Whenever I see videos of old school drag cars I'm always left with two impressions. One is the amazing ingenuity of early hot rodders, and the second is they were all crazy.

Its almost natural that you two should meet. I have followed both of you since my Tube viewing began and you both make me proud to have you represent our Tennessee car scene. Y'all's knowledge of old vehicles is a treasure. Too bad most kids today are convinced they can't learn anything unless Google says it's so but listening and watching my elders has served me pretty well.

The Loco funny car is just awesome looking! I love the way it looks!

I swear I remember seeing that Loco car in action at Atco Dragway in NJ back in the early 80's when I was a teen. It's so unique looking it's impossible to miss and burned into my brain. I could be wrong, but I don't think I am.

I love history…doesn’t matter what the topic is, whether good or bad, history has teachable moments.

Another trip down memory lane, it's incredible to remember how crude the builds were then. i helped my Dad build a A/FX in Mom's garage in 1966. They wouldn't let you on the track with that thing now. Thanks for sharing. 👍💪

What an amazing collection this is. I always wonder what they'll find next, from the glory days! Uncle Tony, please help get one or more these cars out to the track for "testing" and take us along!!

Glad y'all got together. Thank you for all the good videos. And great information

Tommy is such a nice, genuine guy.100% down for his passion, so cool to see more all in guys like him/us.

I was jumping up and down when I saw this video title! Two of my favorite channles, Uncle Tony's old school knowledge and Hot Rod Hoarders story telling. Make sure you see each other again, lots of possibilities here!

Two great channels team up to bring the people what they like to see......must be heaven im viewing LOL

Thanks UTG, this guy has amazing stuff, drooooling down in NZ, I have subscribed to his channel! Totally awesome! Thanks Bruce from NZ

Glad to see you hooked up with him I've been a longtime subscriber to hot rod hoarder matter of fact when I first subscribed to his channel it was blown 64-vet and I think the first one or second video maybe that I seen with him when he took his daughter for a ride in his Corvette and when he jumped on it the look on her face you just have to see it it was amazing

What a great episode!!! A Very cool segment that Truely reminds us all of what was happening in the Hot-Rod scene from the mid 50's till the mid- late 70's... Extremely cool... What makes this so interesting is the proprietor (Tommy Lee Byrd, and his Father) took the time to find out what the history is and identify all the pieces that they have there... True gold to anybody who treasures the Nostalgic relics from the past....

I've been to Tennessee. This kind of thing continues, I may have to move there.

Loco looks like a full size version of a late '60's slot car!

Just found your channel and I watch the Hot Rod Hoarders channel .... Enjoy seeing all of the old hot rod stuff ... Thanks for sharing 👍

Love the old Cheetahs! Love the true old school hotrodding. Great video

Cool connection to Larry Stewart. Used to rummage through his yard in the late 70's when I had 64 Impala SS and he had many, many cool cars. Found out later that he matched raced pretty successfully with the Stone, Woods and Cook Willy's in the 60's too. There is some old footage or photos of that car at the long closed Riverside Raceway outside of Nashville. Great history lesson!

Always impressed with the ingenuity back in the day.

Cool episode... This guy does have some rare cool stuff... I liked the history he knows of the stuff that is in this place... The sprint kart he has with the two Mc 6 McCulloch engines is a classic early 1960's moto-mania craze happening in that time... Those drag cars are something else... Awesome! 👍

Hey uncle Tony,,, I'm subscribed to both channels and I learn a lot.I appreciate what I've learned from both of you. Jeremy in Alabama.

Wow! This was great. I'm digging the early Hemi and green rail.

LOVE both your shows............................

What a fantastic collection of drag cars and parts..!!.. from hillbilly buckets to professional racing rockets from the past............................!

I cannot imagine going 180 on that gas welded water pipe chassis.

An amazing collection with history and great taste. Can see a collab coming to get that chassis Tony wanted to see make a pass! Haha maybe, nice vid

Greetings from Chattanooga. I have been to Buffalo Valley. It used to be a wild place back in the seventies. HaHa. Keep up the great videos !

Wanting to see more of the old advertising and pedal cars. So many cool collectibles there!

I've been subbed to Hot Rod Hoarder for a long time now he had another channel before that one where him and his dad dig up a old Tri 5 chevy that some guy buried years ago anyway that's cool you guys linked up since he lives in the same state

My dad was into carting in the late 50's early 60's...and was also a McCullough dealer. He ran twin 105cc McCullouch cart engines on alcohol....direct drive, said it was a blast....wish I could have been there ;).

Connecting rod motor mounts! So cool!

Damn this is some good stuff, great history on all these cars

The lil monte carlo go kart in front of the shop in the beginning. Lol I want it.

The Hot Rod Hoarder IIs A Very Good Hoarding Obsession ! So Much Better Then Just Hoarding Everything !

How far we have come. All of the stuff available today to restorers and racing enthusiasts just wasn't around back in the day. This shows people that what is accepted today is quite different from the pioneering of this automotive history.

this was a great video, love drag cars and the history of them....

Great video Tony! You're quickly getting better

Some very cool rides you have their 👍🇨🇦

HRH is awesome! Glad you found him!

Lots of cool stuff in there!! 👍👍👍

My two favorite channels.... AWESOME

It’s great to see uncle Tony and hot rod border hanging out..,

Hell yeah. Team up more and do Mopar related finds

That Kellison! Love it!!

Awesome video. Young fellow knows his history of the stuff they have . 👍 nice stuff

I like that channel. Nice “collab “ episode. Really cool!

Tony that BSA chopper is YOU all day!

This is really goooood stuff!!!

It's great to see such history

Two awesome dudes 😁 👍

this... was a very cool meet up!!

I haven't been around for awhile, so I stop by and watch, what a awesome episode Uncle Tony. So I'm watching The Hot Rod Hoarder talking and I'm thinking wow, he'll get a good boost in views from UTG, how many subs does UTG have now anyway...50k or something? I looked and holy cow almost a quarter million.. UTG you had way way less when I subscribed 😆 anyway great to see you making your way in this crazy digital world UTG, nice to see you THRH as well. Happy building everyone 🇺🇸.

I love this old stuff

Man the most daring drag racing driver by far was Wild Willy Borsch in his altered .. Every time he made a run in that little wheelbarrow with shopping trolley tyres and top fuel power, Darwin shuddered in his grave

Thanks. There are worst things to be addicted to. Enjoyed, thanks again.

You mentioned Old dragstrips, Eastern NC has two, Kinston drag strips, Kinston is still open, it was 1/4 mile for years, not sure if it is changed or not, but one that is super interesting is Bridgeton Drag strip north of New Bern, it was innovative in that from the begginning the two lanes were separated by a patch of grass almost three lanes wide. Still side by side racing, but years ahead of its time in safety! Now there are several more drag strips in eastern NC, these are the two I remember from my childhood. I seen a car at Kinston had a Harrier jet engine ( I can't remember if it was from Cherry Point or Goldsboro but some of the local military guys built it from spare parts on the base) Bridgeton dragway was where I promised to never pay to watch 1/8 mile racing again, huy had a '76 chevy wagon with 400 motor and auto transmission, he won street class going 60mph in the 1/8th, but to his credit, he ran the same e/t every time.

I remember watching that episode a while back before I ever saw an Uncle Tony video who'da thought it would have came full circle

All I can say is, AWESOME!!!!!! PLUS, its funny about the camaro from the start. I immediately txt my mom about the name. My uncle was for lack of a better term adopted by my late grandparents. Same last name (mabey) only his and father's first name are Dan or Daniel from Chicago. Very interesting history.

These videos are making me want to go to Florida and visit Don Garlits museum of drag racing again.

Ooooh that "G-Body" go kart🥰

Very Kool , old Hot Rods

Neat video! Tommy is a great guy!

More to it then me and my dad find old stuff etc lol. Takes money. Just a C2 corvette hanging out outside etc. Money....

I'm going to try something different from that time to keep it short. Love the video great content always looking forward to more

I'd gets lost and never found in there!!! Cool stuff!!

Been following Tommy on his instagram for a while! One cool dude, and his Vette is the bomb!

I had a friend that ran a Kellison bodied A Altered here in Ky back in the 70s. Hilborn injected 392 Hemi. The guys name was Lou Abel.He also owned Performance Center speed shop in Lexington Ky. All the hot rod types all hung out there.

I rented a shop/storage space for 20 years, just vacating now. I understand how the parts pile up. I had stuff that had nothing to do with any car that had ever been there, and I don't recall when I got the parts. Guys would drive by, see the overhead door open, and give me stuff.

I have his book about lost drag strips. The pictures alone are worth the price!

Tony looks like he is in heaven with that sheet eating grin.

Crazy stuff, love it 👌👍

The cars....bitchin beyond belief, love love LOVE this stuff...BUT....the WALL of #badass toolboxes finish it off....#awesome!

Subscribed to both of you guys.

Ha! I did not expect this meetup, made for a fun video.

You look good on that BSA Tony!

Great vid, thanks guys

Thanks for this video. It is amazing!!!! If the hot rod hoarder is interested in doing any trades, I am definitely interested. I love the C2 Vette

I recognize that Go Kart. Its a Moss Racing Kart from the 60s . It was made in Inglewood California

Damn Tony you look like Monza from Street Outlaws! Love the videos

Tell that guy to talk to Mustie1 about the gokart

You ever hear of a dude named Starvin Marvin? He was a professional car painter and at the end of his career he was in Wadsworth Nevada about 1981. He did dragster and even painted the Queens car or cars.

It reminded me of when I was a kid in are around 69 or 70, my neighbors oldest son had a mid 60's el camino that he raced. He use to ask me to kinda steer it while he towed it behind his 69 SS el camino, and since he was flat towing it with a short bumper attached tow bar it didn't track real well. So in exchange for my valued assistance saving many front tires from being scrubbed off, and the steering locking to one side or the other due to having to turn sharper than the car could correct itself. Then having to get out twist the wheel back into center position in order to be able to go down the road again. I use to get to help work on the car/truck, exactly never been sure where exactly el caminos fit into the big picture. That, and free trips to all kinds of drag racing events until I was probably 8 th grade. Then Frankie got married, and hot rods left my life, until I got legal age to drive myself. Frankie never got back into racing to my knowledge, and I'm not even sure of whereabouts he's living now. That was a very long time ago for both of us, and I myself have moved away from the area where I grew up. But man does that collection of mixed matched pieces of old hot rods bring back memories from times of growing up in that era. The N. Texas area around Dallas Ft. WORTH had a hot rod era all its own, because only one track from back then even exists to this day, and that's Yellow Belly over in Grand Prairie, Texas. It never got the big name racer's back in the hay day, but they still bracket race, grudge races, and every day drivers of all kinds race there still. But all the big tracks are long gone, although there is Ennis, which has big time racing going, and several 1/8th mile tracks within easy driving distance around nowadays.

His Channel is Awesome been watching it for a bit.. Oi oi oi

UT "Patina is king here." HRH Without missing a beat "Yeah, we got a lotta that"! Better timing than Abbott & Costello doing Who's On First! Would have loved a close up on the door of the gasser.

U two need to do more videos together..... could watch you guys chat all day...

UT you took us all the way to the top of the Drag Racing Ancestry Tree and built a treehouse...

Bro from one procrastinator to another sometimes you just got it put your hands on it, get her done!!!!

those front engine dragsters are cool I wonder if something like that could still be NHRA legal to build? Would be a fun project to build something like that but with modern commonly available parts like with a 5.3L LS motor and some ford 8.8 rear end maybe a pair of ebay turbo's ect....

Awesome Stuff!

I remember in the late 70s early 80s a Henry J with a hippie painted on the hood and the letters b m f i c under his feet and it ran around Gallatin Tennessee

I really like hotrod hoarders channel. Its too cool. 👍

Saw the cornor of the Kellison in the clic-bait so I stopped by Have one on a 54/55 vette frame floors and doors., TY

Uncle Tony looked good on that chopper.

Those early drag cars are physical proof that my dad's generation either were %100 INSANE or had balls of pure polished brass.

It must be gone . ☹️ He had a ford pinto drag car . You had to clime in the back to get in . Use to have a 351 & you sat in the middle in the back looked cool .

Great content!

Tommy Lee..do you have any idea what happened to the Jocko's Porting Special streamline dragster?

That's exactly how we grew up being twelve and thirteen years old seeing that exact chopper all shiny Chrome going down the road

Maybe you guys should team up on getting the Funnycar running. Just make sure there's a little nitro in the tank when you fire it up !!