Upside Down Ford..

[slusher]

Drivable upside down Ford

http://safeshare.tv/w/uKAlfLZUsX

[DumpyDan]

Well isn't that different

[unclescott58]

Interesting.

Scott

[Foxer]

I've built a few models like this before I learned to read instructions.

[Snake45]

I've built a few models like this before I learned to read instructions.

You were buying Australian kits.

[Austin T]

You were buying Australian kits.

Darn,ya beat me to the first Australian joke....Still pretty cool.

Wasn't there a flipped catfish Camaro in the 24hrs of Lemons a few years back?

[3100 chevy]

Um?

[Zarana-X]

Darn,ya beat me to the first Australian joke....Still pretty cool.

Wasn't there a flipped catfish Camaro in the 24hrs of Lemons a few years back?

Yeah:

http://blog.caranddriver.com/lemons-njmp-day-one-upside-down-camaro-leads-big-over-rolls/

[Mark]

Should have used a Suzuki Samurai...

[Zarana-X]

Should have used a Suzuki Samurai...

Why would you say that?

The Making of a Hatchet Job

Drawing on the testimony of a former CU employee and video-tapes made by CU of its tests of the Samurai, Suzuki showed how a “hit piece” was developed by CU editorial director Irwin Landau, who was both author and editor of the 1988 article. It charged that he set out to show that the Samurai was prone to roll over easily, endangering the lives of the occupants.

CU videotapes and other evidence obtained in discovery show-ed that when the car was put through the standard “emergency avoidance” test course, it passed with no problems. This is supposed to replicate an emergency that any driver might en-counter. It involves the driver suddenly turning into the opposing lane to avoid an obstacle and quickly turning back into the original lane. The Samurai was run through the course, which had been used for 15 years, 37 times. It did not roll over once even though it was driven at a higher speed than other cars that were tested. Kevin Sheehan, a CU test driver, said the vehicle “never felt like it would tip over.” Another driver, Rick Small, gave the Samurai CU’s highest stability rating, saying it “corrects quickly” and “responds well.”

Suzuki charges that at this point Landau threatened his testing staff, saying, “If you can’t find someone to roll this car, I will!” David Pittle, CU’s technical director, tried nine times to roll the car over without success. He finally succeeded in getting it to tip up by turning the car so sharply that it went off the test course. A video shows onlookers cheering and yelling, “Yeah!” One said , “I think I got that, I think I got that.”

CU then decided to construct a new course that would make it easier to replicate Pittle’s successful maneuver. It was still difficult to make the vehicle tip, and CU employee Joe Nappi cried out, “All right, Ricky baby,” when test driver Rick Small finally succeeded in getting two wheels off the ground.

It was after all this special effort that CU announced at a news conference that the Samurai “rolls over easily” during routine driving and was given the rating of “Not Acceptable” on the road. CU showed videotape of one of the few successful tip-up maneuvers. Suzuki charges that this was taped during another trip to the track, where the driver once again had difficulty getting two of the vehicle’s wheels off the ground. One tape shows Pittle complaining, “Can’t you just see it, we get no lift off the ground. Oh God.” After repeated attempts, however, the maneuver succeeded and the “picture-perfect” tip-up was obtained. Photos of this rare event were used repeatedly over the years to boost subscriptions and generate contributions to CU by showing how they exposed a safety hazard. From 1988 to 1996, Suzuki says, “CU sent out millions of fund-raising and subscription solicitation letters featuring the Samurai story.”

http://www.aim.org/aim-report/aim-report-a-black-eye-for-consumer-reports/

[vintagercr]

That sure is different!