Forgotten Oldies - Hot Rod Lincoln, The Late Charlie Ryan

WOW! Now Over 400,000+ VIEWS! THANKS!! Sadly, we lost Charlie Ryan on Feb 16, 2008. Please take a look at www.hot-rod-lincoln.com for the details. Thanks to Charlie's grand niece and also AVPPHOTO for letting me know.

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[mrmoparcory]

This song was never forgot

[forgottenoldies]

@mrmoparcory With us, true. Forgotten by the radio stations!

[anotherbaldguy]

It's my understanding that Charlie's is the original "Hot rod Lincoln", so props to him. But to give due credit, the song is a response to another one called "The hot rod race" from about 1950. That's what the first line of this song is all about. Hot rod Lincoln is the same song with different lyrics.

[forgottenoldies]

@anotherbaldguy True. I was just too young to have heard the earlier song :)

[crusherbmx]

This hot rod lincoln is better, it has a V12

[forgottenoldies]

@0289XYZ Older cars used to have a hand-operated control to "feed" gasoline

to the engine. When they started putting it on the floor (accelerator) they called it

foot-feed as opposed to hand-feed. Some folks mistakenly pronounce it as

foot-feet.

[dan2wee]

I saw Charlie only a few years prior to his death, He was at the Spokane Valley VFW ... sad he is gone

[NOWstopslaughter]

My friend tied me to a chair and made me listen to this for 3 hrs

[TheVetteman1978]

I Have the Old Lp of Chalie Ryan With all 12 Song call Hot Rod Lincoln

[redreaper2020]

You don't hear a "hot rod civic" or "gas mileage" ANYWHERE in this song!

[P4flats]

This version has a couple of words that are different from the one I remember of Charlie's. He recorded a couple I believe. 1959 rings a bell but it was early '60's when we heard it on radio & jukeboxes. I recall B side "Through The Mill" as mentioned previously. I have been talkin' my way through it as a poem (w/a southern drawl) for a half century now. PRICELESS!!! Someone else put out another version shortly after Charlie & it just didn't work.