Motion Pictures Dad, Can I Borrow The Car?

[Ryan]

While waiting in line at the DMV on Friday, a buddy of mine sent me a link for entertainment's purposes. "Dad, Can I Borrow The Car?" was actually filmed sometime around 1970, but I'm almost certain I was mandated to watch it in Driver's Ed in 1992. ...

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[NealinCA]

I always like seeing the 32 Tudor "get away" car at 5:50 in the first part.

Thanks,

Neal

[rcshaggy169]

Wow! I see DMV hasnt changed at all.
Cool video, I almost hate to say I enjoyed it...we had nothing like that in my drivers ed class

[hotrd32]

I might still say that if my Dad was Vern Tardel......sorry Keith.....

[Retro Jim]

I loved drivers ed in high school . I got to drive a 1971 Mustang with a 302 . The school had a huge parking lot that was marked off like a small town . You had stop signs , parallel parking , 3 point turns back then , left and right turns and so on . there would be about 25 cars on this parking lot all driving where ever we wanted too . We were by our selfs too in the cars . They did un hook all the am radios ! We also had a machine from the early 60 that had a gas peddle and a brake . There was a seat you sat in and a TV screen you looked at . The object was to move your car up next to the one sitting still on the right . Was for depth perception ! Then we got to see the bad crash movies as well to make us learn not to drive wild when we got our license . It was during school time everyday . We even drove when it rained . Had 2 days a week of classroom time then 3 days driving . Our final test was the exam and then we had 3 guys in my group . The object was to take a map and show where you are going to drive for 45 mins . We had to drive on side streets , city streets and the highways . Each guy would lay out his route , then the next guy would start where he stopped and so on . It was a lot of fun really . I did like the bad movies of crashes and what happens .
I think it's really different today I am sure .

Retro Jim

[1950coronet600hp]

heh, just what i needed this morning, love the caddy.

[Harms Way]

Back in 66' I got my license, My buddy and I was in the basement listening to the the 1964 NHRA Nationals LP Record Album on Dad's Hi-Fi,... Dad yelled down a couple times for us to "turn that racked down !!",..... We must have listened to that record 3 or 4 times,.. Both sides !

So we get this brilliant idea,... We go upstairs,.. Dad is sitting in his chair reading the Detroit News....

Me : "Hey Dad,.. Can I borrow the car ?",....

Dad: "What do you want to borrow the car for Son ?"

Me: "We just wanted to run to the Dailys Drive in for a Coke"

Dad: "And that's all ?,... straight there and straight back ?"

Me: "Yup !,.... What do ya; say Dad ?"

Dad: (Dad slowly looks over the top of his News Paper, and says)

" For the last hour and a half,.. you two have been listening to Engines racing & tires squealing, with the Hi-Fi turned up so loud, it would wake the dead,..... And I am supposed to beleive you just want to go to the drive in for a coke,........ You two must think I'm insane !,... What do you think the answer is !

A guy could have died of thrust in that house !



Cool movie, first time I seen it.

[paperdog]

5-17-70 on the lic. app. I have never seen this before
thanks
newest cars I spied was the 69 Coronet being eaten ..by the 70 poncho

alot of nice stuff in the used car lot too

reminds me of many things when I was just 14...
ahhhh the girls getting all wet in the car wash
geez they never could have shown this to a bunch of horn dogs like me back then .. gonna watch it again now and hit play back until I'm caught....20 minutes and I was just caught

I have a roll bar from a close like dune buggy that was sold by Mark Moriority

[no55mad]

My son was a HS senior - 'Dad, can I borrow the truck to take some wood to the beach for a bonfire?' OK son - I was working a real early morning shift so off to bed early. About 1am he knocks on the bedroom door - 'Dad, had an accident but drove the truck home'. Before leaving for work at 3am, looked at the truck and there was a 60's Cadilac tailfin embedded in the side of the bed, just behind the wheel - kids!

[outlaw256]

never took drivers ed.and when i got my first d.l. it was in tn at the state troopers office. which was in a building about 16x16.with a toilet.in and out in about 15 min.

[TomT]

I was driving @ 15 with my Dad riding shotgun with a learner's permit and @ 16 had my junior license. I drove everywhere, all over, and at all hours. Of course, I paid my own insurance, gas, and repairs - tough to take a girl out on a date w/$.25 in your pocket since all my money went to everything else! Never took driver's ed either - I had to go to work PT to support the car so there was no time!

[60galaxieJJ]

that was awesome. and remember "save water, shower with a friend"

[550Coupe]

Great video. Saw this on the Walt Disney Show back in the early 70's.

[moefuzz]

The DMV sounds like a nightmare, makes me wonder if your still in line.

[eddie1]

I saw it as a small boy in the early 70s. Thought I had made the whole thing up or not remembered it correctly until I found it on Youtube a couple of years ago.

[threeston]

Narrated by (a young) Kurt Russell.

[incurablescrounge]

Maybe I just imagined it but it seems that I read somewhere that Dutch did the striping scene at the beginning. That was the most memorable part when I first watched it when about 5 years old! I am hoping that a good complete copy comes available someday.

[1950coronet600hp]

when it starts with racing pin stripes you know its gonna be good....

[SRVLIVES]

Originally Posted by threeston

Narrated by (a young) Kurt Russell.

Stuntman Mike.... seems the film didn't stop him becoming a homicidal maniac!

[Chrisbcritter]

5-17-70 on the lic. app. I have never seen this before

Did you also notice the kid's name was "Rex Carr"?

I saw the Disney "Dad..." episode when I was about ten, and lucked upon a VHS copy of it about ten years ago at a video store closeout sale. It's the complete version which must have been shorter originally; only way I could explain why the boy is played by a different actor in the scene with the '59 Caddy at the car wash (which is still in business, off the 101 in Burbank near the Disney studio).