FORD MOTOR CO. " BIG RED " EXPERIMENTAL GAS TURBINE SEMI TRUCK 1964 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR XD10344
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This film from Ford shows the company's experimental gas turbine semi truck, known as "Big Red". It dates to approximately 1965. The film starts out with shots of the Cabana Motel in Atlanta before showing a map of the nation's new interstate highway system. At :54 a superhighway is shown with its many interchanges. "When this network is completed, true long-range hauling at sustained speeds with all city traffic bypassed...will become a practical idea for the first time." At 1:30 the standard cargo hauler of the era, a Ford diesel truck, is shown. The truck for the future is then unveiled at 1:56, the "Big Red". At 2:39 the truck is shown at the New York World's Fair where it was on display. At 2:52 it is shown at an auto show. At 3:10 the cab of the truck is shown backing into its trailer. At 3:30 an early Ford turbine is shown. At 3:42 the Ford turbine laboratory is shown with a mainframe type computer in operation. At 4:00 the experimental 705 engine is shown. At 4:12 the futuristic cab of the truck is shown off with its refrigerator, toilet, sleeping area, television set and more amenities. Sitting eight feet above the highway behind a free-standing control console, the driver had unlimited visibility.
Ford's advanced experimental “Big Red” truck represented a massive R&D effort by Ford. A major catalyst for the project was the potential for lucrative military gas turbine engine contracts unrelated to heavy trucks. “Big Red” made its public debut at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. After the fair, “Big Red” toured the United States and Canada with stops in Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles, Newark, Philadelphia, Oklahoma City, Toronto and Washington DC. The truck then made several cross-country test runs at costs comparable to diesel operation. Ford executive vice president Charles H. Patterson said “This truck is a concept vehicle from our product research office. It is a test-bed in which advanced engineering ideas are proved out in actual over-the-road operation”.
Ford envisioned huge double-trailer combinations like the “Big Red” concept which would travel 24/7 for maximum operating economy, rarely leaving the interstates except for driver changes, switching trailers and refueling.
Test drivers reported that the turbine power-plant was virtually noiseless, and produced an odorless, non-toxic exhaust (which was safely vented 14 feet above traffic). Years before brake regulations were created for heavy trucks, “Big Red” was built with three redundant brake systems. The brakes would pulse-lock automatically if the air pressure dropped below minimal levels.
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Big Red last seen stuck under 11foot8+8 bridge in North Carolina.
Took the driver's head right off.
@@duradim1 Steep learning curve. 🤗.
LoLoLoLoL
Its now 12 foot 4 inches. They lifted it 6 inches.
Wouldn't help *Big Red* .
@@duradim1 pretty sure it was more than just the head
I actually worked for one of the Engineers that was involved with this project! Granted it was many years later and he had retired from Ford. He designed the "twin I-beam" suspension and the cold-forging method to make the Aluminum beams. No BS. He told me that the turbine tractor would walk out of an iced bay like butter! No torque pulses like a Diesel. Sadly he is long Deceased but made a HUGE impact on my development as a young Engineer. He became not only a Boss, but a Mentor, and a friend. RIP Al R. Smith...
Cool! I’m not a car expert but I was pretty impressed when I climbed under our 1997 RV and it had the twin I beam suspension!
@Tt Miller you done had a stroke or something?
Tt Miller - Sounds somewhat like... Ice Road Truckers.
@Tt Miller Calm down, you might have another stroke.
@Tt Miller I've driven a truck for 20 years. I met many drivers just like you. If you had the goose that laid golden eggs you would bitch about cleaning poop all of your golden eggs so you can turn them in.. I agree with the other comments you have had a stroke or you're just a bitter old man.
Good day sir💩
Spread axles, skirted trailers, close coupled cans on airride... got alot right on this one
Would of loved to hear and seen that motor running,,
And now they are starting to make trucks like this now.
James Edmister it was so advanced yet the U.S truck industry today seems stuck in the past.
6x4 tractors, no rear mud wings or proper spray suppression,
no side guards on the trailers.
Trailers at mainly dry freight box type and the majority are still running on twintyre equipment.
Where did it all go wrong?
@@bigrigger3762 share holders,, ha
@@bigrigger3762 I see many large companies using super single tires, axle fairings, trailer skirts, some with "trailer tails" an many are tandem axles but only single axle drive while the other acts as a pusher. Us O/Os don't due to the investment as most are upwards of 3k dollars, and super singles are problematic seeing as if you blow one you almost always have to replace the wheel with it.
lmao, the cuts in the audio has me in stitches. "the exhaust gases are used to preheat using a ladder that lowers automatically"
The 50s and 60s were dreamy times. There were no limits. What I would give for us to be like that again.
Yeah, you see how much if that "dreamy" became reality. It was a shit time, and responsible for where we're at now. Boomers spoiled and sociopaths, allowing corporations to ruin everything. Yeah, no thanks, we dont need "dreamy". We need reality and real solutions to real problems.
@@TheNemosdaddy I see you know very little about societal development. Good luck with your pessimist views. I have seen nothing good come from pessimism.
@@Skidmark75 You reply this right after you were being pessimistic in your original comment. I think you are confused?
@@twistedpixie8367 It is certainly not like it was back then, but you can still be positive about life. Not sure how you got that confused, but I hope that clears it up for you.
@@TheNemosdaddy The best thing about that time was there were no whining Millennials to put up with -- paradise!
Its 2020 and that truck still has more amenities than most trucks
And less problems. No chip issues
Exhaust gasses to preheat-deleted information-the ladder automatically....
Gas turbines run more efficiently when the residual heat from the exhaust gases after the last turbine is used to heat up the air after the last compressor. It's called a recuperator. The Chrysler turbine also had one.
I think the ladder was actuated by a 3rd operator. The midget under the kitchenette that survives on the scraps left by the two assholes up front lol.
@@andyreid7274 definitely 2 midgets come with the truck.. evident in the last scene with the wipers on.
@@gsilva220 precisely why that scene was cut out intentionally... if there isn't an afterburner out the back we just don't care haha.
@@dmbworks8094 yeah, afterburner on a big rig
"All city traffic bypassed" @ 1:18. Gotta love that line!
I loved the attitude and optimism in videos from this era.
When They Cared about the Driver.. Now it's just a Mess
@bansheemania not entirely, driver comfort has really come a looong way since then. We actually have some of those things. Warming ovens (usually microwaves), miniature refrigerators, televisions, air-conditioning, spacious interiors , automated features, separate suspensions for the cab, satellite navigation, etc. Some of the largest sleepers have showers and toilets too. These are comforts that truckers at one time could only have dreamt of.
Depends on the trucking company. Some give more luxury features than others.
Back in the glory days of truckin, it was about big hoods and small bunks because drivers were busy putting miles down instead of sitting in a truck stop or a rest area or stuck on the side of the road because they didn't have computers telling them when they can and can't sleep.
@@josephcarver3087 Dont worry soon enough it will just be the computer driving the entire truck
@Joseph Carver that’s inaccurate, hours of service are nothing new. The precursor to the Dept. of Transportation - the Interstate Commerce Commission, enacted the first HOS in 1938. Back then, a driver was allowed 12 hours of work within a 15 hour period. Work was defined as driving, unloading, and every task in between. And then, just as now, drivers had log requirements. What you’re referring to are drivers running illegally and faking log books, but that is not why sleepers of old were small.
Big Red still lives. I had the chance a few years ago to sit in and spend a couple hours looking it over.
It is an awesome truck.
Where is it located?
We want proof
I call BS they say it’s been missing for 40 years..
Could you imagine trying to cruise down the highway while your co driver is launching out a brown trout right behind you?
Oh yeah, and the after stench. "You'll be tasting it for miles"
Tears. Laughing till I cried.
Motor homes....
What kind of a person would be contemplating that? Nice!
@@MH-WM The same kind that takes the time to comment after reading this hilarious stuff! Lol
Neat BUT, I wanted to see more on the turbine and drive train...
Me too Bro
Ya funny how the video skipped foward as soon as the real information was coming out
@@onetimer13541 Roger that
@@onetimer13541 that's how they always do it - cant let the secrets out remember stan Meyers water powered dunes buggy from 95 they offed him at the cracker barrel toasting to the contract that he signed with supposed oil execs - poisoned him with the cranberry juice that he toasted with because he didn't drink satan's sauce 🧐
@sploofmonkey yep don't surprise me - have you seen the intentionally set fires in California and Australia so they can build high speed trains in the exact path of the controlled burns
Wind picks up. Big Red: Heavy Breathing. Jokes aside, this must be the coolest Ford ever to be advertised.
Dang! That's a friggin' cool looking semi truck.
Yeah it really is, it's a shame the American car industry went from all this to the cookie cutter cars we have today...
I dunno. It seems really freggin tall.
I wasn't quite born yet, but the 1964 world's fair must've been the greatest event of the century from what I've seen!
4:09 The pre heated ladder is quite an innovation. BRAVO!
I love old automotive videos, such as this one. Keep putting them out there, and I will keep watching them. Thank you.
I can't get enough of them, either.
Amazing beast. I remember the Mustang that was first shown at the 64-65 World's Fair, and the Chrysler Turbine passenger car - I used to have a plastic model of that one. We used to joke that if you raced the engine at a stoplight, it would melt the asphalt. Oh, and I remember the 3 compartment TV dinners - that is so 60's.
Wish FORD would have stuck it out maufacturing Heavy Trucks & Over the Road Trucks. I miss my LTL9000.
I drove an LTL9000, too, loved that truck.
Ford did stick it out the maid big trucks in the 70s 80s and 90s
Loved mine also. Went back and forth more times than I want to count and hated when the boss took it off the road and sent it city driving. He put me in one of the new Fords with that friggin air ride cab, hated that damn thing, so much that I quit and went to a different company.
@@davidupton9354 I worked for a drilling mud company at the time, and we had several plus a couple of old cab-over Freightliners for long hauls. My favorite was a 32-foot long wheelbase tandem long bed that could handle 16-pallets of drilling mud. She was set up with the Detroit 8V-71 with turbos coupled to the Fuller 10-speed tranny and twin chrome exhaust stacks; I loved that freaking truck! She was the "hot-shot" rig for when a drilling rig needed mud fast, and no matter the weather, I drive with both windows down to hear the pipes. Anyone who's driven a truck with the "double-breasted-Yamaha" knows what I mean. I'm an old fart now, but one of the first trucks I ever drove, still a favorite today, was a Jimmy cracker-box with a 6V-53, a 15-speed, and twin pipes, oh my!
@@CajunWolffe Know what you mean by a favorite truck. Believe it or not, I loved a cab over, especially in city traffic. They bounced like a friggin rubber ball at times, but I still loved them. I've drove just about everything from a simple 5 speed with a spilt, du-plex, tri-plex, quodra-plex, 10 speed roadranger, thirteen speeds on up. And have clamped the return line to get a little extra out of a 350 Cummins. And the last truck that I drove was a 03 Chevy 1500 with a 4.3 auto over. Boils down to, everyone have different likes and dislikes. So have a good night!
It's like they expected the future was going to be so much better. Big Red is probably stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on some exit ramp.
The future was going to be wonderful but the democrats got in office and ruined it for us all.
@@douglasmorgan9873 yep. This is around the time they introduced the welfare system which is one of the main downfalls of our country. It's made it ok to be a single mother meaning households no longer needed two people to survive it's a bit of a catch 22 I guess because women who were abused could leave there abuser with out the fear of not being able to support them selves and their children but it also created a generation of children who were raised without a father figure or deferent men coming an going throughout their lives which perpetuated to the Gen an so on. So you have jobless men an women who are basically better off on welfare then if they were to work an the numbers are out there to see. The unemployment rate exploded, the deficit sky rocketed an the economy is still not able to fully recover from this
@@douglasmorgan9873 ? LBJ did start war, R Nixon (2), D Carter, R Reagan (2) R Bush, D Clinton (2), R Bush (2) D Obama (2), R Trump ? Seems about half and half to me. When did you have most money?
@Renegade Awesome he do be right tho
@Renegade Awesome we don't have to argue, I'm only 41 but it's still cool if you wanna.
Banquet meals, still the staple of truckers everywhere.
Dear lord!
More salt please....
The Atlanta Cabana Motel seen in the opening of this film has a Wikipedia page. It opened in 1958 and was demolished in 2002.
Thanks
I think fiddy cent built his mansion on that location.
Demolished in 2002, hmm. Yet another example that shows the 2000’s onward are nothing but garbage.
5:38 Ummm yummy, a first generation Banquet dinner. oh boy, something to look forward too on a long haul.
No shit 11hours of driving and have to eat TV dinner
Hey after 11 hours a TV dinner is a godsend.
That "concealed toilet" is about to come in handy...
That Banquet! I bet it was delish, had real meat in it back then.
@@9alerix Exactly. Like ex-lax baby!
I used to work with Robert Yates. He told me that Holman Moody did some of the testing of this truck before it was abandoned. Robert pulled the turbine out of the truck and it was sent back to Ford. HM was allowed to keep the truck. Robert said the biggest problem with the truck was that the turbine engine went through drive tires very fast. John Holman was originally a truck driver. He always had a love/interest in trucks. His last project was to put an air to air intercooler up in the air deflector of a Freightliner cab-over around 1975. That is the truck he was driving to Florida when he had his heart attack and died.
When Holman Moody was closed Big Red was sold at auction. Mr Richardson in Greensboro bought Big Red along with several other items. I went to school with Mr Richardson's son. That's how I knew the old man. He had a huge personal collection of Ford high performance cars. You are correct that the turbine engine was shipped back to Ford but Mr Richardson sued Ford and eventually got possession of the turbine along about 1980. Big Red has been restored and remains in the private collection that his son keeps today.
Mr Richardson once allowed me to drive Big Red around the neighborhood. With him in the passenger seat, of course.
In the same era as Big Red, Virginia Carolina Freight Lines was testing a fleet of GM gas turbine trucks. Just like Big Red, they complained that tire wear was excessive but my friends who worked for them loved the trucks. Tire wear and excess fuel use were also the reasons the Cummings VT903 V8 Diesel was phased out of trucks in the late 1970s. God those were fun! But when everything else on the road turns 2100 RPM and the VT903 could turn over 3000 RPM, how could they not be fun?
@@recyclebills
I'm curious as to why it would use up the drive tires faster than other trucks was the turbine engine extremely heavy? Or was it just that it produced a lot more power and therefore wore the tires out quicker.
@@kens97sto171 They actually spun the tires. The same thing was true of the VT903 Cummings V8 diesel which was phased out of trucks in the late 1970s. There were also a few big Caterpillar and Detroit Diesel engines capable of doing burn-outs just as the VT903. Of course any number of modern diesels could do the same today if not for the electronics that keep power in check.
@@recyclebills
Interesting.. thanks for letting me know.
So must have been pretty good acceleration then.
Tire compound has improved now..
I had heard Walmart was developing a gas turbine hybrid truck..
But it seems fully Electric is likely the future at least for shorter haul loads.
If tire wear is the problem caused by so much torque it will be a problem for electrics too
Impressive 55 years ago.... it makes current semi trucks look shabby...
Thanks, Periscope and I remember reading about this rig when i was younger. Looks a lot like todays Scanias across the water now. Thanks again!
Best part - engine description - got cut!
Big Red...the beverage dispenser and the cab is amazing!
I had a co-worker 30 years ago that was a test driver for Ford during this time.
He was one of the test drivers on Big Red.
He said the truck could never make it over he biggest pass (can't remember the name of it) that they tested it on.
it had over temp shut downs in place and it would always shut down about 1000 ft before the summit.
The engineers could never get it to run cool enough to make the summit.
That problem along with the fact that turbines are very fuel thirsty and several other problems finally killed the project.
He said that it was a blast to drive and had lots of power but just could never get over the technical hurdles.
He had loads of stores about test driving all sorts of vehicles.
Never got tired of hearing them.
I love how it was using spread axles prior to being wide spread and flatbeds were mainly traditional tandems.
the front fascia looks like the grizwald "family truckster"......
It reminds me of The Cyclops from the 1976 movie The Big Bus.
Lincoln Tek...i think these vintage videos stir our memories and emotion to bring out the best for everybody...dont you.
SAME COMPANY.
Mines on order, no delivery date yet.
Early bird backer on Kickstarter
Ahh, the days of black and White film
Where people spoke coherently,
Johovial music and endless imagination....
......
Love that wrap around window. Excellent visibility around the mirrors.
Ford actually used the separate cab suspension on coe trucks. Weirdest ride until you got used to it like being in a bass boat in moderate chop. The cab floor was nearly as high as Big Red's.
Those 2 story edsel's were nice
Two story falcons was what we called them.
I drove one often turner expediting in Louisville Kentucky had a few of them .
Co-Driver: Atomic batteries to power......Turbines to speed.
@Bill23799
Roger! Ready to move out!
funny how the future never turns out like they think it will
@Hello Michael, How are you doing?
Wow really cool love watching these films. Funny how high the drive sits & all that space in the cab. My big question why is it RED?? Should be Oval Ford BLUE!
Oh, how I miss those frozen TV dinners in metal trays!
The close coupling , rear of cab areodynamics, suspended cab. Plus cab fittings. All taken for granted now. Ford didn't waste thier money.
The world of tomorrow sure looked great in 1966.
Glendenning Motor Freight in MN had a turbine test truck hauling freight about this time. Minneapolis to Winnipeg route went right in front of my house and I remember it going by. Looked like all their other Macks but sounded like a jet airplane.
It’s the Mammoth Car from Speed Racer!
The driver looks like the mob guy driving the Charger in Bullitt.
@Traveling with Rick it isn’t, but very well could have been. The guy in Bullitt was Bill Hickman, a professional stunt driver for many years. He was also the bad guy driver in The Seven Ups.
Holy S***! This must have been the inspiration for the killer truck in speed racer!
The mammoth car episode. Behold: th-cam.com/video/JtGDXe6p9-4/w-d-xo.html
Gear Whine about the Mammoth car, one of if not the best SR episode ever
Good thing he has that map of the entire country so he doesn’t get lost out there on the highways and the byways
Yea, the driver could swing seat around and look at that map whilst driving..🤔
Garrett (Aireasearch) had a Mack semi-truck testbed with a 731/831 industrial turbine that was badass! Large bologna cut exhaust stack centered on the back of the cab!
No such thing as slowing down on uphill sections of I-17 going to Flagstaff! 😁
Wonder where this truck is today I bet that thing is worth a fortune.
ford nut probably scrapped
I heard they are restoring it on "bitchen rides"
DmbWorks Your thinking of the GM Futureliner I think
@@iant720 I was joking because they did that haha
The cab is reported to be in a private collection somewhere in North Carolina. The trailers were scrapped.
March 2021: I saw in the news the truck has recently been discovered. So I came here to see what it was all about. Great channel!
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The design studies at 6:50 instantly brought the Deora show car to mind. Curious if the Alexander Brothers saw them. They built the Deora from a dodge in ‘67
Gas Turbine Lab at Texas A&M (1975) was given one of these engines after Ford threw in the towel. It was hooked to a dyno and run once in awhile. The pressure ratio was 3.5 (~3.5 compression ratio). The air passed thru a heat exchanger & heated. Then to the combustor, to turbine and exhausted back thru heat exchanger (recuperated) to recover otherwise wasted heat. (Same system now used on M1A1 tank.). Efficiency was about 28-30%, at full load, nearly competitive w/ diesels of the day.
As I recollect Ford stopped GT research because road salt corroded the engine.
GT’s are best when run full load, and this does not work out on the highway. GTs compress more air for cooling than needed for combustion , this soaks up a lot of hp, vis a vis a diesel.
7:24 "Already on its way to keep an appointment in" ... the twilight zone.
Way ahead of its time. Cool truck
Those two futuristic designs at the end look a lot like the Deora by Hot Wheels. Add a couple of surfboards... 🏄🏄🏻♀️
Man those green lines really make this video look old it must be ancient without those green lines I would have never known
safe and happy new year to everyone!
Saw an article about this the other day. Now a year old video pops into my timeline 🤔
I had the fortune to meet one of the engineers who helped devloped the turbine on this monstrosity. He told me how they used analog computers for calculations. Yes, analog computing, not digital, it was a thing.
The engine data was cut out of the video at 4:00 or so.
It's top secret. This truck is still way ahead of it's time, ha-ha!
The gas is heate/cut off ingenuity at the throat..
Holy Cow!!!! It's the " Mammoth Car " from Speed Racer.
Bill23799 hahahahaha!!! That’s what I thought too!
It’s still running I seen it on I65 the other day going southbound .
"codriver -go make me a SAMMICH!"
The tractor looks like a winnebago sitting on the front of a 1964 Ford pickup. Can't unsee it now.
Truck driver here got tears in my eyes.
I worked on the competitive project at GM in 1969/1970. Ford was ahead of GM on this technically and they wisely decided to cancel this program as a bad idea. GM plugged away for many more years in vain. Both Chrysler and International Harvester cancelled their turbine programs before Ford.
Ronald Reagin as the announcer is cool. I wonder if he knew one day he would be President.
I remember the old Union Pacific gas turbine locomotives. Very distinctive sound. Would be interesting to of seen or heard a tractor gas turbine....
That T.V. dinner explains the need for an on board toilet.
Amazing to see how life was on the whole better then ,than it is now.
Anyone remember the "mammoth car" from speed racer? I'm gonna take a wild guess and say this is where that came from 😂
You're not far from wrong. Imagine Big Red having the same kind of horn the Mammoth Car had!
I still want my "jet-pack"!!
Abe Lincoln You, me, and Red Forman! 🤣
It is funny seeing the truck of the future with them dayton wheels on there lol !
Would love to see more on the drivetrain, & a side by side comparison with a contemporary truck.
I wish I could spend just a day in the 60s. I'd be so happy
Happy because you didn't have to spend two days in the 60s? I had a 10 year hitch. It kinda sucked.
Much discussion here. Big Red was ahead of its time. Many truck builders tried turbines and did not find them cost-effective. As for drive tire wear: The turbine engines weigh less than diesels. Gas turbines develop maximum torque at zero RPM. Tire slippage was easily achieved. When I drove OTR running bobtail or lightly loaded I frequently spun the drives when accelerating. Turbines ate fuel at a tremendous rate. Sulphur in the fuel oils they used caused turbine blade erosion. The list goes on. I need to finish my GMC Astro 95 model truck (with the turbine engine).
That looks similar to the trucks in Europe.
Thank you for sharing.
Marion.
Instead of futuristic looking cars and trucks Ford gave us....the Pinto lol😂😂😂😂 the exploding car!!!
All Big Red was missing was a stewardess!
Back in the day, we called them lot lizards.
@@rudyschwab7709 you were picking up what I was layin down brother!
Coffee
Tea
Or me 😜
This was wonderful. Thanks for posting this!
At 3:00 it is at the New York Coliseum, most likely an auto show. The Time Warner Center is now on that site.
There were 2 Big Reds. I drove one of them once.
How often were those drink dispensers used/cleaned/filled with something that wasn't coffee?
what kind of mpg did you get
@@minivanmaster I drove it around the block. I've no idea.
How did it feel... what did you experience..
@@richardbearden7889 It was like any modern truck, a lot like the can over Fords that were still being built right up until Ford stopped making Class 8 trucks.
That aerodynamic front design looks a lot like the GMC Motorhome which were made from '73-'78.
Great looking rig . Ford knows how to build them . Thank you .
Wasn't it not so long ago Wal Mart had their own experimental prototype gas turbine truck? The idea is sort of like a refined version of the experimental turbine locomotive. Jet aircraft engines provide thrust while also generating power for other systems. In this case, the turbine powers a large generator. Could work VERY well with refinement
It’s a shame that most of the technical information is missing from the video. I had to play it back to see if I blacked out while I was watching.
Wooh, Ford was ahead of its time.
If those engineers and bridge builders make 15 feet the standard height, the bridges will be spared from damage. 😃😃
I saw this film in driver's ed, back in the summer of '71. Seems like only yesterday.
Seems to me like a lot of this film was either lost, or redacted.
It was edited heavily at some point
Right ! went from 2 stage turbine gasses to ladders lol.
It was. If I remember, the full video is something like 50 minutes long
It reminds me that all these old films/documentaries/propaganda are not always what they appear to be from back in the day. They seem so innocent and quaint...but those PR folks were not dumb or naive....probably more focused on their profession then any of us could hope for today...
I'd say redacted, because it seemes that certain technical detail about the engine are the parts that get skipped.
Damn that was a good lookin' rig!
Somewhere there’s a video about diesel powered airplanes being the future
Azdndog I believe back in World War II Germany did had some diesel powered aircraft but I believe they were mainly bombers.
@Azdrtdog
There is such a thing BTW...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thielert_Centurion
They mostly run on jet fuel (kerosene). Main problem is that they’re a bitch to start in the winter 🥶...
Jet fuel is very similar to diesel
Diesel planes do exist now.
@@garyquail2347 Reconnaissance aircraft originally. www.historynet.com/luftwaffes-high-flying-diesel.htm
An excellent video. ♡ T.E.N.
This truck was AHEAD OF ITS TIME I like it I wish Ford would have kept building tractors I loved the 9000 can over I'd buy one today !!!loved this video!!!
Dad had one, he did deliveries to the Jetsons.
It was always difficult backing into the dock at Cogswell Cogs....
@@9alerix He hated taking it to Spacely Sprockets,
This was a fantastic reel!
Would love to have seen this thing pull up next to "The Big Bus" 10 years later.
OldGoat doesn’t drive UGLY TRUCKS! That’s why Kenworth and Peterbilt ran Ford out of the truck industry! No UGLY TRUCKS!
That was the inspiration for The Mammoth Car on Speed Racer!
I died laughing when the serial number of the tape said XD 😂😂😂😂
Without my glasses on the grill on that with the headlights looks like a 58 Chevy