Nice work- BTW all you folks who read to find fault this is a poem of sorts - a eulogy - a dramatic reading - not a science paper. Get off your high horse those that find fault. I think this brilliant and being of that hot rodding persuasion I find it true on many levels. It's humor too so lighten up bubble bursters.
This is the best video on youtube bar none! I'm still in high school, with todays modern trends in a sense, yes I did think hot rodding is dead, even though i knew about all this stuff, but its something like this that shows how brilliant true hot rodding is, and why its an addiction.
this sums it up sadly i'm only 26 but i build race engines professionally prior to entering the navy in 08 i fully agree with cfaulc there is something to be said for someone who KNOWS an an engine and what it needs ive known a lot of computer tuners who know nothing more than power adders and boltons its sad really
Gave my son a 63 Buick Special that we've built up as his daily driver. He not a gearhead per say but, he is committed to driving this part of history that may not repeat itself.
I agree that the real hot-rodders are the young kids tuning somewhat contemporary automobiles. YOUNG guys that get into old cars these days are more interested in it as a fashion movement than anything else. They are not interested in speed or driving fast, they just want the old look in their cars and clothes etc.. I am tired of V-8 gasoline hot rods, it has all been done a billion times. I would like to see kid build a 100mpg car, or hydrogen powered or something innovative.
@nortonshit So all of those NMCA racers and the guys who race at Hot Rod Drag Week are doing it just as a fashion movement? Good luck trying to prove that one buddy.
It really is hard to take a guy serious who gets his rod painted like an easteregg! Best hotrod clip i ever saw! Marry me EricDarby or whoever made this!!! Just cool as fuck!!!!
Hot Rodding isn't dead, its just Imports are the new hot rods. Me and many others build Imports to make them faster than stock and race them. Now with the Imports thanks to the ECUs, Turbos, Fuel Injection, Better Suspension, tires are Imports are much faster. Which is why a Supra and a WRX are the two fastest Street Legal drag cars. Imports are the new Hot Rods.
@MrTylerdurden55 running 7's with a supra is an incredible achievement, but Larry Larson ran 6.95 at 209 mph and i think hes done faster. /watch?v=lwF-kr91uxU
hot roding will never die, just get passed down threw the years. we may change the engines and electronics but i can guarantee you that 50 years from now people will die for any of these old cars. because their rotting away now the only originals will be in museums
good writing... reminds ya of how Lydia Lunch used to do her spoken word tyraids, never really coming up for air-- drilling into your brain with substantial muscle...
seems one of the guys i know my age here in manitoba hasnt seen this yet. seems he'll buy a '63 fairlane coupe sombeody butchered in the 70's, then GIVE IT OVER TO A SHOP TO FIX AN E-BRAKE CABLE? wow. eric, i am so very glad you know what it is like. i am that 2 am guy, its no fun getting up 4 hours later to put in a full day of work. to all the hot rodders out there.....keep the breed alive.
Right on! I own a 1931 Ford Roadster AV8, period correct, newest part in this car is the steering wheel (1951 Mercury). Build it for 4 years. 5x show 1st place winner :)
Eric, I just wanted to let you know that I had used your video for an editing assignment I had in school. I hope you don't mind that. It's the second response video.
If it was built by your and your buddies blood n' sweat it's been rodded and it's damn sure hot.If you payed some one to build it for your lazy ass,call it what you want but it will never be a Hot Rod.When,were,what and by whom don't even factor into it.Build it yourself ,beat it into the ground and do it over again that's the basics of Rodding.
Hot rodding is not dead.. it has simpley changed. Hot rodding only exsits because of youth and there passion for cars. from the riley fast fours of the model "A"s of yesterday to todays fast four civics.. hot rodding ever evolves and repeats it self through each generation. its just called something else. hot rods, led sleads, street machines, tuners etc. but whats cool to see is that the love of the V8 is coming back into the tuning scenne
I lived those days as well,so be mindful of your hasty words. The "tuners" you see with the "big wheels" are new age hotrods. I like them myself (as far as my probe is concerned,at least),& REAL TUNERS NEVER TRAILER!! But don't get me wrong,I still miss the old days something terrible,simpler construction. You didn't need ecu's,tcm's,sensors,solenoids to be legal or run right. I hate that part. But modern aerodynamics,suspensions,etc Are way better in today's cars.
Hot rodding is not dead, its just not by american cars anymore. Now we have STIs, supras and evos. Just now we can use tech and computers to tune our cars and go even faster than be for!
You rat rod bitches need to take the 5 foot shifter out of your ass. What I hate is seeing some trailer park loser with a rusted out totally unsafe T cruising around town with parts barely wired on saying he's a hot rodder, but people who grasp modern technology (not computer stuff, but GOOD carbs not bought out of a junkyard and such) and try their hardest to make their rods safe to themselves and anyone on the road (or track) are called posers by you 'rockabilly' douchebags. Stop crying.
hot rodding is all about scavenging the junkyards for parts and thowing it all together and racing whatever you have. All go. Doesn't matter what it looks like
Hot rodding is alive and well. The next time you see a skinny teen in a Subaru WRX with an exhaust the size of a coffee can screaming down the slab with full turbo you're looking at the latest incarnation of the hot rod.
You might not like it. You might be a reactionary. But there it is. Young guys looking for more speed and tweaking cars that rolled off the assembly before they were born.
nice video , i like it a lot , but hot rodding is defined as ( tuning ) . in the past they tuned the engine by jetting for the right amount of fuel , they were not very scientific in the process , by trial and error in most cases , now they tune the engine with laptops to program the ecu for the right amount of fuel .
now you can measure everything needed in advance to reach your target horsepower , what turbo , or supercharger , what size , what size of injector .
@seacopotan Uh, hate to bust your bubble but they have had tuning down to a science in fuel racing for 40 + years. You know, altitude correction, head gasket thickness, jet size per cylinder, reading plugs and bearings after a run, etc. Just because some "kid" can change things with a laptop nowdays does not make it anymore scientific, in fact most of these so called "computer tuners" could not read engine bearings & plugs and tell you what the engine is doing.
@cfaulc thank you for not being rude like most , this is more important than modern or old tuning , I respect old shool tuning too , of course it was not easy .to be scientific or not , it depends on the person not the tools , many modern tuners damage the engine during the tuning process , and many old timer did just that , the point is , now it is easier to tell if you are heading for a blown engine , and it is easier to tune , you type on keyboard now not a typwriter , same theory .
@cfaulc Although I agree with some of what your saying, with good modern tuning you don't need to read plugs or bearings and they can last a very long time. I won a huge amount of races over 3 years with a championship win at the end, in a japanese powered competition car and all we ever did was change the oil twice and the plugs once (1400hp from 182ci) 7.2 @ 185mph on petrol. There is a place for modern technology in current drag racing.
@RIPSNZ Read what I said again, " they have had tuning down to a science in FUEL RACING", meaning nitro racing, not sport coupes, comp, super comp, street, etc, etc. I don't know how much drag racing you have done but I made my living as an engine builder in the pro ranks for quite a few years and if it runs on nitro ALL crew chiefs still read plugs and bearings after each pass. Just changing oil in our class is useless.
@cfaulc Yes I did see you were talking about nitro and I know they still check pulgs (if there is any left) and bearings (as they rebuild every run) but just imagine if the rules in top fuel allowed 4 valve, dohc, efi and other modern systems, they could easily make enough power and be far more reliable and require less maintainence. The only reason you guys get so good at "reading" parts is because you have no choice when the rule makers are so stuburn they want to keep most things "old school"
@RIPSNZ If you were to run nitro in a combination based off of what you just said, 4 valves, dohc, efi, it would not be any more dependable simply because of the fuel. The simple fact of how much ignition lead that has to be used to run nitro would require bearing and plug replacement at the same intervals as with a conventional hemi used now. Also the heads would have to be pulled each run for valve service and gasket changes to compensate for atmospheric conditions.
@RIPSNZ In other words it would not be any more dependable, and quite honsetly would require more maintanence. NHRA has allowed testing of different combinations over the years and NONE of them has proven to be any more servicable or able to produce as much power as the hemi design. A DOHC design would need much more time for service and the cams would crack or break at a higher rate than a pushrod design, especially the exhaust lobe area of the cam.
@cfaulc You clearly have a good knowledge of the nitro engine and FAR more than I so I'm not going to argue with you one bit. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE nitro hemi's, I just thought surely with more modern designs in the engine and fuel systems a 500in top fuel engine could be made to be more reliable than they are now.
I wonder why they banned the 3 valve heads some time back?
right on man i have been dreamming of my "hot rod" for years working 2 jobs and saving up for that day to buy a wreck and build a rolling shine to all the men that built the fast car in town for 60 plus years hopfully my dream will be real soon
Excellent commentary on the sport of hot rod. 35 years ago I drove a fuel altered for a team that did not have alot of money. The car was wicked scary and the car never wanted to go striaght down the strip. When the car broke or blew upped, it was left up to us to fix it. It was a major rush in the day. But, we went broke and still talk about how great the times were.
its sad.. i have a 1950 lincoln with a 337 flathead hardly nobody makes parts for it im trying my hardest to keep it original im not puuting no fiber glass on it im keeping the flathead, im keeping the gauges, it will have a paint job but im painting it myself, i am 15yrs old, i wish more people would help keep the old cars on the roads.. but not many ppl care.. :(
its sad.. i have a 1950 lincoln with a 337 flathead hardly nobody makes parts for it im trying my hardest to keep it original im not puuting no fiber glass on it im keeping the flathead, im keeping the gauges, it will have a paint job but im painting it myself, i am 15yrs old, i wish more people would help keep the old cars on the roads.. but not many ppl care.. :(
@Nicknamelessone Hi, dont mean to offend you,but I think the way he did it was perfect,it all fitted in so well with the overall theme,and I think thats what his intention was..beautifully done!!,wonderful piece of work.
Absolutely love your poetry and video. I've been working in film professionaly as a cinematographer and you also blew me away that this was modern day footage taken on Super 8.. It was perfect. I figured it was just stock footage. No you took it to the max, and I sincerely commend you for that. Great work
Thank you!! This has inspired me to get off my lazy ass, sitting in front of this computer, and go out to my garage to work on my old project hot-rod. Thank you!!
This videos is the best on youtube I Love every thing about it.I have A rare 1952 plymouth cambridge 4door its not 100% done but its all orig..I allways get wierd looks because I drive it like it was made to be drove I drive it to carshows @ most pepole dont no why I dont wash it first @ that I set on my car @ work on it at the car shows some times. But I hate trailer queens @ the high dollor ass holes they need to get A life @ lern about that real history is all about .
$50 is cheap. Earl Scheib did them for $30 until c 1978. But real lacquer was $60+gal in 1978 And 500hrs to get it painted isn't too rare. in 1979 I saw paint jobs alone for $8000 on a 356 porsche, etc. I know things dont rust as quickly in Cal and Az but just cleaning them up is a chore. I have seen paint on ebay cheap but I doubt it has the gloss, depth and such of a good acrylic or nitrocellulose lacquer
@elevatormechanic Yes, I was trying to be nice, $80 hr is $8000. I've seen $10000 for a Porsche Speedster in 1980. 500 hrs at $35 hr in 1980 was over $15,000. And I saw that as well....
Even Utah has graveyards with nice old cars in the fields. And out here in the Sierra Mtns I still find stuff. I put it on ebay. 38 ford pu, 40 chevy pu, 65 2dr Impala, misc jags, 69 Impala, 64 mustang, the 52 chevy pu, 68 dart, etc. Near Mariposa is a yard full of 40-60's stuff. Chowchilla has a nice yard on S. side of 99. And $6k for a paint job? In 1981 a good lacquer job was $7k or more. American Mag Torque thrust D are still here....
one thing i think is kinda stupid though is the comment he makes about ordering it out of a catalog. well shit, what if it's a factory catalog and your trying to rebuild it, just because some stickler say that it isn't the right way it isn't a hotrod? kinda stupid. I mean, i'm 17 and i AM rebuilding a '32 ford tudor sedan and i do have the body and an engine. The way he talks it's not a hot rod unless it's bone stock. If that were the case, hot rodding would never even exist.
i stick to true Hot Rodding saving abandoned beauties driving with their patina.
Any Body who modernizes classics with digital, gauges, billet grills, tv's, cd players, ugly bright paint jobs, and big rims CAN NOT CALL THEMSELVES A HOT RODDER!!!!
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT GO AHEAD AND TRY TO CONFRONT A TRUE HOT RODDER LIKE ME WITH YOUR LITTLE TRAILER QUEEN PIECE OF CRAP AND WILL SHOW YOU WHAT ARE LITTLE RUST BUCKETS CAN DO.
No one has ever attempt on putting a cd player in a hot rod, it's like throwing the whole car away. And big rims? Please, white wall tires all the way with that chrome disc no bigger than the size of a dinner plate hanging on the side, I totally agree with what you say.
Agreed, I'm 15 and i absolutely hate all the big rims, billet alluminum parts etc... I own a 59 chevy truck with a 454 big Block in it. I would never ever consider trailering it anywhere. the vehicles are meant to be driven.
Right on man! Im 16 and think the same. I have a 1932 model a sedan rat rod with a flatheadv8. and LOVE it, me and my dad biult it in the garage. Started o it when i was 13. Its my DD to school.
@73DrtSprt cool....im putting a 460 ford into a 77 plymouth volare 2 door...yeah id rather have a 440 chrysler but you gotta use what ya got sometimes.
@ratrodrocky So you're saying because I put a CD player in my Duster that lives on the street and strip I'm not a hot rodder? Because I put hours of blood sweat and tears into my mopar, but a little modern luxury of music makes me a fake? C'mon dude, simmer down. I guarantee my nicely painted slightly modern Chrysler has put more passes down the track and miles on the street that your 'rat rod'.
dusters are not considered hot rods, they are muscle cars if not original.
a little modernization such as a cd player is ok i guess (i would much rather hear the roar of my engine).
but digital gauges and shit like that, come on guy you know that shits stupid.
whats the purpose cant you follow a needle on the gauge?you may not be like this but a good percentage of people buy road worthy cars and just use them on the track. in that case why not buy a salvage yard vehicle?
Whoa! I did not expect this kind of candor. I'm not sure what the back-story behind this video is, why it was made, or even who it's target audience is but this guy just flat nailed it. Today's hot-rods are not the juke-box looking trailer queens with obsessive detail to the pointless. No, todays hot-rods are using closed loop fuel injection, span the entire range of driven axles, use extremely sophisticated power adders and are still being rattle-canned flat black.
Good Video---I'd like to know where i could buy one of the junkers in the first part of the video~need to pull one out and build another one~~ Hot rods~there's nothing like um~
very nice video. I Think that a hotrod can be diferent kind of cars, a hotrod in the 50'ties was a hommade american car but we are now in 2009, and for me a hotrod can be a car as my homebild and tuned volvo 244 1987. It's not a american but swedish car, but as the first us carbuilders i also took in a car in the garage that no others wantet and made my version of a hotrod. Hotrod lives.
Amazing and touching video! I can respect the real Hot Rod era. I can't lie, I gotta admit I do like seeing some of these easter egg painted, fiberglass "Hot Rods" at shows, but nothing beats a classic, barely enough parts to make it run, ground shaking, wake your neighbors at 3 a.m in the morning kind of Hot Rod. Thaks for making this video. My hobby is actually old Volkswagens, but I got alot of respect for the true Hot Rod hobby, and for the guys and girls that are still keeping it alive. :)
thats where you are wrong and thats why america is folding you got all these folks buyn these jap cars hot rodding is american purely american what else can you say is. its the sweat blood grease muscle that built america and that builds hot rods which is so much better than a rice burner any day... hot rodding is forever
Hot rodding will never die! But the sad fact of the matter is, classic cars ARE getting hard to find. And for the same price you pay for running classic car, with no mods. You can get a newer import with mods already done. And it will give a built hot rod a run for it's money. And STILL get 25mpg This doesn't mean i like them any more than hot rods, just the sad truth. Hot rodding and tuning are the same though if you ask me, only diff is what kind of car you are modifying.
They just had to complicate everything now-a-days. I hate all that billet aluminum crap. Its good to see that there are some guys out there with the retro hotrods, built to be driven, not trailered and looked at. This guy hit some pretty key points in this video, good job.
lol i saw the light a long time ago... I would much rather have a car thats fast as hell and gets good gas mileage instead of some V8 literally burning all my money ( gas money for those who dont understand) . Wake up and smell the price of Premium gas people :P V8 cars in general are dead/ dieing.
you are right in a sense...the v8 will never die so long as americans are still on the planet. but they single-cam-push-rod v8s are very in-efficient and VERY low-tech....and once the american auto makers begin to realize that you can squeeze decent gas mileage out of a v8 with just ohc's then the v8 can live on
Dude- their are cars out their that run deep into the 10's with 500 cubic inches LESS motor and running pump gas. It's people like you that rotary Mazda and VW bug people relish beating. But if you insist on running a 45 year old truck motor with insufficient idle vacuum you do so at the peril of your pride.
Hotrodding is NOT dead ... yes i hate those stupid plastic pieces of CRAP !
thankfully i still have three ORIGINAL , FULL BODY STEEL hotrods... our hotrods dont get any credit cause they are STEEL everyone just wants a PLASTIC hotrod that would probably melt in the rain !! We .. the full STEEL bodied hotrods are still around .. yes thoes ones that dont even get glanced at are still around so why dont you open your eyes and see that there are REAL hotrods still out there !
fucking awsome video man
andy1200 5 days ago
Beautiful Man, Beautiful. Pretty sure I'd read anything you'd write. I agree w/ WV .. Poetry.
5516dk 1 week ago in playlist 50's movies
This is POETRY
WolksVagon449 1 week ago
Nice work- BTW all you folks who read to find fault this is a poem of sorts - a eulogy - a dramatic reading - not a science paper. Get off your high horse those that find fault. I think this brilliant and being of that hot rodding persuasion I find it true on many levels. It's humor too so lighten up bubble bursters.
justinoaks 2 weeks ago
This is the best video on youtube bar none! I'm still in high school, with todays modern trends in a sense, yes I did think hot rodding is dead, even though i knew about all this stuff, but its something like this that shows how brilliant true hot rodding is, and why its an addiction.
slrrfan 1 month ago
this sums it up sadly i'm only 26 but i build race engines professionally prior to entering the navy in 08 i fully agree with cfaulc there is something to be said for someone who KNOWS an an engine and what it needs ive known a lot of computer tuners who know nothing more than power adders and boltons its sad really
packardkid1984 4 months ago in playlist packardkid1984's Favorited Videos
The car at 2:20 looks like a 56 Chevy to me?
50gary 4 months ago
@50gary nope, its 1957 bel air
Logik426 3 months ago
@Logik426 nope, it's a 1957 150 model.
johnonetrillion 1 month ago
Gave my son a 63 Buick Special that we've built up as his daily driver. He not a gearhead per say but, he is committed to driving this part of history that may not repeat itself.
63mrl 5 months ago
I agree that the real hot-rodders are the young kids tuning somewhat contemporary automobiles. YOUNG guys that get into old cars these days are more interested in it as a fashion movement than anything else. They are not interested in speed or driving fast, they just want the old look in their cars and clothes etc.. I am tired of V-8 gasoline hot rods, it has all been done a billion times. I would like to see kid build a 100mpg car, or hydrogen powered or something innovative.
nortonshit 5 months ago
@nortonshit So all of those NMCA racers and the guys who race at Hot Rod Drag Week are doing it just as a fashion movement? Good luck trying to prove that one buddy.
JCKustom13 2 months ago
Hot rodding and rock'n'roll will never die! What's the car at 2:20 ? Thanks!
chinookking97 6 months ago
@chinookking97 that car my friend is a 57 Chevy Bell Air,,i personally do not own that same year but i do own a 64 Bell air
pvtbandit 6 months ago
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It really is hard to take a guy serious who gets his rod painted like an easteregg! Best hotrod clip i ever saw! Marry me EricDarby or whoever made this!!! Just cool as fuck!!!!
MsSwampGal 7 months ago
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MsSwampGal 7 months ago
Hot Rodding isn't dead, its just Imports are the new hot rods. Me and many others build Imports to make them faster than stock and race them. Now with the Imports thanks to the ECUs, Turbos, Fuel Injection, Better Suspension, tires are Imports are much faster. Which is why a Supra and a WRX are the two fastest Street Legal drag cars. Imports are the new Hot Rods.
MrTylerdurden55 7 months ago
@MrTylerdurden55 I thought Larry Larsons Nova was the fastest street legal car.
kujaftw 7 months ago
@kujaftw I never heard of that one but there is a Supra that runs in the 7s as well as a WRX.
MrTylerdurden55 7 months ago
@MrTylerdurden55 running 7's with a supra is an incredible achievement, but Larry Larson ran 6.95 at 209 mph and i think hes done faster. /watch?v=lwF-kr91uxU
kujaftw 7 months ago
@kujaftw Isnt that a pro stock car though? The Supra was street legal and on street gas.
MrTylerdurden55 7 months ago
@MrTylerdurden55 in that case Id better kill myself and get reborn into the era of real hotrods. jk I still think imports are boring though
hakalakalaka1 5 months ago
This really tells it like it is !
I have seen many so called hotrods that were nothing more than glorified kit cars !
If it doesn't rust it aint a real hot rod !
if it doesn't have chips on the paint and bugs on the on the grill it aint a real hot rod !
fractalign 8 months ago
My HOT ROD is a 70 VW bug 7.64 in the 1/8 on street tires. VW air cooled motor
Hellathome 8 months ago
HOT RODDING WILL NEVER DIE!!!
chevyguy7008 8 months ago
Spot on.
myrotarys 9 months ago
painted like a easter egg lol... made me laugh..
MrYebby 10 months ago
hot rodding is not dead, its in my mind and in my driveway right now!
slipsonic 10 months ago
hot roding will never die, just get passed down threw the years. we may change the engines and electronics but i can guarantee you that 50 years from now people will die for any of these old cars. because their rotting away now the only originals will be in museums
TheBmx1288 10 months ago
it cannot die, it will never die, it will just get faster.....
e30Hellchild 10 months ago
Well done ! entertaining
HardwayHotrods 10 months ago
Your words made tears come to my eyes
slippery396 10 months ago
23 dislike's can NOT handle the truth.
1961slam 11 months ago 2
good writing... reminds ya of how Lydia Lunch used to do her spoken word tyraids, never really coming up for air-- drilling into your brain with substantial muscle...
bigstickatdragstrip 11 months ago
All you need was a picture of a juicy lettuce steak somewhere in the middle and I'd toast the vibrators in those holily erected hot rods.
kbs1212 11 months ago
seems one of the guys i know my age here in manitoba hasnt seen this yet. seems he'll buy a '63 fairlane coupe sombeody butchered in the 70's, then GIVE IT OVER TO A SHOP TO FIX AN E-BRAKE CABLE? wow. eric, i am so very glad you know what it is like. i am that 2 am guy, its no fun getting up 4 hours later to put in a full day of work. to all the hot rodders out there.....keep the breed alive.
greezeyD 1 year ago
Right on! I own a 1931 Ford Roadster AV8, period correct, newest part in this car is the steering wheel (1951 Mercury). Build it for 4 years. 5x show 1st place winner :)
Greetings from Finland!
31Roadsterford 1 year ago
he talks in the person, he writes this comment
industrialwasteland 1 year ago
That was VERY well said !!! WOW I can relate and I'm sure many others can too!
TheTkirk 1 year ago
Yes Yes Yes!!!! Greetings from Germany.
v8meyer 1 year ago
Well said....Very cool video.
billc6955 1 year ago
great video!just great.awesome idea to film with that old camera.thank you for upload!
GIwillo 1 year ago
Eric, I just wanted to let you know that I had used your video for an editing assignment I had in school. I hope you don't mind that. It's the second response video.
WRINKLEDTANK7 1 year ago
Just Amazing
:D
Betanerd915 1 year ago
possibly the most inspiring thing ever
moscowmeetsmiami 1 year ago
brought a tear!!!
milwaukeegregg 1 year ago
If it was built by your and your buddies blood n' sweat it's been rodded and it's damn sure hot.If you payed some one to build it for your lazy ass,call it what you want but it will never be a Hot Rod.When,were,what and by whom don't even factor into it.Build it yourself ,beat it into the ground and do it over again that's the basics of Rodding.
remo1366 1 year ago
Hot rodding is not dead.. it has simpley changed. Hot rodding only exsits because of youth and there passion for cars. from the riley fast fours of the model "A"s of yesterday to todays fast four civics.. hot rodding ever evolves and repeats it self through each generation. its just called something else. hot rods, led sleads, street machines, tuners etc. but whats cool to see is that the love of the V8 is coming back into the tuning scenne
Gummby69 1 year ago 2
I lived those days as well,so be mindful of your hasty words. The "tuners" you see with the "big wheels" are new age hotrods. I like them myself (as far as my probe is concerned,at least),& REAL TUNERS NEVER TRAILER!! But don't get me wrong,I still miss the old days something terrible,simpler construction. You didn't need ecu's,tcm's,sensors,solenoids to be legal or run right. I hate that part. But modern aerodynamics,suspensions,etc Are way better in today's cars.
unionrdr 1 year ago
We are those people at 2am. Very beautifully said. I still have chills. :-D
PTStylin58 1 year ago
Hot rodding is not dead, its just not by american cars anymore. Now we have STIs, supras and evos. Just now we can use tech and computers to tune our cars and go even faster than be for!
Adawgrussian 1 year ago
@Adawgrussian Your missing the point man!!! This not about those weed wacker
sounding cars sports imported from abroad! Its about the old school car building!!!
Welding, fabricating, old school tuning, Stuff that takes way more skill then just pushing buttons!
Poor misguided individual...
dude486 1 year ago
one of the best videos on here
gregamuffin 1 year ago
Sad that Hot Rods cant turn very well
LaddieGalicia 1 year ago
@LaddieGalicia they can they just choose salt flats and stuff like that for the same reason muscle car builders do. to push their power to the max.
ratrodrocky 1 year ago
You rat rod bitches need to take the 5 foot shifter out of your ass. What I hate is seeing some trailer park loser with a rusted out totally unsafe T cruising around town with parts barely wired on saying he's a hot rodder, but people who grasp modern technology (not computer stuff, but GOOD carbs not bought out of a junkyard and such) and try their hardest to make their rods safe to themselves and anyone on the road (or track) are called posers by you 'rockabilly' douchebags. Stop crying.
gumper1986 1 year ago
@gumper1986street rodders are faggots. your the one taking it up the ass.
haha funny that you assume we live in trailer parks.
sorry that we know how to bring cars back from the dead and you dont.
and i know why your mad, because you muscle car builders spend all this money to build your car up but in the end we still out perform you.
ratrodrocky 1 year ago
Hot rodding, from junkyard jumpers, to Top Fuelers is not dead. Gay poetry is.
jfrockon 1 year ago
I listend and looked whit my mouth and eyes open wide . my englische is not that good, sorry.
frank21166 1 year ago
Totally agree. The easter egg comment was priceless!
nsra1933 1 year ago 6
Hot rodding will never die!!!!!
abejimeneza67c10 1 year ago
hot rodding is all about scavenging the junkyards for parts and thowing it all together and racing whatever you have. All go. Doesn't matter what it looks like
DuallyDieselFord 1 year ago
Hot rodding is alive and well. The next time you see a skinny teen in a Subaru WRX with an exhaust the size of a coffee can screaming down the slab with full turbo you're looking at the latest incarnation of the hot rod.
You might not like it. You might be a reactionary. But there it is. Young guys looking for more speed and tweaking cars that rolled off the assembly before they were born.
Makes me smile.
louisvonbeethoven 1 year ago
nice video , i like it a lot , but hot rodding is defined as ( tuning ) . in the past they tuned the engine by jetting for the right amount of fuel , they were not very scientific in the process , by trial and error in most cases , now they tune the engine with laptops to program the ecu for the right amount of fuel .
now you can measure everything needed in advance to reach your target horsepower , what turbo , or supercharger , what size , what size of injector .
tuning never dies
seacopotan 1 year ago
@seacopotan Uh, hate to bust your bubble but they have had tuning down to a science in fuel racing for 40 + years. You know, altitude correction, head gasket thickness, jet size per cylinder, reading plugs and bearings after a run, etc. Just because some "kid" can change things with a laptop nowdays does not make it anymore scientific, in fact most of these so called "computer tuners" could not read engine bearings & plugs and tell you what the engine is doing.
cfaulc 1 year ago 16
@cfaulc thank you for not being rude like most , this is more important than modern or old tuning , I respect old shool tuning too , of course it was not easy .to be scientific or not , it depends on the person not the tools , many modern tuners damage the engine during the tuning process , and many old timer did just that , the point is , now it is easier to tell if you are heading for a blown engine , and it is easier to tune , you type on keyboard now not a typwriter , same theory .
seacopotan 1 year ago
@cfaulc Although I agree with some of what your saying, with good modern tuning you don't need to read plugs or bearings and they can last a very long time. I won a huge amount of races over 3 years with a championship win at the end, in a japanese powered competition car and all we ever did was change the oil twice and the plugs once (1400hp from 182ci) 7.2 @ 185mph on petrol. There is a place for modern technology in current drag racing.
RIPSNZ 10 months ago
@RIPSNZ Read what I said again, " they have had tuning down to a science in FUEL RACING", meaning nitro racing, not sport coupes, comp, super comp, street, etc, etc. I don't know how much drag racing you have done but I made my living as an engine builder in the pro ranks for quite a few years and if it runs on nitro ALL crew chiefs still read plugs and bearings after each pass. Just changing oil in our class is useless.
cfaulc 10 months ago
@cfaulc Yes I did see you were talking about nitro and I know they still check pulgs (if there is any left) and bearings (as they rebuild every run) but just imagine if the rules in top fuel allowed 4 valve, dohc, efi and other modern systems, they could easily make enough power and be far more reliable and require less maintainence. The only reason you guys get so good at "reading" parts is because you have no choice when the rule makers are so stuburn they want to keep most things "old school"
RIPSNZ 10 months ago
@RIPSNZ If you were to run nitro in a combination based off of what you just said, 4 valves, dohc, efi, it would not be any more dependable simply because of the fuel. The simple fact of how much ignition lead that has to be used to run nitro would require bearing and plug replacement at the same intervals as with a conventional hemi used now. Also the heads would have to be pulled each run for valve service and gasket changes to compensate for atmospheric conditions.
cfaulc 10 months ago
@RIPSNZ In other words it would not be any more dependable, and quite honsetly would require more maintanence. NHRA has allowed testing of different combinations over the years and NONE of them has proven to be any more servicable or able to produce as much power as the hemi design. A DOHC design would need much more time for service and the cams would crack or break at a higher rate than a pushrod design, especially the exhaust lobe area of the cam.
cfaulc 10 months ago
@cfaulc You clearly have a good knowledge of the nitro engine and FAR more than I so I'm not going to argue with you one bit. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE nitro hemi's, I just thought surely with more modern designs in the engine and fuel systems a 500in top fuel engine could be made to be more reliable than they are now.
I wonder why they banned the 3 valve heads some time back?
RIPSNZ 10 months ago
@seacopotan haha who needs power adders or injectors, its all about natural aspiration and jets my friend
bombchevy 5 months ago
right on man i have been dreamming of my "hot rod" for years working 2 jobs and saving up for that day to buy a wreck and build a rolling shine to all the men that built the fast car in town for 60 plus years hopfully my dream will be real soon
leadfoots70 1 year ago
This is beautiful…especially the end.
MrGrimR34p3r 1 year ago
Excellent commentary on the sport of hot rod. 35 years ago I drove a fuel altered for a team that did not have alot of money. The car was wicked scary and the car never wanted to go striaght down the strip. When the car broke or blew upped, it was left up to us to fix it. It was a major rush in the day. But, we went broke and still talk about how great the times were.
dlinenberger 1 year ago
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its sad.. i have a 1950 lincoln with a 337 flathead hardly nobody makes parts for it im trying my hardest to keep it original im not puuting no fiber glass on it im keeping the flathead, im keeping the gauges, it will have a paint job but im painting it myself, i am 15yrs old, i wish more people would help keep the old cars on the roads.. but not many ppl care.. :(
qwertyword 1 year ago
its sad.. i have a 1950 lincoln with a 337 flathead hardly nobody makes parts for it im trying my hardest to keep it original im not puuting no fiber glass on it im keeping the flathead, im keeping the gauges, it will have a paint job but im painting it myself, i am 15yrs old, i wish more people would help keep the old cars on the roads.. but not many ppl care.. :(
qwertyword 1 year ago
@qwertyword your off to a great start man.
dont worry just get to know your local hot rodders and kustom builders and they will help you find parts.
ratrodrocky 1 year ago
Awesome, just awesome.
reddFORDman 1 year ago
Right On
ChevyToughRebel 1 year ago
That my friend was a very good video!
bigstrapperpete 1 year ago
iam re inspired and heading for the garage
GUE5TPA55 1 year ago
Hell Yes!! Rock n Roll and Hot Rods and Hot Chicks in poodle skirts...Life doesn't get ant BETTER !!!!!!
RotorMedic7 1 year ago
hotrods for Ever !
chivasgreaser 1 year ago
The next time you write something this excellent, hire a camera guy. Or at least invest in a tri-pod.
Good choice with the super8.
Nicknamelessone 1 year ago
@Nicknamelessone Hi, dont mean to offend you,but I think the way he did it was perfect,it all fitted in so well with the overall theme,and I think thats what his intention was..beautifully done!!,wonderful piece of work.
catey62 1 year ago
Absolutely love your poetry and video. I've been working in film professionaly as a cinematographer and you also blew me away that this was modern day footage taken on Super 8.. It was perfect. I figured it was just stock footage. No you took it to the max, and I sincerely commend you for that. Great work
phrige 1 year ago
Thank you!! This has inspired me to get off my lazy ass, sitting in front of this computer, and go out to my garage to work on my old project hot-rod. Thank you!!
zzcs31980 1 year ago 2
oh hell yeah very good job.
racerm50 1 year ago 2
That was beautiful!
Ogre302 2 years ago 24
the crying baby dolls..........I HATE those things !!!! If my wife forced me to have one of those I would leave the wife at home !
bbo40 2 years ago 3
bad ass right the fuck on brother!
ey468 2 years ago
AWESOME video, very poetic, and I couldn't agree more!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!! FLATHEADS FOREVER!!!!!
katiecakers42 2 years ago
Hell Yea!!
monochrome83 2 years ago
This videos is the best on youtube I Love every thing about it.I have A rare 1952 plymouth cambridge 4door its not 100% done but its all orig..I allways get wierd looks because I drive it like it was made to be drove I drive it to carshows @ most pepole dont no why I dont wash it first @ that I set on my car @ work on it at the car shows some times. But I hate trailer queens @ the high dollor ass holes they need to get A life @ lern about that real history is all about .
rhodeswayne55 2 years ago 2
@rhodeswayne55
I agree but please stop using @ to mean "and." @ = at, not and.
edeboer593 2 years ago
genius commentary. hot rodding 4 life!
ivostegers 2 years ago
Kool
knuckleknutz 2 years ago
Nice poem. I'm the black sheep of my family; I went into music.
thewelford 2 years ago
this brought a little tear to my eye
Gassed250 2 years ago
$6000 for paint is cheap. Even with a decent body at $6K your doing good. 100 hours at $40/hr is $4000. just for a reference...
IExposeMormonism 2 years ago
$6000 for paint is NOT cheap. $50 for paint is cheap. Especially on the West coast. You see, the problem here is things don't rust.
PrimerDust318 2 years ago
$50 is cheap. Earl Scheib did them for $30 until c 1978. But real lacquer was $60+gal in 1978 And 500hrs to get it painted isn't too rare. in 1979 I saw paint jobs alone for $8000 on a 356 porsche, etc. I know things dont rust as quickly in Cal and Az but just cleaning them up is a chore. I have seen paint on ebay cheap but I doubt it has the gloss, depth and such of a good acrylic or nitrocellulose lacquer
IExposeMormonism 2 years ago
40 an hour?? thats 1990 prices
elevatormechanic 2 years ago
@elevatormechanic Yes, I was trying to be nice, $80 hr is $8000. I've seen $10000 for a Porsche Speedster in 1980. 500 hrs at $35 hr in 1980 was over $15,000. And I saw that as well....
IExposeMormonism 2 years ago
here in nyc they hit ya from 75!!
elevatormechanic 2 years ago
@elevatormechanic There are still wrecking yards on Hwy 99 like the ones we see here:: Old cars, rusting away
IExposeMormonism 2 years ago
thats awsome- in nyc its all jap junk
elevatormechanic 2 years ago
i got a 1964 impala 4 doorn hardtop
lamarimpala 2 years ago
I can't catch what he says at 1:05-1:08
cotmullion 2 years ago
do a wheelie like the church choir raises there hands to praise the lord. basically
73DrtSprt 2 years ago
I miss my old GMC pickup I had in HS
rompn4x 2 years ago
almost got goosebumps
blacknikes93 2 years ago
all i can say is Awesome , almost had tears because in a few months im going to be the one pulling out of that garage with a hand built 27 roadster
vana1 2 years ago
amen
elevatormechanic 2 years ago
Preach on my Brutha...amen!!!!
audiolabguy 2 years ago
Even Utah has graveyards with nice old cars in the fields. And out here in the Sierra Mtns I still find stuff. I put it on ebay. 38 ford pu, 40 chevy pu, 65 2dr Impala, misc jags, 69 Impala, 64 mustang, the 52 chevy pu, 68 dart, etc. Near Mariposa is a yard full of 40-60's stuff. Chowchilla has a nice yard on S. side of 99. And $6k for a paint job? In 1981 a good lacquer job was $7k or more. American Mag Torque thrust D are still here....
IExposeMormonism 2 years ago 2
Why with they paint their hot rods like that? It's not enough that they own a unique ride?
c4crookedrider 2 years ago
You read my mind in a way I could never express myself.
scottmcg666 2 years ago
one thing i think is kinda stupid though is the comment he makes about ordering it out of a catalog. well shit, what if it's a factory catalog and your trying to rebuild it, just because some stickler say that it isn't the right way it isn't a hotrod? kinda stupid. I mean, i'm 17 and i AM rebuilding a '32 ford tudor sedan and i do have the body and an engine. The way he talks it's not a hot rod unless it's bone stock. If that were the case, hot rodding would never even exist.
thing503 2 years ago
Do a search for "When Cars Had Fins" its another good hot rod poem
nashvilleoutlaw 2 years ago
I love that '57 Chevy 150 2-door post. Black Widow clone, anyone? :D
PrimerDust318 2 years ago
right on dude
i stick to true Hot Rodding saving abandoned beauties driving with their patina.
Any Body who modernizes classics with digital, gauges, billet grills, tv's, cd players, ugly bright paint jobs, and big rims CAN NOT CALL THEMSELVES A HOT RODDER!!!!
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT GO AHEAD AND TRY TO CONFRONT A TRUE HOT RODDER LIKE ME WITH YOUR LITTLE TRAILER QUEEN PIECE OF CRAP AND WILL SHOW YOU WHAT ARE LITTLE RUST BUCKETS CAN DO.
ratrodrocky 2 years ago 19
No one has ever attempt on putting a cd player in a hot rod, it's like throwing the whole car away. And big rims? Please, white wall tires all the way with that chrome disc no bigger than the size of a dinner plate hanging on the side, I totally agree with what you say.
c4crookedrider 2 years ago 3
Agreed, I'm 15 and i absolutely hate all the big rims, billet alluminum parts etc... I own a 59 chevy truck with a 454 big Block in it. I would never ever consider trailering it anywhere. the vehicles are meant to be driven.
454apache 2 years ago
15?? well said mate,nice to see young ones with your attitude when it comes to Hot Rods,and thats what its about and always will be,,!!!down under
barnfresh60 2 years ago
Thanks, its good to see people from all different parts of the world showing the same interest in cars and hotrods.
454apache 2 years ago
Right on man! Im 16 and think the same. I have a 1932 model a sedan rat rod with a flatheadv8. and LOVE it, me and my dad biult it in the garage. Started o it when i was 13. Its my DD to school.
food13 2 years ago 2
Thats awsome you should put up some vids. I plan to put some vids of my truck when i get a video camera.
454apache 2 years ago
got a 68 Dart gonna be a badass big block one dart. race ya
73DrtSprt 2 years ago
@73DrtSprt cool....im putting a 460 ford into a 77 plymouth volare 2 door...yeah id rather have a 440 chrysler but you gotta use what ya got sometimes.
grasscat1977 2 years ago
right on
elevatormechanic 2 years ago
you do not have a 1932 model a sedan..you are lying....no such thing.
thesupersized 1 year ago
You obviously don't know squat about cars....
food13 1 year ago
@ratrodrocky So you're saying because I put a CD player in my Duster that lives on the street and strip I'm not a hot rodder? Because I put hours of blood sweat and tears into my mopar, but a little modern luxury of music makes me a fake? C'mon dude, simmer down. I guarantee my nicely painted slightly modern Chrysler has put more passes down the track and miles on the street that your 'rat rod'.
gumper1986 1 year ago
dusters are not considered hot rods, they are muscle cars if not original.
a little modernization such as a cd player is ok i guess (i would much rather hear the roar of my engine).
but digital gauges and shit like that, come on guy you know that shits stupid.
whats the purpose cant you follow a needle on the gauge?you may not be like this but a good percentage of people buy road worthy cars and just use them on the track. in that case why not buy a salvage yard vehicle?
ratrodrocky 1 year ago
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ratrodrocky 1 year ago
@ratrodrocky Where can I find a Ford Model B?
LaddieGalicia 1 year ago
@ratrodrocky true dude!
GIwillo 1 year ago
@ratrodrocky I agree with you. Hot Rodding is a passion and a true form of Octane Art... LONG LIVE THE ART OF HOT RODDING...
cosmicwarrior62 1 year ago
@cosmicwarrior62 Thanks, i'm glad to see a good amount of people have the same opinion on hot rodding as i do.
ratrodrocky 1 year ago
What a crappy movie... if u dont like it, dont lakt about it dude... sad!
efexor666 2 years ago
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inzane240 2 years ago
Whoa! I did not expect this kind of candor. I'm not sure what the back-story behind this video is, why it was made, or even who it's target audience is but this guy just flat nailed it. Today's hot-rods are not the juke-box looking trailer queens with obsessive detail to the pointless. No, todays hot-rods are using closed loop fuel injection, span the entire range of driven axles, use extremely sophisticated power adders and are still being rattle-canned flat black.
duanedragon2 2 years ago
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helvistheking 2 years ago
Great film ! respect .
Ericske17 2 years ago
very nice video and very touching
ljdgm 2 years ago
chill dude!! hot rod exist and rules
fuckinashol 2 years ago
bad ass! I apply this take on hot rodding to my views on modern day "custom" choppers and the biker world. Truly awesome video.
whiskeywilliams 2 years ago
Good Video---I'd like to know where i could buy one of the junkers in the first part of the video~need to pull one out and build another one~~ Hot rods~there's nothing like um~
mobeers2k2 2 years ago
Tell that to Ed Roth.
Fiberglass and candy rule.
josephgioielli 2 years ago
very nice video. I Think that a hotrod can be diferent kind of cars, a hotrod in the 50'ties was a hommade american car but we are now in 2009, and for me a hotrod can be a car as my homebild and tuned volvo 244 1987. It's not a american but swedish car, but as the first us carbuilders i also took in a car in the garage that no others wantet and made my version of a hotrod. Hotrod lives.
visti1 2 years ago
Amazing and touching video! I can respect the real Hot Rod era. I can't lie, I gotta admit I do like seeing some of these easter egg painted, fiberglass "Hot Rods" at shows, but nothing beats a classic, barely enough parts to make it run, ground shaking, wake your neighbors at 3 a.m in the morning kind of Hot Rod. Thaks for making this video. My hobby is actually old Volkswagens, but I got alot of respect for the true Hot Rod hobby, and for the guys and girls that are still keeping it alive. :)
n2vdubz 2 years ago
thats where you are wrong and thats why america is folding you got all these folks buyn these jap cars hot rodding is american purely american what else can you say is. its the sweat blood grease muscle that built america and that builds hot rods which is so much better than a rice burner any day... hot rodding is forever
pcale 2 years ago 4
i agree 200%
chevelle19721 2 years ago
Hot rodding will never die! But the sad fact of the matter is, classic cars ARE getting hard to find. And for the same price you pay for running classic car, with no mods. You can get a newer import with mods already done. And it will give a built hot rod a run for it's money. And STILL get 25mpg This doesn't mean i like them any more than hot rods, just the sad truth. Hot rodding and tuning are the same though if you ask me, only diff is what kind of car you are modifying.
salemcripple 2 years ago 2
They just had to complicate everything now-a-days. I hate all that billet aluminum crap. Its good to see that there are some guys out there with the retro hotrods, built to be driven, not trailered and looked at. This guy hit some pretty key points in this video, good job.
454apache 2 years ago 6
whats wrong with new, turbo - 4 cylinders they make just as much power as old school motor's, Hod-Rodding has just moved on, they call it tuning now.
seroyer2 2 years ago
i agree XD get with the times people.
robert199 2 years ago 2
thank you for seeing the light.
seroyer2 2 years ago
lol i saw the light a long time ago... I would much rather have a car thats fast as hell and gets good gas mileage instead of some V8 literally burning all my money ( gas money for those who dont understand) . Wake up and smell the price of Premium gas people :P V8 cars in general are dead/ dieing.
robert199 2 years ago
lol the v8 will never ever ever die not as long as going fast is still important
dajudge1969 2 years ago 3
you are right in a sense...the v8 will never die so long as americans are still on the planet. but they single-cam-push-rod v8s are very in-efficient and VERY low-tech....and once the american auto makers begin to realize that you can squeeze decent gas mileage out of a v8 with just ohc's then the v8 can live on
spooled87 2 years ago
find me a tuner that can beat a 572 ci Chevy big block...
chevellessownz 2 years ago 2
right!
Machone7O 2 years ago
Dude- their are cars out their that run deep into the 10's with 500 cubic inches LESS motor and running pump gas. It's people like you that rotary Mazda and VW bug people relish beating. But if you insist on running a 45 year old truck motor with insufficient idle vacuum you do so at the peril of your pride.
duanedragon2 2 years ago
No soul!
dsiddonsful 2 years ago
Very inspiring! I am one in the garage all hours of the night, working for the day I can see my Dad drive his hot rod!!!
pulppeeler 2 years ago
Wish I had a OLD hemi mmmmmmm an old 1952 chrysler hemi
SrgReaper 2 years ago
yeah fiberglass is for modern cars .. not classics =]
HoldenLaydee 2 years ago
its ok .. good video ! .. i was just brought up the way that steel is the only true hotrod ! =]
HoldenLaydee 2 years ago 3
i agree with you... fuck fiberglass
BigC954 2 years ago
Hotrodding is NOT dead ... yes i hate those stupid plastic pieces of CRAP !
thankfully i still have three ORIGINAL , FULL BODY STEEL hotrods... our hotrods dont get any credit cause they are STEEL everyone just wants a PLASTIC hotrod that would probably melt in the rain !! We .. the full STEEL bodied hotrods are still around .. yes thoes ones that dont even get glanced at are still around so why dont you open your eyes and see that there are REAL hotrods still out there !
Thank you x
HoldenLaydee 2 years ago 2
You do realize that the video says that hotrodding isn't dead...right?
RedArmyInfantry 2 years ago 2
Yes i do ... =] i was proving a point lol ...
sorry if it didnt sound out that way ...
HoldenLaydee 2 years ago
Right, sorry about that