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Ha Dan - I fixed the problem. I made my own video - Chinatown Confidential Episode 5 Dave's Underdog 55. I don't make videos but I think I can learn - Enjoy
This Car Put Out Like 400 Hp and Thats A Fact
This is so fucking cool.
4R70W update or the AODE if you want the same gearing.
What a crock of shite ! I watched all four episodes and ended up with a 55 replica.. ?
Watch all four episodes in a row, six more times and you'll understand...
❤ Toyota GR Corolla ❤️
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Just wanted to say, on top of this being about awesome cars, Dan seems like such a wonderfully nice guy, so respectful and reflective, especially after going for a ride in the new underdog. That was beautiful to watch, thank you.
He really was/is very compassionate about the project and what we were trying to do--agreed on all points!
It is not a GN and/or Turbo Regal anymore. I remember Hoonigans raced a GN against a modern SUV, but did not change the old valve springs in the heads, which critical for boost to enter the intake valves. They failed to mention the LC2 V6 stats would wipe the floor with the majority of today's V6s. *Please let real Buick Turbo gurus work on this car.* These motors (LC2) can handle 8s/9s when fully built along with a girdle.
Ian! Not to nitpick (but I am), while it’s not as easy on the Kaiser, the M998 HMMWV is indeed capable of folding the windshield flat. No practical or military reason to do so, by it can be done.
Ha Dan - Its Mike . Watchin for the first time - why is my name blurred out. You guys.
Mike! Oh shit--where do you see your name blurred out? If it is, it wasn't intentional and I feel bad about that. Gimme a timestamp and I'll look into it...
@@danielstoner2843 Ha Dan - time 14:13 - 14:15 - Thanks
Its funny to see that everyone has sort of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth - Rat Fink collection in the garages-
Amazing story bro 💯.... enjoyed it Alot...keep up the great work ....🤙🙂🙏
What a fantastic snapshot in time! I went to Galileo high school from 1968_1970, I was lucky enough to see the Underdog make more than one pass by the open doors of our high schools auto sho. I've never forgotten seeing those cool cars! Great memories watching this!
Please don't stop making videos like this. This is wonderful history.
NEVER STOP! We're working on another story as we speak--think you're gonna dig it...
TESLA BEATER! UNDERDOG 😀
This needs to be a movie ❤ the best thing I’ve seen this year.
It should be a new Chinese American Graffiti
@@chapel976 OMG that is the best suggestion ALL. YEAR.
Been great to watch, especially from across the pond. Gotta love the history. Dave's 55 is a cracker, I'd be happy to be the caretaker.
I know Dave is looking down, whole-heartedly approving this message!
Dan- thank you for honoring our friend Dave "The Mayor" 🙏❤️
I'd like to think this series might be approved by the Office Of The Mayor Of Hotrodding ❤💙❤💙
Excellent series and story! Drives like this make the years melt away. Thank you for taking us along.
Hey, we couldn't ask for a better endorsement than that...
Terrific series Dan! Back in the 70's there was a tri-five Chevy that used to race on Carol. It had a hig Mickey Mouse decal on the trunk. I believe he was from the Excelsior district. Very fast car, I wonder if anyone else remembered it.
I'm really happy stumbled across this!! What a GREAT series! I've always been in to cars. I don't know why, but I have. Back in the day the Boy Scouts of America awarded a merit badge to Cub Scouts who could identify something like 25 different cars (it had to be witnessed). I accomplished that in maybe two weeks. I bugged my parents to just drive me around so I could look for different cars:). The first car I ever saw at the dragstrip was a green '54 Chevy gasser at what I think was a test and tune night at the dragstrip outside of Seattle. I was in love! I'm 68 now and into muscle cars (I'm lucky enough to own the twin to my 68 GTO from high school) but the gassers have always been special to me. Thanks so much for this series!!!
See, that's what would've kept me in the Boy Scouts, if they had that badge when I went through! Two tours of duty in the Cubs and I was out...
Great story. Awesome Artwork. I like the 55, good inspiration to rework my 55
There are a lot of goofy-looking "gassers" out there that get the proportions and stance all wrong, but Dave's Underdog tribute is one of the best examples of how to do it right!
Omg i loved this series, 10/10 for everything especially the passion and the story telling.. I hope there's one more story to tell us
That makes two of us!
Oh WOW, My Favorite Car is a 55 Chevy, sense I was a kid. I had my chance to get a 56 from my land lord years ago, BUT he screwed the pooch on Getting it back from a Tow Yard. They were getting a title on it, and he pissed them off and I Lost my chance.. Yes YES I WAS SO PISSED!!! I heard about this CAR long ago.. But lost the trail.. AWESOME!!!
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This series was well presented. Job well done.
What a great story about a cool car, and the people and the scene around it at the time. I wonder if its still around after its last sighting in the 90s.
Awesome episode buddy
Oh at a Berkeley dance the San Francisco guys came over to race me. They brought over a 1961 Chevy record holder from the Fremont Drag strip (in their class )to beat me in front of the whole bay area. Everybody came out of the dance and we lined up in front of the dance, His girlfriend was in the car ( Peggy Shu ) It was a 3 block race. I won by a half a fender. Everybody was jumping up and down yelling Randy won Randy won. One hour later the SF guys came back again and wanted to race again, this time it was 3 blocks away on Sacramento Street Berkeley. Line up and off we went about 4 blocks at a higher speed. I won again by half a fender. Never raced at the drag strip. I still race on the streets in Hawaii. People from 1962 to 1965 All know me in the Bay Area.
What a great story! You racing at Mana'a now?
Randell,great stories and I got a question. Being in Hawaii, have you ever heard or seen the black ‘71 Heavy Chevy Chevelle gasser? Used to be in the Kaimuki area and later in Waianae in Oahu. Sonny Gomez was the owner. Early to late ‘70s.
Great job kiddo
I raced everybody in San Francisco and never lost a race. The SF guys always came over to race me in Oakland. I had a yellow 57 Chevy 2 door fiber glass front end. I'm Randell Kim raced from 1962 to 1966. I'm also the inventor of the BMX bicycle 1972 to 1998. You can see me on youtube Randell Kim Panda BMX bicycles. I'm still around at 80 years old.
Amazing! Did you work with or know Gary Turner from down in Southern California (who was building bikes around the same time)?
I have one, in a 4.6 and it has 5 speed I really wish I took better care of it, still running strong at 198,000 miles.
😈🔱👿... Where the heck are you finding one gallon jars of pickles 😳..because a 4 pack of 1 gal jars is 40$ on ebay
im in loving it dan thanks yum cha gassers china girls oh yeeear
Hi - I am Gary Griffiths. I built the original 'UNDERDOG' '56 Chevy. I sold it to Dan Louie back in ''69 after I had it in the Oakland Roadster Show. It was my 1st car and purchased just before graduating H.S. '63. It was totally stock back then, 265/3speed. I put in the 327 / 4-speed / Olds rear end / fiberglass front end as a street car. Plexiglass windows and interior and frame lightening happened in mid-60's. Back then I decided to just use it for Drags. I use to race mainly at night drags at Vacaville Dragstrip. The car was painted 'Sea Sand' beige - a VW color I picked because the pit areas at the drags were dusty back then. I always got a kick out of the Underdog cartoon and thought that was a great name for the car. Fun to hear that so many people remember the car. I did see the car again in the Santa Rosa in the mid 90's. My Mom spotted it up there in a rural area house driveway. I was visiting my folks and we went over and i talked with the guy in the house. He told the engine needed repair - like a rod or piston problem. He said he was going to fix it and sell of the car. I believe he's purchased car just to flip it and make some money. He mentioned maybe trying Modesto area for a sale.
Gary, Wow! Glad to see you found this and contributed to the history and your still around to add to the story, Dan Stoner the ghost shiats as you put is coming back from the dead..possibly...maybe the trail can be followed from where Gary left off, shouldnt be to difficult to track down from there,and the original underdog can be located after all.
I’m in SR how u got me on the hunt . Killer story Dan thank you . R.I.P Dave 💙
Hopefully it's still around 30 years after the last sighting.
Bravo! 👏👏
We need a Gary interview!
Awesome 👍keep them coming Stoner
Fantastic series!!!
Great series Dan! I caught your Dave impersonation towards the end!! Nailed it! I can still hear his voice in my head saying “So Bitchin!” I hope you got the decals I sent.
Aw, man--I'm glad you picked up on that, Pat! You'd know that voice so well and he sure did leave a special group of friends behind ❤
Thanks for the ride ¡
One outstanding tooling!! Love the gassers!! Love to make a replica of that in 1/64 scale!!!! Thanks for the ride
Cool but I was still hoping you’d find the original Underdog!
That makes two of us, AJ--now, the series had to end, but we'll keep looking for the original Underdog...maybe we'll have to do an extra episode if we do!
A huge thanks to you for bringing this story out! I loved every part of it!!
What a great series. Well done, Dan and team, you did the story the justice it deserved.
Thank you!
Gorgeous looking 55 chevy. Mike Bingham knocks it out of the park - "Again"
Bingham NEVER disappoints! Not only is he a talented paint slinger, he knows the history of this stuff...
@@danielstoner2843 We need to know now more about the Underdog 55
Thank you so much for making this series. The awesome stories and bringing together of cultures under the umbrella of hot rodding were simply amazing. you have created and documented a story that will withstand time itself...Great job my friend
That's heavy, sgtrock, but can't tell you how much we appreciate the kind words...
Great series!
So Chinese kids started gassers🤔
Ha! NO. But they made a tube axle and a set of Al's Bars on the street a timeless look and style that we see more today than we have in years...
Wow, sometimes reality is such a letdown....
Whatchoo mean?
Nice series, throughly enjoyed them. Like all legends, or the extreme vast majority of them, they always grow in stature as time goes by.
Ain't that the truth?!? Sometimes, chasing those legends become the actual legend...
Dan, thanks for the great story. Brings back a lot of memories of yesteryear! Cars brought us together and gave us a "brotherhood" or should I say Brother Hood Way. I used to go down there and also the Great Highway looking for races. I remember an A&W rootbeer/hamburger joint by the Great Highway and we had parked there looking for races, one guy came up and looked at my 69 GTX with the 440 badging and then went to my friend's 69 Roadrunner with the 383 and asked him to race for pink slips. Guess the 440 scared him off. I remember going to Gotellies speed shop every weekend and Savoy auto parts on Geneva to see what's new in racing gear. A friend of mine purchased a 70 Charger from Gotellies with a blueprinted 426 Hemi with a 727 torque flight. It had gold lacing on both sides with the name Gotellies painted in Gold lettering on both sides. I used my GTX to tow the charger to Fremont drag strip but it jacked knifed on the freeway and tore up my 1/4 panel on my car. Dan, anyway thanks for producing these videos, they bring back so many memories of us and the people we were with. Some are still here and some are gone. Thanks again!
What a great story! Got any pics of that '70 Charger?
@@danielstoner2843 Dan, I lost track of the guy who owned the Gotellies Charger. Sure was a pretty car, it had a white vinyl top, white interior and blue paint with the gold lace sides. It had a dual quad 426 with an automatic tranny. I'm sure it's worth a fortune now. Bumped into him at Japan Town in SF 20 years ago and he said he sold it and got into flying so he became pilot. When the muscle car passion gets in your blood you will never stop loving these cars. I'm 71 now but still have not lost interest in them. Just harder for me to wrench now.
Really great job on this series.