cabinetman

If you've seen this before...sorry. I just think it's cool.

smitty1967

wait a minute....how the hell did they make all three tires roll up that ramp? I mean, I'm a certified card-carrying partial idiot, but even I know tires won't roll up hill!!!

smitty

cabinetman

It was probably due to the rotation of the earth.

STAR

We have got a place in Australia called Magnetic Hill. When I went there in my large and heavy four wheel drive I could not believe it.

You drove to the bottom of the hill, released the brakes an you started to move right back up the hill again. Apparently, the heavier the car, the more realistic it became.

I did it a few times but when i did it in reverse it was the most scariest.

Strangely, it is not a commercial site, it is on a country road with a fading sign

Ken Johnson

Actually the wheels were weighted off center so that they would roll uphill until the weight reaches the bottom. If you watch carefully you will see that they all stop after about 1/3 rotation. This "Rube Goldberg" took hundreds of takes to get everything to work correctly. The final product that you viewed was one continuous filming with no breaks or editing.

Ken

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wood-n-things

One of the first commercials to keep my attention for 2 minutes....

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