Wouldn't you love to have this Mopar?

[bull]

I would.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5NsmZcLAdM

[Cooter]

Pic looks weird. Almost like a toy.

[hemi68charger]

Wow, great military vehicle, but the EPA would hate it....... That thing tears up the terrain..

[petercharger]

Love the way back in the day...back ground music was up beat  and. Proud.....

[rt green]

that is fricken cool. i'm surprised that idea isn't used today in the sand.

[TXcharger70]

That was really cool

[nvrbdn]

very neat.

[Mike DC]

   
Yeah, screw drives look really cool.  It's one of those ideas that you wouldn't think would work if you hadn't seen it done. 


I think the main limitation of those things is that they are crap on normal harder surfaces.  Little traction, low top speed, high wear & tear on both the screws and the road, etc.   

It seems like the concept might be a lot more workable if it had both the screw drive and a conventional set of wheels.  Like one set could be retracted while the other is put into gear. 

[rt green]

needs machine guns

[Patronus]

 
dual .50's

[polywideblock]

in a turret   

[bull]

I could see something like this getting a lot of use in a place like Alaska. Actually, it would be interesting to see how it works on harder surfaced. Something tells me it wouldn't be that bad because there's another video floating around of one running on ice.

[Alaskan_TA]

Detroit Artic Expedtion Fordson - one of two snow motors intended to cache fuel for the aircraft -G.H. Wilkins Expedtion to the North Pole - 1926 - Their performance was disappointing.

[polywideblock]

surly they improved the performance between 1926 and the  1960's

[odcics2]

a 426 hemi will do that!! 

[Mytur Binsdirti]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBjlSJf4274

[Tilar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBjlSJf4274

I was just about to link that very video. They idea came around a long time before Ma Mopar planted a leaning tower of power in one. Either way it's a cool ass idea.