Clarkdale Jerome Arizona Chevy Film 1936

[@destravlr]

My dad told me that his high school friends would test their cars' cooling abilities on Tollhouse grade between Fresno and Huntington Lake. In the 40's, my job, to keep from getting car sickness, was to sit in the middle of the front seat of our Ford and hold the shift lever to keep it from jumping out of gear.

[@savage22bolt32]

You've been replaced by the bungee cord!

[@danielreigada1542]

Most interesting thing about this is seeing the video of Jerome in 1936. It looks about the same today except I think there are more trees.

[@isabellaxclark]

Oh? You need really good fertilizer to make trees grow again. Ever seen Soylent Green? I love it when people hint at who they’re related to.

[@danielreigada1542]

@@isabellaxclark I've heard of that movie but haven't seen it. It was a bit before my time.

[@wendaltvedt4673]

This is so cool because I love how historic Jerome is and to actually see it in the 1930s is awesome.

[@roberthepburn7461]

That has to be the most hinky hitch connection I have ever seen!

[@charlesbonkley]

Kind of fits the mold for trailers and loads pulled in Arizona.

[@jaysontadlock1871]

There’s actually a very solid pin holding the trailer on, the knot tied was simply to keep the pin from coming out, hardly any stressed will be on the knot at all.

[@jaminova_1969]

Yeah, tying a string around your hitch isn't sketchy at all!

[@michaeltabanao9014]

Back then folks where a custom to tying knots, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and 1936 was only approx 50 years from 1890. To survive you probably had to tie knots, horse takes a clove hitch🤷‍♂️

[@savage22bolt32]

@@michaeltabanao9014 Bank robbers used the Horse Dealer's Hitch. Just pull the standing end & the knot unties. The trouble with that was, a horse could learn to untie it with his teeth! Might make for a hazardous get-away!

[@savage22bolt32]

@Jami it's only to keep the pin from jumping out.

[@will7its]

@@savage22bolt32 There goes your ride home......lol

[@BillLaBrie]

Hey! It’s the SAFETY STRING!!!

[@jcvideoproductions5318]

I find it funny I live right in the middle of Clarkdale ;)

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

That 36 Chevy had a whole 79hp (at sea level) so the only thing in those boxes was air.

[@bretthess6376]

You know it. Maybe the top boxes had a length of board in them to keep them down.

[@l337pwnage]

Still more than a modern car can tow.

[@daltonx6177]

Still a heavy trailer ! 😄

[@Mr.Martin4500]

Did you guys get a look at the rear end on the trailer? 🤔💭Either it was either junk yard built, or it's got a drive shaft connected pushing up the hill as well? Quote Bugs Bunny "Something very fishy going on around here"?

[@l337pwnage]

@@Mr.Martin4500 I'm used to seeing old drive axles under trailers. I don't know what trailer manufacturers were even in business back then, so I have nothing to even compare that trailer to, other than you typically cannot do high speeds with trailers like that.

[@oldsaerotech1167]

There was a national campaign by Chevrolet in 1936 to have a more unified sales approach. There was a big push to prove that rural America was getting the same thickness steel,same quality parts as those being served in metropolitan city America. These displays were very effective in assuring Americans there was a consistent seamless manufacturing process. Also of note, Chevrolet used as a selling point the fact that Chevrolet vehicles contained materials from all ( at the time) 48 States.

[@UpTown584]

Nice. And they didn't even have anti-freeze back then! Good job!

[@charlesmadison1384]

Oh yes they did. They had a choice of permanent antifreeze, similar to what is available now; and temporary antifreeze, ethyl(?) alcohol, which would eventually evaporate ... requiring frequent resupply during freezing weather.

[@boggy7665]

Water has a lower boiling point but a better heat capacity

[@Pro1er]

Great video. That music though, I kept waiting for the Indians to come riding around the next hill. 😆

[@wfobronco3663]

OK, so it was a " double load " of empty boxes, I love these videos of yesteryear.

[@CH67guy1]

The Long Long Trailer…

[@grahamgraves286]

Now had they continued and gone to the top of Mingus, they could have tested the breaks going to Prescott.

[@robertfeeley9738]

Been on that grade at least 50 times, it's a tuff one.

[@openroad6522]

Now let’s test the brakes

[@mozbilly1]

Was in Jerome this past Friday

[@wendaltvedt4673]

I'll be there in July

[@renegadetenor]

The twine makes me feel very secure:)

[@cruzloera4931]

My great great grandparents were still alive. My grandpa would have been a baby.

[@bretthess6376]

I think the '36 Chrysler Airflow is one of the best cars ever made. The '36 Chevy was a good car too.

[@wakeupamerica4610]

Anyone notice the pumpkin/diff at the back under the trailer???

[@webstercat]

“ Keeps Cool as long as the water boy comes around”.

[@rambojambone4586]

Can you imagine “doesn’t overheat” a selling feature in 2022?

[@l337pwnage]

They fixed that by having low tow ratings. Some modern vehicles you aren't even suppose to tow anything, others you to ask permission from the dealer to tow(go ahead, read your manual). Send a picture of that stacked trailer to your dealership and see if they give you permission to tow it, lol. Keep in mind that is a CAR, not an F150, and they are towing that.

[@michaeltabanao9014]

I guess Tesla's dont come with radiators

[@dougjenks6954]

Junk is what all cars are know

[@boggy7665]

It took Ford a much longer time to figure that out than it should have.

[@BillLaBrie]

Now Chevy should use the “won’t set your garage on fire while charging” angle (if they can back that up).

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Only came to see the old hospital in operational status but sadly it's not in the scenes.

[@dyoung2437]

Did the crates have anything in them and what’s a double load compared to a single load.

[@l337pwnage]

Presumably twice what the car was rated for. I'm curious myself, some older vehicles had pretty high ratings, but maybe not cars. I know I've heard old flatfender jeep ads claiming a 5,000# tow rating.

[@curbmassa]

@@l337pwnage And the brakes barely worked to begin with. I had a '53 CJ3B I put all new brakes in.

[@mikegross6107]

The year I was born but I'm not keeping THAT cool in Tucson! Just wondering how heavy the load was?

[@Agent77X]

Those were the days that they made quality cars!

[@SURENITY]

Very impressed!

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[@walterwhitaker1395]

Wolf creek pass way up on the great divide coming on down the other side! LOL!

[@babydriver8134]

I've gone through Jerome, AZ a few times. It looks nothing like that now.

[@jennifersmith3409]

I grew up in Sedona and the whole area has changed A LOT in the last 10 years or so due to tourism. So sad to see. When I was a kid it looked very similar to this and that was 20 years ago.

[@mikemakuh5319]

How heavy was the "heavy load"?

[@Sodiumreactor]

I wonder how heavy that trailer was?

[@aldec4618]

Just how hot would the brakes be coming back down with that trailer?

[@bluesharp59]

Cool video and Thumbs Up ! Wishing you and all your subs all the best.

[@nathans.3751]

Question is. Were the boxes really loaded or were they empty. The way the last box moved I would suspect empty.

[@gregoryemmanuel9168]

It’s the same today except there’s no wacky music playing

[@williamweathersby9816]

Wow that was cool

[@olderolderman4603]

And they had no water bag on the hood unbelievable.

[@timothyhays1817]

Funny. My parents told me about the water bags as a kid. At one point the said it was mandatory for some areas in the southwest.

[@jamesstuart3346]

I thought the title said Jeremy Clarkson Arizona Film 1936... oh well

[@mbucklesnak]

And it didn't take an overpriced diesel to do it. All with only a 3.4L OHV I-6, 79-80 hp, 155-156 lb-ft ; Transmission: 3-speed manual ; Drive: Rear-wheel

[@cooperparts]

Stopped to take shims out of the connecting rods I think I could hear it knocking

[@JohnDoeSmith08]

Ahh....back before the government stared designing our cars.

[@luisrojo822]

I dont remember that hill being 9miles

[@notherestillnothing]

Thats because they lied, its 5 miles

[@charlesmadison1384]

They had a running start of 4 miles.

[@milla698]

Cool old video but you can tell that the boxes are empty the trailer is bouncing around to much

[@paulbroderick8438]

Oh yeah, gasoline probably 25cents a gallon and the chevy auto $2000 - 2500 out of the showroom. Now $5 gall in Phoenix and car prices so out of reach for many people.

[@wildbilljr3369]

things were wired back in them days people and all everything was in black and white And they all talked funny 2.

[@daltonx6177]

Seing that four-wheeled trailer with almost no tongue weight on the car makes you wonder why almost all modern trailers and RVs do not apply the same principle: wouldn't that way pour less strain on the SUV or trucks pulling them ? 🤔

[@rsmith3033]

untill you pull one, then u will c why NOBODY uses them

[@robertcolpitts4534]

Because, over a certain speed, the tail will wag the dog and dump you in the ditch!😮😂

[@CarsandCats]

Shout out to Adam Sandler at the end.

[@z978ady]

No safety chains is cool.

[@daleolson3506]

Or lights

[@charlesmadison1384]

... or brakes. Yeah, I noticed that Boy Scout slip knot in lieu of safety chains.

[@l337pwnage]

@@daleolson3506 There is an electrical hook up, I dunno what it does, tho.

[@l337pwnage]

Back in the day when you just hooked it up correctly. A modern man probably couldn't even figure out how to hook that hitch up, lol.

[@craigwhittingslow9689]

@@l337pwnageyou mean homosapien man is a different creature.

[@zarmindrow5831]

Of course they had to stop to set up the camera for each shot along the way...

[@zmbewolfable]

It's advertising how many times they stop to let it cool down they don't show it

[@jj-eo7bj]

9 mile hill ..long climb

[@dougjenks6954]

Low gears low compression and big radiator

[@OficinaSRMK-2]

700 ✌

[@michaeltabanao9014]

Water Boy....🤔... today a Water Boy would expect a career, retirement, union and protest for higher wages. Not taking the natural evolution in career ladder. 🤷‍♂️

[@stevenstair1068]

Gorilla Tape not invented yet so string will do😁

[@generalpattonpending7256]

lol how much do empty crates weigh cons have been around for ever