Grumpy Jenkins, Ronny Sox and Dick Landy. Some of the best drag racing ever!!!

The lady done good. I knew a women back early 70s could get down with her chevelle 4spd 396

Grumpys got a lil' rythym going after second...with a wag of his elbow 123 times before 3rd gear ......then hes hangin onto the shifter and steering wheel doin' a little jig as he puffs on his cigar as he knows he won.........Hilarious...

Sad that all three are gone. Landy, Sox and Jenkins.

This is how racing should be. No sissymatic

smoking a cigar while drag racing those where the days

I remember when Dick Landy and Bill Jenkins smoked cigars while racing...York US30 Dragway...the beginning of Pro Stock!

Smoking a cigar while drag racing

Love those wing tip drag shoes at 0:11 !

Love the Grump, he owned that Super Shifter. Damn, miss those days.

Good ole footage. I liked that guy huffing on that cigar while speed shifting!

When you had to drive a car to go fast. I have a WS6 Trans Am 6speed. I love it. Always had manual hotrods. Autos may be faster but manuals are more fun.

Love that Plymouth sound of Ronnie Sox!

We used to put Chrysler cast iron four speeds behind our big block Chevy engines ..the Muncie's would fracture.

Gotta love Grumpys arm flap.

I guess if I lifted to shift, I'd want my face blurred too.

The chicks legs are a lot better looking than the dudes.

I speed shifted my cars, back in the day. (68, 69 roadrunner, 68 GTX, etc). Kept my right foot on the floor. Never really hurt anything, but it would tear chunks out of my clutch disc. I'd go through a clutch after a year or so.

Power shifting makes you feel good but it makes your wallet feel sad

Ronnie Sox, Herb McCandless, Dick Landy, Bill Grumpy Jenkins, Hubert Platt, wether GM, Ford, or Mopar, these guys were the greatest 4spd driving drag racers of all time!!! I'm at The All Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle Fairgrounds in Pennsylvania, I just talked with Buddy Martin and Herb McCandless!!! Mopar Nate Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I love the old timers Landy & Jenkins going down the track while smoking a cigar ! classic.

Jamming through the gears while puffin. A stogie, we will never be that badass

Ronnie Sox was the undisputed master of shifting. When the clutchless gearboxes came along, he was the only one they slowed down.

Docdon42 hey you exactly right that's what's called power shifting as you know your right foot never leaves the floor. Just one thing to remember don't miss a shift LOL Anyway I drag raced 20 years all four speeds know a little bit about it.

Beautiful to behold, thank you for sharing.

No one did it like Ronnie Sox.

Those old pro stock drivers were the best but the grump was a badass indeed. Could you imagine Warren Johnson making a pass in dress shoes smoking a cigar? lol

I went through a lot of synchronizers trying to shift like those guys back in the day!

Beyond cool!! THIS is how racing should be. Not little fart can honda street racers.

I definitely Have to swap my auto out for a 4 speed in my Chevelle, man this video was kick ass🇺🇸

Wingtip shoes and cigars.......YES!!!!

Awesome. used to have 1969 Dodge Dart GTS with a 383 and a Hurst 4-speed. I really miss it.

i can feel the power of those shifts and engine noise through my computer! nothing beats that sound!

One of the best I've ever seen was The Red Light Bandit-Bill Bagshaw, he could really row that 4 speed!

that was back in the day of real racing,

Back when it was cool to smoke and race at the same time

Awesome video! If you dont race with clutch your not much!

back when affordable cars were cool,fun and were very different from one another + shit load of engine and gearing options

In 2005 I put together a 1969 camaro for a friend of mine to run in N.H.R.A. B/S stock eliminator. 396/375 stick shift. Jerico 4 speed, Leonard Long shifter. Had to pry his fingers off the steering wheel to get him out of the car. He loved it.

Grumpy Bill Jenkins shifting with that cigar and all...awesome

R.I.P. "Dandy Dick" Landy. Bet Saint Peter got a good ride up to the big place on the hill when you got there. Just like he did with Ronnie Sox.

Love the old drags ! I put a Mr. Gasket Inline V-Gate shifter in my 66' Chevelle SS .... sweet for the strip but a real pain in the azz on the street. I guess that's the price you pay for cool ! 😎

tach is there for a reason son!!

Ronnie Sox was the only man that a Lenco slowed down.

Dude with the cigar was kickin ass!!

Grumpy is the man!!! still is, I can watch him shift for hours on end!!! his mannerisms remind me of the guy in Rep Men who drove the chevy mailibu =)

Ahhhh the good ol' days!! Jimbo Baker the tire smoke maker!!

Some of us were lucky to have parents and friends that were brave enough to teach America's baby boomers how to drive using a 4-speed or manual/standard transmission, and they wouldn't even flinch or balk when we burned out clutches or stripped gears trying to down or double shift because the Dads did their own car repair work in their garages as hobbies or general interest. However, back then, one could only take the driver's license test using a car with an automatic transmission. It's an assumption probably not proven out that all of America' s millennials can drive a stick, but some have been taught, just for fun, on specific American makes/models. It takes a patient soul, for certain!

Those old pro-stocks still kick ass even in the21st century 😮

Gotta wear my wing tip shoes my next trip to the track!

This is what racing is all about! Old school love it !

Love the vintage Drag Racing... Grumpy Jenkins was one of my favorites...Pro Stock pioneer!!!

Thanks for watching , gotta luv the old gear jammers !

It sounded right when Ronnie shifted at the end and when dude was with his ole lady. That's how you powershift with old mechanical linkage (Ronnie) and with hydrolic clutch (dude and his gil). That girl shifted about as quick as you can without holding the gas pedal to the floor. Hydrolic being slower has a tendancy to ben shift forks. You are rushing the hydro system to make it powershift and the fluid has to reverse flow to engage clutch when you release the pedal. Big difference in the two. Cool video. Landy's shifting you could hear the engine rev high before he got the next gear. might keep you from missing a gear with the clutch in that long but sure is hard on parts.

Girl did a great job power shifting

Smoking a cigar and wearing wingtip shoes while driving a 4 speed monster on the quarter mile! When racing was not an exact science, but more fun!

Cigars and wing tips. That's tough guy shit right there❤

Gee, a real stick shift.

I got a chrysler A-833 13 spline and it will take just about anything I throw at it. A true hot rod is a stick shift period.

Drove a Hino box truck. Got to the point that I didn't use the clutch from second to fifth gear.

I would always keep my foot to the floor. I see most lifting and even some of the pros lifting a bit. Foot to the floor keeps you planted in the seat firmly so your body doesn't move around. Have I ever shifted an old four speed? No, most of my experience comes from a BW T5, BUT I could also power-shift my 93 Taurus SHO. The shifter connects to the FWD tranny with rods, so there is no feel and the shifter is long like a fish club. If you don't know what you are doing, things will go south fast. An 8000 RPM engine coupled to a Mazda MTX75 FWD tranny and making some good HP. The car ate engine mounts and if you wanted to change the clutch, you had to drill holes in the floor to gain access to the bolts. I also noticed the wingtips. Street racing in the summer, we'd wear sandals for their light weight and the leather sole was slippery enough to strike the clutch pedal on a angled kick which was just enough to disengage the clutch and slam the lever into the next gear.

Dandy Dick Landy & Bill 'Grumpy ' Jenkins , Man, those guys could shift a 4-speed ! Ronnie Sox 'Mr. 4-speed' actually went slower when they installed a Lenco in his car. haha

Did you see the wing tips (shoes) how about Grumps long throw shifter? I had Mopars (in the 70s) with 833 A s and a Mr. gasket V gates. Thanks great vid!

Back when it was Pro Stock...now it's Pro $ummit...Ander$mug & Dive!

MOPAR FOREVER !

Ford getting competition this year(GM Nation)

Great memories

Kids weren’t power shifting but they had fun.

Power shifting is keeping the gas to the floor and shifting at peek RPM.

If your going to race a standard, learn to never let off the throttle. Once you push it to the floor, that's where it stays until the finish or a miss shift. Just slap the clutch, pushing it down fast and sliding your foot off the side, the spring will return it faster then your leg.

Old school power shifting, when you did not let off the accelerator!

I want to drag race in black leather dress shoes from now on

Jenkins he was the man!!!! I remember seeing Grumpy and Bob Glidden in alot of grudge races it was awesome 😯🏁

To bad you put in those 2 modern car scenes... would have made a great movie. Love those swifter Shifter Gloves btw

what is this old school footage from i love it!

My Brother Would Power Shift So Hard And Fast That I Thought That He Was Going To RIP The Shifter Out Of His 67 Corvette 350.

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if you're gonna shift gears GET AN EXPLOSION PROOF BELLHOUSING,you've been warned

RIP Mr 4 speed

at 9 sec banging gears with yer "Sunday go to meeting" wingtip shoes on.

keep your left hand at 10-11 oclock when your bangin it through the gears...at 7-8 oclock if things get squirrelly... you will lose it waaaaay faster

This is how I grew up racing. Very few automatics, plus they were mostly 3 speed anyway. Want a rush? Nothing like a good hole shot and pulling 3.... There"s a lot to think about when you're driving a car and not pointing one....................

LOL So Not the same !!! Muscle Cars of the 1960s-70s Clutch Pressure at the Pedal and length of throw is So Much Greater and the Gears just simply shirt much easier in today's cars !! I've had many New Mustangs, and have had many Classic cars over the years, (I'm 60' now) it just ain't the same and much harder to be Good n Fast with the Older Classics, and Far more fun !! : D Landy, RonnieSox, Grumpy, Dino Don They were the Masters at it !! R.I.P

I went to school in Malvern Pa. Talked to "The Grump" many times , he said the tack is good for setting the carbs.(that was about all)ya shift when it quits pullin!

I love it. Banging gears with wing tips on! 0:11.

Not true speed shifting if you lift your right foot.

Back when black wing tips were legal race attire! Holy cats!😲😄😅🤣👍! And Grumpy takin a few puffs on his lit cigar during the run. So cool. Never again.

My Dad raced against these guys and was just as good but never taught me how to drive a 4 speed so I learned the hard way yes it cost me but I went approx.150 passes with out missing a gear and i'm proud of that ! Dick Landy Bill Golden Al Vanerwoude Jack Bayer Bill Cummins and many more were great with a shifter so in 150 passes no breakage of parts

the right foot should never move, why they chose the guy and girl is beyond me.

Back when these guys were top drag racing names Dick Landy was beat two out of three runs at Union Grove drag strip in Wisconsin by two identical twin brothers Bob and Fred Gelling's from Russell, Illinois. Bob and Fred dragged raced up into their late 50's and only stopped because Fred died. They were Chevy racers and raced all over the mid west and down south in the winter time. They both worked for the Illinois highway department which supported them with plenty of time off during the years to race down south. Just for the record.

Speed shifting is gas pedal to the floor shifting all gears, Quik shifting what you see the kids doing on the street in this video.

We had longer shift patterns back then 😊

Luv a stick. Used to drive a 22 speed Road Ranger, and a 13 speed. I have an old dually with 6 speed, I drive every chance I get. I bought a Passat, because it had a stick. I guess it's about the only nice car you can still get with a stick. I don't think anyone makes a full sized truck with a stick anymore. After frying 5 slush boxes towing boats, I may be a bit prejudiced.

Forget that tachometer! Go Or Blow! It made me sick seeing people watching there Tach! That's what my valve springs were for!!! LOL! That was the governor on my engine!

Alot of the wanna be race car drivers has no idea what its like to powershift a muscle care only a few can do it right

If you stop the video at 0.04 you can see the Hubert Platt blue Mustang has SS/CA on the rear window. That means Super Stock/C Automatic not stick. The supposed driver in the video can't be going through the gears in that car.

Remember those days well. 67nova ss . 4speed on drag strip. 12.04 all day long

I learned to shift from Grumpy !!

I modified my 4-speed with Moroso sliders and put my synchros on a lathe and eliminated the teeth first gear was fully stock people would come up to me and asked what type of automatic I had I say no just a 4-speed and I used 20/50 motor oil in the trans and a very very heavy duty clutch used in dragsters otherwise I would spit clutches out scattershields are a must to have good life insurance policy

Landy and Ronnie Sox were the MASTERS!