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  1. ol48
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  2. Thunder Road, followed by The Untouchables on TV
     
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  3. topher5150
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    Almost forgot this one where Huey, Luey, and Dewy trick Donald Duck into gassing up their jalopy

     
  4. duecesteve
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    Burt Reynolds in White Lightning has always been a great movie and AG,Bullit, Hollywood Knights was great ,HotRod, California Kid as Well,
     
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  5. kls50
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    Anyone remember Dirty Harry Crazy Mary? Peter Fonda driving a Mopar. All I remember is they bought the farm at the end of the movie. I think I was ten years old.
     
  6. Rand Man
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    “Loving You”. Elvis.
     
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  7. nochop
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    Not a movie, but munsters comes to mind
     
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  8. Whats the movie where the kid was trying to impress a girl, leans over the engine compartment of running car acting to work on it and the fan belt rips his shirt off?
    Timothy
     
  9. Adriatic Machine
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    Book Of Love.


     
  10. BuckeyeBuicks
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    A few early TV shows that had hot rods in them, 77 Sunset Strip etc., but when I saw Thunder Road there was no looking back, been a "ruined" Hot Rod Hooligan ever since!!
     
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  11. Frenchie  1
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    I was in probably 3rd grade, my parents and I were at one of their friends houses to watch some old car movies. I remember them telling me to pick any movie out except for two lane blacktop because it’s way to slow. naturally I picked and loaded 2 lane blacktop and there I was bored as hell hating my decision but not willing to admit it. Then the obvious American graffiti created an obsession with that 55.
     
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    My Dad is a car guy (muscle cars) as is my whole immediate family (well, mom reluctantly comes along for the ride).... Back in the '80s and '90s he had Hollywood Knights, American Graffiti, and we found him a difficult to find at the time Two Lane Blacktop, all on VHS. Watching those with him and hitting indoor car shows was my first introduction into H.A.M.B. style. Would've been nothing but muscle machines and pickups otherwise.
     
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  13. I was instantly hooked once the 34 came on screen of The California Kid. I had seen American Graffiti before hand and liked the 55 and 58 Chevy's, but seeing that 34 grille, chopped top and the flames, I was hooked. That car was just wicked looking and pretty much cemented me wanting a 33/34 Ford coupe over any 32.
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  14. dana barlow
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    1. Y-blocks

    Brun'm up Barns*,then 77 Sunset Strip/Norm's Rod
     
  15. theHIGHLANDER
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    Believe it or not, "The Great Race" Leslie Special was right near the beginning, but along came Bullitt, and then 2 Lane Blacktop. Seasoned with "Hot Rod Herman", that stupid "Hot Rods To Hell" movie, all the while having the real deal for a Dad who raced ovals and always had a hot rod truck. Ok u pricks, yer making me nostalgic and sentimental...
     
  16. The Great Race was a good one! "Hit the button, Max!"
     
  17. lostn51
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    Mine are pretty easy to pick from…. Hollywood Knights was what my high school cruising days were like almost verbatim, then Vanishing Point, American Graffiti, Hot Rod, and not a movie but The Dukes of Hazzard.
     
  18. Running Wild with the Hirohata and Freddy Rowe Mercs.
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    I liked the Freddy Rowe Merc so much I built this one
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  19. MaksItaly
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    I watched it too and I liked the first parts. Over time, Fast and Furious began to fade before our eyes and turned from racing into a blockbuster. I think this is a minus of this film.
     
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  20. jeepster
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    Hot Wheels was probably the biggest influence, followed by AG and a made for tv movie called Outrage starring Robert Culp. A group of teenagers terrorize their sleepy neighborhood. A couple of o/t muscle cars and what I thought to be a pretty cool nomad.
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  21. Squablow
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    The first movie I ever saw in a theater was Back to the Future, I was 5. Today there's a ton of interest in DeLoreans and even early Toyota 4x4s but I personally would love a clone of Biff's 46 Ford convertible.

    They don't show the engine in the movie but I like to think there was a built flathead in there.
     
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  22. Adriatic Machine
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    Believe it or not, The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix has a lot of up close nut&bolt stuff. It’s a stop motion film I watched when I was a kid and it got me fascinated with the technicalities of motorized vehicles.

     
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