Big Red - 1964

[@philipengel6106]

I love the Swanson TV dinner,in the foil tray. Reminds me of when I was a kid.

[@mikerca]

Not only the TV dinners but notice the Ideal Bars that are no longer made. Those were my wife’s favorite.

[@datathunderstorm]

Straight out of Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds! 😃👍

[@captainmorgan1107]

600 miles without stopping with a gas turbine engine? That front trailer must have been the fuel tank.

[@slamminsalmon7698]

Back in the 70 every one had concept turbine engines they were some what fuel efficent until there patens were up n the oil companies bought out the patens n shut them down

[@PhilAVega]

🤔

[@matsv201]

Ford just developed a recuperating gas turbine back then. Its incredible fuel efficient, probobly more than 40% in the saturated range, that would be way more than the diesel engines at the time. There was two main problem with this engine (apart from the price, that probobly would be cheaper eventually if it was mass produced) One was maintenance cost and one was low power usage... that is.. it didn´t work well. Now the later part would be solved with a hybrid drive train. And.. that was exactly what Volvo did in 1995. Using the old Ford recuperating gas turbine combined with a hybrid drive train. The issue was, this spawned additional problems. Anyway, the 1995 gasturbine hybrid truck and bus (ECT and ECB) is very interesting and worth checking out. The issue was that by 1995 diesel engines was pretty much as efficient as recuperating gasturbines at full load, making the gas turbine solution really no longer viable. By the way, the fuel tank of big red is 280 gallons

[@okflix]

Years ago I saw this truck in a Holman moody warehouse in the South but don't remember exactly where. Some guy was buying all of the molds and tooling for all of the old ford racing engines. I hauled them out to California . In the same warehouse were a couple two seater Shelby cobra body's without any paint or drive trains that he wanted to sell for next to nothing....

[@zinderkugelus6194]

I was able to find some info on the truck set up with the double trailer like you see in the video gross weight was 170,000 lbs, so even at 2.3 miles per gallon would have made it probably as economic as other trucks of that era.

[@chucksgarage7165]

Supposedly, Ford had it driven around the country and verified that it was comparable to conventional trucks of that era.

[@kerrykrishna]

Were is this vehicle now is the question...

[@OffGridInvestor]

Charolette NC airport in a hangar. Holman and Moody

[@Theover4000]

I would love to see big red in person

[@donbrynelsen2157]

Isn't it in the Henry Ford Museum?

[@mondvogel6124]

thedrive has an article on this! they found it. yourube wont allow me to post the link

[@mondvogel6124]

@@meyou-mk3qz errrrm eff u nooo?

[@Dhwanil1994DDC]

thank you for uploading the video.

[@andersonblehm7295]

Puxa vida, e a gente acha q agora que estamos avançados, a 50 anos ja tínhamos uma tecnologia destas, parabéns aoa engenheiros da ford, nunca tinha visto este caminhão, com tão pouco recurso e eles conseguiram criar está raridade 👏👏👏👏👏

[@RA-uj3nm]

"The seats are adjustable"....wow!

[@azmike1956]

Garrett/Airesearch had a Mack semi tractor with a turbine engine back in the 80's. I heard some pretty incredible stories about it. I think the engine was an 831 industrial turbine. Maybe others know more about this.

[@speedskiff2]

Thanks for post. Saw it at the World's Fair. Didn't remember it had a turbine. Shades of it's body shape and 4 bag air ride cab went into last design of their highway cab overs.

[@zinderkugelus6194]

Only took 30 years or so to make trucks ride better.

[@Romeo_GR]

Wonderful video!! The funny thing is that this american truck seems like being the .....archetype of modern european trucks!! (except door and ladder of course)

[@steventimimhoff8784]

Looks like the"real" Mammoth truck-car on Speed Racer! Remember....!???

[@michaelreynolds7474]

It totally does!

[@michaelbabella9012]

at 1:25 he states the truck was 37% more efficient than trucks of its day...if u read up on it, its range was 600 miles, its fuel capacity was 280 gallons...that equated to 2.14MPG...and he states that it was 37% more efficient than trucks of its day???

[@penguinmaster7]

it's the mammoth car!

[@Tsuruta1]

See what I meant? :)

[@penguinmaster7]

***** yeah, though i'd say the big bus resembles it a little more in terms of design.

[@penguinmaster7]

i made this xD vmashup.com/qepsThuv

[@Tsuruta1]

Goggles Tigerkhan Yep, The GM Futureliner, When I first saw 1950's footage of it on a HGTV broadcast, the very first vehicle it reminded me of was the Mammoth Car. The front of it spoke volumes!

[@ZnenTitan]

Speed Racer for sure.Too bad it wasn't really made of gold.

[@matthewcooper3535]

I thought this was about PEG BUNDY

[@1ivannthegreat]

Matthew Cooper LMAO 😂

[@blacksupra001]

Lol

[@gizmono2869]

LMAO buddy

[@fernandocostadossantos9917]

O KZbin recomendou esse vídeo, valeu por postar. Muito bom o caminhão antigo.

[@paullacey2999]

Its incredible,even now👍

[@carlossilva2791]

Lindo demais!!!😊 frente de automóvel!!!!

[@joepeeer4830]

ty

[@johnmarton8496]

Just simply amazing!!!

[@scottizzo9058]

Gas turbine is crazy efficient when the vehicle is in motion. However, it is horribly inefficient when idled in stop and go traffic.

[@rockandroll4689]

I would LOVE to see this!

[@racer67]

Awsome! I would be a truck driver if i could drive big red!

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Sweet looking truck. It's a shame it never went into production. Even if the turbine engine itself never made production, I would think that other engines could've been made for such a vehicle, either a Cummins Diesel, an International Diesel, or even a Detroit Diesel, could've provided the power. I like the shape of the cab. It looks more aerodynamic than what was used on most trucks of its time.

[@Friedrich-Wilhelm-1980]

the problem is any engines available at the time would have been too heavy and put out too little power gas turbine engines put out tons of power compared to its weight diesel engine of adequate power to operate the truck would have been as large as the whole tractor itself

[@frankmlchaelglasscock6539]

U R so right

[@brucethomas3100]

@@Friedrich-Wilhelm-1980 Nah, Cummins, Detroit, Volvo, Caterpillar and Navistar been producing 500 and 600 horsepower engines for years.

[@Friedrich-Wilhelm-1980]

@@brucethomas3100 not in the 60s when this tractor was made compact diesel power did not explode till the mid 70 late 80s

[@geraldmayo6595]

My dad had a 1971 cabover International with a vt903 produce 450 horsepower twin-turbo did produce 600

[@thewiseguy3529]

This looks like my motorhome on the front end.

[@glennso47]

KSTT RADIO station in Davenport had a mobile unit called Big Red.

[@LAMBORFIERO]

Very very confortable

[@FYMASMD]

13 feet high. Good luck with that. Crunch!!!

[@ZnenTitan]

I was thinking the same thing. They said it went coast to coast, I'll bet they had to carefully plan the route.

[@bonusnudges]

Most modern trucks are that high

[@brucethomas3100]

What Me Worry Most commercial vehicles are 13' 6" high.

[@johnsiders7819]

13.6 is the normal height of a semi trailer and interstate highways are at least 15 ft on all overpasses the interstate system was conceived for commercial and military use The us generals were impressed by the autobahn in Germany Hitler wanted roads not just for civilian use but also for rapid movements of the military and General Eisenhower pushed for the same system here in the US the military stated they needed a minimum of 15 foot for there equipment .

[@PaulabJohnson]

loving the airline meal!

[@jlc55army]

PaulabJohnson That was a Swanson TV dinner. Mom's across America fixed those in the 1960's and the whole family would sit in front of the TV eating supper.

[@hunzolee]

Now I know how the "Renault Magnum" was created.

[@claudiam226]

Der wäre auch heute noch sehr modern!

[@ralphv924]

Das ist wäre. ( Sorry mijn duits is beroerd ) Strang that my english is better. ma franche , se la merde !🤣🤣

[@slippery396]

wow ... it's really tall !!

[@brucethomas3100]

slippery396 Yeah, it's gotta be, co-driver can't sleep in the reclining seat for his/her break. Has to be an area somewhere in the cab for a bed.

[@caribman10]

I recall very clearly reading an article describing how Ford "loaned" Big Red to A.J. Foyt and how he used it as a tow rig. I always wondered if that were true, given the outsize girth of this rig. It probably couldn't get into most race tracks (the Indy and Daytone tunnels would be impossible/impassable) but who knows?

[@brucethomas3100]

caribman10 Hmmm, unless the state DOT commercial handbook is wrong, most commercial trucks are 13'6" from the pavement to the top of a trailer.

[@brucethomas3100]

carbiman 10 Hmmm, unless the state DOT handbook is wrong, commercial vehicles are 13'6" from the pavement to the top of the trailers.

[@jasonggabbott]

I wonder how many buildings that computer took up to design that?

[@86Spain]

aaah the 50s innocence

[@FB.CUSTOM]

Show de vídeo amigo Parabéns tá aí por tem muito caminhão cabine dupla no mundo meu like

[@j.manuelcharriez8115]

Coolest truck ever

[@42lookc]

1:38 It's Bill Hickman!

[@alimonytony]

280 gallons fuel capacity. 600 miles range.

[@stoneyswolf]

That's actually not bad for the time and fuel was cheap then. Trucks now average 5-6 mpg. If you get light loads and squeeze another 1mpg out and average 2500 miles a week just do the math on how much money you save.

[@c-028]

Back to the time car was made by steel and chrome and less plastic.

[@SecretPesch]

Almost a good comment, but chrome is for kids

[@frankmlchaelglasscock6539]

This truck should have been made big time what went wrong

[@alswann2702]

Cheap ass trucking companies. Take it from a Teamster.

[@guillermopokoracky1847]

"!el camion muostruo de meteoro..!!" No sabia que existia...!!"

[@MussaKZN]

37% better aerodynamics than other trucks, fuck me were the other trucks towing opened parachutes

[@mineiraobello5830]

Linda carreta mesmo gosteiiiiiiii🤗

[@matsv201]

Well we do live in the future. A modern long haul truck got pretty much everything that this truck got.. well apart from the gasturbine engine

[@molinodesign]

what they dont tell you is it sounds like a jet engine.

[@BentleyTypeR]

I'll take your entire stock.

[@Opfor-NYC]

Ford should start this back up

[@brujo_millonario]

Forget about gas. They're making electrical, solar trucks and companies are already thinking of supercapacitors instead of batteries.

[@Avetho]

Now, the ideal is hybrid electric gas turbine. Skip the heavy lithium-cobalt and strap that generator and drive motors to capacitors instead.

[@doogle2822]

All the toys and gadgets - but no seat belts!!

[@brucethomas3100]

Doogle Forgot one of the most important items, a bunk, can't rest, can't stay awake.

[@patrickjan7896]

Turbines are just modern rotaries🤷🏻‍♂️

[@sonerpekdemir9249]

Did now that Ford is still producing Trucks? There is a plant in the city of Eskişehir in Western Turkey where Ford Otosan makes Ford Cargo Trucks.

[@adventure9606]

Good info, there is a YT video titled "inside Ford trucks production in Turkey" that shows the factory in production, impressive for sure.

[@rachidchaim2752]

speedracer mamouth?

[@andrewfeltz9445]

Kinda looks like the mammoth car on speed racer.

[@willielarimer7170]

Why do the head lights and grill look like a Ford Galaxy?

[@dennisb.5215]

any idea what happened to this rig?

[@bigjohnfury5662]

yehh where's big red ?????

[@sarjim4381]

@@bigjohnfury5662 Big Red still exists. It was bought by Holman and Moody (of NASCAR fame) and stored in a hangar in the Charlotte NC airport,

[@devinbunn2111]

The part about HM acquiring the truck is true, as for where it is currently, that has been a subject of constant rumor

[@dodgeboy90501]

It some ways it still exists, by this article its seems to have been split up, one of the trailers went to a boat racing team and cabover sold to a Ford Thunderbird collector. www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40222-the-fate-of-fords-big-red/

[@horsepower0539]

It was nice to see the old TV dinners in the metal trays used to put them in the oven I'd rather have them that way then do them being nuked

[@1ivannthegreat]

“ Big Red” Who here clicked on it thinking that they were going to watch the Actual “ Big Red” Soda Commercial. Lmao 😂

[@1ivannthegreat]

Sam Sonite 😁

[@6942-y6p]

if this was mass produced ford wold lose a lot of money

[@alexestefanesturbo]

Sé eu encontra-se este caminhão eu compraria .

[@alswann2702]

As a lifelong Teamster I can only wish...

[@TC_Connection]

RobCo Atom Red

[@dondidykes6664]

I forgot the there was a truck like that forgot who it was but nothing ever got onto the road

[@nigelb5341]

What, it's powered by a gas turban?

[@JoJo-fz4mf]

Wow

[@curtekstrom6600]

I would sell my soul to drive that truck

[@sssr1987sssr]

Гигантомания это болезнь.

[@marzinjedi6437]

Someone called this brick aerodynamic lol 😂

[@henriklassen3435]

It acually is Even tho it does not look like it =)

[@marzinjedi6437]

Henrik Lassen I was attempting to be ironic LoL 😂

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

Compared to most trucks, even a lot of modern ones, it was.

[@jamesperezp]

no pensé que existía el mamut de meteoro

[@allanramos7834]

Muito louco

[@storeisclosed4101]

You won't see that in our wussy filled world these days

[@brucethomas3100]

Storeisclosed Probably not being there is trucks that ride and drive 20 times better that gets from six to eight miles from a gallon of fuel. That's like comparing a 1928 Model A Ford pickup to a 2019 Ford F-150 pickup.

[@bettojackson8327]

Hay un película sobre un bus muy similar a esto sabe alguien como se llama?

[@XantroyX]

70's?.. The video looks like it is from 1952.

[@DocWolph]

The video was made in the early 1960s. The Truck was aimed at the 1970s.

[@theremoteanater]

The mammoth car

[@lorenacruz5402]

1788 faz um vídeo antigo

[@renegades5502]

Its so amazing to think we where so close to a fallout 4 stlye life back then But then some ass hole fucked it up for us.

[@nunyastockson5901]

Aight. But how do i piss with that big ass windshield?

[@bestamerica]

' wow nice big ford trailer truckhome... how come NO color on the film... was that real range of 600 miles... not really 600 miles... depend on often go / stop / go / stop, upgrade ground road, weight, wind

[@FordHeritage]

We only have this film in black & white

[@fredg8199]

Everything was black and white back then! Humans didn't not evolve to seeing color until 1966!

[@winterpower]

A Dino. Dinos are...? 😜

[@lonasimpresasmonterrey7599]

TESLA SEMI TRUCK

[@Hakikat-Se7en]

bla bla sweet dreams, where is it?

[@oscarivanmucinovargas3417]

Yo Tengo Ese Matchbox Antiguo Era Muy Chiquito El Tráiler.kzbin.infohDY4daoCrTI?feature=share

[@fatimarufino2115]

Por acaso , esse caminhão seria o ( CARRO MAMUTE ) da série SPEED RACER ?

[@manoeldeoliveira550]

Bem lembrado amigo. E que caminhão futurista até para os dias de hoje. Pena ser preto e branco.

[@anonymousguy7723]

Too bad it’s a Ford... I will only drive a Chevy

[@devinbunn2111]

Chevy had one too, in case you didn't know. Turbo Titan III was the name of it

[@МихаилСалтыков-Щедрин-ю2е]

Топ топ топ топ

[@ВиталийШ-ю4ъ]

Не биг ред а биг бред

LMFAO!!!! *Love it when liars screw data; 32% more aerodynamics then a FLAT BRICK WALL driving at 70 mph!* Big red is only 13 feet tall but it's at least 2.5 times as high as the men in this video making those men a good ole 4'11" tall.

[@asaginuvadi9768]

America gavno boeviki

[@lanksterprice]

Big Red was big crap on wheels... But why is big red black and white... shouldn't it be big white and black.. lol