"Mr. 4 Speed" Episode 4: I Don’t Do Nothing Very Well - A Documentary on the Life of Herb McCandless
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Retirement for Herb looks nothing like what most people envision as life after work. Never one to just sit back, Herb collaborates with top automotive engineers to develop race packages, restores cars from the ground up with his grandsons, and holds seminars for auto enthusiasts who flock to the largest car shows in the United States.
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I I was lucky enough to grow up in Burlington North Carolina when these guys were at the top of the game. I would hang out with her McCandless David Flynt and play golf with Ronnie on a regular Shamrock golf course. Truly Legends and true gentleman
One word describes Mr McCandless, "CLASS"
We need so many more people like him in todays world!
Herb is nothing short of Excellent !
The world is a better place because of Herb McCandless! Thank you Sir for all you've done and been!
A Great Legend. You are Herb. Congratulations to you. What a career you have accomplished. AWESOME JOB. 🇺🇸🚦🏁🏁🏁🏁
This documentary is a treasure, just like the man himself. That his family has done so much to honor his father, who was gone so much of the time speaks volumes to the contribution his wife made supporting what he did.
Herb McCandless is a proud, kind, caring and loving person . Watch this video.
Herb and men like him are the backbone of America. He enjoyed what he did and he enjoyed helping people. This is the America I grew up to love. Best wishes.
Why do i always have a tear in my eye when i watch these. Probly cause Herb is so humble an kind. An a Mopar guy.
In 69 I saw Herb beat Dickey Harrell in a match race at a small strip in Sikeston mo. With his hemi Dart. In 70 or 71 I watched him win a big pro stock show at Lakeland in Memphis. I was a Pontiac and Chevy guy , But you just had to admire Herb and the whole Sox and Martin team. Cause you knew they worked their buts off , so when they showed up everything looked Easy. It made me smile when he mentioned George Rays Outlaw Dragstrip. We raced there too it was unique.. he built em , He drove em , a Talented guy , and a genuine nice guy, who said nice guys finish last, not Mr Four Speed.
A very normal person , with a passion for life and family
A class act, MoPar legend and amazing human. What other legacy can one leave? I salute you Herb !!
Wow! The best racer documentary I have ever watched. Thanks!
This documentary is right up there with Big Daddy Don Garlits !! Two if the top class humans ever that happened to both be racing experts !!! Super story here !!! They're my kind of guys !!
Herb is a self built man he did a lot to get ware he was at and not one bad thing about the man !
great stuff! I was-and am-a huge super stock/pro stock/FX fan going back to the 60s (grew up in Chicago watching Mr. Norm) so this is right in my wheelhouse. I only wish SS and DI magazine-the SS bible-was still published. after God made Herb, he broke the mold so we won't get another like this great man. many thanks, Herb, for all you've brought to the automotive industry in general and drag racing in particular!
Anybody who didnt struggle just a bit to hold back your emotions when his son fired and backed that 70 Sox & Marin car out of the trailer......check your pulse cuz ur prolly dead........i question whether Herb actually knew that was coming or not, it makes sense for filming and production that yes, he prolly knew that was coming, becuz i swear to you, any father that gets ambushed with a car that means THAT much to him would HAVE to crack a tear....unless they edited that out....after watching all of this series and understanding that maybe Herb is a tough nut.....maybe he's able to hide his emotions......but if he truly got ambushed and was able to hide his emotions that well.......that man would have to be a rock. This is a GREAT series, VERY informative, specially to those of us who are not die hard Mopar devotee's.....me, as a Chevy guy, i certainly learned A LOT about the Sox and Martin team, and that SO many video's ive seen of Sox & Martin cars kicking my hero's asses were actually Herb rowing the gears. Emotional.
Dewy eyed through most of this. Wanna feel like a POS? Just try to match this man's life.......
Herb Ronnie called you and asked you if you wanted to drive the car because they wanted to win!! They wanted the best behind the wheel! I’ll tell you one thing I was a fan before now I’m like a super fan!
Wow!! Holy Christ-ler!! To feel like you've never accomplished anything in life, just watch a documentary like this one!! Amazing story and life Mr. 4 Speed!!
The best vedio I have ever seen about a Pro Stock Driver. It made me want to cry.
Thank you so much for putting this out. For old Mopar gearheads like me, it simply doesn't
get any better than our "royalty" - and Mr. McCandless is as royal as it gets for this hobby.
I love seeing his legacy preserved by those who love him, too.
This is simply wonderful stuff!
-Ed on the Ridge
EXTREMELY classy gentleman, & a great documetary.
Watched all 4 episodes in one session.
Thank you for teaching a 1980’s “Kid” from over the pond.
Have a long, happy and healthy life, Mr. McCandless!!!
I had the great pleasure of meeting and talking with Herb and Mike last weekend at the McCandless Collection Open House. I've met a lot of prominent people in my life, but never felt truly welcome and at ease as I did in the presence of both of these fine men. I was already a fan- folks say you should never meet your heroes, but I say meeting Herb was a fulfilment of a life-long desire. Thanks Herb for being who you are, and a profound thanks to Mike for not only keeping his dad's legacy alive but bringing it to a new generation. I can't wait to see the next car that rolls out of your garage!
Funny somebody called me today looking for cheap injectors. I told them they don't want those because when a tip breaks and it burns the piston out of your engine it is going to cost you more to fix than what a good set would have cost you in the first place. Doing it right the first time is the best way on the long run.
Nobody could shift a 4 speed like you Herb you the best of the best and still are❤
Just finished the documentary…outstanding……BTW, Herb does a fantastic job as a commentator at The Hemi shootout at Indy
PRO 211, SOUNDS AWESOME. CAN'T BEAT A 426. WHAT A PLATFORM THOSE MEN DEVELOPED.
I think that there is no other man with no other team that did more to advance prostock than Herb and Sox & Martin has done. Had the pleasure of seeing him at Amarillo Texas great man very easy to talk to unless he had something that had to be done on the car.
I went to work for Mopar Drag Racer Bud Finch in Maine in the early 80’s. He was always talking about Herb and he would buy his parts and anybody that needed them from him. Herb McCandless is a household name for me forever, but never knew the whole story. Awesome series and having Brian Lohnes as the voice is so smooth!
I was blessed to meet Herb and Buddy last year 2023 in Carlisle. They both took the time to talk to me and I really appreciated that. I hope to see them both again this summer! Salt of the earth men.
Fabulous man and family. Remarkable Chrysler history. Running heaps of Mopar all my life, and daily my 2008 SRT 8 6.1 in New Zealand-that Mopar history is what it is. Fast-
Excellent documentary series on Mr. 4 Speed! Someday soon, I hope to meet Mr. McCandless. He is the genuine article, humble and grateful, down to earth person.... from what this series of videos, shows. My family has been involved with Chrysler, since 1964, when my dad got hired to work there. He mainly worked at Highland Park for most of his career, running the IBM TAB computers, that produced V.I.N.'s for all Chrysler vehicles. So I have been a Mopar guy my entire life. Thanks Herb, for sharing your stories with all of us! 👍👍👍
Wow, just finished the whole documentary, and did it ever bring back memories, I was at alot of Herb's races, I was a big fan. I bought a Dodge demon in 78, it had a 340 magmum motor, a 4sp and 411 posi traction, that damn car scared me! It was faster than anything I had driven. I sold it to my neighbor and bought it back after he wrecked it, I made more money from that car?!!!! Awesome show!!!!!
Incredible series! Herb is a treasure. I watched the first one and I was hooked.
Awesome video!
12 dislikes are Prius owners who never have been to a drag strip and don't have a family!
Haha, good one 👍
Everytime I drive my 1968 Barracuda fastback powered by a 512 stroker and backed by an A833 4 speed manual, I think of Ronnie Sox and Herb McCandless. Thanks for this absolutely phenomenal documentary! 👍
Fantastic documentary! I've known the Herb McCandless name since his Ramchargers days, but never knew how instrumental he was in the success of the entire Mopar brand in Drag Racing, or how young he was at the time! What an amazing human being, and what a great family. Truly humbling. 👍😎👍
I have seen Bob Hoover speak about the racing program about 5 - 7 years ago - he was driving his 66-67? hemi at the time. I was an apprentice for one of the guys who built Cammers for Gas Rhonda and other factory Ford racers in the mid 60's worked with Les Ritchie prior to Richie's accident at the 66 Winter Nationals.
Loved the story about using washers to temporarily lengthen the spring.
I've seen Herb racing many times and really didn't think or understand the different cars he had driven. This series has clarified Herb's career and accomplishments. Also it is a look into the human side of Herb and his dedication to his family. We all should take a lesson from him on how to dedicate his life to a career and how he bleeds Mopar blue. Mopar was lucky to have Herb and we all owe Herb and Sox and Martin for their development of Mopar as a racing leader. Thank you Herb and thank you to those responsible for this series.
Meeting Herb McCandless is now on my bucket list. Looks like I'm going to Carlisle next year.
This series was amazing!
I am a Ford Fan but, I enjoyed this vedio 😀😁😙😚☺.
Thanks so much for for keeping racing history alive.
What a great documentary. Before this morning, I didn't know who Herb McCandless was. I'm glad to have met him now through this fim.
Wow, this was awesome! Been a fan of these guys since I was a little kid in the ‘60s. Well done and great job to everyone involved in the production!
The best Drag racing information I didn't know that I didn't know . What an absolutely incredible amount of contributions this man has done. Thank you , Mr. McCandless and your family and friends !
The world need more guys just like this
I am 70 years old and I live in Burlington N.C. and I did meet Ronnie Sox but have never met Mr. Herb McCandless but I hope I have the pleasure of doing so someday.
Got me a win at N. Wilkesboro. In a duster too. Cool to hear it mentioned.
Wow what a great documentary. Herb you are a very lucky man. What a great life you have had. Thank you for helping all mopar people.
Just completed viewing the 4 episodes that make this documentary and enjoyed all 4 of them. I've seen the 'Sox and Martin' name prior, but did not know who the men were of their racing team. Learning who Herb McCandless is was enjoyable and inspiring. Mr. McCandless is a class act. A well deserved, and produced, documentary.
Fenner Tubbs Plymouth had y’all’s car here in Lubbock Texas in 60 something. I rode my bicycle to the dealership and saw ‘em. I remember the stickers we got. It was awesome.
This was a great series of videos. Well done. I met Herb at SEMA in Las Vegas in 2019 and he is just as nice as he appears in the video.
This was simply fantastic - I stretched it out over 3 days. I didn't want the low viewing ET. I just savored it ......
These are one of the best things I've ever watch thank you for sharing these
10/10 for these films , brilliantly done and such a wonderful man .
I met Buddy Martin at a Roy Hill chassis class, about 25 years ago. Great guy.
Amazing Mopar Racing history, Great job to all those that help put these together !! Shift On Mr. 4 Speed !!!
Awesome , I am thoroughly enjoying these stories having grown in 50s and 60s I to miss those drag racing days , Thanks McCandless Antique Auto
Thank you for making a real documentary, of a racing legend. Two thumbs up.
What a beautiful story of an absolutely superb man, racer and entrepreneur. I have absolutely LOVED this 4 part series. 😊
Great human being bless is soul is love for helping others and telling true story.
I just finished watching all of the documentary films, on this channel, and I loved it !!! Seeing that early car (and some subsequent ones) with the "A.J. Thomas Chrysler Plymouth" sponsorship lettering, brought a smile to my face. My Grandmother played bridge with Mrs. Thomas. And I saw a car in one of the films lettered with Danny Byrd, as the mechanic. Would that be the Danny Byrd that worked as a parts man for Madison Cadillac? Mr. McCandless mentions Gordon Black, being from a family that owned a truck line. Would that have been, "Gordon's Truck Lines" ??? And finally....where was that Toddle House, that he mentioned, on Poplar Avenue ??? There was more than one, way back then. GREAT VIDEOS !!!
Love this series.
Thank you for the series, wonderful to learn so much about the man and era!
My Self & a good Friend WE only race 4 Speeds always have always will, Thanks Herb Your just an honest down 2 earth Humain 😊
This series was great. Thank you for sharing them. I believe I will watch them all over again.
Class Act. I have seen Sox and Martin cars match race in early 70s. Always the greatest
Race team ever. I knew about Herb McCandless but didn't realize his total impact on the team.
Great man, Great documentary
Great video, really enjoyed!!
Very well put together Mike. Absolutely awesome. Hope all is well
So much fun back then, I graduated in 1962 and the drags were the old airport in SLC. I saw my first 1964 Dodge hemi down there.
This man is a national treasure!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
1995 I meet Herb at his shop when I drove to NC just for them to build my Dana 60. We're sitting in his office and a customer calls asking if he can do a small block that'll run a certain number, he replied "Yes, but you'll need a shovel and a bucket in the trunk, it won't last long" Always telling the truth whether you wanna hear it or not lol
Awesome documentary, I am a mopar fan, I have had several mopars..2 cudas 70- 71 , 4 chargers, 2 70s 2 68, 71 roadrunner and 72 challenger and a few more..I miss them all...
I really love these "alternative history" vids. Makes you wonder how things might have turned out in a different universe.
Sox & Martin for four wheels,Evel Knievel for two. Built the model kits when I was sub 10 years old. Didn't grasp how important this man was then.
This man optimizes what made America great. Much respect Sir ❤️👍🏼
This is a fantastic documentary! Iam only about two hours from Burlington, I’d love to check out the museum.
Some of the best videos I’ve listened to ever !!!
What an awesome story
There is nothing like those old 60s Mopar muscle cars I had a 69 road runner and I love driving it every second
It seems like there were more than one Mr. 4 speed in those days! They called Ronnie Sox that also.
What a classy guy. Awesome vid and stories.
Thank you McCandless family
In more than 4 decades, I've never seen a Vin tag just fall off. Never.
Cool to hear Dunn-Benson and Fayetteville mentioned. Those are my local tracks! Just a tad before my time for your match races though. Recently saw Billy West Peaden's car brought back to life near Dunn-Benson.
Thank You Herb !
Thanks for this story,, wow ,, what a great American story 👏 ❤️
It's sad that Bill Jenkins and Dick Landry wasn't around to be part of this vedio. As well as Don Nicholson.
Herb u should be in the hall off fame for yor achievements to American auto 🚘 along with the rest off yor guys God bless people like herb that isn't for the money is living the dream into reality only in u s a frm a new zealand very touch to have watched these on u chube
first car i ever drove was a M code orange cuda 4spd , my dogs old and getting on rough but when i call him he lights up ,,, his name is “ Mopar “ and Herb and the Sox and Martin were always my favorites
What a great documentary what a humble man. Chrysler still today is the dominant horsepower with the fastest cars and still don't get the credit
Very well done. One hell of a man and driver..
great set of videos and great guy herb ! ive laughed out loud and had tears in my eyes , really great life bud
Mr Herb hit the nail on the head went he said if you got to think about it you are late to be great drag racer your driving has come from your muscle memory .
Herd is truly a drag racing champ and a good Honest American hero
Awesome guy, what a great video. Thank you for sharing.
Excellent. Great man!!!
Wished I could have liked all of these episodes 1000x
Super cool 💦 Drag racing History.👍👍.those were the Days.. best days ever.!!
Today's racing is all electronic, I remember back in the day to go fast , like herb said , we have to make that stuff.
Hey ! I want to hear the rest of his story about him running a Z16 Chevy and why he switched to Mopar....The interview that was so rudely interrupted by that awesome Duster starting up !