The California Kid, 1974 

They sure were!

They absolutely were the best years to grow up when it came to cars and music 👍

I got my license on my 16th birthday in '74. All my gear-head friends were waiting for it to air. I wanted to paint, "The Tacoma Kid" on the door of my '67 GTO (they threw me in jail for havin' too much fun).

great memories story mate , greets australia and salute and respects to your dad

I've never seen this one I like it tho can feel the James Dean vibe 😂 yep just lost my Dad befpre Christmas in 22 he was almost 75yrs old but yea was all about Hot rods sold his last 66 Mustang Convertible like 15yrs ago i want to say He was trying to pay his new truck off an stuff moved up north into a cabin where im at now But i tell ya he wouldnt believe wat these cars are bringin as of lately miss ya Dad!!!

❤ That must have been so tough as young kid. My relative's father died in a freak accident a few months before her birth, and I have always wondered the effect.

Son you're gonna drive me to drinking if you don't stop drivin that Hot Rod Lincoln 😤. I knew the rocker who wrote and sung that song.... Commander Cody. KING of the HONKY TONKS. 😊

Powerful memories. Until you said that it didn't even cross my mind how we bond through these kinds of things. My step dad always worked on cars and my brother learned. We were the only Jewish family with an engine hanging from a tree. My brother then workee on stock cars, then became a service writer at BMW and at his funeral, mechanics talked about how much they learned from him and how they appreciated his making the effort to help them figure out things and solve problems. It could be anything but this film has a little window on how we can have powerful bonds through something as simple as mechanics... And your sharing these memories just brought us back there too. Many blessings.

Spot on comment mate!

50 years later,any car guy would love to own this thing.Worth probably in the $200,000 area.maybe even more.

I shot my tv set as a kid because of this movie. Daisy Red Rider. I thought it was empty but it had one bb left. Got the sheriff in the forehead.

Looks like you gonna be on ur way to see god soon

I had a 35 Ford coupe put 57 vette engine in it after building it then put a International 5 speed transmission in it flipped trunk around made rumble seat loved it wished wouldn’t have sold it.

I built a 34 3 , window with aSBC and a blower from scratch because of this car and billy gibbons ZZTop ride . I put ghost flames on it . Been into cars from a small boy still am at 60 🇬🇧👍🏻😉

Music is loud and extremely annoying

@@doorguru168888 no kidding I remember 32 cents per..

I was thinking the same thing. This was just before president peanuts gas crisis, and long before BiDeNoMiCs!! And before they killed Ethel...😅😮😂

And you also had to work eight hours to earn $10.

@@bryanmcleod9346 hell, the gas stations were pumping Ethel a lot back then!🤣🤣🤣

I was going to argue with you but I looked it up and you're absolutely right!

Really good work!

I did not know. Thanks. Last I heard, though, the '34 California Kid is at Pete & Jake's Hot Rod Shop in Peculiar,Mo.

It’s still a drop top to Us! I don’t think it was a good idea for suicide doors. But it’s still a Hot! 🤙👌

Chop top not convertable​@@efo1358

Thanks for the info 👍 I enjoyed it ❤

Outstanding 😂❤

Great cast! Vic Morrow also was a cop the same year in the ultra badassed Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)

Nick nolte is still around, he's in quite a few films just lately but he's older like the rest of us 😅

If you really are a fan, why do you disrespect them so much by failing to capitalize their names?

@@WYO_Cowboy_Joe get a life you doughnut

Sometimes I think of Vic Morrow and Michael Parks as a combination of cooler than cool obsessive, flawed antiestablishment anti hero type:)

you're so very right.. he certainly did..no one could play pissed off like Vic Morrow could.

It wasn't LIVE in 74. It was on film then too.

Same here 62 to bro 👌

Same here, but I've moved on. The size proportions and performance are more akin to that of a truck. I'm also over the '60's - '70's era hot rods and the "redicorus" prices they catch at auction. That said, I'd go bonkers for a vintage Thunderbird, Corvette and/or Mercedes Gullwing.

Cruising K st. in Sacramento in the 60's!

Does that apply to just tyre size ie low profile etc ...or wheels? I'm asking only because I drove a friend of mines ute ( new Zealand &: Australia terminology) Pick up truck I think is what Americans call them. Anyway it had way!!! Oversized wheels on it that made the steering pull to the left at speeds anything under 110 klm pH ( dunno what that is in miles) anything faster it handles beautiful. So I was doing what the Speedo said was 120; & I got a ticket for exceeding 130. I was told it was likely because of the wheels being larger🤔 I could look it up I suppose but it was this comment that made me remember it so..

Tire HEIGHT only.@@nickibanks5185

​@@nickibanks5185 over all tire diameter.

Watch him in "Three fugitives"

Brother. Its blue.

57plymouth hemi forerunner firedome?

One of the first autobots discovered hiding amongst humankind, became a ghost story.✌🏼😜

Didn't the 57 have a poly?

Sister Christin

Strange , yep I noticed , this as well , both are badass l cars , it like waith is a re.make , 😊 ,

Hey Man, I had a 58 2dr hdtp with a 348 that was untouchable!! What memories!!!!

That's what I thought.

Yes they do. I've used taller and shorter tires. Taller tires slow the speedometer down.

Not if the speed was counted on the front wheels which were the proper size

@@erikbostrom.9318 . Speed is usually pulled off the transmission. There are interchangeable toothed gears to change ratios & fine tune.

Hey! don't argue with Mr Sheen.

@@erikbostrom.9318 It isn't an Oldsmobile

Do you hate her so much you can't capitalize her name?

@@WYO_Cowboy_Joe I love her haha why, are you offended? 😆

thought she looked familiar

same scenery as well

@@5kidmonty that area is a little ways from LA . Palmdale and Acton CA.

Блин, сам Лемми оценил. Интернет рулит, однако.

Has Martin Sheen died 😢?

@@johnchurch4705 no. He’s alive

@@MegaRich1981 I did check on Google and found he was alive after I asked the question.

Here's a tip for you: Capital letters are FREE. There is no penalty for using them where they are supposed to be used.

@@johnchurch4705 No he's 83 & still acting.

Это радует : )

What?

Piru California according to IMDB

But how would you hold your latte, steer, and shift at the same time?

​@@hewondered254 I don't know about lattes, I drink Red Bull and drive a 12 year old Dodge Challenger R/T with a stick.

It is kind of a classic trope in "a guy and his machine" movies. Just like in Lords Of Flatbush with Stallone or Loveless with Dafoe, for example. And even in some games, like Full Throttle. The true wanderer always chooses his ride and the road.

Plus she’s married.

Wo, the pipes on my 67 vette were definitely hooked up, sounded like machine guns downshifting into 2nd, thanks for the memory.

Yeah, in two scenes where the "Kid" pulls up, you can see that the side pipes are not connected to anything. They were also called "lake pipes" because they were initially developed for use on hot rods during speed trials on dry lake beds like the Bonneville Salt Flats. The "34 Ford Coupe had the best-looking front grill ever designed. When I was a boy, my father drove a 1934 Ford Coupe. The following car he bought was a 1950 Ford Coupe. My old man was strictly a FORD man, LOL. What a hoot...

@@charlieswearingen500yes I knew they were also called lake pipes. Very popular in my early years to see them on cars and even custom vans. Awe the good old days 👍👍

@@hewondered254I didn’t have them on my Corvette but wished I did. 👍

@@charlieswearingen500 34 Ford coupe chopped was and is my favorite iconic American hot rod.The grill was gorgeous.