1910 Ford Model T conquers Mount Shasta... well kind of...

[ModelTMitch]

A slightly different post today...

You may have seen an earlier video I published, originally filmed in 1911, showing a 1910 Ford Model T conquering Ben Nevis in Scotland.
(Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaNgYhvmtzA )

Using a beautifully detailed modification to the well known computer game Grand Theft Auto V, in the form of a 1910 Ford Model T touring car, I've attempted to recreate this epic mountain climb (albeit on a computer and with the absence of snow!!).

Mount Chiliad in the game is based on Mount Shasta in California. The only thing really wrong with the in-game Model T is the ridiculously high top-speed, and the decidedly V8 sounding engine!!

Check out the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqw3IsdkbME

[Dennis Prince]

A fun video, I would play a video game like that, having driven roads like that.

Thanks Mitch

[tdump]

A couple sections of that video game,the rolling backwards downhill, if I was the character,you would have to edit and say,"our intrepid hero must go off camera to change pants!" And to think the real trip was rather dangerous to.
I haven't done much related to video games since I got laid off from my job working on them back in 1990. BIG changes since then!

[Fordwright]

How did they keep it from stalling out from gas starvation? They had to climb hills in reverse back in the day because the gravity-flow fuel tank was in the wrong place.

[ModelTMitch]

Computer games have come a long way since 1990!
But even the user-created mod that is this Model T, has its limitations and flaws, such as the V8 sounding engine, what appears to be 200hp instead of 20hp!
That said, the Model T could and still can go more places that most wouldn't DARE go in a modern 4WD!

A couple sections of that video game,the rolling backwards downhill, if I was the character,you would have to edit and say,"our intrepid hero must go off camera to change pants!" And to think the real trip was rather dangerous to.
I haven't done much related to video games since I got laid off from my job working on them back in 1990. BIG changes since then!