TTAC Video of the Week: 1920s-Era Car Jumps Over a House
Presented, for your afternoon amusement, a video in which a 1920s-era automobile jumps a house, with fairly predictable results.
There's not much detail in this short and silent clip, or in its description. I don't know why this stunt is happening, where (other than somewhere in America), or exactly when it's taking place. I can't even tell what kind of car it is -- my knowledge of car models tends to be better suited to this decade of the '20s, not the 1920s.
I'll give a hat tip to the great writer Charles Pierce for this -- he linked it on his Esquire blog. Beyond that, just sit back and bear witness as the car lands exactly how you think it would.
Hey, at least it cleared the house. That's more than I can say for legislation these days. Hey-o!
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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Sorry, Ross Chastain, this is full send.
"I broke my back. It's spinal."
Meanwhile in Chicago.
The front reminds me of a Willys-Knight. 🤔