Ok American Graffitti & Hollywood Knight what else

52 miles to terror.

 

I may take some flack for this, but here goes, when the orange judge rolls through the lot in dazed and confused, with aerosmith playing in the background, classic americana right there fellas. They beat the tar out of a mean black c-10 in that movie too. Cool. Dont give me no crap, i love bullit too, but i didnt see any duece coupes in it.

 

Dazed and Confused is in my top 5.

 

This is a great thread. It always amazes me how much these movies mean to people, myself included. It is hard to find a subject in movie-world that people are so passionate about..decade after decade.

At the moment, I'm working on a script for my book, "The Last Rock and Roll Show," which is just as much a hot rod book as it is a book about 1950's rock and roll.
I released the novel at the 50th Anniversary of The Winter Dance Party in Clear Lake, Iowa, last month. The tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper at The Surf Ballroom was one of the finest I've ever seen.

Although not a movie yet, in about six months I'll throw my hat into the ring with a "Hot Rod related movie script" as mentioned in the first post.

In my opinion, among all the great movies mentioned in this thread, AG is still the gold standard.

 

Hot Rod girl, hot rod gang, the lively set, all cheesy but cool for what they are i think the lively set is the corniest of the 3.

 

Who cares Pamela Tiffin was in it.damn she was/is hot

 

Oh my god she was so hot man. What a babe what a bitchin babe

 

Not a hot rod movie but i love "Used Cars".

 

Here is another one, Corvette Summer. A product of 70's customizing, in the mid 80's one of the two cars built for the movie ( the first one) found its way to Australia.

The car was shown several times before a transporting accidient (no major damage) and was sold on to a new owner. Who used it as a promotional tool for his performance car yard.

I was asked to quote on a new candy paint job, but on inspection refused.
Telling the owner it needed more than paint.

He took my advice and it underwent a total rebuild to show quality, a long way from what it was built for in the movie.

 

man! with your history in movie cars, custom body work and custom accessories you are like the barris of Australia.

 

Barris of Australia!

Not me

Paul Bennett did paint and final assembly, after i had rebuilt or re-made almost everything on it.

 

I remember that movie. That! was the name. Dana Andrews was the pappy in it.

 

I agree....

 

There's a 1959 "teen" movie called "Girls Town" Mel Torme and Mamie Van Doren is in it. It has some pretty good car stuff in it and a race between a rod and a brit sports car down the LA canals

 

FUNNY f'king movie. Superb !!!

 

Camaro crash car in Vanishing Point? Kowalski was driving a Challenger wasn't he?, did I miss something here ?

 

it was just a beater used camaro and not a new challanger.......studio was lookin at the bottom like,why waste a new car when it cant be seen that easy

 

Moonshine Highway is one of my all time favorites. It is a hard one to find, it was a Showtime movie from the 90's. Also there is one called the Bootleggers from the 60's or 70's. It is pretty good too.

 

good ones

 

Girla town ..good movie triumph vs 34 ford

 

a couple more

 

Don't know if anyone mentioned "Invasion of the Saucer Men". Funny flick and Hot Rods to the rescue. Also, no hot rods but I watch the movie "Drive-In" at least once a year along with AG and Hollywood Knights. I saw "Thunder Road" at the movies when I was 11 or 12 and thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Robert Mitchum was the "King of Cool" as far as I was concerned.

 

these are pics from the lakeland dragstrip that was here in memphis. they dozed it last summer. this is the strip from two lane blacktop

 

Too many posts to remember if this was mentioned, but I'll throw in "THE WILD RIDE" which was actually Jack Nicholson's eighth movie...........

 

OK....who said they don't make B Hot Rod movies anymore...........the cars are very cool.....

 

i hope that sign is on someones garage wall, and not in a dumpster..

 

How about Moonshine Hiway? It's about moonshiners. The lead guy,Muldoon, drives a 53-54 Lincoln. Pretty good flick. Better driving scenes than Thunder Road. Especially when the sheriff blows up the 50 Merc.

 

how about Grease ?

 

Fireball 500
The Choppers

 

How can you not list "Rebel without a Cause " James Dean.
and maybe OT "THE WILD ONE " Brando .