o/t but which automotive personality would you make a movie about?

After seeing the promos about ''Worlds Fastest Indian'' I thought about all of the crazy people that would make a great movie. I don't know about you guy's but the one that I keep dreaming of but probably will never see is "Jungle Jim ". That guy did it all ! Hollywierd would never have the balls to make it right. They would probably dub over the screaming fuel motors with some stupid ricer motor noise. How about you guys, who would yours be about? Pool

 

Von Dutch and all of his kool new clothing lines that he just came out with.

Oh yea, and that great new energy drink.......

 

Yea, and maybe it could be 3-D so you could acually see him flick that booger he was picking in that picture at someone. Pool

 

THE NASTIEST TIMES OF OUR LIVES
Starring Linda Vaugn and Jungle Pam.
I would watch that!!!

 

Nads!

 

Plowboy and his magic torch!

 

Only if they could do a GOOD,accurate,job of it,

in no particular order:

Don Garlits
Smokey Yunick
Mickey Thompson
Art Arfons
Steve Kinser
Doug Wolfgang
Jan Opperman
Red Farmer
AJ Foyt
The Snake
Mongoose
Lil' John Buttera
John Force
John Lingenfelter
Von Dutch
Ed Roth
Ed Newton

Just to start with.

 

Norm Grabowski, Don Garlits, Tommy Ivo, Ed Roth, to name a few.

 

a lumped up De Niro plays Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Christopher Walken plays "Von Dutch".....building and striping in the late 50's and early 60's in L.A. with a "Brokeback Mountain" vibe and S&M overtones!

 

I think Mickey Thompson would have to top my list....you wanna talk about a guy that did it all.

Unfortunately there would be no happy ending.

 

Granville Grenfell.

 

Aint there a reality tv programme coming out called "Driving Forces" about the John Force family -call it "Osbournes on Nito" and talk of a movie of his life possibly?

 

HA HA HA No I got It!

bob BLEED!
No better yet! EVEL, A movie about a movie Maker!!!! ha ha ha

Seriously....Ummm, dunno? Harley Earl ??? Zoro Duntov?

 

G-e-r-m

 

A film on all aspects of Ed Roth's many lives.....
Von Dutch would feature prominently, and would be played by George Carlin.....or Don Rickles...

Eddie Hill or Tommy Ivo, among many, would make great documentary subjects.....

 

good list there.id maybe add:

the pettys, lee and richard...who gives a crap about kyle
sneaky pete robinson
marty robbins... yea i know hes a singer, but he also drove
curtis turner
the flock brothers
buddy and buck baker
tim richmond...tied for best driver ever IMO
sterling moss...tied for best driver ever IMO
the ramchargers
willy borscht
the surfers
and im sure im leaving somesone out.
given the trend in hollywood to make two movies of the same or similar stories/genre, id expect to see a movie about rollie free out soon.

 

...Boyd Coddington starring in BrokeBack Mountain II

 

T.V. Tommy Ivo. nobody that nice deserves to go to his grave without a movie made, or a medallion given out at mass.

 

Ak Miller for sure.
Jocko Johnson
Willy Borscht
Fireball Roberts
Curtis Turner
Joe Weatherley
Max Balchowsky

I'd also ike to see a documentary made on sports car racing from 1950-1960 before the information gap closes forever.

 

Linda Vaughn and Jungle Jane in a movie would be a Blockbuster but there isn't any current beautys in holywood that could play those two. Special effects just wouldn't be the same!

 

Bud Crayne.

 

Hmmmm, let's see now.... I think these guys would make for some pretty interesting film footage. In no particular order:

Bob Petersen,
Wally Parks,
the Summers brothers,
Don Garlits,
the Duesenberg brothers,
E. L. Cord,
Von Dutch (of course),
Ed Roth,
J. C. Agajanian,
Big John Mazmanian,
Zora-Arkus Duntov,
A. J. Foyt,
Linda Vaughn (simply the best spokes-person for racing-EVER),
Shirley (the "Dragon-Lady") Shahon,
Harry Armenius Miller,
Fred Offenhauser,
the Chevrolet brothers,
Smokey Yunick...
and the list could go on, but that's enoughfor now.

 

TV Tommy Ivo

 

I would like to see a documentary about E.J.Potter and the widow maker.Went to school with his son and the stories he told me....if half of them were true , it would rock . . . . swaZZie

 

We'll be at the local opening on "The World's Fastest Indian" Friday, a movie that took the time to get all the period correct vehicles. That is what makes or brakes a historical auto movie in my opinion. With that in mind a Don Garlits, Ed Roth, or Micky Tompson movie could be made. If you remove that Buick station wagon from Tommy Ivo's 4 engined Buick rail I'd go to see that movie too.

 

jeez, atleast Smokey Yunick finally made the list...

but i would go with Barney Oldfield, this guy defined an entire era and maybe an entire generation. His life was made for the screen!

 

Add Chet Herbert to the list.
Swede Savage.
Jimmy Shampine.

 

or

 

Dean Moon

 

Harry Miller
All the pioneer dry lakes racers
Ed Isky
Zora Arkus Duntov
Big Daddy Roth and Garlits
Henry Ford
Enzo Ferrari

Just off the top of my head.