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Can you teeter your auto on the centre of a “seesaw”?
Odd tests of driving skills were a feature of automobile games recently held for amateur drivers. To test the exactitude with which a car could be controlled, for example, a large seesaw was mounted on truck wheels in the centre or the street. Each contesting driver was required to drive up one side and stop in the centre in such a way that by balancing in his seat, he could “teeter” with his car.
Though the feat is seemingly almost impossible – for few drivers have ever known, or need to know, the location of the centre of gravity in their cars – several of the contestants are reported to have succeeded in achieving it.
To us this looks really good fun, we have never tried it ourselves. Is there anyone who tried this with their pre-war car? If so, did you succeed?
Source: Popular Science Monthly May 1922 (page 39).
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mercoledì giugno 13th, 2018
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Robb Stewart
13 Giugno 2018, 22:42
The Horseless Carriage Club of Southern California used to have a similar seesaw that would get brought to many gatherings for a fun contest. Unfortunately, this was before my time and I don't have any photos. The subject often comes up and one of the old guys asks: "Who has that seesaw now", followed by a discussion of the various places that it had been stored, but it hasn't surfaced in more than 20 years that I've been a member.
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Reg Harris
13 Giugno 2018, 12:58
Reg Harris
This "teetering" was a common event at our Veteran, Vintage and Post Vintage club gymkhana events. Quite fun and very difficult to achieve the balance. Remember trying it in my 1940 Austin 10 - not sure whether I tried it in the 1933 Citroen . The seesaws we used were not as elaborate as the one shown.
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This "teetering" was a common event at our Veteran, Vintage and Post Vintage club gymkhana events. Quite fun and very difficult to achieve the balance. Remember trying it in my 1940 Austin 10 - not sure whether I tried it in the 1933 Citroen . The seesaws we used were not as elaborate as the one shown.
Michael Schlenger
13 Giugno 2018, 12:28
Nice topic and a great photo! While I haven't tried this stunt myself, I can provide you with a picture of someone who did - and obviously failed.
The attached photo from my collection shows an NAG C4 10/30 h.p. phaeton (built by the Nationale Automobil Gesellschaft in Berlin from 1920-24) at a competition somewhere in Germany in the mid-1920s. Maybe, the well-fed driver believed that he must be the center of gravity and drove a bit too far - his co-driver in the back is probably shouting "Halt!", but it was already too late.
By the way, the NAG C4 types with their distinctive radiator once sold rather well, even though they were pretty conventional, as regards their technical layout. There was also a sport version for which the maximum output was increased by 50 % enabling the car of a maximum speed of 100 km/h. It's a pity that only a few NAG C types have survived...
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The attached photo from my collection shows an NAG C4 10/30 h.p. phaeton (built by the Nationale Automobil Gesellschaft in Berlin from 1920-24) at a competition somewhere in Germany in the mid-1920s. Maybe, the well-fed driver believed that he must be the center of gravity and drove a bit too far - his co-driver in the back is probably shouting "Halt!", but it was already too late.
By the way, the NAG C4 types with their distinctive radiator once sold rather well, even though they were pretty conventional, as regards their technical layout. There was also a sport version for which the maximum output was increased by 50 % enabling the car of a maximum speed of 100 km/h. It's a pity that only a few NAG C types have survived...