In 1974 we took a huge van like that into the Australian outback. At a creek crossing the approaches were so steep the vans stabilization sway bars lifted the back wheels of our Ford station wagon clear off the ground. Luckily there was a roadworks gang at the crossing, building a new bridge to replace the crossing. They used a grader to haul us out. My Mom regularly reminded Dad of this adventure by playing this movie as many times as she could.
We lived in this exact trailer when I was growing up at the lake after my dad died. Except even this trailer was actually 2 bedrooms, one built in double bed behind the kitchen wall, a walk-thru room to the bath and then the back bedroom. On the movie they just hid the fact it was two bedroom. Ours was even the same exact color.
I remember seeing this move, before I was a Teen, which means over 50 yrs ago. My feet go numb at the over the edge shots. We have a few 5000 ft high Passes in Canada, but I haven't seen one as Steep as this, though the Coch in BC is almost as bad That poor Car should have been boiling over long before the Summit Whitney Portal Road was where that was filmed
OMG... Everything in this film was so well done! If it were remade today they would be so heavy handed about every gag that it would be unrecognizable and entirely unfunny.
I'm curious about the scenes where he is backing up and the trailer extends way out over the edge of the mountain. I know they didn't have CGI back then, so I wonder if this was done with miniatures. Seems incredibly dangerous even if it was done by professional stunt drivers.
My mom told me a about making this trip in the 1950s. She said people had signs in their car windows that said “Pike’s Peak or bust!” She said a lot of cars broke down trying to make it up that mountain. Keep in mind that even though the cars were work horses, they had varying degrees of age and wear and tear.
Always one to complain.. Nothing is ever good enough. If you MUST know..I did this clip years ago and I tried to post the whole movie. But I had no idea what I was doing.. It keep getting flagged and removed.. So you get what you get. Lucky you got this much to be honest. Just be happy.
