Friday, February 15, 2019

The Rotary Club of Iron Mountain-Kingsford is hosting its car plunge contest as to when a Saturn will sink through the ice and fall into a local caved-in mine


The car has been altered to be environmentally safe by students at the Dickinson - Iron Technical Education Center under the supervision of Rich Henrion.

The engine, transmission, power train, battery, radiator, fluid coolers, master cylinder and heater hoses have all be removed. As have oils, greases, road grime, and other unintended vehicle contaminates.

The Saturn was then painted and lettered by the Technical Education Center’s Auto Body class under the supervision of Keith Stachowicz. The entire suspension system including inflated tires and steering gear remains intact to aid in placement and removal of the vehicle from the East Chapin Pit.

Back in the 1940s, civic groups like the Knights of Pythias and the Lions Club realized how incredibly satisfying it would be to put a car on top of the ice on the lake and wager when it’d crash through. The yearly tradition lasted for decades.

Back then, they’d rig one end of a rope to the car and wrap the other end around the electric cord of a wall clock at the adjacent gas station. When the car sank, it unplugged the clock, freezing in time the moment the car broke through.

https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/02/predict-when-a-car-falls-through-ice-in-upper-peninsula-win-1500.html
https://rotaryimk.org/car-plunge-contest/

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