1938 Chevy ad-could a modern sedan do this?

bcp · Feb 25, 2013

V1Rotate · Feb 25, 2013

I'm wondering how the driver was able keep the wheels of the car from slipping off the tracks.

Gary Fowler · Feb 25, 2013

Just lowered the tire pressure and let the tires track on the rail.

texasjohn · Feb 25, 2013

I'm thinking a modern car might deploy air bags on hookup.

aczlan · Feb 25, 2013

texasjohn said:
I'm thinking a modern car might deploy air bags on hookup.

Only if the key was still on.

Aaron Z

vtsnowedin · Feb 25, 2013

Deleted saw it wrong.

Jaylegger · Feb 25, 2013

Deceptive ad practices have been going on for a long time.

texasjohn · Feb 25, 2013

Oh say it ain't so! Surely not back in the good 'ol days when GM was supreme, everything was made in USA, quality was flawless everybody went to church and unemployment rate was only...um...19%? :shocked:

MIKE R · Feb 25, 2013

A modern car would just crumple like a piece of paper. They have no frame now days, just a unibody.

MasseyWV · Feb 25, 2013

MIKE R said:
A modern car would just crumple like a piece of paper. They have no frame now days, just a unibody.

Yep. With today's cars, the entire car is a crumple zone.

MIKE7639 · Feb 25, 2013

Wow that brought back some memories. In the early 1970s I was a switchman working the night shift building trains (assembling a train with all of the cars in the proper sequence) for the Rock Island Railroad in Enid, Oklahoma. The switch engines never stopped for us to mount or dismount. The engineers were conscientious and would never knowingly put us in danger but they knew the individual switchman's capabilities and we all worked as quickly as possible and took personal responsibility for our own safety. I saw a couple of idiots take spectacular spills but no lawsuits were filed; they were fired and that was the end of their employment with the railroad. We were working with lanterns for signals. We didn't have walkie talkies. Recently I met a switchman who told me that modern safety rules require the train to come to a complete stop before a worker can mount or dismount the train. It must take forever to put a train together and get it ready to go. That's progress -- I guess.