I WANT THIS AMERICA BACK! I hate today's society and its obsession with perversion, sex, deceit, dishonesty, brutality, social media, bullying, hateful rhetoric, fake news, propaganda, and lies. I want 27 cents a gallon gasoline, 15 cent Hamburgers, 10-15 cent French Fries, 35 -75 cents movies, 75 cent banana splits, 25 cent A&W root beers, warm sunny clear days at the beach, where it is quiet, uncrowded, and the beaches are clean and the air smells wonderful. I want to be able to buy a very good three-year-old used car for $1,500 again. That's what I paid for my 1963 Austin Healey 3000 in 1966. In California, in 1968, I bought a 1956 Jaguar XK140 roadster w/ 62,000 miles or $1,800 and it was gorgeous. Quite the car for an 18-19-year-old girl to be driving around. Yes - I want that AMERICA back - not the one we have today.
105 octane gasoline, right from the pump, possibilities limited only by your ability and imagination. Parents who somehow understood, although not always agreed to their kids plans.... My father said, " Leave your street car alone. If you want to race, build a race car and take it to the track. Thats where the racers are at." Words I'll never forget. And thats what I did. For nearly 30 years... Once you win, you are never the same. I suppose thats true of everything, but especially automobile racing. Those days are mostly gone now. It takes more than just hard work and determination. But oh what a time it was for a California kid with his mind made up!
DAMN, THAT WAS GOOD, old school 50's engines a couple years before the 406,409, and 413 really gave the sport a kick in the ass and got the 60's era started. I was 12 in '59 and just discovering "hot rod" magazines, I didn't see my first drag race until 1964. This film was really well done and I got a kick out of some of the early travel scenes on the old Route 66.
Actually, allow me to clarify my previous statement; That music makes me feel that there was no wrong in the world. It was safe, non-threatening, and was (as I see it, and yes, I do remember this type of music) meant to inspire anyone that personal effort was preferred and viewed as helping the rest of us, not ostracized as selfish, self-indulgent, and greedy.
This is a Great Movie!:) 1958 was Just two years after I was born. All the guys in the movie look like the old Pics of my Dad. And He was a Hot Rodder too:) We had an old 1930's Chevy Sedan in our Back yard for years. He never got to finish it and Mom sold it to my Cousin. I did get to ride in it though, when I was about 5 years old. I remember it like it was yesterday!:) Man I wish I had that Car now!
Just two years before my hot rod days. What a great time. I raced at Westhampton NY, Islip NY (1/8th mile) and Englishtown NJ with ‘61 Chevy 348hp and 62 Chevy 409. Same time in 1962 I assisted Shacker & Pim with their A roadster and B gas dragster.
That’s funny because I was born seven years after this film , in Ypsilanti Michigan. About 28 miles down Michigan ave from Detroit. I grew up by the old bomber plant . It made war planes and tanks in the early 40’s and your right those were the good ol’ days .
Loved it!! Just loved it !!!!!!!!!! It takes me back to a simpler time when all kinds of sports like drag racing and surfing were coming into their own. There was alot of cross-over in those ealy days between surfers, sky divers, drag racers and other thrill-seekers. What a great time to be young. Thanks form posting.
This was an awesome movie. I was 10 years old in 1948 and already a collector of Car Craft and Hot Rod magazine. Seems that they were twenty-five cents a copy. Still have some of those and now I'm going to see if I have the issue featuring this. Thanks so much for posting it!
If I had a Time Machine I’d go back as a teen in the 50’s, and stay, life was so simple. I was a teen in the late 60’s and grew up with the British Invasion music which was great.
THESE ARE THE VERY VERY BEST MUSCLE CARS OF THE 50S & 60S AND INFACT MY FATHER ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT THE 1959 CHEVROLET BISCAYNE THAT HE OWNED BACK IN 1964 HE BROUGHT IN DRESDEN ONTARIO CANADA 🇨🇦 AND WAS A 348 3 IN THE TREE AND BLACK INTERIOR SILVER BLACK AND WAS VERY STRONG AND VERY FAST.
Easy. Live today like it is yesterday. Get an old hot rod Don't cuss, drugs and all of today's crap Put down the phone Mind your manners Build something. Actual not virtual
A lot to like in this video: Broad western vistas and the allure of the open road. "Ohio" George Montgomery. Art Arfons and the Allison-powered Green Monster. Potvin crank-driven blowers. Wally Parks and Robert Petersen confabbing with the presidents of GM and Chrysler. That sexy Willys A/Gas coupe. And the big rig that hauled it. American post-war optimism.
Art Arfons, Akron Ohio. Ran Green monsters, which were aircraft gas engined dragsters. Then was one of the first if not the first to fit in a jet engine.
Great old film from a period when I was beginning my drag racing career behind the wheel! Only trouble with it is that this is of the 1959 Nationals. In 1958, the Nats were held at Oklahoma City (I was on the crew of a D/Gas car from Dallas). R.I.P. Jim Nelson
Yeah, I'm old school (1949) and this was great, even the "Leave It To Beaver" music. Check @ 6:11 the 27 & 29 in the background is the price per gallon in cents for gas. Those were the days. I even remember in 1971 filling my '70 383 4 speed CUDA sometimes 3 times on Friday & Saturday nights racing from red light to red light in Orlando between Steak n Shakes on Colonial Dr, and 17-92 in Winter Park!!! YEAH BUDDY!!!!
@@MrCtsSteve You must not be too keen on history. The party of John Wilks Booth, Jim Crow, and the KKK etc. where exactly responsible for any lack of assimilation concerning any perspective minority group. We are awake, and seen a pattern sweeping across all major democratic strongholds. Identity politics. You know, the same kind used to persecute the jews? Nice try though.
What excellent musical arrangement! A positive, upbeat happy sound! I'll take this anyday over today's "kill a cop" gangsta krap! Nothing creative has been done in music for decades!
The first time I saw 'Allison' on film ... actually an active vulcan on a cart chassis with a seat mounted in front .. which does not hurt when the drivetrain emigrates to South America ... besides the soundtrack may add to the impression of some innocuous hobby 😓
I love it that there isn't obnoxious heavy rock `n roll blasting throughout the film. Also, note how clean-cut the men are. No beards, long hair, tattoos, or earrings. Most men were fit and good looking. Most had manners. Did you also notice that you didn't see anyone smoking at any time! Even the women were feminine and without hideous body art.
@tabledechevet2007 i think the wheels are tucked under the fenders for more ayrodynamics, it would seem wierd to make a 3 wheel dragster back in those days
22:00 Herman Moser in his ram rod, the actual ramcharger car, powered with a 354 Hemi and built by Engineers at Chrysler. it was the First drag car to have altered wheel base and a high stance, copied for years but the ram charger team said it was Not such great idea.
I still love drag racing. But with me I don't use nitros, blowers or super chargers or "tunes" with a pc. Pump gas and engine. Oh yeah and the trophy girls are still cute.
