Everyone of these older guys were my hero's when I was growing up, and now I'm one of these older guys! And still into Hot Rods. Once it gets under your skin, there's no turning back!
some of those cars were built not only before i was born or my dad was born, when my late grandfather was a teenager. its cool to see these cars that may have influenced not only my dad but my grandfather (who was a hot rodder in the 50s). some of these cars i remember reading about in my Hot Rod magazine collection (which includes various issues from the 60s on up. i still have my 1st issue of Hot Rod, the 1st swimsuit issue i got when i was 7 years old. it was an older issue my unlce gave me).
I remember the article for that orange 55 chevy! I remember a picture a picture of cheeswiz being dumped in the oil, it was just a gag, but it hung around in the memory banks for more than 20 years now!
When I saw the Cheese Whiz '55 I was taken way back, loved it then, love it now. That, and B'Ville's '32, and Linda Vaughn...to me were the best-ever! I agree, get a DVD of these legends together and I'll be in line to buy a couple copies!
Jim Wangers, the Godfather of the GTO, and I we happy to display the '66 GeeTO Tiger that was featured in the March 2002 issue of Hot Rod. Jim is seen several times in that amazing autograph session clip. What an amazing event! See more of "Jim Wangers and the GeeTO Tiger" on Facebook.
It's always old guys who own these beautiful cars I know it's probably a thing of money but I'd love to see a 19 year old like myself there showing that hot rodding isn't dead and won't die cuase we will carry it on
Well, ya can find a classic that'll be fun. You just can't expect it to be a '55 Chevy, or a '69 Camaro, or a '32 Ford. It may have to be a more-door, but they're out there. There's a decent '63 Fairlane 2dr post car on my local craigslist for $3500 right now. I should clarify, I'm 17. I don't *own* a classic (the '63 Fairlane on my channel (different one from the one I mentioned earlier) was technically owned by Dad, supposed to be our project but we never worked on it, and the others are my grandfather's)
I graduated from high school in 1986. Started buying car magazines my freshman year. Mostly Hotrod and Car Craft. Around 1988 my Dad told me "for all the money you have wrapped up in Car Magazines you could have a REAL car". Well I took his advice and never bought another car mag again. Bought a 65 442 in 1988 for $500 and drove it home. Restored it myself and finished it in 1991 and still own it.
Quintuple LIKE!! Toooo Short! Give us more footage please. This could have easily been a two hour episode. Thanks for making it happen Hot Rod, Chevy & Edelbrock.
is the GTO featured at 1:24 in connecticut? if it is I saw it driving by down route 7 and noticed the license plate beautiful car. would be a mindfk if it's the same guy lol.
445...darlin'....thats called "Bartering"...it's how people used to do business...based on trust, and respect....sorry it is so amazing to you today....
Omg, I could go on with ‘80’s Hot Rod Magazine feature Cars. The Orange ‘57 Chevy Giveaway Car. The Silver Camaro with the cool for color striping to Black lower. The maroon or candy ‘64 GTO with Square Headlamps.
at 4:55 there's a 32 ford with what apears to be weber carbs on it, what magazine was it in, I want to know more about this car and can't find anything.
HEALTH AND FITNESS AND HOT ROD MAGAZINE KEEP ME ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW!!! YOU GUYS HELPED ME REBUILD MY LIFE AFTER MY DIVORCE. I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I remember the cars & drivers,especially the flyin hawaiian. Never to forget ronnie sox,bill hishler,wally booth...I could go on. The glory days live now...only in my memories...
Id love to know what happened to the 1969 pro street camaro named "stress point" that was the centerfold in the 40th anniversary of hot rod. It was special to me and my dad cause i pointed out that i wanted to build one just like it and my dad actually saved that fold out and kept it in his van and we never got a chance to build one but we will always remember it and the original pin up is long been gone last year i would another copy of the mag and sent him the pin up.
I just turned 25 and probably only know of two of the many cars that were shown during this event. It would be such an amazing video series if you could go through as many of these historic cars as possible; depicting their specifications, personal story, and impact on their era. It would educate those who weren't around to see these great pieces of automotive history, and bring great joy to those who were. Come on "Hot Rod"...do what you do! If anyone can do it, it's you.
It's stories like these that make you go out to these events, and just imagining that these cars were built before I was born, I just wish I was there...
yep, the good ole' days.. not like today;s oneupmanship with people again and again making benchmarks of charging phenomenal amounts for paintjobs and things like wheels when back in the day people would help each other out ie do a paintjob for someone in exchange for building a motor for them.. it's making hotrod out of reach of the general guy these prices
The announcer on the video stated Tommy Ivo's AA/Fuel Barnstormer dragster was the first to run in the 8's. It was the first dragster to run in the 7's on the West Coast, not the 8's. His Twin Buick Gas Dragster was the first dragster to run in the 8's back in 1959.
Almost feels like yall don't expect hot rodding to survive much longer. But I think it will. What powers the cars may change, and the venue, but the notion of wanting to build something special and make it your own will endure. Plenty of horizon left.
Man, I wish I got to go! I'd be a little kid in a candy shop. That 72 Orange Chevy Chevelle SS was sexy and I know Carl Shelby's spirit was in that place. R.I.P Carl Shelby.
this is great but roadkill is better, get money, or balls. whatever it takes but more trips, more cheap cars driving across the country with you two wankers, i love you guys.
I'm part of that lost age of young'uns and I want more of us to take notice of cars just like these. Cause this is where hot rodding came from, and where it is going.
New HOTROD RU-vid show, do a video feature of all of these cars so us young whippersnappers can learn so much more about the history of hotrods and HOTROD.
im going to get a bag of doritios and get xheesy fingered and shift through the pages and mabey ill see a saschsquach beating someone for wrong treatment.
