From the Film Australia Collection of the National Film and Sound Archive. Made by the Commonwealth Film Unit 1968. A look at the sport of drag racing through driver Bob Hamilton.
My Dad was into that scene in the 60's. He had a hot FJ Holden. Then later on he raced an American Rambler. He had a mate who had a Beatle with a porsche engine in it.
They will be soon when those who know n remember still' are all gone sadly my boy, n humans will have evolved again n forgotten more of the old ways, they say in 2050 most people will be sleeping with any sex n will just think its normal n they wont even be called gay n so on anymore by then bc it'll just be looked at as normal. 'crazy .. Oh n robots According to the UK futurists, in 2050 sexual contact between a person and an electronic device or a robot will occur more frequently than between two people. Futurologist Ian Pearson predicts
remember being taken out there from Newport... 12 years old to see Don Garlicks rail.. loudest thing I have ever heard in my life... 70 now.. still nothing has topped it
Interesting the young bloke speaking said that there is another drag strip at Riverside in Melbourne which was the ok d Airstrip at Fisherman’s Bend near Port Melbourne, but I notice the film was made in 1968, Riverside was shut by then and Bob Janes Calder Drags was well and truly operating by then
It was probably a purpose custom-made wheelie car. It's balanced to wheelie when the driver is on the gas. When the driver backs off the throttle the front comes down. These days you see more jet cars with afterburners at the drags.
no music copyright pings. some of that sounds doorsy. did they really make the soundtrack for this?? that's crazy. i love it. and the footage looks pristine. thanks for the upload
