Made for hot rod fans; explains how to prepare and enter a car show; also serves as an ethnographic account of the "nomadic tribe of hotrodders".
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@faerieSAALE3 жыл бұрын
I WANT THIS AMERICA BACK! I hate today's society and its obsession with perversion, sex, deceit, dishonesty, brutality, social media, bullying, hateful rhetoric, fake news, propaganda, and lies. I want 27 cents a gallon gasoline, 15 cent Hamburgers, 10-15 cent French Fries, 35 -75 cents movies, 75 cent banana splits, 25 cent A&W root beers, warm sunny clear days at the beach, where it is quiet, uncrowded, and the beaches are clean and the air smells wonderful. I want to be able to buy a very good three-year-old used car for $1,500 again. That's what I paid for my 1963 Austin Healey 3000 in 1966. In California, in 1968, I bought a 1956 Jaguar XK140 roadster w/ 62,000 miles or $1,800 and it was gorgeous. Quite the car for an 18-19-year-old girl to be driving around. Yes - I want that AMERICA back - not the one we have today.
@nixjag114 жыл бұрын
A professionally made film like this is priceless. Seeing those cars makes me crazy for the old days ('60-'70's) when race cars had a personality.
@frankdalla4 жыл бұрын
105 octane gasoline, right from the pump, possibilities limited only by your ability and imagination. Parents who somehow understood, although not always agreed to their kids plans.... My father said, " Leave your street car alone. If you want to race, build a race car and take it to the track. Thats where the racers are at." Words I'll never forget. And thats what I did. For nearly 30 years... Once you win, you are never the same. I suppose thats true of everything, but especially automobile racing. Those days are mostly gone now. It takes more than just hard work and determination. But oh what a time it was for a California kid with his mind made up!
@tonymazz99123 жыл бұрын
When America was America, the best of times.
@dwalker3993 жыл бұрын
Except for that music!
@Cheva-Pate3 жыл бұрын
MAGA!
@MrJohnnyDistortion3 жыл бұрын
Now its just, 'Merica.
@JohnJohn-zn8ib2 жыл бұрын
@@dwalker399 bit better than having some loud rock noise which seems to be the thing these days with the dumb producers.
@dwalker3992 жыл бұрын
@@JohnJohn-zn8ib Very Very True.
@Rikitocker11 жыл бұрын
Simpler times and a different world ... great days indeed!
@lescobrandon30474 жыл бұрын
I remember well the flag guy sending us off. When we raced in the streets, the prettiest girl would drop her hanky. 👩🏼🔬
@markmark20804 жыл бұрын
DAMN, THAT WAS GOOD, old school 50's engines a couple years before the 406,409, and 413 really gave the sport a kick in the ass and got the 60's era started. I was 12 in '59 and just discovering "hot rod" magazines, I didn't see my first drag race until 1964. This film was really well done and I got a kick out of some of the early travel scenes on the old Route 66.
@smokeynewton5 жыл бұрын
Man, those were the days. I was 7 years old when this film was made. It all started falling apart in the 60's.
@ianmangham45704 жыл бұрын
YUP
@tonyhurd56974 жыл бұрын
That’s funny because I was born seven years after this film , in Ypsilanti Michigan. About 28 miles down Michigan ave from Detroit. I grew up by the old bomber plant . It made war planes and tanks in the early 40’s and your right those were the good ol’ days .
@tomshiba5111 жыл бұрын
Actually, allow me to clarify my previous statement; That music makes me feel that there was no wrong in the world. It was safe, non-threatening, and was (as I see it, and yes, I do remember this type of music) meant to inspire anyone that personal effort was preferred and viewed as helping the rest of us, not ostracized as selfish, self-indulgent, and greedy.
@lescobrandon30474 жыл бұрын
Just two years before my hot rod days. What a great time. I raced at Westhampton NY, Islip NY (1/8th mile) and Englishtown NJ with ‘61 Chevy 348hp and 62 Chevy 409. Same time in 1962 I assisted Shacker & Pim with their A roadster and B gas dragster.
@rickb92384 жыл бұрын
That kiss at the end would be a date with a lawyer these days.
@DonBishopDonSongs13 жыл бұрын
This is a Great Movie!:) 1958 was Just two years after I was born. All the guys in the movie look like the old Pics of my Dad. And He was a Hot Rodder too:) We had an old 1930's Chevy Sedan in our Back yard for years. He never got to finish it and Mom sold it to my Cousin. I did get to ride in it though, when I was about 5 years old. I remember it like it was yesterday!:) Man I wish I had that Car now!
@ianmangham45704 жыл бұрын
COOL
@hoffbug12 жыл бұрын
RIP Jim Nelson.... 84 years old and was still racing a dragmaster chassis with an LS engine last year...
@Convoycrazy11 жыл бұрын
This documentary is a GEM!
@terrymcgee35043 жыл бұрын
Loved those vintage rails. Ah, the of flood of nostalgia. And the music...no godawful rap. Thanks for the video!
@stevenpatterson57823 жыл бұрын
Outstanding. Such 'clean' times back then.
@philstall62623 жыл бұрын
THESE ARE THE VERY VERY BEST MUSCLE CARS OF THE 50S & 60S AND INFACT MY FATHER ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT THE 1959 CHEVROLET BISCAYNE THAT HE OWNED BACK IN 1964 HE BROUGHT IN DRESDEN ONTARIO CANADA 🇨🇦 AND WAS A 348 3 IN THE TREE AND BLACK INTERIOR SILVER BLACK AND WAS VERY STRONG AND VERY FAST.
@BigTex34713 жыл бұрын
Loved it!! Just loved it !!!!!!!!!! It takes me back to a simpler time when all kinds of sports like drag racing and surfing were coming into their own. There was alot of cross-over in those ealy days between surfers, sky divers, drag racers and other thrill-seekers. What a great time to be young. Thanks form posting.
@georgie47286 жыл бұрын
would love to have lived back then.
@ianmangham45704 жыл бұрын
Good food and cleaner air
@filthylucreonyoutube4 жыл бұрын
Most of us who did remember it fondly, the downside is we're all really old now... 🤓
@mred59984 жыл бұрын
I started racing in 1965 at Skyline Speedway , Ohio , Been racing something till 2015 ....Loved it .
@faerieSAALE3 жыл бұрын
I DID! good times mostly until the start of the VIETNAM disaster.
@johnschnellbach9863 жыл бұрын
Easy. Live today like it is yesterday. Get an old hot rod Don't cuss, drugs and all of today's crap Put down the phone Mind your manners Build something. Actual not virtual
@ddreamberry24 жыл бұрын
17:32 Nick threw it on the ground. He don't need a trash can, he's not part of that system.
@garysmith57814 жыл бұрын
Nice, I enjoyed it..love all the old cars..😁
@jwyche14 жыл бұрын
This was an awesome movie. I was 10 years old in 1948 and already a collector of Car Craft and Hot Rod magazine. Seems that they were twenty-five cents a copy. Still have some of those and now I'm going to see if I have the issue featuring this. Thanks so much for posting it!
@zachjacobs3337 Жыл бұрын
If u are not dead respond to this comment
@johnmilner76033 жыл бұрын
If I had a Time Machine I’d go back as a teen in the 50’s, and stay, life was so simple. I was a teen in the late 60’s and grew up with the British Invasion music which was great.
@VinnyDaQ9 жыл бұрын
16:47 GAWD, I love that sound !!! : )
@andyharman302210 жыл бұрын
A lot to like in this video: Broad western vistas and the allure of the open road. "Ohio" George Montgomery. Art Arfons and the Allison-powered Green Monster. Potvin crank-driven blowers. Wally Parks and Robert Petersen confabbing with the presidents of GM and Chrysler. That sexy Willys A/Gas coupe. And the big rig that hauled it. American post-war optimism.
@rtkl134 жыл бұрын
Potvin.....that's the name I couldn't remember it....cool thks for the remind
@dwightcole69892 жыл бұрын
Very pleasant video. Watching in 2022.
@spheresector10 жыл бұрын
Did anyone notice: That was Art Arfons the famous landspeed record breaker!
@johnhand8714 жыл бұрын
Art Arfons, Akron Ohio. Ran Green monsters, which were aircraft gas engined dragsters. Then was one of the first if not the first to fit in a jet engine.
@Rockandroll311812 жыл бұрын
Great old film from a period when I was beginning my drag racing career behind the wheel! Only trouble with it is that this is of the 1959 Nationals. In 1958, the Nats were held at Oklahoma City (I was on the crew of a D/Gas car from Dallas). R.I.P. Jim Nelson
@Drutato2 жыл бұрын
Connell, the drags in Oklahoma in this film appear to be at the Oklahoma City State Fairgrounds. Is that also where the 1958 Nationals were held?
@totalrecall83854 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine time warping today's engines to that era,those people would freak out.
@1951RKP12 жыл бұрын
This is great.
@faerieSAALE3 жыл бұрын
I love it that there isn't obnoxious heavy rock `n roll blasting throughout the film. Also, note how clean-cut the men are. No beards, long hair, tattoos, or earrings. Most men were fit and good looking. Most had manners. Did you also notice that you didn't see anyone smoking at any time! Even the women were feminine and without hideous body art.
@mikewashere016 жыл бұрын
The track is still there. Abandon but there. Detroit is slowly getting better. Tearing down old buildings etc.
@RobertBrumley6010 жыл бұрын
I supposed those hair doo's is what the Beach Boy's described as Butchy. Butchy, Bon, Bon. Great video! enjoyed a portion of my history.
@faerieSAALE3 жыл бұрын
OMG - LOL - @6:11 note the gasoline prices on the sign. I well remember when it was that cheap.
@edwardchascsa41914 жыл бұрын
2020 , imagine Detroit Dragway one of the original big time tracks. I miss it.
@ianmangham45704 жыл бұрын
TRIPPY,time goes so fast I'm spinning
@trihalogen14 жыл бұрын
what a great Video, greeetings from Germany where we never had a sound like this!
@KillbillySpeedshop13 жыл бұрын
Just one day! Give me just one day to be there!
@whorayful12 жыл бұрын
Acres and acres of sheet metal, heaven. Not one fire suit or fire extinguisher in sight.
@duckman19511 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I'm old school (1949) and this was great, even the "Leave It To Beaver" music. Check @ 6:11 the 27 & 29 in the background is the price per gallon in cents for gas. Those were the days. I even remember in 1971 filling my '70 383 4 speed CUDA sometimes 3 times on Friday & Saturday nights racing from red light to red light in Orlando between Steak n Shakes on Colonial Dr, and 17-92 in Winter Park!!! YEAH BUDDY!!!!
@aureliobrighton18712 жыл бұрын
The first time I saw 'Allison' on film ... actually an active vulcan on a cart chassis with a seat mounted in front .. which does not hurt when the drivetrain emigrates to South America ... besides the soundtrack may add to the impression of some innocuous hobby 😓
@normangensler73804 жыл бұрын
What excellent musical arrangement! A positive, upbeat happy sound! I'll take this anyday over today's "kill a cop" gangsta krap! Nothing creative has been done in music for decades!
@rodracer3810 жыл бұрын
1958 power tour
@59cadcoupe3 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed it, like being there in 1959!
@CaptDesmo4 жыл бұрын
disconnect, controller down, iPad/iPhone off and build something..... use the beautiful mind and create......
@cmsracing12 жыл бұрын
And that sums up why I race! Great movie! Got three fron the 60's myself!
@Hooli2213 жыл бұрын
NHRA should make ones these every year, how cool to see Wally Parkes at this early event. racin racin forever racin!
@markkraus35984 жыл бұрын
Great videos,Thanks!
@xxRamD3yruxx10 жыл бұрын
This makes me feel great and also horrible, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AMERICA? DETROIT??
@lakeprairieag9 жыл бұрын
Progress... That's why this was not a film about a chariot race
@MrCtsSteve8 жыл бұрын
There were many factors in Detroit's demise . You guys are a trip . Democrats and negros . Wake up ... Christ
@TheTmshuman5 жыл бұрын
@@MrCtsSteve You must not be too keen on history. The party of John Wilks Booth, Jim Crow, and the KKK etc. where exactly responsible for any lack of assimilation concerning any perspective minority group. We are awake, and seen a pattern sweeping across all major democratic strongholds. Identity politics. You know, the same kind used to persecute the jews? Nice try though.
@TheBandit76134 жыл бұрын
@@TheTmshuman Wow, you hit the nail on the head a year ago.
@TheTmshuman4 жыл бұрын
ChrisNVegas To be fair, Joe McCarthy saw it happening 70 years ago...
@paradisemace14 жыл бұрын
At 18:20... Those were some damn big knots on that cam !
@PhaseConverterampV3 жыл бұрын
Looks like no PJ1 trackbite back then. Blazing the hides down 1/2 track. Cool vid from the archives.
@bash599511 жыл бұрын
That dragster looks almost like Grandpa's coffin dragster from the Munsters.
@generallee510011 жыл бұрын
This is the same music they used in the early 60's for the sex ed. films....." Jonny should use a prophylactic...."
@PoeRacing5 жыл бұрын
Lol at "expensive noises". Awesome video.
@jerrykelley447010 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh,the way it was.
@douglasadams60243 жыл бұрын
look how well dressed everyone was
@ericdolby16226 жыл бұрын
I sooooo wish I had been born 60 years ago.
@jwyche14 жыл бұрын
Rick, I'm so far over the edge I can't see the edge anymore!
@Mercmad4 жыл бұрын
22:00 Herman Moser in his ram rod, the actual ramcharger car, powered with a 354 Hemi and built by Engineers at Chrysler. it was the First drag car to have altered wheel base and a high stance, copied for years but the ram charger team said it was Not such great idea.
@ianmangham45704 жыл бұрын
Great Intel,THANKS
@learningtocrash4030 Жыл бұрын
The trophy for the farthest distance traveled to the competition sounds a lot like a participation trophy, lol.
@steve1967gila11 жыл бұрын
The Green monster Wow i will never forget firsttime i saw it great vidio
@Ticklemytummy14 жыл бұрын
sweet vid - i wasn't born for another 10 yrs after this but i even recognized some of the names :)
@bohdi31611 жыл бұрын
Great Rat Fink hat!
@ianmangham45704 жыл бұрын
That music lmao,straight 50s TV
@stu46014 жыл бұрын
awesome video,great viewing
@charlesmadison13847 жыл бұрын
BBQ & gas stop in Amarillo, at around 6:08 in vid, shows 28¢ & 29¢ gas prices
@richardrice403 жыл бұрын
Dig that groovy mid 50's Chrysler station wagon tow car. No 18 wheeler's here.
@MrRonnieG11 жыл бұрын
Check out 06:07, the sign (high) and behind them had gas prices; 27 and 29 cents!
@foreverpinkf.76034 жыл бұрын
When America was great...
@FantasticMRmike13 жыл бұрын
@tabledechevet2007 i think the wheels are tucked under the fenders for more ayrodynamics, it would seem wierd to make a 3 wheel dragster back in those days
@superinnovated14 жыл бұрын
YOu have great passion the creator of this channel smiled through the video motion 69 camaro L89 427 ralley green is currantly my passion
@LFMotorhead15 жыл бұрын
Great movie.
@smartass60712 жыл бұрын
Wow! under 10 sec. That wouldn't even get you in a lawn mower race these days. lol
@WesTurly11 жыл бұрын
Super good !
@faerieSAALE3 жыл бұрын
and for the winner the . . .KISS! @26:29 By Golly, now that was a tonsil tickler!
@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS3 жыл бұрын
Hey, ur on HalfA$$ Kustoms chat a lot, right?
@Yimaj14 жыл бұрын
thnx 4 uploadin'
@chrisholcombe1374 жыл бұрын
Hand Forged Can't beat it !
@MrStrollerisme4 жыл бұрын
I still love drag racing. But with me I don't use nitros, blowers or super chargers or "tunes" with a pc. Pump gas and engine. Oh yeah and the trophy girls are still cute.
@robertkilgore46878 жыл бұрын
If you google "Detroit Dragway" there are still pics of some of these same cars.
@thomaskeegan78023 жыл бұрын
We only needed white tee shirts back then!
@tomshiba5113 жыл бұрын
The music makes me feel that there is no wrong in the world.
@tomshiba5111 жыл бұрын
I believe that I was born ten years later than I should have been.
@93sundance11 жыл бұрын
Wow look at all that smog in Detroit, and St Louis.
@socal57chevy14 жыл бұрын
Very cool.
@fritzprothro57703 жыл бұрын
STONE,WOODS& COOK a lot of young folks of today don't know the story behind that drag racing team.
@bsteven8852 жыл бұрын
14:35 -- Possibly the inspiration for Speed Racer?
@1967willem14 жыл бұрын
Super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@BillyKnockout12 жыл бұрын
This sounds like the guy that narrated " The Cool Hot Rod " just with a deeper voice .
@Gunny426HemiPlymouth11 жыл бұрын
Lots of Ohio boys! I'm pretty darn proud!!
@ianmangham45704 жыл бұрын
Good folk from OHIO,make great soldier's.
@tomshiba5111 жыл бұрын
You are the lucky guy! Wish I could share the same comment.
@Eric-steele14 жыл бұрын
now theres a haircut you can set your watch to
@sbrunnstrom14 жыл бұрын
Lovley clips. Real life :)
@Shaker22314 жыл бұрын
Verrrry cool. Gas = 27 cents/gal. Kick ass t-shirts too.
@Threetails10 жыл бұрын
Oh wow... Sid Davis did this? Most of his stuff was preachy school health films. I see he used the same music and cinematography though.
@afterthought33413 жыл бұрын
I pray Finigan has seen this , I could bet Fryburger has !
@jeffleblanc88504 жыл бұрын
Pretty geeky bunch things were a little friendlier back then
@mdsd778 жыл бұрын
Ha I new that was Oceanside! California...now Carlsbad?
@user-sh2mk8ew4c3 жыл бұрын
I know back in the 60’s we had a lot of drag strips. I can think of 4 within 30 miles of my house. Today 0. And hell you could stand on the starting line. No fences or rail guards or anything. Safety?!?! What the hell is that?!?!? Lol 😂
@mariaerapp12 жыл бұрын
Saw a 59 wagon at the start of this 1958 video...
@catmarrco78634 жыл бұрын
This film was made in 1959 thats why you saw a 59. It says so in the title. My mate has a fully restored 59 retractable & a 59 2 door Edsel. the licence plate says Mr Ed.
@Hubs889 жыл бұрын
I like the flag starters, what a cool thing to do.
@minecraft55579 жыл бұрын
So do I. They removed them due to giving certain people hints of when they were dropping the flag.