My brother jim bailey ran a 58 light blue vette here in '64-'65 a dual quad bored out 283 running a t-10 trans and snow tires to get some traction!!! If anyone has pics of my brothers vette, would love to get my hands on some copies.. thanks
What A Great Video! Iam So Glad That Some Of This Old Drag Racing Made It On Film! I Caught The Very Tail End Of This Era And Would Give Anything To Have Been A Part Of It! I Love The Old Pontiacs, Especially The 1961's! I Noticed The One On This Video. Did You Happen To Know Anything About This One Or Any Of The Other Pontiacs That Were Racing? Thanks Again For Posting This!
guess the 413's were'nt allowed to race these jalopy chevys, and fords. my granddad had a 62 plymouth fury 413 wedge, that would have smoked any of these cars in this video. cool video!
would love to get a copy of this DVD, my husband and I know some of these drivers, we were island dragway regulars. if anyone knows about any DVD's from the 60's at island dragway or photos please give me a shout!
awesome time, before all the civil rights movement b.s. when you could sleep with your door unlocked before hippies and Liberals chenged the look of our neighborhoods with their crying !!!
Don "Big Daddy" Garlits will return August 15, 2010 with an original "Swamp Rat" from his museum; not for show but for go 50th anniversary racing. Smoke'm if ya got em.
@EarlCamembert my uncles 36 plymouth that was on the cover of car craft can blow the doors off that guy garlits oh wait slingshot dragsters dont have doors
Charlie, I have some from "The Patch" 1962-64, I have some earlier from Montgomery and some mid '60s from E-Town . I don't know how to put the here or I would.
Bob: I really don't know either. My buddy has taken some lately of my Nova and his Gran Prix (under "Slimbo5"), but they are digital and are easily put on the computer. I guess yours are 8mm or VHS and have to be changed first. Too bad; I'd love to see if my '61 Chevy is in any of them. - Charlie
I owned a 59 thunderbird like the one in this video. I ran that thing 140mph everynight on the way home. It felt like it was floating on air. Man the good ole days. Rich
wow this is a awesme vid.. wish i was born 25 years earlier so i could expirience this. shame about the vid not having any sound tho. great vid kep them coming. amazingly i think this is the only video n youtube that desnt even have a single bad comment
There's quite a few vintage racing video's out there, but this one ranks among the best. Thanks much gents for keeping the old 8mm, and to Rich for converting to digital then posting for our fun and help us remember our young and fun times.
Yup, newest ride in this neet video is '62. Thanks Rich Galdi for convert and post and Thanks 626262impala for hanging onto the old 8mm. Now that you have it saved digital and friends can see this until your days are done. I'm an old pfart too and like a fool, didn't keep my stuff. Thanks again :-)
Boy! Does that bring back memories. I grew up in that time period in Winter Haven Florida. Had one of faster car's in town. It was a 64 Chevy Impala 327 4 speed. I still have it and it's still pretty quick. Thanks for the youtube very enjoyable.
LOL Ya know in about 25-30 yr from now! we are going to be seeing NHRA drags with the likes of AC/DC sLiP KnOt as the muzack! smiles:) Man i love this Sport!
For cars like this and more, checkout the 2008 California Hot Rod Reunion October 10 - 12 at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield...I'll be running the Rocket Muffler '55 Chevy Wagon... :)
OMG I grew up here my father raced all kinds of cars there for Scotties Mufflers most mentionable would be the Yellow Chevy Luv truck that pulled wheelies off the line. I just found out they filmed a movie there called Tasmanian devil in the '60s then found this short video awesome!!
Reminds me of attending my first drag event at 'double D'....that was Detroit Dragway in 1962.Seen Dyno Don Nicholson driving a 409 Chevy Biscayne & the Super Super Stock winner was another 409 from Arizona.They were goin' 12s then & we thought it was sooo fast.
This is not only a super video, but one of few that has not a negative comment. Growing up in Bergenfield, my freinds and I would make the weekly commute to Island in '61 and '62 out rt46(before I80 was completed). We'd have breakfast at the Hacketstown Diner spend the day in the pits and always return with white shoe polish on the windshield and left rear window indicating the class. I ran a C/G (gas) and then a B/A (altered), both street legal. We graduated in '62 and went then separate ways.
OMG! vintage!!! Now I'm convinced I'm old! I used to go every ...."Sunday Sunday at Raceway Park" just like the radio said. Wow brings back memories. thanks for the cool video.
That reminds me of my racing days about ten years later in 1972. All the teens would borrow their parents car and take it to the drag stirp. I took my moms 67 Chevelle with a 327 engine and changed the heads, intake, carb. gear ratio, ignition and put headers on it without her knowlage. She got in the car and peeled out the driveway only to return and asked me what was wrong with her car! She claimed it made a very loud Squealing noise. I laughed and told her I just did a minor tune up. LOL
Wow, that's really cool! My dad grew up in the early '60s and worked at my uncle's Chevrolet dealership in Wayland. On weekends, they would race at 131 Dragway in Martin. Dad ran two '63 Impalas in B/Modified Production and did quite well.
I raced at Los Angeles County Raceway (Palmdale) for the last time last night...they're closing it in 2 weeks...thanks for everything, Bernie, Tim & Co....
Whatta Gem! Was ther a few weeks later as a 12 yr old sneaking in the pits.This has to be opening day 62 in March Notice the SNOW on the sides of the track!Made my 1st pass as a 17 yr old in a 55 Chev f-gas "Dudek bros". Passaic Nj. circa 1968 .What a long flat tow ride from hackensack via rt.46.
We're from Rahway, NJ and my Dad still goes to this dragstrip. He thinks he recognizes a red Ford in the footage as belonging to someone who lived on Elizabeth Ave. All these years later he's till caught up in the Ford Vs. Chevy debate. Let it go Pops!
We live in Rahway, NJ and my Dad still goes to this strip. He recognizes one of the Fords in the footgae as someone who lived on Elizabeth Ave. He's still all caught up in the Ford Vs. Chevy debate of 50 years ago.
This just nails it for me, music & all...I run a '55 Chevy Station wagon nostalgia car in Southern California & would have LOVED to have ran at Island back then!
Oh man,i love the old days of drag racing,i really miss going to the track to smell the rubber and the fumes,lol.Was better back then,at least there wasnt a bunch of dime-a-dozen econo boxes fart piping around.
Great filf! The blue dragster appears to be the Kulp-Nocentino-Van "Outlaw" out of Bristol PA. If so, I believe the engine and chassis were built by Jack Kulp not Dragmaster.
Great film! You have some rare footage of a Dragmaster dragster- the blue 'slingshot' dragster uses a custom frame/chassis from Dode Martin and Jim Nelson-the dragmasters. (see the current issue of Rodders Journal for more about them.) I just interviewed them last week for a tv/film project-(www.vintageventuremedia.com) They would enjoy seeing this great old footage! Thanks for sharing!
Awsome just freakin awsome!!
velle492 3 weeks ago
0:16 Sargent Al Barretta US Army in his 32 Ford he ran a Nike missle base in Mahwah NJ
spacepatrolman 3 weeks ago
1:27 what a magnificent black machine
TediI47 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
My brother jim bailey ran a 58 light blue vette here in '64-'65 a dual quad bored out 283 running a t-10 trans and snow tires to get some traction!!! If anyone has pics of my brothers vette, would love to get my hands on some copies.. thanks
369nag 2 months ago
sure wish I could here the cars....
lovetohateyoutoo 3 months ago
What A Great Video! Iam So Glad That Some Of This Old Drag Racing Made It On Film! I Caught The Very Tail End Of This Era And Would Give Anything To Have Been A Part Of It! I Love The Old Pontiacs, Especially The 1961's! I Noticed The One On This Video. Did You Happen To Know Anything About This One Or Any Of The Other Pontiacs That Were Racing? Thanks Again For Posting This!
616566d21 4 months ago
guess the 413's were'nt allowed to race these jalopy chevys, and fords. my granddad had a 62 plymouth fury 413 wedge, that would have smoked any of these cars in this video. cool video!
gtarz40ful 7 months ago
absolutly amazing all that needs to be said thanks
chevyguy7008 8 months ago
I want to move to DRAG CITY!
MrGotsquashed 8 months ago
noticed they matched most races Ford Vs. Chevy, the way it was back then....
Jimsvt 8 months ago
this was the first place 200mph was broke by the one and only big daddy don garlits.
ferrari12833 10 months ago
would love to get a copy of this DVD, my husband and I know some of these drivers, we were island dragway regulars. if anyone knows about any DVD's from the 60's at island dragway or photos please give me a shout!
suejimred 1 year ago
awesome time, before all the civil rights movement b.s. when you could sleep with your door unlocked before hippies and Liberals chenged the look of our neighborhoods with their crying !!!
use2slam2 1 year ago
1962, America at it's peak! Lots of memories here thanks for posting!
5*****
dowopper51 1 year ago
Don "Big Daddy" Garlits will return August 15, 2010 with an original "Swamp Rat" from his museum; not for show but for go 50th anniversary racing. Smoke'm if ya got em.
EarlCamembert 1 year ago
@EarlCamembert my uncles 36 plymouth that was on the cover of car craft can blow the doors off that guy garlits oh wait slingshot dragsters dont have doors
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
I miss L.A.C.R. (Palmdale, CA)
55racer 1 year ago
what an awesome video some killer cars and the old fuelies are so cool
chandlerh2 1 year ago
Perfect Jan and Dean song
sivvybee 1 year ago
1st car 55 chevy.wonder where she is now?
TheMidniterunner 2 years ago
excellent
gassers for ever
bp
bluespower 2 years ago
good shit
ppost more man
1963impalass409 2 years ago
48 years ago? Naaah...can't be... ;-)
55racer 2 years ago
Awesome video. Thank you for sharing.
Mrpeelp50 2 years ago
Who else has some old movies converted to video from Island Dragway in New Jersey? Especially around the early 60's?
Bluedeuce32 2 years ago
@Bluedeuce32
Charlie, I have some from "The Patch" 1962-64, I have some earlier from Montgomery and some mid '60s from E-Town . I don't know how to put the here or I would.
Bob
Hotrodbb 2 years ago
Bob: I really don't know either. My buddy has taken some lately of my Nova and his Gran Prix (under "Slimbo5"), but they are digital and are easily put on the computer. I guess yours are 8mm or VHS and have to be changed first. Too bad; I'd love to see if my '61 Chevy is in any of them. - Charlie
Bluedeuce32 2 years ago
@Bluedeuce32
One day we'll have to have a video viewing garage run.
Hotrodbb 2 years ago
Sweeet! I was hoping to see a 62 Pontiac, and I got to see about 4 of them in action! Thanks for sharing this guys!
bionicgforcecoffee 2 years ago
First car was a '62 GP...wish I had it now!
55racer 2 years ago
I owned a 59 thunderbird like the one in this video. I ran that thing 140mph everynight on the way home. It felt like it was floating on air. Man the good ole days. Rich
ncautoman57 2 years ago
That '59 Chevy smoked the '59 Ford!
drh4683 2 years ago
I lived about three miles from the drag strip. Don't remember wally. Hard to remember anyone, in fact, so many years ago!
riverkeeper 2 years ago
I worked at Island Dragway, in High School -- 1968
riverkeeper 2 years ago
Did you live in hacketstown I went when they had the pacers and wally lynne was a top elimator with an alterd roadster
spacepatrolman 2 years ago
I thought about this video at work today. I couldn't wait to see it when I got home...
Thanks!
Vongoph 2 years ago
..."but that 413's really diggin' in!"
very cool!
71bee383 2 years ago
wow this is a awesme vid.. wish i was born 25 years earlier so i could expirience this. shame about the vid not having any sound tho. great vid kep them coming. amazingly i think this is the only video n youtube that desnt even have a single bad comment
vsslr5000 2 years ago
awsome vid ! damn 413 was king then, then along came the 426 wedge a year later, which became the one to beat. chevy guys blushed with envy.
gtarz38 2 years ago
Back when raceing was the real deal...
LABlueForever 2 years ago
...and not a single Mopar???!!! I guess they weren't allowed to race, because they were too fast!!!
cmf1965 2 years ago
..........maybe all the Mopars broke down on the way to the track.
7714349 2 years ago
the good old days...run what ya brung and drive it like you hate it...thanks... what memories
ffej980 2 years ago
Cool vid, I truly believe those were the times I belonged in. Thanks for preserving the 8mm.
eos20dgod 2 years ago
Awesome vid ! A great piece of history . . .
Oldcarsarecool 2 years ago
There's quite a few vintage racing video's out there, but this one ranks among the best. Thanks much gents for keeping the old 8mm, and to Rich for converting to digital then posting for our fun and help us remember our young and fun times.
quickdeuce 2 years ago
Beach Boys
1989Foxy50 2 years ago
Close...Jan & Dean... ;-)
55racer 2 years ago
who is the music by? i love surf rock.
bbccaprice89 3 years ago
thats a good video but its not 1962 cos theres a 64 impala
shanehaward87 3 years ago
Where did u see the 64 Impala? i only see 62 Chevy Impalas!
CHEVYPOWER76 2 years ago
Sorry shanehaward87 there are no 64 Impalas in this 8mm, it was shot in 62 by my girlfriend now wife of me racing the Blue 62 Impala 409/409.
626262impala 2 years ago
Yup, newest ride in this neet video is '62. Thanks Rich Galdi for convert and post and Thanks 626262impala for hanging onto the old 8mm. Now that you have it saved digital and friends can see this until your days are done. I'm an old pfart too and like a fool, didn't keep my stuff. Thanks again :-)
quickdeuce 2 years ago
Great stuff
Towball22 3 years ago
look's like them 1960 chevy's was burning it up 348 eng's i bet.
ron48coupe 3 years ago
I wish I could have grown up then. I'm 18, and you seniors knew how to build them. Heres to 327s with 4.11 rear ends!
fbhorton1990 3 years ago
still run a 327...with 4:88's!
55racer 3 years ago
Boy! Does that bring back memories. I grew up in that time period in Winter Haven Florida. Had one of faster car's in town. It was a 64 Chevy Impala 327 4 speed. I still have it and it's still pretty quick. Thanks for the youtube very enjoyable.
ghortongoldenoldies 3 years ago
Fantastic!
retroolschool 3 years ago
Drag racing in the snow, gotta love it. Handful of Pontiacs, way cool video. Thanks for posting.
Dummerd 3 years ago
Great!!!
Tach it up!!
corvairjunkyard 3 years ago
Wow, I have to say thanks for this youtube video. Some people would never have shared this. This one is great.......Real history.
mdunn1150 3 years ago
Watched the whole thing with a smile on my face, loved it.
mikea05 3 years ago
what is the song in the beg?. and whats the song at 2:09/4:02?
traxhax30 3 years ago
drag city by jan and dean then shut down by the beach boys[with mike loves famous 2 note sax solo]
spacepatrolman 3 years ago
what is the song name?
traxhax30 3 years ago
LOL Ya know in about 25-30 yr from now! we are going to be seeing NHRA drags with the likes of AC/DC sLiP KnOt as the muzack! smiles:) Man i love this Sport!
peejaa 3 years ago
For cars like this and more, checkout the 2008 California Hot Rod Reunion October 10 - 12 at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield...I'll be running the Rocket Muffler '55 Chevy Wagon... :)
55racer 3 years ago
I loved seeing the '59 Ford burning rubber!
luridplanet 3 years ago 2
OMG I grew up here my father raced all kinds of cars there for Scotties Mufflers most mentionable would be the Yellow Chevy Luv truck that pulled wheelies off the line. I just found out they filmed a movie there called Tasmanian devil in the '60s then found this short video awesome!!
brollicONE 3 years ago 3
@brollicONE theres tasmanian devil videos in here thats the pacers altered roadster i was there for that
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
Reminds me of attending my first drag event at 'double D'....that was Detroit Dragway in 1962.Seen Dyno Don Nicholson driving a 409 Chevy Biscayne & the Super Super Stock winner was another 409 from Arizona.They were goin' 12s then & we thought it was sooo fast.
electrochubb 3 years ago 2
This is not only a super video, but one of few that has not a negative comment. Growing up in Bergenfield, my freinds and I would make the weekly commute to Island in '61 and '62 out rt46(before I80 was completed). We'd have breakfast at the Hacketstown Diner spend the day in the pits and always return with white shoe polish on the windshield and left rear window indicating the class. I ran a C/G (gas) and then a B/A (altered), both street legal. We graduated in '62 and went then separate ways.
TECHKLEC 4 years ago 2
OMG! vintage!!! Now I'm convinced I'm old! I used to go every ...."Sunday Sunday at Raceway Park" just like the radio said. Wow brings back memories. thanks for the cool video.
pbowman01 4 years ago 2
Thats real racing! Not even a Christmas tree, just a flag man! Very cool! What is the name of the 2nd song playing? Anyone know?
trebdude1 4 years ago 4
The second song is Shut Down by The Beach Boys
funkypretty 4 years ago 2
@trebdude1 shut down the beach boys was a hit flip side
spacepatrolman 2 months ago
That reminds me of my racing days about ten years later in 1972. All the teens would borrow their parents car and take it to the drag stirp. I took my moms 67 Chevelle with a 327 engine and changed the heads, intake, carb. gear ratio, ignition and put headers on it without her knowlage. She got in the car and peeled out the driveway only to return and asked me what was wrong with her car! She claimed it made a very loud Squealing noise. I laughed and told her I just did a minor tune up. LOL
don30728 4 years ago 3
Wow, that's really cool! My dad grew up in the early '60s and worked at my uncle's Chevrolet dealership in Wayland. On weekends, they would race at 131 Dragway in Martin. Dad ran two '63 Impalas in B/Modified Production and did quite well.
SuperStinger71 4 years ago
thanks for the memories!! cool stuff!
gary52car 4 years ago 2
Don Garlits broke the 200 MPH quarter mile at Island Dragway... i raced there too years ago...
ffej980 4 years ago
Music, no. Car sounds, yes!
MMRD50 4 years ago 3
That that's some cool old footage! I love watching that stuff
409SSIMPALA 4 years ago
THISIS SO GREAT
It brings it all back.
I was there Every Summer Sunday morning we could with my buddy Howie
I ran my61 Saab all 3 cylinders and 2 cycle engine
I was matched with a Metropolitan and a HenryJthey both blew me off
Howie ran his 62 MoPar Plymouth Fury.
I can smell the rubber and feel the rumble of the engines in my guts just watching
Sunday - SUNDAY! See The nitro burning fuel dragster SUNDAY AT Island Dragway Great
Gene
Highgene2 4 years ago
Poor Fords are eating dust......
"Great Stuff"
tatersgravy 4 years ago
Thank you, Wally Parks...
55racer 4 years ago
If you want to see cars like this & more, come to the 16th NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion at Bakersfield Raceway (Famoso) October 12 - 14!
55racer 4 years ago
cool
wesimmons77 4 years ago
AWESOME VID!!!
carsbyjeff 4 years ago
Thanks for sharing this. I have a 8mm 50'reel somewhere of Islip Seedway drag races on Long Island around that year.
mrwells 4 years ago
Great video! Does anyone have old film of Westhampton dragstrip on Long Island in the 1960's?
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bibbiesoccerchickft 4 years ago
I raced at Los Angeles County Raceway (Palmdale) for the last time last night...they're closing it in 2 weeks...thanks for everything, Bernie, Tim & Co....
55racer 4 years ago
This is pretty cool...I work at Island Dragway and it was way more crowded back then...
niemakawy 4 years ago
Who was there when Don Garlits raced T V Tommy Ivo and Ivo won?
spacepatrolman 4 years ago
Raced my tiger "Proud Mary" 64 GTO at Island Dragway back in the late 60's and early 70's.
Enjoyed every second at Great Meadows.
Melissa's granddad who opened up Island did a great job.Wish he was here.
Dan
plt2 4 years ago
man, that was way cool! thanks for sharing.
ztwntyn8 4 years ago
Whatta Gem! Was ther a few weeks later as a 12 yr old sneaking in the pits.This has to be opening day 62 in March Notice the SNOW on the sides of the track!Made my 1st pass as a 17 yr old in a 55 Chev f-gas "Dudek bros". Passaic Nj. circa 1968 .What a long flat tow ride from hackensack via rt.46.
bobd1950 4 years ago
You're welcome, pitts64...
Don't forget the York US30 Reunion this summer too!
My first car was a '62 Grand Prix....
55racer 4 years ago
55 Racer. I didn't know about the National Hot Rod Reunion in Columbus, OH.
I'm in Pittsburgh and have a hot street 64 Bonneville 462/ 4 speed hydro.
Thanks.
pitts64 4 years ago
Ford v. Chevy....yes...
Honda v. Toyota...thankfully, no!
55racer 4 years ago
did they have that kind of things then too?
HEJSURT 4 years ago
loser those days were way better.
guitardude1050 4 years ago
Ford Vs. Chevy...long may it rage!
Better than Honda Vs. Toyota anyday! :)
55racer 4 years ago
We're from Rahway, NJ and my Dad still goes to this dragstrip. He thinks he recognizes a red Ford in the footage as belonging to someone who lived on Elizabeth Ave. All these years later he's till caught up in the Ford Vs. Chevy debate. Let it go Pops!
bonneville73 4 years ago
We live in Rahway, NJ and my Dad still goes to this strip. He recognizes one of the Fords in the footgae as someone who lived on Elizabeth Ave. He's still all caught up in the Ford Vs. Chevy debate of 50 years ago.
bonneville73 4 years ago
Man...whatta clip!
This just nails it for me, music & all...I run a '55 Chevy Station wagon nostalgia car in Southern California & would have LOVED to have ran at Island back then!
55racer 5 years ago
Awesome! Too bad that there are no sounds, due to technical limits of 8mm films. But the music fits great to the clip, since it's from the same era.
Widdi88 5 years ago
Oh man,i love the old days of drag racing,i really miss going to the track to smell the rubber and the fumes,lol.Was better back then,at least there wasnt a bunch of dime-a-dozen econo boxes fart piping around.
nailclippers3 5 years ago
amen to that!
odelgado78 4 years ago
this video is really awesome... you don't ever see these cars today
rodzilla5150 5 years ago
If you can, go to the National Hot Rod Reunion in Columbus, OH or the California Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield...you will!
55racer 4 years ago
I never get tired of seeing this video!
The good news is hot rodding is making a very big comeback today.
pitts64 5 years ago
I LIKE IT.
themilkman58 5 years ago
what song is this???
estebanchancho 5 years ago
Drag City by Jan and Dean ,then Shut Down by the Beach Boys.
spacepatrolman 5 years ago
Great filf! The blue dragster appears to be the Kulp-Nocentino-Van "Outlaw" out of Bristol PA. If so, I believe the engine and chassis were built by Jack Kulp not Dragmaster.
conjunktion 5 years ago
LOSE the music! Let's hear the engines!
TechMaven 5 years ago
It was a silent film, so no engine sounds. Sorry.
jdizzle61 5 years ago
Oops! Right, I've been spoiled by the digital age.
TechMaven 5 years ago
@jdizzle61 You nailed it with the songs you picked...Great Job! :-D
55racer 1 year ago
awesome. i go there often, its cool to see how its changed in 45 years
GP99GT 5 years ago
Great film! You have some rare footage of a Dragmaster dragster- the blue 'slingshot' dragster uses a custom frame/chassis from Dode Martin and Jim Nelson-the dragmasters. (see the current issue of Rodders Journal for more about them.) I just interviewed them last week for a tv/film project-(www.vintageventuremedia.com) They would enjoy seeing this great old footage! Thanks for sharing!
Vintagedude 5 years ago
I like it...alot!
punkazzgearhead 5 years ago
fantastic! nice choice of soundtrack too.
Russ641 5 years ago
Great find. Thx!
bookr98 5 years ago
Glad to put it up for you. Did you catch the awesome burnout from the white '59 Ford?
jdizzle61 5 years ago
Yes I did. Is there a story behind that particular car?
bookr98 5 years ago