Motion Pictures Revisited: The Hot Rod Story by Alex Xydias

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Revisited: The Hot Rod Story by Alex Xydias

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Love it!
Ya had me at the still shot showing the Kenz and Leslie team circa 1957!

 

I've probably shown this 1964 flyer of Alex's movie before, but I'll show it again just cause.

Mick

 

Another great history lesssion, thanks for sharing it with us.

 

Great video. My uncle gave this to me when it was released on VHS,

 

Somewhere in my family is a VHS of this movie. I remember watching it over three decades ago.

 

Here is the full movie including an Ale** intro -

 

Learned some things about Don Waite that he never spoke about! When he worked at Western Gear he had access to the giant heat treating and metal normalization machines. Don told me he ran a few of his ch***is through the units.

 

Thanks for the link, will sit down & have a watch when I get a chance

 

If you liked the movie, you'll love the book SO-CAL SPEED SHOP by Mark Christensen. FYI, Alex's father, Anthony, was a Hollywood producer. Alex had some pretty good equipment and a lot of knowledge about movie making from an early age.