I meet this guy WHAT A DICK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pete Taylor was the man awesome engine builder

16.49 The reason Bob was suddenly behind the gm cars. gm made new modern engine designs and could not beat him so, pull a nascar and change the rules.

Does anyone know if Tommy Turner started at Holman Moody? One of the underrated but great engine builders in racing.

I'm subscribing because i love these stories

It was magical years I started in 1986 running ford big blocks but about that time corporate America and Ford got involved in a big way and your average Joe who is a mechanic and a smart guy really didn’t matter because there’s was so 19:44 much money involved now you got to have the funds . No one works that hard anymore they buy it .

I am and always have been a GM guy, but Bob Glidden was one of the most standup guys in racing. I ran M/P and would often be pitting right next to him. While most Pro class racers were snobs, Bob always had time to nod or shake your hand. If he saw you struggling with the tune up or a chassis setting, he would often throw you a tip. Bob and Etta Glidden were class people and I miss them very much!

Scooter Brothers a class individual.

number one pro stock racer EVER.

the one and only...Mr. Isky!!!!!

Mr. Isky told me in an interview he gives Ed Winfield the credit for getting him into the cam business as Isky bought his first grinder from Winfield.

This series is AWESOME. Thank you.

He was the best

you know what makes no sense..cold air intake and turbo on the same engine

Holman Moody had a lot Talented people working for them throughout the years Waddell Wilson Robert Yates and list goes on and on

love the history of the Ford teams . he just ain't whistlin' dixie #blueoval

Very well done. Thank you.

Love his book!

I grew up in the 70s and 80s. I was a Ford guy and my best friend was a Chevy guy. We would bet money on these races. After about 10 times of him losing he stopped betting me. I can remember him saying, Glidden wins every GD time!!?? He ended up being a Glidden fan and owns Fords to this day.

I grew up in the 70s and 80s. I was a Ford guy and my best friend was a Chevy guy. We would bet money on these races. After about 10 times of him losing he stopped betting me. I can remember him saying, Glidden wins every damn time!!?? He ended up being a Glidden fan and owns Fords to this day.

John does not get enough credit in my opinion. He was THE pioneer of building and tuning modern American cars. His cars always won the magazine shootouts and his cars also had factory level engineering and street manners. Nobody did it like him and there is no modern equivalent that I’m aware of.

I'm a Native American diehard Ford racing fan and Holman-Moody has such a Rich History in racing in both NASCAR with the Ford Galaxie's and in Endurance racing with the Ford GT40! those Holman-Moody GT40's were so BadAss!❤️🏁 you just earned yourselves a New Subscriber!

I’ll always remember Bob getting out of the car after a victory and saying “these ARE the good old days”and boy was he right.

How about dan gurney, smokey,leonard wood?

This is the Best video about Bob Glidden I've ever seen. Thankyou

Two MAJOR forms of racing during this time period. NHRA Pro-Stock and NASCAR Winston Cup. You had Earnhardt, Johnson, Elliott, Glidden, Wallace, Anderson and these lists go on. This was A VERY,VERY EXCITING time period for racing in general. I'm currently 58 years old and I THANK GOD I was of age to experience all of this excitement in both NHRA and NASCAR during this time period! This was when you saw SS 454, SS 396 and SS 350 Chevelle's,Camero's and a VERY RARE 427 Yenko Nova roaming the streets around St.Charles and St.louis,Mo. Along with Hemi Cuda's, 440 6-Pack AAR Cuda's, a Boss 9 Mustang, Boss 302 Mustang's, Goats and Trans Am's of various years and engine combo's just prowling the streets looking for the next worthy opponents/ victim. While I wasn't manufacturer dedicated during this time, I was dedicated to THE FIGHT...THE RAW BATTLE of DRIVER'S! So, I wained between Gliddon, Johnson, Geffrion and Anderson If it wasn't for these 4 Pro-Stock pilots, especially Gliddon and WJ, then Pro-Stock would have sucked to watched and, I BELIEVE, the street scene would have suffered tremendously !...." Win on Sunday and sell on Monday! ". To bad we have nothing really left to " Sell on Monday " anymore! Electric is BORING, WORTHLESS and only gets exciting if you get shocked!.....yee haw and woo woo. Imagine going to your local RACE TRACK on RACE DAY and having a QUIET DAY when " race cars " are flying past you a few feet away and you never hear them. F..K T..T! That shit is what PARKS,skating rinks and RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES are made for!

My favorite Ford Guy ever, got lucky to see him race in the 70's at Southland Drag way in LA, and Laplace LA, a great racer and very nice guy

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Zora Arkus and Smokey shadowed them all.

"Ya, never told me you had a camera"

Happy Birthday cam father ❤

All I can say is..... simply just one hell of man 👍👍👍👍👌👌👌

I'll never forget when I first became aware of Bob Glidden, he "Starred" in a Ford Commercial being the driver of a Ford Probe, first in the 'Pro Stock' Probe, then in the stock street driven Ford Probe. Bob Glidden appeared to be some type of a "desk worker", the way he was dressed, I've followed him ever since, Great Mechanic with 'Clean Hands'. lol.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR TRUTH.

SO INSPIRATIONAL!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ED!!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Why this video from form years ago?

Thanks for the video!

I know Kenny Thompson personally,he is a fabrication guru watched him build several GT40s like every single part of them

John was an awesome person, and had the pleasure to meet him through a friend who used to drag race. What an unbelievably nice guy, with a smile and always ready, willing and able to help. We all shed a tear when he crashed and succumbed to his injuries.

Bob was a Chain Smoker..So SAD..

Unfortunately, there will never be another Bob Glidden. Times are different now, as us technology. Im so glad that I got to watch it all happen. As a Ford guy, it got no better than him. Thanks Glidden family. Made us all so very proud , every dam week.

the low lifes accused him of cheating and everything else, Bob understood the Ford engine and how to make it faster

I only lived about 30 min. from Bob place in Whiteland IN. As a kid we could here him testing the engines in the test cell. A lot of the property has been sold off and split up. Big Ford Fan growing up. His shop was just up the road from Gene Rayburn's race car shop. Good times My Stepdad Worked a Ford Dealer in those days.

Wow, great stories! I grew up near Englishtown and stopped going to national events after Bob retired. NHRA turned Prostock into a GM clone bubble car class!

Bob Glidden made us Ford and Mopar lovers proud. I followed him in his Fords, even though I loved Mopars. When he switched, all was good. RIP Bob, the world is better for your having been here.

A pure competitor. I was inspired to drag race though your great career. Hat's off

As a Ford fan growing up in the 60's and 70's, Bob was literally all we had to cheer for in the industry. The Shelby American and The Holman and Moody crowd was there, sure, but in the Midwest we never heard news of road racing. Bob got the attention of any Ford fan and gave us a reason to cheer loudly. I had the honor of meeting him at a Mustang drag meet once when he and Billy were there with the black fox body. I don't think he realized how many lives he touched before his passing.

Watch early nascar from 59-75 & Chevy only win a handful of races. Why do u think rules r in place. Can u say outlawed ford & mopar because we can’t beat them. How come every time a ford or mopar does win they r cheating. Every time. Look @ 2012 Allen Johnson pro stock dominating season. 2013 jegs dominating season. Outlawed mopar intakes. U r a typical GM guy that we can’t waste time arguing with because he’s always right. Have a great day