Motion Pictures Movie of the Week: Blonde Comet

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Movie of the Week: Blonde Comet

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Aaaahhh that was a 1/2 drive speed wrench with a 5/8 socket,,,,,, sorry I gave up at 7 minutes
Later I will jump to the 'good' stuff,,, liked the vintage racing footage, high speeds all out in the open, try that today,,,

Thanks

 

Ahhhhh, the 40s-50s B stuff doesn't have to be accurate to be good ......look at Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow.

 

I have a copy on tape, uploaded this short clip to YouTube a while back
The movie as a whole may be a little lacking but still worth watching for the historical cars

 

The early oval racing was footage from Southern Ascot Speedway. The Blonde Comet's car looks a lot like they used one of J.C. Agajanians early cars.

 

there are several shots with Auto Union cars
you can clearly see the Auto Union Type D #4 fly by in a few scenes

these images are from the net

 

I have this on DVD also. I have a few hot rod type movies that I watch A LOT, it's really not about the plot or acting as much as the cars and time frame (plus background) for me. Same reason I'm glued to Adam 12 when I get home from work .

 

Dumb question maybe but how much those cars [#4] weigh?

 

I have to watch this movie. Thanks.

 

I'll have to check it out . A side note on Barney's racing experiences : In 1933 Allis-Chalmers hired Barney Oldfield to drive a model U tractor to help promote rubber tires . He drove tractor No. 999 at a world record speed of 64.28 mph on Sept 17,1933 . The tractors raced on a flat oval track .