cacklefests are a total waste of time and money. if theyre not going to race pack em up n take em home. whoopie freakin twang, it fires up, it makes noise....but what else does it do? sits there like an overly expensive boat anchor? why waste the time??
@user-dm1jw1gy5q5 ай бұрын
That was great
@69dragster6 ай бұрын
unreal
@kcav53747 ай бұрын
I'm now 70 years old, been a drag racing fan for most of my years. My older brother & I met Don Garlits at a Detroit Dragway Reunion at Milan Dragway in Milan, Mi. He'd brought Swamp Rat VIII and we both heard him tell this story and others that day. They talked about possibly firing up that car and I am mad at myself that I did not ask Don if he'd help my live out a bit of a fantasy I had since a young teenager when I really wanted to drive a Top Fuel Dragster. I wanted to ask him if I could possibly sit inside the car if he did in fact start it up, I'd forgotten ; "If you never ask, the answer is always NO!" SMDH 🙄
@dmeemd77877 ай бұрын
This video makes me so happy! So glad I got to see this in person!!
@kenneymitchell11869 ай бұрын
Drag racing #1 hero!
@MilesCobbett10 ай бұрын
Hot Rod Magazine co put out a paperback book in 1965 that had Keith Black looking in a spark plug hole on Dons Dragster. I was the 12 year old kid in the photo looking over Keiths shoulder :) I was in the pits because my older brothers ran a Jr. FUEL dragster
@321gates11 ай бұрын
Tampa's own.
@jeffwoods966611 ай бұрын
I want a blower engine bad . I messed with MSD and had a old Mallory uni light but I never had anything that made power . Had a 13:1 383 stroker with a roller cam was about it . Someday . Love the old story’s Don can’t wait to get to Ocala again
@matthewjohnson2495 Жыл бұрын
He’s been on fire,upside down,backwards faster than anybody you know
@waynewilliams8554 Жыл бұрын
In 2014 I donated a load old drag racing parts, including one of his round back 1960 chassis to him and he told me about this. He was so sick and tired of trying to make the 426 run, his intention was to blow it up. It took the other guys quite a while to figure out what he was doing!!
@tommccallan8802 Жыл бұрын
We approached Don Garlits at the Bakersfield hot rod reunions years ago, he was sitting at his motorhome with the table out in front of it signing autographs. With his wife at his side. After he signed our autographs he talked to us for a half an hour. Occasionally checked on his wife for her well-being. Classy guy.
@The55nomad Жыл бұрын
BIG IS THE NHRA TOP FUEL GOAT. PERIOD.
@johnandersonjjr Жыл бұрын
I had the model (kit) of that the only non stock type model I ever bought.The front engine “diggers “were the coolest.cackles ok but seems like a let down not to have a bit of a burnout too.
@GERALD-lr3rz Жыл бұрын
question for DON, I LIVE IN SAN DIEGO GROWING UP .And when i was 7 or 8 year old in around 1966 or 1967 my aunt DORIS SANTOS LIVE IN LEMON GROVE CALIFORNIA AND SHE WOULD PICK UP MYSELF AND BROTHER IN HER 1966 plymouth barracuda drive that car so fast that she would out run the cops chasing her.She told us little guys that she was good friend of BIG DADDY HIMself and that he modified her motor him SELF.I HAVE WONDER MY WHOLE SO FAR 65 YEARS IF THAT WAS A True story or not? .AND Don if you read this if you wouldnt mind saying yes or no that would really mean a whole lot to myself and Family. Thank you.
@jesvans Жыл бұрын
Don is Da Man ! i met him at Route66 in 99, he was selling his wares. i bought a few things, and then got him to sign a few of my things. he seems kinda bummed = i guess he thought i was going to resell those things, but no, i still have them all.
@Bartman7472 жыл бұрын
Don I'll take that little wooden suction cup put it on my Dewalt drill and use crest toothpaste to lap my values. I've always done in by hand as well
@larryhullinger41412 жыл бұрын
Love that night time shot at the end You can see the headers glowing red
@josecortez52132 жыл бұрын
You had me "Compression ratios"
@bobsmith11012 жыл бұрын
Workin on your knees? My back! No jack stands?
@bigunone2 жыл бұрын
My dad got Popular Mechanics magazine in the 60s, I remember reading a story "On Fire at 200 MPH" is was about Garlets having an engine fire on the track and how his wife had bought him a leather jacket to wear because he was going so fast, until then he just wore a T shirt because of the jacket instead of having burns over 50% of his body all he had were burns on his hands and where his mask and helmet didn't cover
@Anarchy-Is-Liberty2 жыл бұрын
You know what would be iconic?... getting the sound volume leveled out FFS!!!!!
@larrythorbeck93852 жыл бұрын
You are the man.!!!!!!!
@mikeeygauthier29592 жыл бұрын
First racer to put a wing on a racing car!
@ronaldvankuyk9083 жыл бұрын
I know garlits when he became airborne at blackbush first british dragraces great balls of fire keep at it ronadam
@joshjablonicky1713 жыл бұрын
The 426 is the best engine ever. I worked at a high performance engine shop that Delt mostly with mopars. They were so fun to build and then we got to put them on the dyno it was nothing like 426 big block an open headers.
@321gates11 ай бұрын
Hmm, while high maintenance, many say that the 427 cammer was better. Ed Pink included.
@irongoatrocky23433 жыл бұрын
AHRA Shitr? must be out of respect to longtime President and Founder George Tice......because in the end Don and Orville Moe did NOT a good relationship!
@deeremeyer17493 жыл бұрын
Dog in the car. Awesome.
@vampire1111pitbull3 жыл бұрын
Don. I'm disappointed in you ole son. You're a traitor. Done gone electric. Battery car...
@70stunes713 жыл бұрын
Amazing man that did so much for Chrysler Corporation and for top fuel drag racing. The Chrysler Hemi... The best in its time
@marcanglin71273 жыл бұрын
This man has forgotten more about engineering than most engineers will ever know, IMHO.
@The55nomad Жыл бұрын
Entirely self taught. Pushed holes in the envelope where others followed.
@icewaterslim72603 жыл бұрын
Oh I remember reading in a magazine when he ran that 219 mph and 7.31 ET alright. I had been keeping up with Garlits lack of progress with the 426 for about a year through the drag racing magazines It was a plan of a HS buddy and I to build a AA fueler with the old Hemi as they were still junkyard available for a small fraction of the cost of a new 426. We were elated to have seen the 426 fail to become competitive with the old Hemi yet until the day I read of Garlits 426 finally and suddenly running nearly 20 mph faster and 20 seconds quicker than any late '50s 392 was then running anywhere in the country! It became too expensive for us after that. Don's an entertaining storyteller but I kind of disliked him for awhile when I undeservedly blamed him for killing our dream, lol. All kinds of factors ruled that out though but that was a sad day when I had to realize the '57 & '58 392 cu in Chrysler Hemi was done at ruling AA/FD.
@stevethomas7603 жыл бұрын
Stopped at the Museum a few months ago. Asked about Don "he's doing well, still working on his E Dragster". The only thing that would made the day better would have been to meet the man.
@robhargis69802 жыл бұрын
I've been to his museum twice. On my second visit I was lucky enough to meet him and had the pleasure of taking a few pics with him. What he has done for drag racing and for Mopar gives me a sense of pride that is indescribable.
@stevethomas7602 жыл бұрын
@@robhargis6980 Envious of you meeting him. That was what I was fishing for. Certainly a legend in drag racing
@peterbellwood5412 Жыл бұрын
I had the privilege of meeting 'Big Daddy' Don and most of my drag-racing heroes in '64 and '65 . My friend took photos of me meeting them and I must have lost them when I became homeless many years ago . Wish I still had them .
@andrewrcmadwilkinson69994 жыл бұрын
DON'T DO DRUGS GO DRAG RACING
@pizzandoughnutspage78174 жыл бұрын
Okay, got a question what part(s) are still used in the modern 500ci TF hemi used in nitro funny cars and dragsters?
@bigunone2 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure none they are two completely different engines
@andynixon28204 жыл бұрын
Super cool.
@tec614 жыл бұрын
In those day’s the KEITH BLACK HEMI’S RULED drag racing☝️☝️☝️
@scuttlebuttgarage91344 жыл бұрын
Builder, tuner and driver. Who today in the sport can accept that kind of credit. It's very entertaining to listen to Don and Shirley and Jungle Pam talk about the sport, the corporations and the attitude of the NHRA today.
@79tazman4 жыл бұрын
I would give anything to go back to the early 60's and live to see all the Dodge and Plymouth Max Wedge cars and all the slingshot dragsters running the late 50's Hemi's that's the drag racing I think it the best racing there was back when anyone can run a drag car
@leonardoaruca14 жыл бұрын
Big Daddy Don garlits definitely a legend My favorite dragster And the Blue Max mustang funny car Also my favorite funny car I washed them both race at Hollywood sportatorium Hollywood Florida those were the good old days
@davidrossetti10614 жыл бұрын
Went to his museum right off the exit in Ocala and the sign said " drag racing museum 1/4 mile =>" was I the only one to see the humor in that?
@brushcountry63614 жыл бұрын
Surprised he didn’t say 1320 feet.
@slit46594 жыл бұрын
At 5:58....That's DONS RACING CHAIR.... Right out of Swamp Rat......
@Slugg-O4 жыл бұрын
See his hand on the motor at 5:46. Most would assume he's getting a feel for how the engine is running, and maybe so, but I'd bet everything I have that "Big" can feel in his fingers and and see in his mind every part in that running engine. The man is a legend for a reason and nobody can read a motor like him. Incredible racer, innovator, and great person. I saw him race several times and he was never lost on the track or in the pits. He knew instinctively what to do at every moment - and STILL does. .
@alanhyde12614 жыл бұрын
Wow, I could listen to him all day.
@patrickkennedy25334 жыл бұрын
Robert Deniro as Don Garlits
@michaeltaylor88354 жыл бұрын
Nasty
@michaeltaylor88354 жыл бұрын
Godfather of the quarter mile
@cecilnoriega72764 жыл бұрын
It amazes me how the drivers sat in these old dragsters. On top of the axles! They had to be very dangerous , being behind the engine?
@bigunone2 жыл бұрын
This is why he championed the rear engine
@peterbellwood5412 Жыл бұрын
@@bigunone He lost half his foot in a clutch explosion .
@bigunone Жыл бұрын
@@peterbellwood5412 Tell me something I don't know, I remember reading about it when it happened
@drumminsonlive91994 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid you didn’t talk about drag racing without the name Don Garlits being a part of the conversation and he was who we wanted to be like when we grew up he was and is a great American Hero.
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cacklefests are a total waste of time and money. if theyre not going to race pack em up n take em home. whoopie freakin twang, it fires up, it makes noise....but what else does it do? sits there like an overly expensive boat anchor? why waste the time??
That was great
unreal
I'm now 70 years old, been a drag racing fan for most of my years. My older brother & I met Don Garlits at a Detroit Dragway Reunion at Milan Dragway in Milan, Mi. He'd brought Swamp Rat VIII and we both heard him tell this story and others that day. They talked about possibly firing up that car and I am mad at myself that I did not ask Don if he'd help my live out a bit of a fantasy I had since a young teenager when I really wanted to drive a Top Fuel Dragster. I wanted to ask him if I could possibly sit inside the car if he did in fact start it up, I'd forgotten ; "If you never ask, the answer is always NO!" SMDH 🙄
This video makes me so happy! So glad I got to see this in person!!
Drag racing #1 hero!
Hot Rod Magazine co put out a paperback book in 1965 that had Keith Black looking in a spark plug hole on Dons Dragster. I was the 12 year old kid in the photo looking over Keiths shoulder :) I was in the pits because my older brothers ran a Jr. FUEL dragster
Tampa's own.
I want a blower engine bad . I messed with MSD and had a old Mallory uni light but I never had anything that made power . Had a 13:1 383 stroker with a roller cam was about it . Someday . Love the old story’s Don can’t wait to get to Ocala again
He’s been on fire,upside down,backwards faster than anybody you know
In 2014 I donated a load old drag racing parts, including one of his round back 1960 chassis to him and he told me about this. He was so sick and tired of trying to make the 426 run, his intention was to blow it up. It took the other guys quite a while to figure out what he was doing!!
We approached Don Garlits at the Bakersfield hot rod reunions years ago, he was sitting at his motorhome with the table out in front of it signing autographs. With his wife at his side. After he signed our autographs he talked to us for a half an hour. Occasionally checked on his wife for her well-being. Classy guy.
BIG IS THE NHRA TOP FUEL GOAT. PERIOD.
I had the model (kit) of that the only non stock type model I ever bought.The front engine “diggers “were the coolest.cackles ok but seems like a let down not to have a bit of a burnout too.
question for DON, I LIVE IN SAN DIEGO GROWING UP .And when i was 7 or 8 year old in around 1966 or 1967 my aunt DORIS SANTOS LIVE IN LEMON GROVE CALIFORNIA AND SHE WOULD PICK UP MYSELF AND BROTHER IN HER 1966 plymouth barracuda drive that car so fast that she would out run the cops chasing her.She told us little guys that she was good friend of BIG DADDY HIMself and that he modified her motor him SELF.I HAVE WONDER MY WHOLE SO FAR 65 YEARS IF THAT WAS A True story or not? .AND Don if you read this if you wouldnt mind saying yes or no that would really mean a whole lot to myself and Family. Thank you.
Don is Da Man ! i met him at Route66 in 99, he was selling his wares. i bought a few things, and then got him to sign a few of my things. he seems kinda bummed = i guess he thought i was going to resell those things, but no, i still have them all.
Don I'll take that little wooden suction cup put it on my Dewalt drill and use crest toothpaste to lap my values. I've always done in by hand as well
Love that night time shot at the end You can see the headers glowing red
You had me "Compression ratios"
Workin on your knees? My back! No jack stands?
My dad got Popular Mechanics magazine in the 60s, I remember reading a story "On Fire at 200 MPH" is was about Garlets having an engine fire on the track and how his wife had bought him a leather jacket to wear because he was going so fast, until then he just wore a T shirt because of the jacket instead of having burns over 50% of his body all he had were burns on his hands and where his mask and helmet didn't cover
You know what would be iconic?... getting the sound volume leveled out FFS!!!!!
You are the man.!!!!!!!
First racer to put a wing on a racing car!
I know garlits when he became airborne at blackbush first british dragraces great balls of fire keep at it ronadam
The 426 is the best engine ever. I worked at a high performance engine shop that Delt mostly with mopars. They were so fun to build and then we got to put them on the dyno it was nothing like 426 big block an open headers.
Hmm, while high maintenance, many say that the 427 cammer was better. Ed Pink included.
AHRA Shitr? must be out of respect to longtime President and Founder George Tice......because in the end Don and Orville Moe did NOT a good relationship!
Dog in the car. Awesome.
Don. I'm disappointed in you ole son. You're a traitor. Done gone electric. Battery car...
Amazing man that did so much for Chrysler Corporation and for top fuel drag racing. The Chrysler Hemi... The best in its time
This man has forgotten more about engineering than most engineers will ever know, IMHO.
Entirely self taught. Pushed holes in the envelope where others followed.
Oh I remember reading in a magazine when he ran that 219 mph and 7.31 ET alright. I had been keeping up with Garlits lack of progress with the 426 for about a year through the drag racing magazines It was a plan of a HS buddy and I to build a AA fueler with the old Hemi as they were still junkyard available for a small fraction of the cost of a new 426. We were elated to have seen the 426 fail to become competitive with the old Hemi yet until the day I read of Garlits 426 finally and suddenly running nearly 20 mph faster and 20 seconds quicker than any late '50s 392 was then running anywhere in the country! It became too expensive for us after that. Don's an entertaining storyteller but I kind of disliked him for awhile when I undeservedly blamed him for killing our dream, lol. All kinds of factors ruled that out though but that was a sad day when I had to realize the '57 & '58 392 cu in Chrysler Hemi was done at ruling AA/FD.
Stopped at the Museum a few months ago. Asked about Don "he's doing well, still working on his E Dragster". The only thing that would made the day better would have been to meet the man.
I've been to his museum twice. On my second visit I was lucky enough to meet him and had the pleasure of taking a few pics with him. What he has done for drag racing and for Mopar gives me a sense of pride that is indescribable.
@@robhargis6980 Envious of you meeting him. That was what I was fishing for. Certainly a legend in drag racing
I had the privilege of meeting 'Big Daddy' Don and most of my drag-racing heroes in '64 and '65 . My friend took photos of me meeting them and I must have lost them when I became homeless many years ago . Wish I still had them .
DON'T DO DRUGS GO DRAG RACING
Okay, got a question what part(s) are still used in the modern 500ci TF hemi used in nitro funny cars and dragsters?
Pretty sure none they are two completely different engines
Super cool.
In those day’s the KEITH BLACK HEMI’S RULED drag racing☝️☝️☝️
Builder, tuner and driver. Who today in the sport can accept that kind of credit. It's very entertaining to listen to Don and Shirley and Jungle Pam talk about the sport, the corporations and the attitude of the NHRA today.
I would give anything to go back to the early 60's and live to see all the Dodge and Plymouth Max Wedge cars and all the slingshot dragsters running the late 50's Hemi's that's the drag racing I think it the best racing there was back when anyone can run a drag car
Big Daddy Don garlits definitely a legend My favorite dragster And the Blue Max mustang funny car Also my favorite funny car I washed them both race at Hollywood sportatorium Hollywood Florida those were the good old days
Went to his museum right off the exit in Ocala and the sign said " drag racing museum 1/4 mile =>" was I the only one to see the humor in that?
Surprised he didn’t say 1320 feet.
At 5:58....That's DONS RACING CHAIR.... Right out of Swamp Rat......
See his hand on the motor at 5:46. Most would assume he's getting a feel for how the engine is running, and maybe so, but I'd bet everything I have that "Big" can feel in his fingers and and see in his mind every part in that running engine. The man is a legend for a reason and nobody can read a motor like him. Incredible racer, innovator, and great person. I saw him race several times and he was never lost on the track or in the pits. He knew instinctively what to do at every moment - and STILL does. .
Wow, I could listen to him all day.
Robert Deniro as Don Garlits
Nasty
Godfather of the quarter mile
It amazes me how the drivers sat in these old dragsters. On top of the axles! They had to be very dangerous , being behind the engine?
This is why he championed the rear engine
@@bigunone He lost half his foot in a clutch explosion .
@@peterbellwood5412 Tell me something I don't know, I remember reading about it when it happened
When I was a kid you didn’t talk about drag racing without the name Don Garlits being a part of the conversation and he was who we wanted to be like when we grew up he was and is a great American Hero.
Absolutely Brilliant. . . . Wotta Boy!!! ....