Man that video goes good with Carl Perkins. gosh I wish it was that simple today. Or maybe it just seems that way. I have a massive craving for a four door Oldsmobile with white walls no hubcaps and a hopped up motor!
My boss is a woman ... my office is right across from hers ... and she totally busted me watching the video ... quickly reminded me about the company's new policy of "no more YouTube on the corporate network" ... but then stood behind me watching the remaining five minutes of the video ... unfortunately, she also read the above quote ... and promptly told me to "Get back to work!" BTW ... very cool video ... thanks for sharing!
I'm with you on that one.Far more simple and everybody got along.I think people are coming back around to that way of being.Let the good times roll.
[Quote Ryan: Was that not just a perfectly elegant example of where we all came from? Those are roots. Those guys built a foundation that has supported over a half century of horsepower… and we watched them do it in just 8 minutes. There is no way in hell your boss can make you do anything more productive than that. Promise.] Amen!
Thanks for sharing such an awesome video. it was well worth the time, ........... woulda loved it even more if i could have seen it in person........
I was nine yrs old then.... sure woulda loved to be there instead of on a tractor in the field (that was the year I started driving!!) Great cars... the Henry J/Allstate with no front metal! the mid-engine car, the truck cab rod (or was that a shortened sedan?) Anyway, great stuff.
Great video. The history of hot rodding in it's true form. I wish more people who are just getting into cars would watch videos like these, along with the guys who think they know everything. I think there'd be a lot more cars built that actually looked right.
Ryan, Thanks so much for posting. I believe my Grandfather was there with his dragster in 55, but I did not see him or it in the video (I have watched it 3 times now - it will be the best 24 minutes of my day for sure). I know he was there in 56 and 57 (Not sure if it moved to Cordova in 57 or 58). For more info on the dragster, see my signature below. Thanks again for posting such a cool video.
great piece of film. Thanks Ryan. Here is some of the official ATAA second annual "WORLD SERIES OF DRAG RACING" program. Should be noted, in that time period, there were ATAA, AHRA and NHRA sponsoring drag races. Some interesting names in the 1954 winners list. Names and addresses could lead to an interesting hunt.
I did not miss a minute of of the whole show, even slept in one of the hangers there at the airport. Crestliner and I plus a handful of others were lucky to live here and around this area ----yeah ,,it was a HOTBED of rodding and if you know where to seek out the real old farts it still lives ....
The last couple of years they have been having races at the airport again. It's in conjunction with an annual car show.
Great! Love it how they all hurry away as soon as they've got their trophys: ''Shit! It's that cop that pulled me the other day!''
Those are monstrously heavy Budd wheels on the green monster! I'd love to see that thing in person. What a ride!
Here's a link to the flier for the drags at the airport this year... http://www.classicpony.com/Showz_Cruisez/Flyers/7-19-09_Lawrenceville.jpg
Thanks for the memories , I was lucky enoff to be around in that time zone. We ran drags in Allentown PA. back in 55-56. Any of those cars could have been there.
Just got back from this years drags and car show at the old Lawrenceville airport. Not the same as it was in the 50's, but still a few cool cars. Had the opportunity to meet Larry McCoy with the red roadster below. Larry is from Vincennes In and was a participant at the events in Lawrenceville back in the 50's. Not the same car, but in his words the one he wanted back then....
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