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  • Jay

    Jan. 15, 2012 10:02 p.m. Jay SuperDork

    ...a vintage film of a Model T jumping a house.

    http://www.retronaut.co/2012/01/model-t-ford-jumping-a-house/

    Go watch it. You know you want to.

  • RealMiniDriver

    Jan. 15, 2012 10:08 p.m. RealMiniDriver SuperDork

    I've seen it.

    Ever wonder what the purpose of that was? Was it for crash testing?

  • Appleseed

    Jan. 15, 2012 11:32 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork

    My hips would be in my chest cavity. Ouch.

  • MrJoshua

    Jan. 15, 2012 11:33 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork

    Lol -definitely "Stuck" the landing.

  • mad_machine

    Jan. 15, 2012 11:45 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    where have I seen that before?

    And yes.. I am sure the "pilot" had some serious neck/spinal injuries after that one

  • Luke

    Jan. 16, 2012 12:05 a.m. Luke SuperDork

    Hah ...it really didn't fare too well.

    I just proceeded to kill about an hour on that website.There's some cool stuff to be seen.

    These are awesome - Yugoslav war memorials

    Vintage Tokyo Subway posters

    "Don't be a Space Invader"

    ...and always remember your umbrella.

  • Streetwiseguy

    Jan. 16, 2012 6:13 a.m. Streetwiseguy SuperDork

    Was that used in the opening credits for "Fall Guy"?

  • Giant Purple Snorklewacker

    Jan. 16, 2012 6:33 a.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

    Primitive monster trucks

  • Otto Maddox

    Jan. 16, 2012 9:00 a.m. Otto Maddox Dork

    Was there a driver in the Model T?

  • Duke

    Jan. 16, 2012 11:38 a.m. Duke SuperDork

    mad_machine wrote:

    where have I seen that before?

    Where I grew up, that was used in the opening of the cartoon show that included these guys:

  • Jay

    Jan. 16, 2012 12:09 p.m. Jay SuperDork

    Balls, I spelt 'apropos' wrong.

  • Giant Purple Snorklewacker

    Jan. 16, 2012 12:19 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

    He says his name's William but I'm sure,
    He's Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy
    And he's plain ugly to me
    And I wonder if he's ever had a day of fun in his whole life

    Thanks, that has been stuck in my head all morning.

  • cwh

    Jan. 16, 2012 12:20 p.m. cwh SuperDork

    Jay, that's "Bollocks!"

 
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