1908 Auto Race From New York to Paris Is An Unbelievable Story

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Weird History

Күн бұрын

If you're thinking that a car race from New York to Paris doesn't sound like a good idea because, you know, ocean and all, you'd be right. But that didn't stop the Great 1908 Automobile Race that started in New York and ended in Paris. The details of what went down are even crazier than the idea itself.

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@Firestar9
@Firestar9 6 жыл бұрын
When you get in a argument so badly with your fellow countrymen that you declare alligence to another country
@david17500
@david17500 5 жыл бұрын
then that guy musta lost the argument lol
@billharris1847
@billharris1847 5 жыл бұрын
Allegiance?
@Glord-vv
@Glord-vv 5 жыл бұрын
Mustive been a pretty crazy argument.
@ponraul1221
@ponraul1221 5 жыл бұрын
And almost have duel... 1908 in the Midwest was still basically the Wild West. It didn't really end until 1912 when all the continental lower 48 territories became states.
@JJ-xe2gr
@JJ-xe2gr 5 жыл бұрын
Im not saying the French are dramatic, however..
@jacksongatens2419
@jacksongatens2419 6 жыл бұрын
Damn they need to redo this with modern cars
@DR-54
@DR-54 6 жыл бұрын
Offroading in multiple cars that only offroading capability is their tire and their 4-wheel drive going through the deep south, the midwest, the great basin, the mohave, going up through highway 1 (In california and this will be one of the only roaded place since it is actually impossible to drive a car through their, going up into the san francisco bay going straight through crescent city into oregon where they will be met by a shit ton of trees and then eventually into central washington being met by interesting cycles of water (like california floods weren't bad enough) into canada where they would have to go trek into alaska meeting some roads in the more mountainous areas north into the area where denali lies and then south towards anchorage (Denali of course is just for publicity) and taking a plane into a russian city then driving north into siberia and driving west until they meet mongolia where they have to trek through the dangerous mongolian mountains then back to china and then kazakhstan up into russia and then to the baltics meeting into poland then germany where they'll go straight into france ending in paris, or is it? Nah they then are flown to chile and they have to drive north eventually going into america and then they go to the east ending off where they started, New York. That is a fucking movie there. Oh by the way here's a map of what I'm talking about imgur.com/gallery/DcmOsd9
@pijafinocchio
@pijafinocchio 6 жыл бұрын
There;s something similar but not in America, Paris-Dakar.
@bxdanny
@bxdanny 6 жыл бұрын
Well, you can't drive through the Darien Gap from South America into North America. Whether any other part of your route is equally impassable, I don't know. Maybe let it end in Paris like the original, or perhaps London by carrying the cars through the Chunnel.
@TheNFSJacob
@TheNFSJacob 6 жыл бұрын
I guess the Gumball rally is kinda.
@manilafixedgear2312
@manilafixedgear2312 6 жыл бұрын
Not the same but similar is the Mongol Rally, London to Mongolia.. Nothing says you need to stop there however and the road of bones in far Eastern Russia is drivable.. The major ball ache is getting to Alaska, Charley Boorman and Ewan MacGregor did it in the Long way round if you want a easy to find film of such a journey but with lots and lots of cash.... Doing it in 1908 with bugger all roads is almost unthinkable..
@MistCellaneous-5
@MistCellaneous-5 6 жыл бұрын
This race needs to be a movie, we can have Wes Anderson direct it. Have a ton of really good actors playing each of the characters.
@walkthelineable
@walkthelineable 6 жыл бұрын
YES!!!!
@Neopopulist
@Neopopulist 6 жыл бұрын
It IS a movie. It's called "The Great Race".
@IDKeffect82
@IDKeffect82 6 жыл бұрын
Oh my God, yes. Wes could do it.
@mxamiss5
@mxamiss5 6 жыл бұрын
Bill Murray is the mechanic
@IDKeffect82
@IDKeffect82 6 жыл бұрын
Rene Russo as one of the French drivers
@Cypresssina
@Cypresssina 5 жыл бұрын
"Where we're going, we don't need roads." "What do you mean it doesn't freeze? Who planned this thing?"
@michaeldiebold8847
@michaeldiebold8847 6 жыл бұрын
This needs to be a movie (accurate historically, not The Great Race)
@fedorrussel3810
@fedorrussel3810 6 жыл бұрын
That is what I was going to say !
@largol33t1
@largol33t1 6 жыл бұрын
It should be called "The first Cannonball Run."
@danoham10
@danoham10 6 жыл бұрын
largol33t1 or just “why”
@michaeldiebold8847
@michaeldiebold8847 6 жыл бұрын
@@largol33t1 definitely!
@KewneRain
@KewneRain 6 жыл бұрын
There's a comedy movie called The Great Race that's based on this story.
@JK-gh9ej
@JK-gh9ej 6 жыл бұрын
We Germans can get to Paris from everywhere
@paulheller1038
@paulheller1038 6 жыл бұрын
Also we would probably only need something around NEIN weeks😂
@kos2919
@kos2919 6 жыл бұрын
Except UK
@iMRM-ez8of
@iMRM-ez8of 6 жыл бұрын
but now, the car will have all of its electronics breakdown after 30k
@dukeofmecklenburg-strelitz8030
@dukeofmecklenburg-strelitz8030 6 жыл бұрын
Did it in 1814,1815,1871,and 1940...(almost did it in 1914,and 1918)
@Skhillz_FN
@Skhillz_FN 6 жыл бұрын
Top kek you /pol/ bastard
@cra_55
@cra_55 5 жыл бұрын
2019: "I need a giant SUV in case the road gets a little bumpy"
@TheLaXandro
@TheLaXandro 5 жыл бұрын
Those things actually had massive ground clearance.
@jontheno3213
@jontheno3213 5 жыл бұрын
1908: *Drives a suspensionless car from New York to Paris*
@tnrosbergb
@tnrosbergb 4 жыл бұрын
TheLaXandro That’s not true, modern SUVs have not much more ground clearance than sedans or wagons. Only “Geländewagen” like Suzuki Jimmy, the g Class and so in have much more Ground clearance.
@elijahragland8498
@elijahragland8498 6 жыл бұрын
sounds like the plot for a Monty Python movie.
@liampett1313
@liampett1313 5 жыл бұрын
and then the french police arrested them LOL
@taylor6311
@taylor6311 5 жыл бұрын
it's already a movie called "The Great Race"!
@panzerdeal8727
@panzerdeal8727 2 жыл бұрын
the great race, 1965, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natallie Wood..it was actually done.
@lumiya4596
@lumiya4596 6 жыл бұрын
This story can be turned into a comedy film.
@angelo-7533
@angelo-7533 6 жыл бұрын
A Japanese anime has already made it into a comedic episode of time travel. It's called Tondekeman or Time Quest. It has school kids, Arabian sorcerer, and ooohh... a talking kettle.
@justaguyinashed
@justaguyinashed 6 жыл бұрын
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost!
@gblaze420
@gblaze420 6 жыл бұрын
It’s called rat race
@gblaze420
@gblaze420 6 жыл бұрын
Lumiya or a mad mad mad mad world
@lumiya4596
@lumiya4596 6 жыл бұрын
@@angelo-7533 Thats actually amazing. Will look it up. But a live action film would be good too.
@philrabe910
@philrabe910 6 жыл бұрын
So WHO came up with the notion that the Berrings Sea froze solid?
@tiercel5561
@tiercel5561 4 жыл бұрын
@Kay Theo - Yes, but that was back in the Ice Age, not Modern times. Back in the 1800's , there was a search for the Northwest Passage that made use of the Bering Sea and Strait to get to the Pacific.
@sebathadah1559
@sebathadah1559 6 жыл бұрын
Of course the French were the first to quit.
@bungowan3400
@bungowan3400 5 жыл бұрын
Sebat Hadah mdr
@renel8964
@renel8964 5 жыл бұрын
"Bleugh!"
@scootwilliams2610
@scootwilliams2610 5 жыл бұрын
Loooool
@xitizzz
@xitizzz 4 жыл бұрын
And also the second to quit and third to quit
@marzipanwars4897
@marzipanwars4897 6 жыл бұрын
Wow this is so underated
@Biscuit-Triscuit
@Biscuit-Triscuit 6 жыл бұрын
It’s like... the car version of the Steel Ball Run
@justas423
@justas423 6 жыл бұрын
Minus stands and the corpse of jesus
@andrelee7081
@andrelee7081 6 жыл бұрын
Slimeustas The Slime King Plus it's like 3 times longer.
@thegoodmudkip3652
@thegoodmudkip3652 6 жыл бұрын
@@justas423 and no cripples killing presidents
@DiscoManSam
@DiscoManSam 4 жыл бұрын
10:30 A.M., February 12th, 1908. The Trans-Pacific race, "The New York to Paris Race," has finally begun!
@MatthewV114
@MatthewV114 6 жыл бұрын
In 1908 Alaska was not a state
@tacticalderpy2077
@tacticalderpy2077 6 жыл бұрын
But was sold to the us in 1867
@powertothesheeple5422
@powertothesheeple5422 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, but it was not a state until 1959. Not sure if it was called Alaska for all those years prior but the phrasing "great state of Alaska" would not be accurate in 1908.
@aarontheperson6867
@aarontheperson6867 6 жыл бұрын
He had to call it something
@mr.voidout4739
@mr.voidout4739 5 жыл бұрын
He could've said "what is now modern-day Alaska," but c'mon, that was obvious enough to not need scrutinizing.
@dguy0386
@dguy0386 3 жыл бұрын
it was a territory
@jcb5782
@jcb5782 5 жыл бұрын
“Yeah man, we can’t let you drive like that.” *Guy places bike on car* “Well, good enough for me”
@karolismiezetis9167
@karolismiezetis9167 6 жыл бұрын
Not a surprise that all of the french gave up first Edit: i did not think this would get over 100 likes
@chrislemieux6838
@chrislemieux6838 6 жыл бұрын
XD
@Rascal_the_Raccoon
@Rascal_the_Raccoon 6 жыл бұрын
Goddamn French Pansies
@rock3tcatU233
@rock3tcatU233 6 жыл бұрын
It's in their DNA.
@ignorecorporatenews
@ignorecorporatenews 6 жыл бұрын
Karolis is an idiot
@karolismiezetis9167
@karolismiezetis9167 6 жыл бұрын
@@ignorecorporatenews why tho?
@AkeoT9
@AkeoT9 6 жыл бұрын
Ladies and gentlemen the first cannonball run
@Rascal_the_Raccoon
@Rascal_the_Raccoon 6 жыл бұрын
The French with their 1850 howitzer the Brits with their 1904 howitzer The Germans with their 1940 Pak40 and rhe Americans with a Goddamn ICBM
@MotherFucker445
@MotherFucker445 6 жыл бұрын
lol guy betrayed his country in a race because he had an argument with a team mate that threatened to shoot him
@hittingdasauce
@hittingdasauce 6 жыл бұрын
Thats sound some gangster shit
@robinbrobjer2594
@robinbrobjer2594 6 жыл бұрын
Ericgeneric ah, the French
@azfanatic44
@azfanatic44 6 жыл бұрын
Typical french guy
@heinzbakedbeans1924
@heinzbakedbeans1924 6 жыл бұрын
Captain Hans Henrik Hansen was norwegian.
@MotherFucker445
@MotherFucker445 6 жыл бұрын
Heinz Baked Beans lol it just keeps getting stranger in that case
@gilabear11
@gilabear11 5 жыл бұрын
In 1977 while on a road trip with my dad, I touched front fender of the winning Thomas Flyer at Harrah's Automobile Museum in Lake Tahoe. I got reprimanded by the museum staff. Worth it.
@dustysman
@dustysman 6 жыл бұрын
Lol so you can't drive across it..... because its the Ocean..
@tomdavison1637
@tomdavison1637 6 жыл бұрын
Country roads intensifies
@ianwlkr
@ianwlkr 6 жыл бұрын
French cars not working? Huh
@Pegasvs
@Pegasvs 6 жыл бұрын
And Italian car working... Strange
@joshuaearlsumbillo25
@joshuaearlsumbillo25 5 жыл бұрын
Try it in reverse
@jzneter736
@jzneter736 5 жыл бұрын
@Boricua 787 they are boring and bland. Now
@jnichols3
@jnichols3 5 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Clarkson sees this video and says, "Hold my beers".
@hhs_leviathan
@hhs_leviathan 5 жыл бұрын
I wish this will be in the next feature in the Grand Tour
@aussiebloke609
@aussiebloke609 4 жыл бұрын
More like "Hold my G&T" - I'm pretty sure that's what he and James were drinking while *ahem "sailing" in their Toyota.
@JJ-xe2gr
@JJ-xe2gr 5 жыл бұрын
Trust the Frenchman to surrender his nationality over an argument 😂
@Artofficial1986
@Artofficial1986 6 жыл бұрын
Clarkson - Hammond - May
@quentin3330
@quentin3330 6 жыл бұрын
LMAO.
@somealias2348
@somealias2348 6 жыл бұрын
if only
@jannadrielcervo7753
@jannadrielcervo7753 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah! I wish Grand Tour recreate this with modern 4x4 cars each representing a country. Just an example USA could use the Jeep Wrangler, Germany could use the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, and Italy could use the Iveco Massif.
@lucamarmiroli4563
@lucamarmiroli4563 5 жыл бұрын
Jann adriel cervo mutch better a fiat panda!!
@lucamarmiroli4563
@lucamarmiroli4563 5 жыл бұрын
For italy
@edmonton20084
@edmonton20084 6 жыл бұрын
The Original Italian Car was found a while ago and is destined for the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. It is my hope that with a lot of volunteer work, they'll let me drive it, even if just for a minute. And even if they don't, being able to contribute to the museum, one of the best automobile museums in the world, will be an immense satisfaction nonetheless.
@edmonton20084
@edmonton20084 6 жыл бұрын
+Demon Rat It was lost to time before being rediscovered and restored. I don't recall all the details, but I'll ask around.
@leonardodavid2842
@leonardodavid2842 5 жыл бұрын
What place did it end up in?
@leonardodavid2842
@leonardodavid2842 5 жыл бұрын
3rd?
@horrortackleharry
@horrortackleharry 6 жыл бұрын
As if the course wasn't already demanding enough, 1908 was the year of the Great Siberian Explosion (June 30th).
@riograndedosulball248
@riograndedosulball248 5 жыл бұрын
Fucking hell i forgot about that. Now they are double madlads
@matthewhocker956
@matthewhocker956 5 жыл бұрын
The 1908 race was akin to the “sequel” of the 1907 Peking (Beijing) to Paris Motor Challenge. It was an attempt to prove the practicality of the car. I feel like you can’t talk about the 1908 race without the 1907. Also, I am pretty sure the 1907 route went through Siberia, so 1908 wasn’t the first time cars went through there.
@anewsagabegins5946
@anewsagabegins5946 6 жыл бұрын
This video is even funnier then that silly movie they made about it in the 1960's. I guess truth is cooler then Hollywood fiction. The Great Race starring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon is the film'
@botatobias2539
@botatobias2539 5 жыл бұрын
Never rely on the host country to treat the competition unbalanced, if one of its natives is in. That's just a fact regardless of country. It's human nature. My point is that it would have been better if they started off on "neutral ground", not in the US, with a US participant involved.
@UnasGamingChannel
@UnasGamingChannel 6 жыл бұрын
68-ish years later, the cannonball run happened, from Connecticut to the Port-a-pino inn (pretty sure i didn't spell that right) in California. What a time
@funny3scene
@funny3scene 5 жыл бұрын
Port a fino* very close though. But yes, very crazy stuff
@paulcosby8662
@paulcosby8662 6 жыл бұрын
Fun fact Valdez, Alaska is pronounced Valdeez
@rock3tcatU233
@rock3tcatU233 5 жыл бұрын
Valdeez nuts?
@skortana3760
@skortana3760 5 жыл бұрын
And what is fun about this?
@masonsykes2240
@masonsykes2240 5 жыл бұрын
Valdeez nuts
@R0NYFL0NY
@R0NYFL0NY 5 жыл бұрын
The steel ball run.
@aname4787
@aname4787 6 жыл бұрын
I love how the French were the first to surrender
@TurboDiesel-zf8ph
@TurboDiesel-zf8ph 6 жыл бұрын
Figured the Germans would win an automobile race
@paulheller1038
@paulheller1038 6 жыл бұрын
Yea..they seem to be superior to every race... 😂 No offence, just humor 😉
@marknalt8537
@marknalt8537 6 жыл бұрын
Germans used to be great, now they're a pathetic group of useless people.
@TurboDiesel-zf8ph
@TurboDiesel-zf8ph 6 жыл бұрын
Mark Nalt they still make some of the best cars in the world though
@tirohanloststorys4853
@tirohanloststorys4853 6 жыл бұрын
and they have the best bread and basicly everything is better in germany.
@tirohanloststorys4853
@tirohanloststorys4853 6 жыл бұрын
EVERYTHING
@bobbob7114
@bobbob7114 6 жыл бұрын
And we're like... "I think ill buy a 4x4, its raining outside"..
@jamesmcgilvray6008
@jamesmcgilvray6008 6 жыл бұрын
Good vid, please don’t let low views get you down, good content is good content! Thanks for making it!
@dennisbowen452
@dennisbowen452 5 жыл бұрын
This sounds like a damn wacky races episode
@marwapranata5698
@marwapranata5698 6 жыл бұрын
This feels like straight out of Steel Ball Run. I wondef if Araki was inspired by the race when he made Part 7
@shiddy.
@shiddy. 5 жыл бұрын
7:48 ... after a wrong turn that cost them 15 hours ... I'm trying to imagine the conversion in the car when this was realised - how many tanks of fuel did they need for that 15 hours?
@TheNimaid
@TheNimaid 6 жыл бұрын
Look, the French may be strict on their technicalities, but they are also sctrict on when they no longer technically apply.
@asmodeus6631
@asmodeus6631 5 жыл бұрын
I saw the movie which was hilarious, but didn't realize that there was an actual race. That was definitely an amazing feat in those days.
@Justquitalready
@Justquitalready 6 жыл бұрын
I thought the most French thing you could do was surrender like the three other competitors did........
@doogandoggin2571
@doogandoggin2571 5 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing story of bravery and fortitude. These were men of great constitution.
@Timbobjr
@Timbobjr 6 жыл бұрын
Those Magnificent Men and They’re Driving Machines
@miklosernoehazy8678
@miklosernoehazy8678 5 жыл бұрын
... that's "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines"(1965)... ...the competing movies: ..."Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies" aka "Monte Carlo or Bust" (actually a 1969 sequel to "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines")... ...and of course, the Blake Edwards film "The Great Race" (1965)
@miklosernoehazy8678
@miklosernoehazy8678 5 жыл бұрын
@@thekspguy4421 "They go leftitty-left and go rightitty-right... ...sounds like you're talking about Carol Doda at the Condor Club... ;-)
@_vicoliciousgambino8882
@_vicoliciousgambino8882 5 жыл бұрын
🤔I wonder if the Americans would still win if the race would have started backwards!🚗🚥
@jetsons101
@jetsons101 3 жыл бұрын
No matter who won, what short cuts were used or what ever else-----all the men and cars and there manufactures should get a thumbs up. Anybody that would even think of doing this in 1908 are automotive hero's........
@gram.
@gram. Жыл бұрын
It's what drives (pun unintended) motorsport today... the incentive of sales, profit, and prestige for manufactures has given so many advancements for cars of which are passed down to the consumer. E.g. the super/hypercars sold at a loss for the company, but still translates into sales and progress with engineering feats.
@CapitalFProductions
@CapitalFProductions 7 ай бұрын
So how did they NOT know that the Berring Strait doesn’t actually physically connect to Russia? 😂
@txtpeer5179
@txtpeer5179 6 жыл бұрын
Crossing the bering sea by car what a genius idea !
@JenniferMenendez522
@JenniferMenendez522 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't think I would enjoy this video as much as I did! 😳😆 Could you imagine this race in 2019/2020?
@jetsons101
@jetsons101 3 жыл бұрын
Not in 2020 because the Left would shut the race down as being to dangerous, the cars might get within 6 feet of each other.....
@datguy9408
@datguy9408 6 жыл бұрын
Goes through all that hardship, yet gets no real recognition. Amazing.
@treborironwolfe978
@treborironwolfe978 5 жыл бұрын
*Ţяэßş ƒąvøŗīţє Qúøţę øƒ ţhę Ðąỳ™* "...so, you can't drive on it ..because, it's the ocean."
@cheezitgod5032
@cheezitgod5032 5 жыл бұрын
The sad thing this predicted ww1.
@steamcheng
@steamcheng Жыл бұрын
I noticed you forgot the penalty incurred by the German Protos team! Not only did the American Thomas Flyer team earn a 15 day lead for being the only car to make it to the west coast and Alaska (unaided), the German team had to ship their car by rail from Nevada to the west coast due to mechanical failure. In order to keep as many cars in the race as passible, Le Matin and the race committee agreed that rather than disqualifying the Germans for shipping the car by rail to the west coast, they would be penalized 15 days. So in fact, the Thomas Flyer completed the race with a comfortable lead of 26 days over the Protos team. This is not to take away from any of the teams. This was an unbelievably grueling race, and the three teams and cars that finished deserve to be remembered for their perseverance, endurance and courage. Also, the three finishing cars are still in existence: the Thomas Flyer is in the Harrah's Automobile Museum in Lake, Taho, NV; the German Protos car is in the Transport Museum of the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany; and the Italian Zust is held by a private owner in Vancouver, Canada.
@marlonng8672
@marlonng8672 5 жыл бұрын
Hirohiko Araki: Well it's time to write a new jojo part *Sees video* Why not make a jojo part where they have to race. And the objective would be to see who can travel accross the harsh terrain on america first, but now with steel balls and lots of stands. Oh and a crippled main protagonist. #part7never
@KOCChristian
@KOCChristian 4 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the President and Jesus is was involved
@sabimosapagong5667
@sabimosapagong5667 6 жыл бұрын
Sad only 48 views
@ottogren1
@ottogren1 6 жыл бұрын
1.3k now. He's growing.
@kyore789
@kyore789 6 жыл бұрын
Insane how small it is.
@jamesbrowning1535
@jamesbrowning1535 6 жыл бұрын
7008 now
@taffysaur
@taffysaur 6 жыл бұрын
Almost at 9000 now
@Ahmed-xc5pd
@Ahmed-xc5pd 6 жыл бұрын
16 k now
@detective___mcnulty
@detective___mcnulty 5 жыл бұрын
"You can't drive on it because...... it's the ocean." 😂😂😂
@stevestrash1791
@stevestrash1791 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine the logistical nightmare of trying to source fuel for a very inefficient car motor in rural nowhere, long before cars were even remotely common. They probably had to ship gas to themselves the entire way through Russia
@emaarredondo-librarian
@emaarredondo-librarian Жыл бұрын
Possibly the inspiration for Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965).
@enzowarren9832
@enzowarren9832 6 жыл бұрын
the roads weren’t even ass-fault, wow
@mdnealy4097
@mdnealy4097 6 жыл бұрын
Or more to the point for most of the race. what road?
@enzowarren9832
@enzowarren9832 6 жыл бұрын
Mike Titz lmao that’s the whole point of my comment, you belong in r/wooosh
@abuelita4094
@abuelita4094 6 жыл бұрын
when you're in 6th grade.
@chopin65
@chopin65 5 жыл бұрын
Is there a documentary on this? There should be. Or better, a movie.
@danieldutoit2697
@danieldutoit2697 4 жыл бұрын
Add STANDOH POWAH and Jesus and it's basically the Steel Ball Run
@Istandby666
@Istandby666 Жыл бұрын
To bad this wasn't done by the older guy...😔 I disagree with the 15 day lead.
@neoasura
@neoasura 4 жыл бұрын
How cool would it have been to see a world and cultures before the World Wars changed everything.
@jdraven0890
@jdraven0890 3 жыл бұрын
The Thomas Flyer had 60hp in 1908? That must have been insane for the time. And still more hp than my first car had in 1983.
@gram.
@gram. Жыл бұрын
Thought the same... especially when you think, the driver and his luggage probably weighed more than the whole car! Then the yanks somehow managed to make e.g. 7.0l V8 engines with only 1200kg over 50yr later... mental
@morganschiller2288
@morganschiller2288 Жыл бұрын
We have this car at the Cleveland historical society. It was a ratty weather beaten old car. It looked nasty
@DiscoManSam
@DiscoManSam 4 жыл бұрын
The German car got their first because German Engineering is the finest in the world.
@ValensBellator
@ValensBellator 6 жыл бұрын
I really don't think most of that description of Siberia is "made up". Depending on the time of year all of those things could be found there at that time. Russia's presence in Siberia then (even now) was basically in the form of small settlements that were akin to islands among an ocean of land.
@Momnpop98
@Momnpop98 11 ай бұрын
History is just plain hilarious how you all narrate it. Love it. 😂🎉❤
@jeremyfarley2699
@jeremyfarley2699 2 жыл бұрын
George Schuster is my grandfather's uncle!
@sigaries4062
@sigaries4062 5 жыл бұрын
When you get into an argument and challenge the other guy to a duel.. Ah, Those were the days.
@goobiethicc5054
@goobiethicc5054 4 жыл бұрын
3 french people. All gave up. See. All frenchies can do is give up
@matthewlebo1841
@matthewlebo1841 5 жыл бұрын
“The race was supposed to start at 11 AM with Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr. firing off the starter pistol, but he never showed up.” Like father, like son.
@fartdonkey8290
@fartdonkey8290 4 жыл бұрын
No shit cowards
@P37R1X
@P37R1X 5 жыл бұрын
They really should do this race again with modern cars. Would be a great way to unite the world, i think.
@katewho1111
@katewho1111 5 жыл бұрын
"The Great Race" (is an old movie about this race) it's actually pretty good!.. If you have a chance to watch it, check it out! (this coming from a millennial)
@IftiAlam1999
@IftiAlam1999 4 жыл бұрын
Is that the same Joe Shuster who created Suoerman?
@tracksidefilms5416
@tracksidefilms5416 5 жыл бұрын
Jojo part 1908 Steel Wheel Run
@Blondie-Actual
@Blondie-Actual 4 жыл бұрын
The german arrived first in paris. Ayyy lmao
@mrbean2520
@mrbean2520 5 жыл бұрын
this is the most insane story i have ever heard
@raykehr1832
@raykehr1832 5 жыл бұрын
Ewww no a/c or heat and prolly only goin 45mph
@leonstrand329
@leonstrand329 6 жыл бұрын
The podcast The Dollop covers this it's episode 323
@clintcheesewood910
@clintcheesewood910 5 жыл бұрын
Germans and their cars... True love
@MrUltimategamer44
@MrUltimategamer44 6 жыл бұрын
Doing this with trucks and jeeps would be awesome nowadays
@doubleutubefan5
@doubleutubefan5 6 жыл бұрын
Germany wins.... unknown to them this would be the last victory for them for next 30 years
@dukeofmecklenburg-strelitz8030
@dukeofmecklenburg-strelitz8030 6 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately because of there geographical location, that has always put them in the disadvantage of being extremely outnumbered...If they won ww1, the world wouldve ended up a WAY better place, ww2 wouldnt of happened, and communism, and Fascism never wouldve become such powerful forces
@Fulllife3.2
@Fulllife3.2 5 жыл бұрын
​@@dukeofmecklenburg-strelitz8030 Nah,either communis or fascism would have occured.France would go through something similiar to what Germany went through after WW1,communist uprisings.
@mr.voidout4739
@mr.voidout4739 5 жыл бұрын
TIL Wacky Racers was based on a real event.
@z0mbie.beast125
@z0mbie.beast125 4 жыл бұрын
This race needs to happen again!
@holaburger6075
@holaburger6075 5 жыл бұрын
*This is what happened after steel ball run*
@rivertrash9862
@rivertrash9862 6 жыл бұрын
As a kid I used to watch The Great Race nearly every time I went to my grandpa's house, I never realised it was inspired by a true story.
@dr.barrycohn5461
@dr.barrycohn5461 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, they took that route? Were they nuts?!
@maunster3414
@maunster3414 6 жыл бұрын
No one actually won by the definitions of the rules.
@NGMonocrom
@NGMonocrom 5 жыл бұрын
This true story desperately needs to be made into a Hollywood blockbuster movie.
@thebigcheese7239
@thebigcheese7239 5 жыл бұрын
Cannon ball run from New York to paris
@hobostovepipewife3419
@hobostovepipewife3419 5 жыл бұрын
I truly love this true story. Truly remarkable great men.
@billygowhoop
@billygowhoop 5 жыл бұрын
If you watch the series Long Way Round, Ewan McGregor goes around the world on a motorcycle and part of the trip goes through Siberia and the road of bones. The terrain looks absolutely crazy but imagining going through Siberia without that road is almost unthinkable.
@djcb421
@djcb421 6 жыл бұрын
Great narration. Keep the Weird History videos coming.
@unstopableasaurous
@unstopableasaurous 5 жыл бұрын
It’s pronounced Val-deez, like deez nutz. 100% serious, I’ve lived in Alaska for 15 years
@JD29081996
@JD29081996 6 жыл бұрын
I am obsessed with history and I didn't know anything about this ! I am also subscribed to some of the bigger history channels and i have never seen or read of this event. I think you did a really good job of explaining such a complicated story (to say the least) and I am amazed you only have 64K subscribers ! This is arguably one of the greatest channels keep making amazing content! Thank you very much Weird History :)
@phonotical
@phonotical 6 жыл бұрын
Can you dump the blurred sides effect? It's distracting as fuck, if your picture just doesn't fit, leave it as black outlines
@ValensBellator
@ValensBellator 6 жыл бұрын
....that is absolutely incredible. Seriously, how on earth did they manage that???? Those mechanics must have been wizards lol, crossing Siberia must have been enormously dangerous.
@hansmesserschmitt8944
@hansmesserschmitt8944 5 жыл бұрын
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