Having the opportunity to hear these guys is pure gold..

Guys like Herb helped make Mopar the legend to beat back in the day. Amazing story!

I met Herb at Rockingham at Mopars at the rock one year. He was the nicest man you could ever ask for. Took the time to chat with me for several minutes giving me advice I’ll always remember that.

I love me Mopars and I love me Sox & Martin racing team they are and were badass!!

Those guys were genius love those tales of years that era

I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to watch these guys back in the day. Still have the Polaroid pics of their '68 'Cuda, the GTX, '71 'Cuda and Demon. Always a crowd favorite.

One of the nicest men you'll ever meet in your lifetime herb McCandless and what a pleasure and an honor it was to meet him several times and get his signatures and call him a friend 👍👍

A huge thank you to the people who made and posted this video. The men in this video are a dying breed. Their ingenuity and work ethic is what people lack these days. Hard work is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Loved every second of this video and truly admire these men.

To my mind this was the golden era of Pro Stock. Hearing the stories of the ingenuity and creativity that went into these cars shows that we were witnessing geniuses at work.

Absolutely one of the Nicest Guys' ever! Spoke with him for about 20min.yrs.ago when his shop was open, A TRULY BRILLIANT GUY TOO. And always Trying To Help Other Racers. Thanks Mr.McCandless 👍👍👍

Herb just saw this. Yes sir we need to chat, this blows me away. So far ahead of the pack. Great start with Mopar Drag racing history.

What a CLASS video by a CLASS gentleman! Never realized he was right up there w/Ronnie & Buddy in ability & much-deserved notoriety!

Great video with a gentleman that was there from the beginning. Thanks Herb,Mike and Herb Jr.

This is how drag racing was meant to be!!

What a joy to talk with Mr. McCandless at the 2022 Carlisle Chrysler Nationals. Nicest guy you’ll ever meet. He had an Imperial in the parking lot at our motel (near a sewer plant). He let loose with quite a laugh when I asked him if he liked the smell. He passed on to me some wisdom, insisting that I would be foolish to even try fixing the Autotemp on my own ‘70 Imperial.

I spent a lot of summers in the 70's at dragway 42 in West Salem Ohio watching all these guys run,,,,such great memories...

Used to love watching these guys race. Sure wish that era was still here

That kind of work was being done by all the top teams at the time. They were amazing times to say the least.

Sox and Martin is such an iconic drag car.

Wow, this rivals some of the innovative garage tech of the late great Smokey Yunick!

When Mr.Mc Candless said he turned a 9.01 in 1972. He said the “track was out on Long Island” he was talking about National Speedway in Center Moriches. I was ALWAYS at that track and I think I was there that day. Those days were so much fun. It was a great time to be alive. I turned 19 in 1972. Dear Lord it was good !

Really cool stuff Herb and thanks for sharing this history.

LEGENDS. What a time to be alive

That man is a genius. Amazing stuff

9.01 in 72 is freaking unbelievable time in those days

"Two inches is a mile when you're working inside an engine compartment." Truth

I met Herb at Carlisle last Saturday. Super nice man.

I was there at National Trail Raceway the weekend mentioned in the video. As I recall, each run produced a new track record, amazing ET's and MPH!!!

Great stuff! I agree with the other posts, those were the days. Today the cars don’t resemble anything stock. Just fiberglass over tubing cages, the name is tho only thing you can relate to. I miss those old-school days.

I Absolutely Love this stuff, and have Zero interest in Pro Stock, Funny Car, or Top Fuel Drag racing since the 90's. The magic is not there anymore and hasn't been in decades. There are no Mr. 4 Speeds, Grumpys, Big Daddies, Snakes, Aces, Jungle Jims, Jungle Pams, the Mongoose, etc. anymore.

Wow, three dislikes. One Chevy guy, one Ford guy and the other that wished he never bought a Prius.

So great to see this stuff and hear Herb tell it like he did it ! I was a kid in the 60’s and I guess 1962 or 63 for my birthday , I talked my dad into taking me and four friends to Fremont Drag strip in Fremont near the then brush Chevrolet GM assembly plant mom hated how much I loved cars. Neighbors drag races a 56 or 57 Hemi powered Plymouth or Dodge . On guy around the corner had a blown 41 Willys gasser . Lots of street racing went on until four kids crashed into a non moving huge elm tree and got killed that helped stop local street drag racing. At Fremont drag strip during 62-69 , I 11:16 . Saw many greats and races there. I can’t claim that I saw Herb there but imagine I did. I know I saw Don Garlits, Don Prudhomme, The Hawaiian, Shirley Muldowney,, jungle Jim and jungle Pam, the Melrose Missle team. Hurst , Hemi under glass Cuda, little red wagon . Top fuel rail dragsters by all the big names. Etc

Absolutely fascinating and the Great early Pro Stoke tech. The 72 Butler cars had rack and pinion I believe. Maybe not until 73. The 3-4 great Mopar car builders in 72-73. Sox & Martin, Butler, Motown Missile and Landry/Fuller.

Met and talk with him in the 80's in Haw River, NC when buying parts for my 73 Challenger. Really helped me out. Between him and Bullet Bob Reid are 2 of my favorite Mopar guys. Thanks for the upload. Thanks for the memories.

What a great video, sent chills down my spine thinking about that era of drag racing. Them were the days. Thanx.

McCandless visited our local Mopar club several years back. When he discussed the car body modifications to retain the 'stock' wheelbase he was nearly giggling with glee over what they got away with.

This video is as well-crafted as their car. Highly entertaining and very informative. Whoever put this together should use the same style format to tell the story of other drivers and their favorite vehicles!

Love the explaining graphics! Awesome!

Awesome video!!! Thank you Herb. Now I’m a witness of that famous wheelstanding!!!!

A clarification on the term 'Body in White' (BIW). It is the term for the sheet metal that goes into the paint shop. BIW is a standard industry term that, I can say as a Body Engineer for Ford, we still use today.

mopar legend . i love these A body pro stocks .

Awesome story and information!!!!! Keep it coming!!!!

Guess what Iv been watching the last 4 or 5 hours... What a GREAT series. Well done👍

Amazing engineering and attention to detail. Currently finishing up the build of my 70' Duster...lots to learn here...big thanks!! ✌😎

Wow!!! AWESOME VIDEO HERB! This put a smile on my face You have a knack for this!! Keep the videos coming!!

Got to love that look the Sox and martin crew had going

The GOAT Pro Stock car was the 1971 Plymouth Cuda raced by Sox & Martin! The Holy Grail of all Muscle cars for sure!!

Love this, thank you so much for sharing this!

Fantastic documantary clip! Great person of drag racing history and an incredible driver. Very interesting video.

Wonderful stuff, thanks for producing this! -Ed on the Ridge

Back in the 80's and (90's } I worked for a USAF contractor and Navy ...And I did work like this Aircraft and Auto Prototype Machinist,Weldor, Later Master Metal Fabricator, I built One of a Kind of Products ..Mil or Commercial Well Done Video...!

Man I miss those days We all were Fortunate to have lived them

This is amazing. I was a pro stock fanatic when I was a kid.

Love those tales of ingenuity

That was awesome, thanks for sharing!

One of the best in the early years.

moving the floor is "channeling" and is absolutely brilliant.altering the wheelbase while still keeping the wheelbase length was a stroke of genius and was later adopted heavily by all funny cars...everything this man touched was "perfected" and extremely and carefully thought out.a very intelligent,innovative man...the cuda's and challengers in scca were acid dipped as well. sox and martin were gods among men and loved by anyone who loves cars,racing and innovation...the best racing teams always interpret the rules in a way to make the cars as fast as possible and still pass tech...doesnt matter the brand,they all did it and some were more successful at it

Amazing stuff. Very well done.

I’m not sure why you came up on my feed,but I’m glad it did,new old school fan in Louisiana 🤙🏻

Man this was a great video to watch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing! I was a teenager in this time period and my Mopar life had begun!!!!!!!!!!!

engineering at its best. what an amazing story

He's an amazing man......Great videos...

Great engineering, I'll have to build models of those cars. Such great memories.

quarter panels purpose is to hold paint. today i learned something very important. love this guy!

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Great video very informative

Lesson 4. "Every part on this car was acid dipped, ground on, or drilled." To go fast, said Colin Chapman, add lightness. Rifle drilling bolts is a bit dodgy, but hell, if it works, excellent!

we used to buy almost everything from herb, we were heart broken when he disided to close up shop. just 2 years ago I finaly sold everything, new car, motors,new parts& such many of witch came from herb. my street duster was probably more race car than most race cars.and made lots of $$$ with it. I wish I had never sold the duster back in 93 to build the new suncoast car...witch never got finished due to health. the old duster still running the streets up in NY somewhere, built by me in florida. 538 gears are perfect street gears just incase you didnt know.along with 9000 rpm motors.and oh so many sets of 16x33 dirt track tires. dam those were good days.

Where can I see the rest of this?? Awesome job guys... I have been a Herb fan since I was a kid! Thank you for this.. Andy

It doesn't get any better than Mr. 4 Speedy telling like it was I personally miss it, if I was young again I be doing every weekend Love to Racer.

Lesson 3. Smokey Yunick once built a 7/8 scale Chevelle for NASCAR competition. Being 13% smaller frontal area, it ran like hell. So they started to check dimensions for "stock".

that thumb looked like sox and martin. i was an eliminator as we were called at national speedway, have pics of ronny in front of his car in the pits, looked just like the thumb. he was a real showoff too.

Awesome you hear stories from the true legends

This guy knows his stuff!

Hard to believe that nowadays we have street cars that can run those kind of times easy

Such a COOL video! RESPECT

Ahhh the good ol days... followed all these guys as a kid...Grumpy was a favorite as I was a Chevy guy though.

As young guys building a bracket car and street cars we would go to his shop in Graham A LOT I'm sure we worried the hell out of him :) it was like going to the mountain of Mopar knowledge. He was nice but very Direct and you better be on your A game. I use to love his speech's on if you want to run 6:00 or 5:90 or what ever do this this and this now get outta here, NEXT. I've listen to him give dissertations over the phone to people literally all over the world you just shut up and listened and if you paid attention you learned something. Great memories Respect to you Sir MR. 4 SPEED

This was badass 😎💪🏼🏁

Incredible engineering

Ok, so let's review. A BIW (Body in White) is the assembly of the stampings that make up the monocoque, although the front fenders are generally separate parts, as well as the front and rear fascia (bumper system front and rear). At Chrysler, we would paint these white for the engineering folks to figure out how to fit the guts of the vehicle; hence, BIW. If you toss around "body in white", you are truly a gar guy (or gal).

Very innovative , wheelbase alterations shall we say have going on way before this . Grumpy showed him how its done ☺

Great old days!

Awesome , Thanks McCandless Antique Auto

Very cool, really enjoyed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh Hell Yeah! Many thanx.

I was lucky to have seen those guys then an bless my dad for taking me to them all events. Got ronnies. Dyno. Grumpys. Herbs an dandy dicks autographs

a lot of hard work awesome good 4 you

great video

Kool video man

Awsome shop engineering!

Good job Herb proud of you!!!;;!!

I had a 67 Dart GT. Only a 273 4barrel. It had been tinkered with before i became its owner. One problem after another. I could have used Herb and his team to help me just get it all properly set for being a daily driver.

That's real passion for speed

My favorite car that Mr 4-Speed raced was his 64 Mercury Comet

if McCandless doesn't have an sae degree,some school needs to give him one

You know your car is dialed in when you beat Dick Landy.

💥 Brilliant💥

Great Great video.

I remember speaking with grumpy Jenkins in 1969 at the Green valley raceway Near Dallas Texas. Kind of seems like yesterday...