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old chevy comercial

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Thanks for posting that, TB. I never understood exactly how a differential worked until I watched that.
Hard to believe that a movie from 1937 finally got the message across!

(...and how wacky was the motorcycle drill team? Standing up on the seat of a moving motorcycle...no thanks.)
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That is really cool!
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That was cool! It was amazing to see how that diff from 1937 looks just like the ones of today. Not much changes made.
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Wow what a great video!! It really did a good job explaining how it works. Now i know!! :)
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Now I don't feel so intimidated by the rear end...

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that was a pretty cool way of explaining the differential - now where did I put all that Tinkertoy Construction Set I had as a kid....
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Cool vid! Too bad they didn't have one for G80s. That first dif kind of looked like one, lol.

1937 wow. Sadly, it is likely that every soul present in the film, both living and mechanical, are most likely long departed. :cry:
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