Finally, somebody covering a topic about Yugoslavia that isn't overly political and focused on war. The phantom is one of the more interesting stories from that period, an urban legend that was also real

@nepoznataosoba4966

Жыл бұрын

Pozz iz Sarajeva✌

@binaryruffian7538

Жыл бұрын

You can tell Fangio is a low quality individual

@gerarddip

Жыл бұрын

Tbh not much else goes on here…

@nunomc2815

Жыл бұрын

At the end, this is all about politics and the former Yugoslavian regimen....

@syroboi3524

Жыл бұрын

@@binaryruffian7538 he’s a cop. Over here it’s normal

This guys sounds like an NFS protagonist especially with the whole thrill seeking and the signature car akin to the BMW M3 from Most Wanted

@nokia6481

Жыл бұрын

NFS Heat IRL -cops do nothing during the day -no one can catch him during the night -ancient 911 Porsche main

@L30GH05TDUD3

Жыл бұрын

@@nokia6481 nah this is more like NFS Most Wanted. Literally the entire police was called upon this guy, something that Cross does to the player at the end of the story. But regardless, this man must’ve a legend and an icon for many Yugoslavs and is still a legend amongst the car community as well. Whether his intentions was for sending a message for the people or he just did it for fun, he gave an unique message, and a message usually only people amongst the car community will understand: Driving through the limits gives a sense of freedom and euphoria. It’s like a sort of addictive drug that once you feel it for the first time, you want more of it. I guess it’s true what they say: “Adrenaline is a helluva drug”

@Shakedown600

Жыл бұрын

Before Gran Turismo, Most Wanted was my favorite video game

@NEEDbacon

11 ай бұрын

As a fan of the TXR series, which has a reference final boss, I'd absolutely ADORE a Belgrade phantom reference. A complete monster vaguely resembling a production car. Would be better then reusing the M3 for the dozen time.

When the public protect you, and cover you, you know your a hero

My dad was a teenager in Belgrade when this was going on, and was at Slavija the night that the Phantom crashed. He's told me the story of this dude many times throughout my childhood. It's so cool to see this on a non-domestic/non-Serbian YT channel! :)

@ikaros4203

Жыл бұрын

that's really cool. are there any interesting details from your dad's perspective/story version?

@victormurcia5845

Жыл бұрын

@@ikaros4203 damn nice question u hsould be a jurnalist

@PetarVN

Жыл бұрын

@@ikaros4203 the only thing I recall him mentioning is that they blocked the entrance he took to get into slavija with a bulldozer of some kind, but otherwise the video's account is on point

@Dejan_Stankovic_007

Жыл бұрын

I was there! Ja sam bio tamo na licu mesta! Pozdrav ode starog beogradjanina 🙂

@PetarVN

Жыл бұрын

@@Dejan_Stankovic_007 haha pozdrav od dosta mlađeg Beograđanina 😀

My dad and his friends used to go to Slavija square and watch him play with the Belgrade police department. He said that it was laughable how bad BPD was and how great that Porche looked while drifting around the square.

Your Serbian friends did well in instructing you, the pronunciation of local names was spot on. I had no idea something like this happened in Yugoslavia 40 years ago - thanks for the well-produced documentary!

@HuntersMoon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Boris! I'm sure I still made plenty of mistakes - I couldn't believe it when I read "The Zastava 750 is widely known by its nickname "Fića" (Фићa) in Serbian, "Fićo" in Bosnian and Croatian, by "Fičo" or "Fičko" in Slovene and by "Fikjo" (Фиќо) in Macedonian" haha

@f1lip797

Жыл бұрын

@@HuntersMoon you learn something new every day haha. but do you know why is that?

@dbb7_

Жыл бұрын

@@f1lip797 do you? i’m actually curious

@MostWanted053

Жыл бұрын

Druze ljudi film napravili gdje ti zivis??

@f1lip797

Жыл бұрын

@@dbb7_ yeah. its because they had similar parts as fiat 500 so it looked like it.

As a car guy born and raised here in Belgrade, this has always been one of my favourite stories from my city This video was very well made, and your pronounciations of our car brands and words are very good :)

@stanley1554

Жыл бұрын

Good, yes, I will definitely agree. He absolutely put in far more effort than most people do to pronounce the words properly however I was a little bit disappointed with his pronunciation of the word "key" he pronounced it like "gluch' and it is more like "klutche" , other than that everything was excellent and I even feel like a jurk pointing that out haha

@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy

Жыл бұрын

@@stanley1554 It's hard because many don't have ''lj'' and similar letters. However I LMAO so hard at the very start when I heard Zeroslavia. Which is ironically correct for the country since it banned original Slavic (Orthodox) and went with the Vatican's vabrications support of creating fake nations while in the big picture presenting them in a joint political brotherhood (brastvo jedinstvo), which worked only on paper. The revived attacks of Vatican's nazis, the wars they made killing off and chasing away native Serbs spoke for itself. Serbia was the native successor and ruler after WW2 but behind the scenes it was cuckolded by nazies and Tito being just one of many others these parasitic entities. The albanian and croat nazis couldn't wait to jump into another war and continue where they stopped in WW2. The Balkan wars was basically WW3 since Serbia was attacked by half of the world all being under the Vatican's umbrella of operations aka NATO.

@susye2264

Жыл бұрын

I am also a massive car guy and probably a future collector from Belgrade. I live in Rakovica, Vidikovac. Pozdrav !

@Flint-Dibble-the-Don

11 ай бұрын

​@@stanley1554we pointing out mistakes *Jerk*

Hi Hunter’s moon, I have a little bit of a recommendation for you. There is a very infamous lotus Carlton in the Uk with the nameplate of 40RA. It sounds like you could do a great story on it.

@liamdownes

Жыл бұрын

please i love these car stories

@austinarnold34

Жыл бұрын

Holy shit yes, this car is legendary

@bas133

Жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes!! This story is perfect for your channel

@HuntersMoon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll add it to the list!

@afilleduptaco

Жыл бұрын

@@HuntersMoon great! Thank you

This story is incredible, it sounds like something straight out of fiction, which is what makes that fact that it happened that extra bit cooler.

i always never liked Porsches because only rich or people who want to show off drive them. After hearing stories like midnight wangan porsche or this belgrade porshce or the 917 porsche or the RUF CTR a small flame of love for porsche began in me. bring stories like these more & more

@DearTony1005

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I felt the same way.

@eliaboschiero9482

Жыл бұрын

Porsches are the cheapest supercars you can buy

@haydendenzell680

Жыл бұрын

@@eliaboschiero9482 But cheap in a good way with there great handling and performance

@haydendenzell680

Жыл бұрын

I mean same goes with every other super car like Lamborghini, Ferrari, and etc, not everyone who drives them just drive em to only show off, a lot of people who owns these supercars and that are actually car enthusiasts drive them for purely thrill and joy but I’m glad hearing all these stories is making u change your perception on Porsche’s

@commandergeokam2868

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget their racing stories as well

I got chills down my spine when I saw that you made a video about this legendary topic that only us that live here know. It's really a well known history happening that every citizen knew about and knows to this day. Sincerely, thank you for making this.

Such a Chad rest in peace and maybe still driving in the heaven

One of main reasons for lack of western cars (and sports cars especially) in Yugoslavia, were exorbitant custom and import fees implemented to save local car production (hence police cars with 50 or 60 HP because ALL cars had roughly same power). Import duties and fees were as high as 110% of cars original MSRP in western Europe, and there was also strict regulation of foreign currencies transactions. There were faster or better equipped cars in Yugoslavia for task of hunting down phantom, but they were in military use as escort vehicles for Tito's trips (not to mention embarassment of Police for Military doing their work)

@JorgeChavez-du5vm

Жыл бұрын

Lol goddamn what did the government have?

What a fascinating story. This is like a real life version of the cult movie Vanishing Point. Awesome work!

I was a kid in BG when this was going on .. I remember it vividly. Dude was a legend! 🍻

If you want some more stories from behind the iron curtain check out Marin Dumitrescu, Romanian motorsport driver, engineer, race car builder etc. Dude raced a BMW 328 in the post WW2 years and accrued a great many victories in hillclimb and autocross races. There's even a very recent documentary on him, as he only passed away last year at the venerable age of 102.

@HuntersMoon

Жыл бұрын

That sounds really interesting, I'll be sure to check it out! Thanks for the suggestion!

@TheWinterburne

Жыл бұрын

Yugoslavia was never behind the iron curtain though

@pomorackotor

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWinterburne 1985 I was 2x in USA and I was born 1982. Italy many times, east Europeans could dream of it. Yugoslavia was good country

@magnusarpi204

Жыл бұрын

@@HuntersMoon Make a video on him!

@eeelorde9962

10 ай бұрын

Holy shit im romanian i didnt kown about him!!!!

That porsche was in my city Belgrade. The man phantom was later killed by Yugoslavias secret service. The porsche was restored and its still driving on Serbian roads at night

@markojanjic7341

Жыл бұрын

Zar je Porše još uvijek u Srbiji? Ja sam mislio da su ga izvezli negdje vani poslije ovoga i da mu se gubi trag.

@prds25386

Жыл бұрын

Can you send like a link to a vid or a picture of it still driving today? Thanks

@SupraSav

Жыл бұрын

That last part is definitely "legend". That car is nothing but priceless, at this point.

@petardopudja4290

Жыл бұрын

Nebuloza

@CreamedRice

Жыл бұрын

Wow still driving around !!! That's amazing 😍😍 lucky owner

I was a kid back then but i remember the news reports about this guy, he was a local legend. Thank you for the mini documentary about him - he deserved it.

Sir, I don't think I've ever watched so many videos on car characters I had no knowledge about before. The way you present the information and the videos with it.. man, I'm glad I'm here.

My parents are from Belgrade and I was just talking with them about this the other day. what a coincidence!

22k is at least 10 times less than what i hoped was your sub count, given the quality. God bless the algorithm that showed me the Midnight 911 video. Great job, and cheers from Montenegro

This is a very interesting story, and a good watch too. Makes me love the 911 and porsche more than before. Thanks for telling the story about the belgrade phantom.

Another masterpiece

@HuntersMoon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Half Pro, glad to see you back and early as always!

Great video. Really hope your channel becomes a lot more popular; you deserve it.

@HuntersMoon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ezathel, I really appreciate your support!

@TheKurmiiC

Жыл бұрын

@@HuntersMoon High quality informative automotive oddball stories. 5/5

High quality coverage of epic pieces of car history like these which are unknown to most people is exactly why I came to this channel and intend to stay. Awesome video, keep up the amazing work man!

@tamegaming1768

Жыл бұрын

:DDD

my dad used to tell me stories about the belgrade phantom when i was a kid, dude was a legend

Omg thank you the belgrade phantom is my childhood hero even tho i wasnt born at least 15 years later the stories and legends all those years later echoed the streets. Also if you like topics about balkan check out the story of the balkan ghost rider and its insane camaro

This is like the Summoning Salt of car history channels and I fucking adore it! Big ups on all the research and the quality of your scripts and editing, it's legit impeccable compared to what I could muster currently!

I have never heard of this story before, it really is cool how you are covering lesser-known stories like this.

ive been in to cars for 30 years and this is the first time i heard of this - well done and thank you.

I think i was around 10 years old when the movie came out,i remember everyone in school were amazed. I don’t know much details since I didn’t grew up in Belgrade,but i wanted to use this opportunity to thank you for making a video around this story ! Keep making this type of stories! Pozdrav iz Srbije 🇷🇸

This is hands down the best car story youtube channel.

There's a zastava 750 owned by my friend at his shop aswell as 4 abandoned Yugos. I knew something about this story. But never knew the whole story! This is absolutely brilliant. Love the story, love the chase & honestly, amazing video man. Amazing job. Never stop

Great story & presentation for sure. It reminded me of another driver from the more recent past with some vague similarities to this one. There was a street drifter named Giorgi Tevzadze from Georgia that primarily used an E34 M5. He was legendary for doing balls to the wall drifting in heavy traffic. Unfortunately he died as a passenger in his own car some years back. There's plenty of videos up on youtube of his antics. And if you want an easy one, Smokey Nagata being banned from the UK for his antics. That's always a good one.

This SHOULD be a Hollywood film, way better than the constant remakes.

@TheGranicd

Жыл бұрын

Dear god no. They would make it into some political crap at best and at worst skew most of the facts.

for someone who's from serbia and as a kid absolutely loved the film (watched it who knows how many times now,i swear),i'm glad to see non-serbian channels cover such topics. your pronunciations were good too. stories like this back in the day definetly played a big role of getting me into cars and i don't regret it one bit. you defo deserve way more subs than what you already have,so keep doing what you love!

@mik823

Жыл бұрын

You are a liar. You are not from Serbia.

Another amazing video, can't wait for more stories. By the way, have you ever heard about Helge Meyer and the Ghost Camaro? I think a US Army prepared armored anti-radar Camaro driven by a crazy Dane in a humanitarian mission might spark your interest...

@Mach5Johnny

Жыл бұрын

Count Dankula did an awesome Mad Lads video on Helge Meyer and His Ghost Camaro… highly recommend watching!

how do you have so few subs? great writing, good research and the editing of the footage is fantastic. great work.

@HuntersMoon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel, I really appreciate it!

Brilliant video, as someone from ex YU its nice to hear these stories are getting told to a bigger audiance. A few other things, while its true the Police drove fairly underpowered cars, there were exceptions. In Croatia they had a 60s Mercedes SL which was used for special events and as a possible intercepter, Citroen DS models were also used. Only in the 80s did the YU car scene and Police fleet get a much needed boost in the form of snappy Opel sedans and VW golfs which were decent for the time.

@chrishenniker5944

4 ай бұрын

I thought they’d buy Russian stuff, Lada or Volgas.

The story I didn't know I needed to hear. This made my evening. Belgrade people, build a big concrete slab and put a white 911 on it. Fangio can sod off anytime now, he's the embodiment of 1312 :))))

This is literally the real life Ryan Gosling movie with synth music. Rip to a real human bean that thanklessly faded into the night.

so at the end you mentioned the red 944. thatis a diffrent car which also has an interesting story. it was driven by Knele, one of the most famous gangsters of the nineties in Serbia. he also used drift the car through the city centre. he also did driveby shootings from that car. that car is still around on the streets of BG

@HuntersMoon

Жыл бұрын

That explains to confusion! Thanks for sharing, I'll have to look more into that story!

@komi1834

Жыл бұрын

@@HuntersMoon Knele was also killed for his political views, he wouldn't work for government and kill "enemies" of the regime in different countries around the world and killed some "tough guys" doing just that, he was killed in a hotel room by national security

This was a awesome video, you should definitely do more like it. A video like this on the Getaway in Stockholm series would be great. Those DVD's went viral before KZread, Facebook or Twitter existed, lol. They were the Need For Speed games come to life.

@HuntersMoon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words and suggestion - I'll look into it!

@error4159

Жыл бұрын

@@HuntersMoon Cool, thanks for the response.

@n_tas

Жыл бұрын

Man, I remember a Getaway in Stockholm DVD being passed around while I was at school, I haven't thought about that in years!

@Hype679

Жыл бұрын

Getaway in Stockholm, The Ghostrider, Drift King tapes, Donk, Box & Bubble, and of course Superspeeders.

@BodyDestruction

Жыл бұрын

@@error4159 Yes, thanks, I was searching the comments if someone had already suggested it. The Porsche vs police reminded me instantly of Getaway in Stockholm. I was a teenager when those DVDs got copied / torrented! That and ghost rider.

Man, the last thing I thought I would watch today is the story about the phantom, this happened when my parents were just kids. My dad told me this was one of his inspirations when he started racing, the whole story was shrouded in mystery for a long time, just an epic tale of a man who loved cars and showing skills behind the wheel (and obviously fucking with the police). He would always say "I always wondered why he never actually got into professional racing". This brought a smile to my face when it popped up, thanks man!

I lived in Belgrade for three years from 2009-12, and heard about the Phantom then. It’s a great story from a great city.

love this style and format, as well as the channel as a whole. your presentation and editing are very much appreciated.

it's a crime this channel only has 22k subscribers

This is becoming my new favorite channel!

@HuntersMoon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Nathan, glad you're enjoying it!

This is an amazing story I never knew existed! Definitely looking forward to more content, because stories like these need to keep going.

Fantastic video! Would never have known about this story otherwise! You are quickly becoming one of my favourite channels on this platform. Great work!

I love the work you do the photos to back it up and your calm voice brings it all together and the music is a great touch to it's fills the empty space where this some is but doesn't overwhelm everything else as well as the tone shifts with the story, Keep up the good work and i can't wait for more!

Found you completely at random and I've been binge watching all your videos since. You are one of those very rare KZreadrs who make high quality, well researched incredibly interesting videos. Absolutely love what you are doing

Thank u bro these videos/stories really are the highlight of my nights when they’re released…please never stop doing those kinds of videos🏎

this is amazing please never stop bringing us these stories

Can't wait for the next video. Thank you for your time and effort that you put in these videos, this is truly an extraordinary story

This is so crazy. One of the best stories I've never heard

Nice! Before the 2009 documentary/movie, the only thing I knew about this guy was what my dad had told me - basically the story lined up, but the movie brought in some new details. I'm glad that every now and then I get to hear about the Phantom and his deeds. Thanks!

Awesome video pal. Loving these obscure car story videos. Keep em coming!

So good. This is one of my new favorites you made

Favourite channel on KZread at the moment. Learnt something completely new with this video. Was great. Please keep them coming

Idea for you. Have you heard of the 1979 "Ghost Camaro" used by Danish Special Forces in the Bosnian War? There is only one book I've found about it and its only in German print. Plus it's €135. It's Gottes Rambo: Unterwegs im War Camaro by Helge Meyer.

@gergosz3609

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/e6ykxdmgYtual7g.html

this was an incredible story, never heard of anything like it.

Love all these vid stories. They’re very different from lots of other stuff i’ve seen online. Can’t wait for more!

Fantastic video as always! Thank you so much for giving us your time 😁

The king is back with yet another banger. Criminally underrated channel

@Hunter’s moon You are incredible at keeping narrative neutrality. You tell the story without taking a side, and you let the listener create their own opinions on the story you present. Thanks for letting us in on this story.

One of the coolest stories I've heard. Great video, thank you for sharing ✌️

Really cool story! Thanks for covering it that show's how influential a man with a fun sports car can be- and how it really did effect history. I definitely want more like this. It shows that there is/ can be a lot more to sports cars than just a fun way of transportation.

Great video, you are nailing this! Make a video on Getaway in Stockholm series!

@vimto407

Жыл бұрын

Some say ghostrider is back

Another wonderful work, keep pumping out those great videos 👍

This needs to be properly adapted into a movie with a real budget. This is such a crazy story

What a fantastic story. I didn't know about it. Thank you. Congrats from 🇧🇷.

man! i just cant stop watching these. Love your videos!

This channel is really UNDERATED!.

Great video! Vasa Opel and one other man died in stolen Lada, hiting a parked trailer in emergency lane on highway, that was official report. Most probably it was police revenge. At that time in Yugoslavia, many cars were stolen and returned, just for fun.

Had never heard of this story before, thanks for covering it!

its kind of sad that there wont be these kind of stories as much in this day & age...most likely for the better but still a bygone age of motor enthusiasts

@dzonikg

Жыл бұрын

There want be because now police would shot on car first day..Yugoslavia in 70s was with almost 0 crime so police shoting on car was unimageable

I have just discovered this gem, keep it up bro

Bro this is some of the best stuff I watch. Thank you so much, KEEP GOING

Keep up the good work man. I really like your style of "mini-documentaries". Also, the music adds such a vibe to the videos. I love it!

What an awesome video! Never heard about this story before and I have been to Belgrade several times. Now I am going to watch the docu and movie, if I can find them :D

Please keep making videos like this man I absolutely love them

I know you just started putting up these story videos but I gotta say, it took watching only one to get me hooked. Hope your channel grows quickly to the point where it actually reflects the quality of the content

What a story ! And the quality of the video too ! Keep up the work buddy, it's awesome !!

bro keep pumping out these sick vids

I have school homework to write on anything that I've learnt this summer and thanks to this vid I know what my PowerPoint is going to be about

@HuntersMoon

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome - good luck on the presentation!

@joelpadi1957

Жыл бұрын

@@HuntersMoon thanks

I love your style of vids highly underrated, i never knew stuff you post and i love to learn please continue :) Your content brightens my day

Ty for making a video about this. It was about the time somebody does. Great work!

Absolutely loved this story waiting for more story like this

Hi Hunter Moon, greetings from Italy! I like your videos and the stories about car culture! I want to suggest some famous/infamous Italian stories, like the "La Banda dell'Uno Bianca" ("White Uno Band"), the Yellow Audi RS4, the Black Bulletproof De Tomaso Deauville, the "misterious" crac of the Italian Bugatti who made the EB110, the story of the real Miura SVJ, prepared and tuned by Bob Wallace, and least, the Spotafora's Ferrari 250 GTE.

@epiculo2

Жыл бұрын

Just today i'v been talking with a friend about Romano Artioli and how fiat sabotaged his effort to produce the best supercar ever.

@itsgoodforyougdo

Жыл бұрын

@@epiculo2 There're lot of theories about this, all ex workers or co-workers said that was his fault, because the EB110 was the most expensive car to produce at the time. Even was a masterpiece, it didn't sold well, so after the EB110 Super Sport, Artioli shutdown for bankruptcy.

@epiculo2

Жыл бұрын

@@itsgoodforyougdo Bullshits. He has been boycotted by suppliers and unfaithful workers.

@itsgoodforyougdo

Жыл бұрын

@@epiculo2 I only wrote one of the theories, but I didn't said that was true or not. The development, style and engineering of the car in the beginning was ok, Marcello Gandini designed the first two prototypes, but Artioli said that was "too Lamborghinish" and not Bugatti, Nicola Materazzi said that the four turbos were too much and useless, so after Artioli decides for himself what to do, and gives orders to other people. There're lot of theories, so today it's a "mistery".

@epiculo2

Жыл бұрын

@@itsgoodforyougdo Materazzi and Artioli simply couldn't get along.

Amazing doc, thank you so much for covering this lovely part of Belgrade and Yugo history

This honestly has to be one of the most interesting stories I've heard in awhile. I really wanna watch the movie now just to see more so thank you for sharing this with us!

Definitely gonna make this into a livery in my F1 Car this stories you’re currently the telling stories wasn’t never told by others

This is a phenomenal story One that I must see the movie myself as I am like many other people who clicked on this video are Car enthusiast's. Thanks for bringing up this story to light and to many who love cars.

Can’t wait to watch this channel blow up! Keep up the great work!

This video is sick! Dude, this brought a tear to my eye! Thank you for this video!

911s are always racer's favourites

@harshithsadhana7475

Жыл бұрын

i always never liked porsches because only rich or people who want to show off drive them. after hearing stories like midnight wangan or this belgrade porshce & the 917 porsche a small love for porsche began in me.

@blubrt6501

Жыл бұрын

@@harshithsadhana7475 Same bro i liked it as a 2nd car and hopefully as time goes on i treasure and find cars that have cool history made by them and so i could have a few cars to drive around with

I absolutely loved this video. I would love if you did more videos on Cars/Car related stories behind the iron curtain

@SugarBlood15

Жыл бұрын

Yugoslavia wasn't behind iron curtain xD For a while they had the strongest passport in the world, being able to travel to both east and west without any difficulties.

@flagflow1232

Жыл бұрын

Yugoslavia was not behind Iron Curtain.

MORE!!!! MORE!!! PLEASE MORE OF THESE KIND OF STUFF. Great work hunters moon. Underrated channel, good job.

This video is amazing, i have watched it twice back to back and it is still amazing