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Well if that’s not in front of the Van Nuys assembly plant I would be surprised.
The plant was built after World War Two and torn down in the 90’s after the last 3rd gen Camero and Firebirds rolled off the line . I went to the 50th anniversary of Chevrolet in 1962 when they were building full size passenger cars and in 1990 durning the Camero run . Today the land is a major shopping mall. The next gen Camero Firebird was produced in Canada
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I visited Framingham when the pride of the plant was the Celebrity or Citation (can't quite remember). I saw a door on an overhead conveyor stop and other doors piling up into it an thought "that's strange." About 10-15 minutes later lotsa buzzers then everything shut down, and the line didn't move again for the rest of the tour. Musta been lunch?
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Also seems like a lot of weight for a single axle trailer.
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I believe you would have to figure out a moment diagram on the whole set up - calculating the loads and seeing which way things want to pivot on the rear axle centerline. That's a very long wheelbase truck plus you have a car up there at the front as well for "counterweight". I don't think you could bring the 5th wheel much further ahead or you would have the car on the truck and first one on the trail hitting each other. The car at the back would be reducing the weight on the 5th wheel as well. A balancing act for sure.
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That setup would make a DOT Weighmaster's day. He'd get his whole month's quota of violations on that rig alone.
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This is what happened when you did it with a Ford.
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That's a nice grill guard on that wrecker!
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When the upper car is off the tracks tilt out to the sides so the other cars can drive off/on, the truck driver has to lift ramps to get the car over the cab and drive off / on the trailer rear .
Now you know the rest of the story . The Ford auto transporter was the next gen . The driver put ramps out for the lower / upper decks and just drove on/off , much quicker and easier on the driver plus could cary more cars per load.
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It says this is on the Twilight Zone show.
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I think that episode was called "The Old Man In The Cave." After some catastrophe wipes out most civilization, a town seeks advice on how to survive from an anonymous old cave dweller. But soon they learn that to live in constant fear of death isn't really living at all.
Perhaps a relevant theme today?
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How about this cool one! Brian
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Terrible photography. Not one license plate to be seen to help figure out where it was taken.
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That looks to be a B17 with a unusual civilian nose conversion.
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"Our trucks doing what they doing"
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Brian,
That's a very nice truck (post 725) Craig
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Yep, I really enjoy seeing them "Doing what they did" huh!
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Oh DAAAAAMN I love this one!
Brian This is the original, I like it more.
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