Driving WW1 Nash Quad - 1918 Army Ammo Carrier

The 90yr old Nash Quad still runs on original 28.9HP engine with 4 wheel steering & 4WD. Future home: Pioneer Flight Museum. www.vintageaviation.org

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[5lkk]

Dang gentleman, didn't no one have a rope and a pick up to start it, rather than risk breaking bones by cranking it in that manner? Would have been nice to see more views of it, and 4 wheel steering close up.

[Ronald Marcotte]

The Quad is part of the Pioneer Flight Museum's vehicle collection so we try to operate it in an authentic manner--i.e. We crank it the way it was meant to be cranked. With the spark timing retarded, it doesn't try to kick back. The action of the 4 wheel steering can be seen pretty well just before the 1:30 point in the video. The rear wheels are turned about as much as the front.

[trucker765]

looks like a hay rack with an engine on it

[Max K]

daily driver, no?

[Maples01]

The guy was a true pioneer, I drove dump trucks with those old 2 stroke dump trucks, they were amazing for the task required.

[SatchmoSings]

I used to think that "DELCO" was Detroit Electric Company but the "D" actually stands for the "D" in Dayton, Ohio.

Kettering was a very interesting man; he also had the first private home in The United States with central air-conditioning.

[Maples01]

OK, founder of Delco, I swore it was GE, it's been years since I saw the show on the history channel where they mentioned it.

[Threetails]

Most of it was. I think from the staging areas to the front line, it was mostly horse, mule, and manpower. But even as early as 1914 motorized trucks were used.

[SatchmoSings]

I didn't know that they had trucks during WWI; I always thought that in "those days" everything was pulled by draft animals.

[SatchmoSings]

The starter was invented by Charles Franklin Kettering.

At the time, Kettering was head of research & development for National Cash Register and was working on self-starting in his spare time; he showed self-starting to General Motors and they hired him virtually on the spot; this was in 1911 and it was the 1912 Cadillac that was the first commercially made car that had self-starting.

[dylansrockinrigs]

No firewall? They sure were thinking about the operators safety!

[freeman8128]

So why did all armies introduce caterpillar tracks & the wide tyres in use today?

[TheLefthanded1]

everybody knows the old skinny tires went further then the wide tires the kids try to get around on. Ask somone you know who might have driven model T's in the day

[Stoney Browning]

LOL How long did it take you to find the priming cups on the head that look like oilers! LOL!