A neat little video...................

[Sumner]

Hooley sent me the link to this video.  I'm sure some of you will like it.  A ways in is footage of Carlsbad.

http://objflicks.com/CarsWeDrove.htm

c ya,

Sum

[fredvance]

Hey what a great video!! We grew up in some great times. I remember anxiously awaiting the Bonneville coverage in the hot rod magazines.

[isiahstites]

Hooley sent me the link to this video.  I'm sure some of you will like it.  A ways in is footage of Carlsbad.

http://objflicks.com/CarsWeDrove.htm

c ya,

Sum

Great video Sumner!

Unfortunatley Carlsbad Raceway is no longer. I use to go there in my teens and watch the drag races, it was like ten bucks to get in and we would watch the grudge matches all day.

I work in San Marcos a town that borders Carlsbad and often have to drive by what use to be the old raceway which is no an industrial park full of big buisness.

Scott

[Peter Jack]

Man, does that ever bring back memories!

Pete

[rockstar]

Great video Sum.
Does any one know whether any of those old Hot Rod movies made it onto DVD if so who i can get them from?

David.

[thrust39]

Hey Wow what a cool video.
It's such a shame there is not more of a rodding/custom scene here in the UK. All we see mostly are the boy racers in their souped up hatchbacks. They look ugly and stupid and each one would fit into the trunk of say a Cadillac or Buick!!! Admittedly there have never been a glut of large cars here that would lend themselves to the cause much better. Anyway enough waffling - thanks again for the video.

[Milwaukee Midget]

I absolutely adore the Virgil Exner Mopar detail shots in this vid.  Thanks for sharing it, Sum!

[Milwaukee Midget]

All we see mostly are the boy racers in their souped up hatchbacks. They look ugly and stupid and each one would fit into the trunk of say a Cadillac or Buick!!!

Hey, thrust39 -

Don't be so hard on the kids - they're working with what they have to work with - just like we all did.

Hotrodding starts with what one has available, and it's the resources and ingenuity of the owner that makes it cool in the eyes of the owner.  Twenty-five years from now, it might well be the bitchin' '98 Civic with the "NOS" aftermarket chip, "vintage" garbage-can exhaust and 22" spinners that wins the prize at the Goodguys event. 

That's what's great about hotrodding - it always changes just enough to remain the same. Highboys with flat heads and Buicks with lake pipes are, in spirit, not all that different from Corollas with turbos or lowered Volvos with rubber-band tires.  In their own way, they represent the personality and resources of their builders. 

Cheers from an American hotrodder with a pommy car obsession!

[Beairsto Racing]

That was an excellent slide show. Thanks for sharing!
-Scott

[Uncle Jimbo]

Thanks for sharing that fun video. My favorate spot was the "BigBoy Drive in hamburger joint. Thats where most of the evenings street races were negotiated. You'd know when something was up when all of a sudden half the cars in the lot left together. 

Uncle Jimbo