When your Model T outflexes a Rubicon

"slipperysallylikespenguins" (slipperysally) 04/18/2016 at 05:44 • Filed to: None

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Berang > slipperysallylikespenguins 04/18/2016 at 05:50

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Note that the entire frame is flexing too.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Berang 04/18/2016 at 06:22

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Like a boss!

CalzoneGolem > slipperysallylikespenguins 04/18/2016 at 07:41

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Who needs roll over protection?

Rock Bottom > slipperysallylikespenguins 04/18/2016 at 08:04

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In Yosemite you can see pictures of old cars (Model Ts and others) doing some serious off-roading! I’ve heard that they used to run the Rubicon trail with them too, but I can’t back that up. Here’s some sweet pics for your time:

TooLazyToNotBurner > CalzoneGolem 04/18/2016 at 08:06

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Fall out, then roll over to safety.

CalzoneGolem > TooLazyToNotBurner 04/18/2016 at 08:09

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That guy probably weighs as much as the T

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > slipperysallylikespenguins 04/18/2016 at 08:26

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People forget that when these were built, there weren't many roads as we would recognize them today.

Jayhawk Jake > slipperysallylikespenguins 04/18/2016 at 08:32

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I saw video of this, crazy. This happened like half a mile from my house, too

camaroboy68ss > Berang 04/18/2016 at 09:46

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it doesn’t take much to twist the frame on a model T its pretty much a rectangle of c channel, not real support structure

Berang > camaroboy68ss 04/18/2016 at 09:52

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Yeah it’s pretty interesting. The frame doesn’t do much since all the drive and braking force is taken up by the torque tube instead of the springs and frame. It pretty much just has to hold the body off the wheels.

The Snowman > Rock Bottom 04/18/2016 at 11:59

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The Rubicon is an actual road and not a trail. This is the only reason the Sierra Club hasn’t been able to get it closed down...

torque > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 04/18/2016 at 12:20

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Exactly my thought, until Ike’s interstate highway system, there were basically dirt roads (especially west of the Mississippi) especially as you got outside of any major city.

When it rained the “road” looked something like this...