estimated distance to a kangaroo from "about 200 yards" to "about 182.88 metres".

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