Dunn and Reath Restored Funny Car Fire Up
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ต.ค. 2016
- Fired up the Al Weich owned and restored Dunn and Reath Funny Car from the famous movie Funny Car Summer.Video by our good friend Keith The car was in storage from 1992 until Aug 2016 when it was pulled out and in 59 DAYS it was completed for the HOT ROD REUNION in Bakersfield CA. to celebrate the 50th aniversary of the FunnyCar it is also Voted #11 of the top 20 Funnycars of all time by DragRace Fans! The Trip to Bakersfield was a disapointment as they did not allow this car or any other FunnyCars to paticipate in the Cacklefest so we decided to do this when we returned back home(with only 73%Nitro all we had).Thank you to all understanding neighbors!
Thankyou
I don't always listen to my Dunn & Reath rear engine funny car, but when I do, so does my entire neighborhood.
So glad that this car is restored and kept around for its historical relevance to the sport.
I have a copy of Funny Car Summer on DVD and signed by Jim Dunn. Got him to sign it at the New England Nationals here in NH. Hung around his pit area and chatted w/a few people, managed to get it signed. 🙂
Big Jim's rear engine funnycar is still considered a engineering marvel..It took balls of steel to drive it ..Jim Dunn..funnycar legend...
Jim had told us that it was a scary car to drive so we will only cackle it now
When we were restoring it we found it has a lot of bump steer in it that maybe why it was so ill handling
1st time I've ever seen a rear engine funny car. Love it! I read a lot of comments on youtube especially for music. People say today's music is terrible compared to the music they grew up with. You know, 50's, 60's, 70's. I kinda feel the same when it comes to today's funny cars.
Ok
BINGO!!!!!!!!!!
I believe there were a couple of others. One I seem to recall having a transverse engine configuration.
There was actually a movie about “Fireman” Jim Dunn called FunnyCar Summer which came out in 1977.
Awesome machine! Thanks for sharing.
Talk about stance...I have never seen a better looking funny car.
Black Magic.
that would be awesome to see Mike Dunn do a burnout,stage and idle down the track,while big Jim Dunn acted as crew chief and staged him.
that would be a big crowd pleaser.
Funny Car Summer all over again.
You prolly dont care but if you guys are stoned like me atm you can watch pretty much all the new series on Instaflixxer. Been watching with my brother recently :)
@Kade Declan yea, have been using Instaflixxer for since december myself :D
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So awesome! One of my all time favorites!👍
I'm sure that Joe Reath is looking down at all of this and smiling!
After reading the description I am left wondering why the heck they would not allow funny cars in the cacklefest. Especially a historically significant piece like this one! Thanks for preserving this car for future generations.
Jim Dunn, was partners with my (at the time) best friend's dad, Dick Lopez, at LACoFD. I was very privileged, one year, to be Jim Dunn's guest, via Mr. Lopez, at Pomona, for the Winternationals, back in the early 1970's. It got me hooked on Drag Racing, for life.
one of my favorites... beautiful
Man it sure would be a treat to see that thing run once again!
Good Lord that thing is gorgeous! 😍😍
I remember going to Irwindale and OCIR and watching Jim Dunn running this and it predecessor in the early 70’s. What a great car.
I saw him run at Irwindale. Loved that car. I didn't see it win many rounds, but it looked cool.
Planning on building a model of this car. Thanks for some detail shot.
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1I would love to just see it do a real burn out,I would be happy with that!!! Beautiful ,looking and sounding!
bet his neighbors love him
Jeff Yablon could be worse ! It could be a harley. Then it would be just noise !!!😄😄😄
@@artmchugh5644 Guess you've never seen a Top Fuel Harley.
@@artmchugh5644 yeah a really loud lawnmower! Oh forgot overpriced and overrated also!
Ricky Abney yes those harleys are !!!
Apparently you have never heard of sweet music ..
Beautiful!!!
This is where the word AWESOME was meant to be
imagine being the neighbor with a straight piped chevy. now imagine being the neighbor with a fucking nitro burning funny car.
Love to see my favorite funny car of all time still cackling
It was so cool to bring life back to such a iconic car and great others appreciate it
JIM Had a SCOTT SLIDER Clutch(spring type) which Added to His Reactions. He was One Hell of a Driver to Handle this car. He Won the 64 Funny Car Show at OCIR, and the World Finals at Ontario Motor Speedway
yes this is so cool I saw this car in its hay day on the track awesome !!!
My all time favorite funny car, especially when it was painted blue...
Beautiful one-of-a-kind rear engine AA/FC
Its Beautiful
Bet the neighbors in the green house just LOVE this....
Hi NeilB7, I'm the neighbor from the green house. And yes, I did love it. I'm one of the people standing in the back ground.
Awesome car. Still wishing someone would do a Black Magic build.
TheoneGodfather D.A. Santucci !! Black magic !!!😄😄
They ad a 1/24 scale model of the car and it came with a 45 RPM "record" single of it doing a pass!
Watched those guys at Irwindale in the '70's.
Remember those Irwindale burgers?
Excellent! Wondering what caused the momentary high revs after the throttle hit? Would be interesting to know👌👍
beautiful
I remember this car. One of the most beautiful funny s ever built to me. I do remember that Big Jim was never able to get it to work right. Here's a bit more funny car history. John Force tried running a chain drive. That really never worked.
that is too freakin' awesome! gorgeous car, so cool to see a rear engine restoration! the driver looks like he's a bracket racer squished all the way forward into the windshield, crazy! too funny on your last sentence in the description of your video, thanking the neighbors for being understanding... that's the one thing i was amazed at watching the video, i was like, Holy crap they're firing that up in the middle of a suburban neighborhood! i wish i was your neighbor! ha... Question though, i'm guessing you had the clutchpacks set up super loose, or maybe not even connected completely? i was wondering seeing the tires sitting on the ground instead of on jacks... Thanks for posting~!
Rear Engine Funny Car. COOL HISTORY.
Fantastic job either way but I do not remember this car running a 426 style engine ( as in this video for those that don't know the difference ).
I noticed that too. They always ran Reath-prepped 392s (?). Gorgeous resto of a gorgeous car, however
sounds like it could get up and GO!!!! and I'm sure it has many times
I use to follow Big Jim Dunn at OCIR.
I wish my neighbor would do this.
FAR OUT MANN😎
wow...............
I think at all of these cacklefests-They should let em do like a 60 foot blast- Then idle down the track.
Watch this car run at Sacramento raceway !!!! Back in the DAY !!!!
Funny Car Summer!
That thing just looks like a death trap
Need to tune the motor something sounds funky with the idle
Funky idle? On a fuel funny car? Perhaps you have mistaken this machine for a Toyota Camry, which I assure you it is not.
Wow
I saw this car win at Lions drag strip
exeptionnel ce drag , avec son moteur a l arriere, non? je cherchais justement une bonne idee a reproduire au 1.43
Does that fire breathing machine run on nitro or alcohol?
Funnycar summer...
since when were funny cars rear engine?...thats what makes funny cars so awesome was its front engine ,to me this is more of a novelty like wheelstanders.Nice car though and the engineering and frame design is awesome.
update: Just saw a history on her and I was unaware of this car on the circuit ,never saw her run in any national events to my recollect but glad to see she took home the bacon once.
Get the DVD called Funny Car Summer. Its all about this car.
Did Jim Dunn still own this car when you acquired it ?
Wait a minute. New body? Saw this car lose it's top at OCIR when I was younger.
To lift , or not to lift.that is the question.
Let's see electric cars do that!
hey Al..can you run down and pick me up some eggs.....
It sounds WAY Awesomer with earbuds plugged deep into your ears.
There Ya Go. ..... Put that Machine up on concrete blocks in your front yard.
Salut.
How do you get out of that car quickly in an emergency?
As I recall the center of the windshield opens like an escape door. I belive the roof had an escape door as well.
The motor hadn't been fired for 10 seconds and he was feeling the head for heat ? REALLY ?
Michael Laverty; Especially when the heads are aluminum. Maybe he was checking for head gasket leak?
Yea a lot of theatrics for the engine guys. The fire extinguisher guys at a cackle fest are really dramatic too.
Where's the hood scoop ? The driver could have used it to see out of !
Don’t like how close he is to windshield I think I like the engine front mounted better your either in the back seat or in the fricken windshield I’ll take the back seat looks uncomfortable up front
Why not do the original graphics on the body?
Looks right to me.
Not much nitro ?
No just enough to make it cackle and so you can smell it. Way to expensive to put high loads of nitro in just to hear it run.
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Get that fuel can away from the exhaust!
There running it from a hose from the can.
It just dont sound right
What's in the white tank?
I would guess alcohol to get some heat in the engine before switching to nitromethane, listen to the change in exhaust noise when the line to the white tank is disconnected...
Alcohol. You fire it up on alcohol then switch to nitro that's in the fuel cell.
I useta date Jim's daughter Jill.
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2-4years tops, r,/,e FC's would be viable . glaring contradiction***-, r/e wheel standers, dragster's OEM cars , NO way funny car not do able!!! Quiry was it politics $$&$$ issue, something to do with technology development? Mmmmmmmm....... Surley rear engine FC's would be safer to run and why can't the bottom end be closed off?what with proper venting ,and fans, etc ,this assistance would reduce air borne trips.
Jim Dunn is over rated he wasnt that good of a race car driver and he sucks as a tuner and he doesnt win drag races now , Dunn should get paid for smoking the tires
You have no clue what your saying. He was the little guys hero. Going after the big money teams with with a small tool box and a bag of baloney sandwiches. He had outstanding reaction times, he had to it was the only way he had a chance of winning was to win it off the line. The man can drive, and was well respected for his abilities by the other drivers. Other teams had to turn it up to get by him they never took jim lightly they knew that if they did that's all he needed to win. I could go on and on but those that know all ready know and those that are like you aren't worth the time.
JIM had a SCOTT SLIDER Clutch(spring type) which Added to His Reactions. He Was One of the Few who could drive a rear engine Flopper