Truly the golden age of hot rodding. These guys were the real innovators.

@yamahaguy1732

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah back when tuning was more than clicking on a computer

I could just see myself back in the 60's and 70's. A hot Saturday night, the smell of burnt rubber and nitro, and the noise. Memories forever etched into the memory of this now 63 year old man. I'd give up the rest of my life to go back for just one of those Saturday nights when I was young. Thanks for the memories.

@jrsn2cars

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that heartfelt comment. I know exactly what you mean. Thanks so much for watching and commenting! John

@NH1969GOAT

5 жыл бұрын

You don't need to die yet. There is some crazy fast stuff out there still that you can afford to build and drive.

@plainwornout3964

5 жыл бұрын

@@NH1969GOAT Yeah, I know but this was about the birth of drag racing and the era.

@jonathanlawson4667

3 жыл бұрын

@@plainwornout3964 you're only as old as you want to be and there's still plenty of street racing drag cars that's affordable and fun I'll never stop racing it's in my blood and I'll do it till the day I die

@bartschwartz7217

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not the same as bulding what u could drive on the street and race on the track it’s purposely bulit or factory bulit mega dollars machines over1.000 hp

Back when you did something because you loved it.... not for the money! And you did it any way you could money or not!

Wow, I bet a lot of these cars are sitting in barns just waiting for someone to love them again

Awesome, A time to be remembered, I believe this to be the greatest era of Drag Racing.

66-67 Chevelle pulling a Anglia on a trailer, those were the days.

@markusantonio4866

3 жыл бұрын

Seeing cars, station wagons, pulling weighted trailers is rare or uncommon

@OldGriz708

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite racing photo is a shot of Bill Jenkins '67 Camaro on a trailer being pulled by a 2 door Pontiac Catalina.

Thank God i have the Playground of Power (BYRON ILLINOIS) in my backyard. I've been a witness to this lifestyle since 67 and still get to see it all summer long.😎 R.I.P. Mr. RON LEEK Race In Peace

Work all day then get home and work on the car. Race on Saturday night and make it to church on Sunday. Good times.

@walterfactor4617

4 жыл бұрын

Good ol days haul hay allday shower go to drags,whatever happen good clean life we once knew so sad they turn to drugs forgeting your roots

@jonathanlawson4667

3 жыл бұрын

@@walterfactor4617 drugs was just as bad then everything was hidden back then but today it's normalized by everyone and nobody has any hobbies these days it's just horrible I want to go back to the late eighties and early nineties myself

@noahdunaway

3 жыл бұрын

Mickey S. AS A NATION WE HAVE LOST OUR MORALITY.

@siervodedios5952

3 жыл бұрын

@@noahdunaway If we're being honest this nation was rotten and ungodly from the very beginning... It's just obvious now.

@noahdunaway

3 жыл бұрын

@@siervodedios5952 I DISAGREE, SURE IT WAS NOT PERFECT WHEN FORMED, BUT GOD BLESSED THIS NATION BECAUSE OF THE MANY BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS SERVING THE LORD AND TRYING TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. ALSO I BELIEVE WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS IN WHICH THE BIBLE SAYS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE BLINDED.

Some killer old footage and pictures thank you for the time and effort involved in making this video and sharing it with us

@jrsn2cars

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting, Lisa.

Great Times , back when a car had a good transmission in them for towing. Remember seeing a lot of that back when I was a kid. Union Grove , US 31 . Great video man.

@happydays8171

4 жыл бұрын

Union Grove, when Broadway Bob owned it. What a track!

Thank you. That was fully enjoyable. I kept forgetting to look at the trailers.

@josephtravers777

3 жыл бұрын

Back when folks had Crager S/S on the trailer! Good old days. :)

Remember so many of these cars from when I was a kid ❤

Best part of F/C in those days was you could tell one manufacturer from another,

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Cars were definitively distinguishable from one another. Now these cookie cutter clones all look alike. Like shit !

MAN I CAN SMELL THE FRENCH FRIES FRIED ONIONS HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS AT THE TRACK NOW. PLEASE TAKE ME BACK TO OLD DAYS WHEN THE ONLY THING THAT WAS IN A HURRY WAS YOUR CAR

I can vividly remember being allowed to sit in dad's Pro stock Mustang in the 70' while it was on the low loader ,going to or away from the strip and being rewarded for not sticking my head up above the window line with an ice cream at either end of the journey. I was around 7.

The good ole days of cheap high octane gas, and people weren't a bunch of dumb asses, and the big 3 were still puttin out quality automobiles! My dad was right when he told me that was the best time to live in!

We grew-up in the BEST of times. Joe Acock

3 жыл бұрын

We sure did brother. We sure did.

@fastchevyz2876

3 жыл бұрын

Damn right Bob mcdickbigger

Grand Spaulding Dodge in Chicago are the ones who started stuffing big blocks into everything they sold. All you had to do was walk in and pay for it. Mr. Norm knew what people wanted and Mopar took the hint.

My uncle bumper pulled a 55tbird gasser for 15 years to Englishtown NJ

Pulled those trailers and drove those haulers with drum brakes!

@callumdonington2227

3 жыл бұрын

And alot of the time not even power assist.

@thegreatbamboozler4837

3 жыл бұрын

Hey....that's all we had back then...

the good, old days. Memories in the past. Hearts, in our soul. thanks. love it. Mike.

In the early to mid 60's my dad had 30's something dodge coupe with later model hemi, they drug it to the track with a 54 Chevy pickup, using a tow bar one night on the way home they blew radiator hose on the pickup my uncle drove the pickup my dad fired up the race car (hemi with straight pipes coming out from under doors) pushed the pick back in to oklshoma city at 3 o clock in the morning, lol I'm sure the neighbors where happy!

@jasonbrown7258

3 жыл бұрын

Robert Choate. That's sweet. Now days all your shit would get impounded arrested and stuck with a huge fine and a suspended license.

Big rigs, enclosed trailers, !!! yeah the rich outfits do but the small guy is still useing the old fashioned trailer but a little more high tech now than of old,+ theres still the kick of having an open trailer & people admiring your car as they go by giving you the thumbs up.Ime now 73 & decide to call it a day after years of pushing cars down the fire up road & this video brings back all the 'fun' days, early mornings,bruised knuckles, forgetting that one needed item.but great racing, thanks for this compilation.

Great video , what memories this brings back. Kelly Chadwicks wife was the librarian at my elementary school. Great people.

I remember reading an article about the man who painted the original A.C. Cobra prototype for Carroll Shelby. He said they came to pick up the car and take it cross country with a trailer he said that he wouldn't carry the car across town on. People just didn't worry as much then about the looks of the things.

Towed my 57 Chevy with a tow bar, hell even raced the tow truck.

great video...really appreciate the time and effort you put into it ....remembering going to lion drag way on Sundays sitting on the fence after church watching them run

When there wer no saftey rules today but people drove more safely in 60s-70s than they do today

@jonathanlawson4667

3 жыл бұрын

It was safer because the cars was definitely slower and built a whole lot tougher

@bigredc222

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanlawson4667 You guys are looking through rose-colored glasses, the roads are safer than they've ever been percentage-wise. The 60s and 70s were when accidents were at their worst. Here's a chart if you're curious. injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-and-rates/

@russdavis1960

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigredc222 This may be all well and true BUT, today's drivers seem to have a self centered mentality and have no respect for others on the road. Along with distracted driving playing a factor.... i.e. cell phones, info-tainment center in the dash, etc. Turn signals and dimmer switches I THINK have become an option on vehicles built the past 20 years or so..... Sure the cars of today MAY be safer in regards to 'deaths' but I wonder how a lot of accident participants would fare IF none of the safety equipment, i.e. air bags, anti-lock brakes, skid control, traction control, collision avoidance systems etc. were on the vehicles?? It is of my opinion we are simply protecting the incapable people which don't ACTUALLY KNOW how to drive and are simply plopping into a vehicle to commute. Unfortunately actual drivers share the roads with these 'commuters' and have to drive for them also to AVOID getting into an accident.

@bigredc222

3 жыл бұрын

@@russdavis1960 Looking at it that way, I agree with you 100%.

Amazing! Look at all of the tiny details like paint, the old bias tires, the trucks, the homemade trailers, the full size cars with steel bumpers and hitches. But that real AC Cobra had me gasping NO FRIGGN WAY!!!

Great video. way before my time, however; I would rather have a 60's straight axle car than anything built by today's standards. one that really caught my eye was a B/Gas 56 Chevy with a 427 Ford Wedge motor in it. Love how it used to be, any combination to go faster! Thanks Again

Thanks for the video. It brought back memories of a lot of names and great times.

TV Tommy Ivo said back in the 1970s , closed trailers will ruin racing. I remember Dad following the haulers to find the track.

Man I love those old cars sure brings back some good memories!

" Took my Cobra down to the track, hitched to the back of my Cadillac"

Great video, Impala, Galaxies , Newports all kinds of drag cars and tow cars. Open trailers dear God this brings back a ton of memories Thank You. God bless

GREAT VIDEO....BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF MY OLD DRAG RACIN' DAYS.

Great video. I worked at ETown in the late 60's and early 70's. This brings back lots of good memories and good times. TFS

This is excellent!

In 1973 a friend and I went to the Gatornationals. This when everybody had crew cab dually and Chaparelle trailers. Walking around the pit area everybody wondered where's Garlits. Pretty soon here came a older black Dodge pickup pulling an open trailer with a tire rack on it. That was his transporter. If it didn't make it go fast, he didn't need it.

TY for posting this Big Smile 😊. That era was THE BEST; it had everything, and at a much less hobbiest price. Styling, authenticity, gear snatching, uniqueness unsurpassed. U could even tell the car manufacturer from the whine and sound of the transmission, engine, and carburetor. Classic Gear jammers n VA and Carolinas r the quintessential modern day history trip.

haul em up strap em down and on to the next town = i was a rock in roll roadie and went into cars and meetings great life if your single = great video thank you .

In the old days we spent our money to make the car go faster. You scrimped and saved to do your best with what you had at the time. Nowadays everyone thinks they are a pro team with enclosed trailers pulled by air-conditioned rvs! Wimps

Something you guys left out completely is the many racers who "flat towed" or tow bar. Lots of single axle trailers back then, and the ramp trucks you showed here were the top of the heap

Man did I enjoy this video. Brings back the great days when simple was Boss. Riding to an event, sleeping under the trailer in a sleeping bag, brushing your teeth and rinsing with Boons Farm Wine. Eating breakfast on a Coleman stove with eggs and hot dogs, anything to get you by. Thank God I lived and made it through those wonderful times. These days were the foundation of Americana. The young today will never experience the friend and fellowships of the 60's.

@jrsn2cars

6 жыл бұрын

I couldn't have said it bettter, Robert. Yes, we were very fortunate to have grown up during those days. Thanks so much for watching and commenting! John

@randyowens2717

5 жыл бұрын

Love it!

I used to ride in the race car on the open trailer. My uncle was so cool to take me racing with him.

@terriecotham1567

4 жыл бұрын

Cool uncle things like that can do so much for a kid. Good clean fun.

Going to local races today you still see bracket racers running open deck trailers, even a couple single axle setups, and occasional ramp truck or roll back tow truck. At test & tunes you often see daily drivers driven to the track, sometimes they do a tire change. Many are moving to the enclosed trailers and RVs or even larger setups. Toterhomes, stackers etc... Times change so does the equipment. Considering building a ramp truck for my car...

51 people are wimps. Thank you for your time and effort !!!!

Thanks for the video view, I'm riding in the back seat when working with Eddie in '69, this looks like it might have been Indy in '69. In the front seat was Alan Gillis the mechanic and Lynette's brother John...FS

Great to see John Hagen's 'Cuda. I can just imagine seeing in the late 1970s into the 1980s, John, along with Greg Anderson, getting the race cars ready behind Hamline Hardware in St. Paul, Minnesota.

wow the old sox and martin, brings back wonderful child hood memories, thanx

Hell, these were the big boys. We used to drop the driveshaft, take the slicks off and flat tow my dad's E/MP 55 Nomad everywhere.

Holy cow, that brought back memories. Those guys had trucks and trailers, almost everybody that went to the little eighth mile strip we went to in Kahoka, Mo. flat towed with a towbar. The main highway at that time went right through Wayland, Mo. and made several 90 degree turns and the cars we were towing would not straighten back out of the turn and somebody would have to jump out and straighten the steering wheel up. Thanks man.

Great footage and historic shots! I love this era of drag racing.

Nice memories, thanks for sharing.

In my opinion, the Crager SS is the best-looking wheel ever, and it still holds up.

Outstanding John...thanks for bringing back some great memories!

@jrsn2cars

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Dave, and thanks for keeping those memories alive with that sweet Galaxie of yours! John

What a fantastic video! I thank God for those memories... as a kid going with my brother hauling his '62 vette to Norwalk Dragway (now Summit Raceway) & Dragway 42. And God bless you for keeping such memories alive with videos like this!!

I enjoy seeing the vintage Drag car's great video 😀

PRICELESS FOOTAGE! Note that many of the tow vehicles were passenger cars, station wagons,etc. Also, I noted that many of the long WB. racers barely fit on the very short pick-ups.

Great images! There were some great "gets" of famous cars; Dyno Don, Mr Norm's Grand Spaulding Dodge, Sox & Martin, Dick Landy, and Grumpy Jenkins Camaro. They were having too good a time to know they were miserable hauling on open trailers!

It was about racing not showing off. Nowadays it's like everyone has to have an NHRA top fuel rigs to haul their cars everywhere.

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

Great Video! Thanks, John!

Seeing these old cars and trucks is truly amazing and inspiring! I own a 1965 mercury m700 truck that I’ve been wanting to make into a old school race car hauler! Hopefully I can get the project underway soon

Makes you wonder what happened to all those beautiful cars Hope there still around

A truckers dream. A video of nothing but Trailer Queens. In the late 70's my dad did antique car showing. He was so proud of a trailer that he built and had custom striped. He sold it to a friend who had a construction company. The fellow who bought it sent an employee after the equipment trailer to haul a 450 Case dozer. As you can guess the Nimrodd loaded the dozer onto the car hauler.

A simpler time for sure and a lot more fun for sure. I was there.

Great footage. Bring back memories of my youth. Thanks.

You should see people’s reaction now days, my friend put his fastback Mustang dragcar on an open trailer. They were stopping on the sidewalks and in awe cause you just don’t see that anymore.

I know a guy that used to drive his car to the track.

@ogre350

3 жыл бұрын

My uncle did that once with his 442. He said he won 2 races but had to limp it home on 6 cylinders

So many great cars =) Thanks!

great video!!!

Amazing how money, sponsors, and selection changes a really nice sport. As fun to look back and watch your video, it is already showing the signs of the aforementioned in how it was already changing. It is easy for me to look back and see those that drove their competition and those that pulled them by tow, and the exquisite that had the luxury of trailer, all headed to the strip. What was once a poor man's sport has certainly evolved. Back in the day, we actually used junkyard parts to revitalize worn out parts and honestly won money by doing so. (LOTSA NEW "TOTALED CARS" TO CHOOSE FROM)....LOL. It was very tough to by new parts UNLESS, ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. Anyway, THANKS FOR SHARING

I LOVE the music soundtrack!.. I wish I knew who it was?

@jrsn2cars

7 жыл бұрын

I recorded the soundtrack myself in my home studio, playing all the instruments myself. The songs are "Expressway to Your Heart" by The Soul Survivors" and "Things I could Be" by the James Gang. I'm glad you like it! Thanks for watching and commenting! John

We flat towed most of ours. Even the fast ones.

What a super fun video... Thanks!

Great video ! All Hail the Ramp Trucks!

Geez, the weekends we spent at Martin 131 in 65, 66 & 67....what a great time.......

I enjoyed seeing the painted lettering and pix on the cars too. I have done a little of that myself.

Fun to watch and a decent soundtrack !!!!

Brings back good memories.

Thanks for the reply....I love this video and the music. I've shared with all of my car and music buddies!!!!! I've subscribed and have dug your other work too. It brings me back to a great time in my life and I can't express how mu ch I appreciate your efforts. Kudos to you......thrilled I found your channel!!!

That rig and set up @ 2:07 is just badass :)

Always enjoy watching this vid!!!! 👍👍👍👍

Saw a car with Bo Laws Automotive, They rebuilt a 350 for my Dad's Chevelle back in the 80's. I remember seeing it sitting next to a huge drag engine and thinking how small it was.

I just love seeing stuff like this! Thanks for the upload! Eres El mejor!

Thanks for all of the great vids. Nice work

@jrsn2cars

8 жыл бұрын

+Kurtis Lee I'm glad you enjoyed them and I really appreciate you watching and commenting! John

From the time when sex was safe and cars were dangerous. Love it!

Back in the 70s when my Dad was running a front engine dragster, he had a trailer specific to that car. It was narrow and had wells where the rear tires would drop in- then just run a strap over each slick. Pretty easy to use.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, John. I had a tow bar...always dreamed of a trailer. Ha! Thanks for this great piece of racing history. The Soul Survivors would be proud of your version of their great hit "Expressway to Your Heart"...loved it! Jim

@jrsn2cars

9 жыл бұрын

I have a picture of your car with the tow bar attached! I should have included that picture! I did use some of your great photos from the '69 Nationals. Hope you don't mind. Thanks for watching! John

@copperheadkid54

9 жыл бұрын

John Camfferman Can you send me a link to the picture of Grumpy's Toy IV on the trailer. He is running it in B/G with the '67 front end and this is one of the best pics of it with the window decals. I have a tribute car of this and changing it to the B/G and want to place the decals correctly. Thanks!

@jrsn2cars

9 жыл бұрын

Ed Eichelberger If you give me an email address, I'll send you a copy.

@copperheadkid54

9 жыл бұрын

John Camfferman Thanks John! 1969nfc@gmail.com

When I was sixteen I sat behind the wheel of a D gasser many times being flat towed to a track about 45 miles one way.

Build me a time machine so I can go home 🇺🇸

Here around Grapevine Tx. Around 1968 Dirt trackers which was my father's family side used Tow bars drug them behind car or pickups couldn't afford trailer's till later on. My mother's side drag racers Drove their cars there to tracks. The Vances were very well know around Yellow Belly speed way near Dallas Tx. Later on trailering as laws changed and their cars got more radical Like their 1957 Little Red Riding Hood Corvette which Gene Vance rode willie's all the way down the track with at start no willie bars lol

My Dad Towed his 1940 Chevy Coupe AA/Gasser across country with a tow bar. He didn’t have a trailer.

This is an awesome video!

I remember my dad had these "handy man" encyclopidias mostly about home improvement but one of them was how to build a dragster and hauler

This sh!t brings memories.

Beautiful cars love my Ford Fairlane 500 1967 baby

Love it! Good choice of music 🎶

This is one Great video! I own and am currently restoring the Dick Landy Hauler shown in the vid and this is the first time i've seen footage of it moving!

@longrifle.

6 жыл бұрын

Tom Yeager cudos for saving some classic iron, especially one with some unique history as yours! Best of luck on your resto! I would most certainly take that baby back home to the track.

@lisaarmstrong5461

6 жыл бұрын

Tom Yeager I would love to see how it turned out there should be more people like you. I hope you still have it and enjoy it, or at least took it to Barrett -Jackson or Mecum and got some awesome amount of money for it.

@tombishop2222

6 жыл бұрын

Tom Yeager oh

@ridewithgnr2116

5 жыл бұрын

Very cool project. Nice to see some appreciation for the overall history of racing,... not just the cars themselves.

@brettkavanaugh9448

4 жыл бұрын

How’s the restore going?