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Post by enigmas on Dec 12, 2022 11:12:46 GMT
A fascinating Pathe film recording the testing and durability of Nuffield cars during their development. The lack of any real safety precautions for the technicians involved in the "scientific" brake and noise testing of the cars borders on the unbelievable. I wonder if the Wilks Brothers tested their cars minus the doors?
Enjoy.😎
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Post by Mike’S-a-loon on Dec 13, 2022 5:30:33 GMT
The noise test is interesting. No doubt the lack of doors had some effect on its accuracy...
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Post by enigmas on Dec 13, 2022 13:10:24 GMT
Hi Mike, Well I guess they didn't consider turbulent air or wind noise an issue. What about the whine created by the straight cut first gears! Imagine the boffins trying to communicate with one another whilst monitoring their various devices and all the while the car being driven at high speed, minus all the doors. Any sort of mishap, mechanical hiccup or corrugation on the road surface would surely have launched one of them out of the vehicle.
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Post by Sam Bee on Dec 16, 2022 12:25:07 GMT
The film does mention that the doors are only off for this filming to give a view of what is going on inside the car whilst moving. Sorry to spoil the ribaldry!
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Post by enigmas on Dec 16, 2022 23:09:21 GMT
No, you haven't spoiled it Sam. It could also have been done as a static display or with some type of physical restraints/barriers for the occupants. For example, using a "rolling road" and wind tunnel, but for the purposes of the company's advertising department, the filming was still carried out with a negligible safety factor for the guys in the car. All very entertaining but really irresponsible. It illustrates how compliant "workers" were during that time. Given a similar situation today, the same number of occupants and cumbersome equipment in a vehicle of the same specification, would you do it?
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