Another midget racing movie from the 40's (1947) was the Abbott and Costello movie; "Buck Privates Come Home". Great old movie with some wild footage.I first saw this as a kid when I was about 5-6 years old. Left and indelible mark on me. A careful look at the cars in the workshop scene reveals a very nice track "T" on the far side of the workshop just before the fight scene starts.
I like Two Lane Blacktop..kind of like the good old days of drag racing for money on two lane roads. Also, like Heart Like a Wheel...a good drag race story about Cha Cha Shirely. "Wasn't anybody there except me and Little Skeet"
The short list of hot rods: Hot Rod (1950) Devil on Wheels Hot Rod Gang Dragstrip Girl Hot Rod Girl The Choppers Giant Gila Monster Teenage Thunder The short list of customs Running Wild T Bird Gang Hot Rod Rumble A Strange Adventure (40 Merc)
I´m looking for a TV serie with customs in it. The serie is made in the 80´s and the handling in the serie was about a private detectiv and a young boy in the 50´s ( Josh Brolin ) I think, he drove a chopped 50 mercury.
Anybody remember "Running Wild"? Popular 'B' actors co-starred with Mamie Van Doren & Keenan Wynn, AND the Hirohata Merc. The star (undercover cop) drove a famous Barris Merc also, a chopped convertible. Good solid 'B' car theft mystery. (1958?)
My top five, not in any order. (I kept it to 5, cuz there are so many) -Christine -Mad Max -American Graffiti -Death Race -Gone in 60 Seconds
Red line 7000, with howling 427 Ford Nascar engines and Junior Johnson at the wheel of a 63 or 64? Ford full size sedan flinging that sucker around a short track like it was the last lap at Daytona! Not to mention the line from the song " Wild Cat never had much time for the chicks, he was busy tuning up his carburetors and getting his kicks!" I thought it great fun when it was new and I was a kid and still do!
One not mentioned.... 'Highway to Hell' (1991) with a '40 Ford coupe as the hero's ride. Fun bit of fluff, but they do abuse that poor '40....
Not so much a hotrod movie but the original series of dark skies....plenty of 50/60s cars used in a science fiction series, it was out around the same time as crime story starring Dennis Farina.....well in the UK it was on around the same time
How about 3 really good recent car movies, "Deuce of Spades" "Love the Beast" and "Senna". All very GOOD shows ,
Crime Story was a great, if under-appreciated, series that often featured some interesting older cars. Like Dennis Farina's character's black Chrysler convertible.
One of the best car B-movies from the 1960's is called "Pit Stop". Producer & Directer Jack Hill learned to make movies with almost no assists and "Pit Stop" is in black & white and the cast did all the behind-the-camera crew work. There is an incredible amount of auto racing footage of Ascot Park Gardena from 1967. This movie has better racing scenes than most of the big-budget auto racing films of the 1960's.
No one know Hometown USA? Watched it several times a day as a toddler apparently! Sent from my SM-A300FU using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Bikini Beach, for the drag racing footage at Pomona. Fireball 500, for the same reasons, but turning left.
That show was called "Private Eye" starring Michael Woods with Josh Brolin as his young "protege". It was a good show with a decent story line and soundtrack.
I wasn't going to weigh in on this, but yesterday I watched Bad Boys II on Crackle and Will Smith and Martin Laurence are cruising around in the Buick Blackhawk show car made by GM that was a modern adaptation of a 1939 Buick. That is one good looking automobile. Another obscure car flick is "Johnny Dark" with Tony Curtis made in 1954. It's about a car race from Canada to Mexico and it shows all kinds of '50's era fibreglass kit car sports cars. I think Curtis drives a Woodill Wildfire. Saw it on Saturday matinees at the Capitol when I was a kid.
Here’s a good movie not as famous as the others mentioned “Deuce of Spades” Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Crime story, loved that show. really cant remember much about it other than the cars were bitchin. I was about 3rd or 4th grade when it was hot. Id like to see it again, see if its as cool as I remember
Hot Rod Girl Hot Rod 1950 Last American Hero American Graffiti The Choppers Hollywood Knights Pit Stop Highway to Hell Christine Personally I like watching all the old psa short fils on drag racing on the strips only and the Hot Rod Mag promotional videos on drag racing Bikini Beach Im sure there are more, most of these were probably already listed
Here's one for you all to watch on Xmas afternoon. Deuce Coupe [1992] If you don't mind subtitles underneath , you can watch it for free here Merry Xmas to you all
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