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โŸฟ Frank the Tank, Buick La Sabre jumps, and road car aerodynamics

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โš‘ As you may have guessed from the title, Iโ€™m keeping todayโ€™s issue a little lighter on its feet, shall we sayโ€ฆ

contโ€™d belowโ€ฆ


If Iโ€™m having a badโ€”BREAK GLASS IN CASE OF EMERGENCYโ€”time, self medication often, thankfully, works.

Maybe it is because Iโ€™m not medicating with prescriptions, alcohol, or risky behavior, mind youโ€”Iโ€™m medicating with a heavy dose of Frank the Tank.

Iโ€™ve been watching this every six months or so for more than a decade, and itโ€™s not the destructionโ€ฆor the stuntsโ€ฆor how it takes more than three minutes for the serious jumps to happen. I love Frank the Tank because itโ€™s a few people using the facilities at a ski resort to jump, bump, and roll Frank, a 1993 Ford Aerostar van.

Use the build-up to note the multiple camera angles, artful shooting style, and expert cutsโ€”or simply skip to three minutes in for the chaos to start piling up. (Fun dies out at the 6 minute mark.)

โ†ฌ Frank the Tank โ€ข tfeiss


IF Frank the Tank doesnโ€™t help, I turn to a classic that circulated on clip sites before YouTube.

Originally filmed by a camcorderโ€”#nofilterโ€”this one jump is a 10 second shot of excitement the uploader crudely extends to 47 seconds by repeating the same footage six more times. ๐Ÿคฉ

โ†ฌ Insane Jump by a Buick La sabre โ€ข carjumper2008


โœฑ Know of obscure / old / weird automotive footage? Point me in the right directionโ€ฆ

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