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Miscellaneous => Interesting Internet Finds Chevy-Ford-MOPAR Cars/Parts/Other => Topic started by: sammons on September 12, 2015, 09:28:08 PM

Title: Big Tires
Post by: sammons on September 12, 2015, 09:28:08 PM

My buddy sent me this pic. I don't know where he comes up with some of these. All I could think was Sixball could get up his drive way. (If it had an underdrive, power steering and some real brakes)   ::)

Then I remembered dad had a history book on Chevy's and there was a proto-type Chevy/Goodyear thing. Found book and pic, not as tall as the Ford homemade though. ;D

Title: Re: Big Tires
Post by: sixball on September 12, 2015, 09:50:00 PM

Those would work. They remind me of some special order cars Studebaker used to send to Sadi Arabia in the '50s.
http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?17146-Desert-Explorer-info-pics-wanted (http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?17146-Desert-Explorer-info-pics-wanted)

Title: Re: Big Tires
Post by: sammons on September 12, 2015, 10:29:50 PM

Sixball, I had never heard of them before. Really neat video towards the end of that page. That would have been a hoot to do the testing on them! ;D thanks for posting that!

Grandpa (dads father) was a long time Studebaker man. Dad had a really cool '51 1/2 ton short bed with a '55 President 249? V8, 3-on the tree and overdrive. That thing was smooth.