Canadian Tire was on a mission to prove its MotoMaster battery was tough enough to withstand temperatures of -40 degrees Fahrenheit and still start a vehicle.
So the retail heavyweight constructed a 2005 Chevy Silverado 2500 out of ice blocks in the ultimate frozen test for the battery, Yahoo! Autos reported.
With the help of Iceculture, a leading ice construction company that created the Disney Ice Castle that appeared in Times Square in October 2012, Canadian Tire took its ice truck on a successful test run after the intricate process of building it.
The vehicle's chassis was stripped bare and rebuilt with huge blocks of ice. Fully drivable, the Chevy was constructed with 14,000 pounds of ice, which presented several challenges for the team.
One issue was ensuring that the engine's heat didn't melt the ice. The Canadian Tire team inspected the truck frame to make sure it was free of rust, then "proceeded to weld it rigid to prevent any unnecessary movement that would cause the ice to crack," according to Yahoo.
The rigidity would help prevent the truck's ice body from cracking when it went over bumps and potholes in the road.
Next, the team prepared the vehicle to run under its own power without the body, giving it an extra shot of coolant to keep the engine from too rapidly melting the ice.
"To establish the best possible clarity, the ice had all the trapped air removed; thus eliminating the whiter spots you tend to find in ice cubes," Yahoo noted.
The ice was tested out with an initial test run, where a few blocks of ice were placed on the chassis for a ride on some rough roads.
After the test drive, the team assembled the rest of the vehicle, carved it into a truck shape and drove it a mile through the town of Hensall, Ontario, at about 12 mph.
Canadian Tire has submitted the project to Guinness World Records to be recognized as the world's first drivable ice vehicle.
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