The ORIGINAL 1ST GENERATION DODGE

[Crazy Horse]

They don't make them like they used to. Original Dodge Every Day Trip.

http://youtu.be/nq2jY1trxqg

 

[Bob Beauchaine]

The Dodge brothers also were subcontracted to build parts for early Ford cars by Henry Ford. It seems as if they were quite succesful too.



Bob

 

[Shadrach]

And the jeep guys think they can go anywhere and this thing was only 2 wheel drive. That's a REAL vehicle. David

 

[DVolk]

One reason why it had so good of tration is the "pizza cutter " tires , same reason the swamp buggies got them !!

 

[fkovalski]

Speaking of tires... did ya' catch the part where the mud was caked within the spokes! Trying to decide if that extra weight at that location would help or hurt the traction. My guess is that it would help the drive tires but hinder the steering ones.

 

[Crazy Horse]

Speaking of tires... did ya' catch the part where the mud was caked within the spokes! Trying to decide if that extra weight at that location would help or hurt the traction. My guess is that it would help the drive tires but hinder the steering ones.

I had that happen a couple of times in So Ohio, off roading on land Ohio Power owned back in the 70's. I had wheel well cut outs on my 74 Bronco to clear the oversized tires and the mud/clay was rubbing on the inside top/back of the wheel well housing, rubbing as the tires turned on the tail pipe and made my 12x15 Gumbo Mudders two and a half feet wide. The mud actually stuck straight out 10" beyond the sidewall of the tire. We were trying to climb up out of a valley in the spring and only 3"-4"s of top mud was thawed out. The ground was still frozen below that point. You couldn't throw that mud off the tires if your life depended on it. Ya'd get 1/2 way up that slop, loose traction and slide back down to the bottom sideways. High pucker factor at a young age.