Looks like there was at least a mimimum amount of redneck planning involved - the spotter with the walkie-talkie, the cam-corder. Only takes one thing that you didn't think about to go wrong though.... Did you notice the little back woods chuckle at the end? Kind of a piece-de-resistance', don't you think?
That guy in the Buick is really lucky he was able to keep it under control before reaching the point where the trees close in. Nice jump, though.
wanna bet?...that right before the tape starts....the guy says.... ..."hold my beer....i saw this done on the internet"
Redneck rodeo at it's finest! I'm betting he still has his beer in one hand while he steers with the other.
I actually got my 72 Fury III wagon airborn like that once when I had it back in the early 80s. I hit one of those old wooden hump-like bridges they used to have that went over railroad tracks at about 70 MPH one night. It didn't bounce like that car did, though - both front tires were flat the next morning and it needed a front end alignment and new shocks . . . . .
Back in the early 90's, when I was living in LA, I liked to drive on a coast road through the Palos Verdes' Portuguese Bend area. Portuguese Bend is a beautiful but very unstable area due to constant shifting and landslides. The narrow coast road has hairpin turns, and is always changing, and one has to drive it with great respect and care. Well, being the fool that I am, one night I forgot to watch my speed, and went very airborne in my 1969 Thunderbird 4-door, dropping the entire dual exhaust system upon landing! My car landed on the fortunately unoccupied oncoming lane and then off the other side of the road...just short of going over the cliff. Scared the everlovin' bejezus out of me! I had to walk miles to a phone, and call a tow truck to come pick up my poor T-bird...the driver knew just where I was, said it happens a few times a month, sometimes with fatal results. Haven't been back there for years, but I would be surprised if there road has been closed. David
No David, that road is still open. Wife and I took a drive over it from San Pedro to Torrance last August - shortly before coming up here to Oregon. Beautiful coast scenery. On a clear day it looks like a good swim could get you to Catalina (actually 25 miles away..). You can also see northwest to Point Dume (?) up to Malibu. The earth is still moving. Lots of patched humps in the road. Water, gas lines sitting above the ground due to the movement. A real roller coaster road in some places. Funny you mention the '69 4-door T-Bird. I had one of those back in 1975 for a short while. Bought it off a Ford Dealer in Glendale (as-is) for $1,000. Some of the electrics didn't work, but it was a beautiful cruiser. Gas crunch hit, and we couldn't afford the gas bills.
Let me guess...the windows never wanted to work. Mine never were reliable. Ford dipped the window motors in latex rubber to seal water out, but actually water was sealed in, turning the motor to rust goo. The rest of my elctrical system was rock solid. My aunt bought it new, and it was a lovely automobile. I owned it until '08. David
