<VV> [FC] Famous Truck on front bumper Film

[Kenneth E Pepke]

And the ballast weight was not lead, it was a cast plate 
about 10x18x1.5 and it was attached near the rear bumper
by FoMoCo to help reduce the occurrences.  It may have 
helped but it did not stop the nose dragging. 
Ken P

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:24:35 -0400 Dave Ziegler <dziegler3 at comcast.net>
writes:
> You heard wrong, it was an Econoline pickup. My cousin had one and we 
> 
> did it once just for giggles. Once was enough!
> 
> Dave..
> On Aug 10, 2008, at 1:32 AM, Ron wrote:
> 
> > It was a Ford Econoline van and I heard that the front bumper was 
> > weighted
> > with lead to get it to tip up like that.
> > RonH
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> > To: "Western Canada CORSA" <westerncanadacorsa at shaw.ca>;
> > <corvairs at cybrus.net>; <corvanatics at corvair.org>;
> > <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <corvairclub at yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 7:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [FC] <VV> Famous Truck on front bumper Film
> >
> >
> >> Yes... more than once and it was a Ford - well the one I saw.  
> Maybe 
> >> they
> >> did both?
> >>
> >> I recall that my reaction the first time I saw it was that I 
> would NOT
> >> have
> >> wanted to be the driver - looking at the pavement coming up!
> >>
> >> Later, JR
> >>
> >> CCE CORSA CORVANANTICS SCG member
> >> '61 Rampside Standard 4/110
> >> '65 Monza Convertible 4/140
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Western Canada CORSA" <westerncanadacorsa at shaw.ca>
> >> To: <corvairs at cybrus.net>; <corvanatics at corvair.org>;
> >> <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <corvairclub at yahoogroups.com>
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 9:08 PM
> >> Subject: <VV> Famous Truck on front bumper Film
> >>
> >>
> >>> Some of you, like me, had heard of a mythical piece of film 
> showing a
> >>> Corvair FC vs Ford FC comparison made back in the day.  This 
> >>> legendary
> >>> piece
> >>> of film proported to show a Rampside and a Ford/Dodge (depended 
> on 
> >>> who
> >>> was
> >>> telling the story) doing a braking test in which the rear of the
> >>> Ford/Dodge
> >>> comes off the ground so far the truck scrapes along on it's 
> front 
> >>> bumper.
> >>>
> >>> How many of you have actually SEEN this before?  Raise you 
> hands, be
> >>> honest....<g>
> >>>
> >>> Well, now you ALL can see it.  Just follow this link.
> >>>
> >>> http://tinyurl.com/5cokzn
> >>>
> >>> There is no sound, and it's a video of a projection of the film 
> onto 
> >>> a
> >>> screen, and then transfered to VHS and then to DVD so the 
> quality is
> >>> lacking.  But it's all there, and more!
> >>>
> >>> Enjoy
> >>>
> >>> Joel
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