"Mr. 4 Speed" Documentary Clip - Herb McCandless' 1972 Sox & Martin Dodge Demon Pro Stock Race Hemi

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  • @jeremysmith1339
    @jeremysmith1339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Having the opportunity to hear these guys is pure gold..

  • @704406bbl
    @704406bbl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I met Herb at Rockingham at Mopars at the rock one year. He was the nicest man you could ever ask for. Took the time to chat with me for several minutes giving me advice I’ll always remember that.

  • @garyschulz7768
    @garyschulz7768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Guys like Herb helped make Mopar the legend to beat back in the day. Amazing story!

    • @HighlanderNorth1
      @HighlanderNorth1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🏁 Unfortunately for the GM and Mopar teams, they were forced to spend 12+ hours a day, 7 days a week modifying their cars, because that's what it took to beat the barely modified, almost-stock Ford & Mercury cars! Most people don't realize it, but the media lied when they reported that the Pintos used by Bob Glidden and Dyno Don to win all those Pro Stock championships in the 70s were powered by 351C V8's. The Mopar and GM fans wouldn't have been able to handle the truth, that those Pintos were actually powered by the stock 2.3L "Lima" 4 cyl engines that originally came in them! (Just kidding)😁

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 ปีที่แล้ว

      Richard petty ran the MIGHTY MOPAR BIG BLOCK HEMI

  • @DragBoss351Cleveland
    @DragBoss351Cleveland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Herb just saw this. Yes sir we need to chat, this blows me away. So far ahead of the pack. Great start with Mopar Drag racing history.

  • @guydechiaro7372
    @guydechiaro7372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the nicest men you'll ever meet in your lifetime herb McCandless and what a pleasure and an honor it was to meet him several times and get his signatures and call him a friend 👍👍

  • @davethebeagler7711
    @davethebeagler7711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A huge thank you to the people who made and posted this video. The men in this video are a dying breed. Their ingenuity and work ethic is what people lack these days. Hard work is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Loved every second of this video and truly admire these men.

  • @bsmith4u2
    @bsmith4u2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to watch these guys back in the day. Still have the Polaroid pics of their '68 'Cuda, the GTX, '71 'Cuda and Demon. Always a crowd favorite.

  • @douglascooper1987
    @douglascooper1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Absolutely one of the Nicest Guys' ever! Spoke with him for about 20min.yrs.ago when his shop was open, A TRULY BRILLIANT GUY TOO. And always Trying To Help Other Racers. Thanks Mr.McCandless 👍👍👍

  • @79tazman
    @79tazman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I love me Mopars and I love me Sox & Martin racing team they are and were badass!!

    • @mikepreciado7807
      @mikepreciado7807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      U got that right!😂 i cant remember all the S&M models i built as a kid. An making hemi sound effects doing it😭

  • @58raceguy
    @58raceguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    To my mind this was the golden era of Pro Stock. Hearing the stories of the ingenuity and creativity that went into these cars shows that we were witnessing geniuses at work.

  • @alicemitchell4496
    @alicemitchell4496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Those guys were genius love those tales of years that era

    • @jonjoel1335
      @jonjoel1335 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saw them in 70'. Beautiful Machines!

  • @charliechristie2949
    @charliechristie2949 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When Mr.Mc Candless said he turned a 9.01 in 1972. He said the “track was out on Long Island” he was talking about National Speedway in Center Moriches. I was ALWAYS at that track and I think I was there that day. Those days were so much fun. It was a great time to be alive. I turned 19 in 1972. Dear Lord it was good !

  • @dougkennedy1384
    @dougkennedy1384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Great video with a gentleman that was there from the beginning. Thanks Herb,Mike and Herb Jr.

  • @moparnut6286
    @moparnut6286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    This is how drag racing was meant to be!!

    • @marktucker1651
      @marktucker1651 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      street cars too!!! reall street cars not trailer queens with push or tow vehicle. daily drive it!!!I did for many years.

    • @johnmcmullen456
      @johnmcmullen456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Allowed too many mods, keeps the little guy from being competitive

  • @shaunclifton5281
    @shaunclifton5281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    I Absolutely Love this stuff, and have Zero interest in Pro Stock, Funny Car, or Top Fuel Drag racing since the 90's. The magic is not there anymore and hasn't been in decades. There are no Mr. 4 Speeds, Grumpys, Big Daddies, Snakes, Aces, Jungle Jims, Jungle Pams, the Mongoose, etc. anymore.

    • @johnnybgood774
      @johnnybgood774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Facts

    • @shaunclifton5281
      @shaunclifton5281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Just like NASCAR is utter shit now. Absolute Garbage

    • @BobBasshead
      @BobBasshead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@shaunclifton5281 YOU SAID IT!!

    • @boldrbangr9834
      @boldrbangr9834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ...uuuuummmmmm Jungle Pam 😜

    • @shaunclifton5281
      @shaunclifton5281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@boldrbangr9834 Yes sirrrrr... being in Jungle Jim's shoes wouldn't have been a bad deal at all. 👌

  • @M21L35
    @M21L35 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a CLASS video by a CLASS gentleman! Never realized he was right up there w/Ronnie & Buddy in ability & much-deserved notoriety!

  • @fairfaxcat1312
    @fairfaxcat1312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a joy to talk with Mr. McCandless at the 2022 Carlisle Chrysler Nationals. Nicest guy you’ll ever meet. He had an Imperial in the parking lot at our motel (near a sewer plant). He let loose with quite a laugh when I asked him if he liked the smell. He passed on to me some wisdom, insisting that I would be foolish to even try fixing the Autotemp on my own ‘70 Imperial.

  • @70stunes71
    @70stunes71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Used to love watching these guys race. Sure wish that era was still here

  • @bubbakushingtonIII
    @bubbakushingtonIII 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sox and Martin is such an iconic drag car.

  • @williamsparrow7400
    @williamsparrow7400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Really cool stuff Herb and thanks for sharing this history.

  • @brianlane9534
    @brianlane9534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Two inches is a mile when you're working inside an engine compartment." Truth

  • @rebbulldesertduke
    @rebbulldesertduke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    LEGENDS. What a time to be alive

  • @iw1149
    @iw1149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I spent a lot of summers in the 70's at dragway 42 in West Salem Ohio watching all these guys run,,,,such great memories...

  • @racing-rl4qg
    @racing-rl4qg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    9.01 in 72 is freaking unbelievable time in those days

  • @OldGriz708
    @OldGriz708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That kind of work was being done by all the top teams at the time. They were amazing times to say the least.

  • @sonandsanford4963
    @sonandsanford4963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Met and talk with him in the 80's in Haw River, NC when buying parts for my 73 Challenger. Really helped me out. Between him and Bullet Bob Reid are 2 of my favorite Mopar guys.
    Thanks for the upload. Thanks for the memories.

  • @robkal56
    @robkal56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A clarification on the term 'Body in White' (BIW). It is the term for the sheet metal that goes into the paint shop. BIW is a standard industry term that, I can say as a Body Engineer for Ford, we still use today.

  • @andrewkingjr.6356
    @andrewkingjr.6356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Wow, this rivals some of the innovative garage tech of the late great Smokey Yunick!

    • @carmiethompson2676
      @carmiethompson2676 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're comparing apples to oranges. Going straight & going oval requires different recipes. NHRA & NASCAR had their own rules that the two builders had to navigate. But You & I would sit in Auh if these two greats could sit together & share their builds secrets. That would be a privilege.

    • @marktucker1651
      @marktucker1651 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      better than smokey.

  • @IronHorseGarage
    @IronHorseGarage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome story and information!!!!! Keep it coming!!!!

  • @docfischer7291
    @docfischer7291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wow, three dislikes.
    One Chevy guy, one Ford guy and the other that wished he never bought a Prius.

    • @mastercylinder5225
      @mastercylinder5225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That has to be correct.

    • @chadkent1241
      @chadkent1241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Definitely not. The Ford camp isn't concerned since Bob Glidden was the winningest until his death.

    • @Colinshreds69
      @Colinshreds69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bill Jenkins Chevy beat him tho.....

    • @rickstout2458
      @rickstout2458 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Colinshreds69 Yeah, but only because McCandles had the front end so high in the air he almost drug his back bumber. Lol

  • @danlearned6199
    @danlearned6199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was there at National Trail Raceway the weekend mentioned in the video. As I recall, each run produced a new track record, amazing ET's and MPH!!!

  • @stevepick9527
    @stevepick9527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great stuff! I agree with the other posts, those were the days. Today the cars don’t resemble anything stock. Just fiberglass over tubing cages, the name is tho only thing you can relate to. I miss those old-school days.

  • @bpp325
    @bpp325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a great video, sent chills down my spine thinking about that era of drag racing. Them were the days. Thanx.

  • @302vettelife2
    @302vettelife2 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I met Herb at Carlisle last Saturday. Super nice man.

  • @keithdmaust1854
    @keithdmaust1854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video is as well-crafted as their car. Highly entertaining and very informative. Whoever put this together should use the same style format to tell the story of other drivers and their favorite vehicles!

  • @patches6309
    @patches6309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The GOAT Pro Stock car was the 1971 Plymouth Cuda raced by Sox & Martin! The Holy Grail of all Muscle cars for sure!!

  • @MattNel
    @MattNel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That man is a genius. Amazing stuff

  • @arkman8109
    @arkman8109 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These guy's raced 1/4 mile tracks not wimpy 1/8 mile.
    Every new car reviewed in a magazine gave ,1/4mile times and speeds.
    There's just something about big muscle in those old cars that just felt way different throwing you back in the seat and showing you the sky.

  • @TWX1138
    @TWX1138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    McCandless visited our local Mopar club several years back. When he discussed the car body modifications to retain the 'stock' wheelbase he was nearly giggling with glee over what they got away with.

  • @BotsWeekendCovers
    @BotsWeekendCovers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man this was a great video to watch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing! I was a teenager in this time period and my Mopar life had begun!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @saltydog888
    @saltydog888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the explaining graphics! Awesome!

  • @hunterjohnson7393
    @hunterjohnson7393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lesson 4. "Every part on this car was acid dipped, ground on, or drilled." To go fast, said Colin Chapman, add lightness. Rifle drilling bolts is a bit dodgy, but hell, if it works, excellent!

    • @BlazenWinchester
      @BlazenWinchester 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The attention to detail on this car has never been matched.

    • @marktucker1651
      @marktucker1651 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      not dodgy at all. you just need to keep up with everything and inspections as well as using good parts to start with.

  • @marktucker1651
    @marktucker1651 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    we used to buy almost everything from herb, we were heart broken when he disided to close up shop. just 2 years ago I finaly sold everything, new car, motors,new parts& such many of witch came from herb. my street duster was probably more race car than most race cars.and made lots of $$$ with it. I wish I had never sold the duster back in 93 to build the new suncoast car...witch never got finished due to health. the old duster still running the streets up in NY somewhere, built by me in florida. 538 gears are perfect street gears just incase you didnt know.along with 9000 rpm motors.and oh so many sets of 16x33 dirt track tires. dam those were good days.

  • @trillrifaxegrindor4411
    @trillrifaxegrindor4411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    moving the floor is "channeling" and is absolutely brilliant.altering the wheelbase while still keeping the wheelbase length was a stroke of genius and was later adopted heavily by all funny cars...everything this man touched was "perfected" and extremely and carefully thought out.a very intelligent,innovative man...the cuda's and challengers in scca were acid dipped as well.
    sox and martin were gods among men and loved by anyone who loves cars,racing and innovation...the best racing teams always interpret the rules in a way to make the cars as fast as possible and still pass tech...doesnt matter the brand,they all did it and some were more successful at it

  • @josephfuller7008
    @josephfuller7008 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazing. I was a pro stock fanatic when I was a kid.

  • @hunterjohnson7393
    @hunterjohnson7393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok, so let's review. A BIW (Body in White) is the assembly of the stampings that make up the monocoque, although the front fenders are generally separate parts, as well as the front and rear fascia (bumper system front and rear). At Chrysler, we would paint these white for the engineering folks to figure out how to fit the guts of the vehicle; hence, BIW. If you toss around "body in white", you are truly a gar guy (or gal).

  • @YourpainRx
    @YourpainRx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video!!! Thank you Herb. Now I’m a witness of that famous wheelstanding!!!!

  • @deantait8326
    @deantait8326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely fascinating and the Great early Pro Stoke tech. The 72 Butler cars had rack and pinion I believe. Maybe not until 73. The 3-4 great Mopar car builders in 72-73. Sox & Martin, Butler, Motown Missile and Landry/Fuller.

  • @MoparMan1320
    @MoparMan1320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing engineering and attention to detail. Currently finishing up the build of my 70' Duster...lots to learn here...big thanks!! ✌😎

  • @timdodd3897
    @timdodd3897 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great engineering, I'll have to build models of those cars. Such great memories.

  • @hunterjohnson7393
    @hunterjohnson7393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lesson 3. Smokey Yunick once built a 7/8 scale Chevelle for NASCAR competition. Being 13% smaller frontal area, it ran like hell. So they started to check dimensions for "stock".

    • @west4057
      @west4057 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      thats bullshit, it never happened

  • @georgeseco91
    @georgeseco91 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It doesn't get any better than Mr. 4 Speedy telling like it was I personally miss it, if I was young again I be doing every weekend Love to Racer.

  • @dontask8979
    @dontask8979 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guess what Iv been watching the last 4 or 5 hours...
    What a GREAT series. Well done👍

  • @ronmueller3074
    @ronmueller3074 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I miss those days
    We all were Fortunate to have lived them

  • @MrFrontenginedragste
    @MrFrontenginedragste 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    engineering at its best. what an amazing story

  • @tommymitchell2935
    @tommymitchell2935 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love those tales of ingenuity

  • @MOAONAABE
    @MOAONAABE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that thumb looked like sox and martin. i was an eliminator as we were called at national speedway, have pics of ronny in front of his car in the pits, looked just like the thumb. he was a real showoff too.

  • @IGOFAR650
    @IGOFAR650 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m not sure why you came up on my feed,but I’m glad it did,new old school fan in Louisiana 🤙🏻

  • @PyrosPelagics
    @PyrosPelagics 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    quarter panels purpose is to hold paint. today i learned something very important. love this guy!

  • @fsj197811
    @fsj197811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was awesome, thanks for sharing!

  • @topenddean
    @topenddean 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this, thank you so much for sharing this!

  • @plymouthdie-castreplicas
    @plymouthdie-castreplicas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic documantary clip! Great person of drag racing history and an incredible driver. Very interesting video.

  • @kevinpatrick8788
    @kevinpatrick8788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    mopar legend . i love these A body pro stocks .

  • @richb4099
    @richb4099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He's an amazing man......Great videos...

  • @moparedtn
    @moparedtn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful stuff, thanks for producing this!
    -Ed on the Ridge

  • @31847448
    @31847448 ปีที่แล้ว

    So great to see this stuff and hear Herb tell it like he did it ! I was a kid in the 60’s and I guess 1962 or 63 for my birthday , I talked my dad into taking me and four friends to Fremont Drag strip in Fremont near the then brush Chevrolet GM assembly plant mom hated how much I loved cars. Neighbors drag races a 56 or 57 Hemi powered Plymouth or Dodge . On guy around the corner had a blown 41 Willys gasser . Lots of street racing went on until four kids crashed into a non moving huge elm tree and got killed that helped stop local street drag racing. At Fremont drag strip during 62-69 , I 11:16 . Saw many greats and races there. I can’t claim that I saw Herb there but imagine I did. I know I saw Don Garlits, Don Prudhomme, The Hawaiian, Shirley Muldowney,, jungle Jim and jungle Pam, the Melrose Missle team. Hurst , Hemi under glass Cuda, little red wagon . Top fuel rail dragsters by all the big names. Etc

  • @kennethborum3rd434
    @kennethborum3rd434 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome you hear stories from the true legends

  • @UrbanHillbillyVideos
    @UrbanHillbillyVideos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Such a COOL video! RESPECT

    • @bubbakushingtonIII
      @bubbakushingtonIII 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hell yeah he's a legend in the drag racing scene and I love that Sox and Martin car. I'd almost like to see a livery of that car, I guess on a challenger body.

  • @MCTeck
    @MCTeck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Back in the 80's and (90's } I worked for a USAF contractor and Navy ...And I did work like this Aircraft and Auto Prototype Machinist,Weldor, Later Master Metal Fabricator, I built One of a Kind of Products ..Mil or Commercial Well Done Video...!

  • @SWATT101
    @SWATT101 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ahhh the good ol days... followed all these guys as a kid...Grumpy was a favorite as I was a Chevy guy though.

  • @tonyd842
    @tonyd842 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!!! AWESOME VIDEO HERB! This put a smile on my face
    You have a knack for this!! Keep the videos coming!!

  • @arkman8109
    @arkman8109 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got to love that look the Sox and martin crew had going

  • @joshuageorge7758
    @joshuageorge7758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s insane to me that back then we would spend up to $500k to build a car that would break 9 second 1/4 and today you can literally take a crappie single cab with a junk yard 5.3 and change very few internals and $1500-$2500 and pump it full of boost and destroy that number. $5k-$7k can do that number today.

  • @UnityMotorSportsGarage
    @UnityMotorSportsGarage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Where can I see the rest of this?? Awesome job guys... I have been a Herb fan since I was a kid! Thank you for this..
    Andy

  • @WilliamTillman-dz4bt
    @WilliamTillman-dz4bt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As young guys building a bracket car and street cars we would go to his shop in Graham A LOT I'm sure we worried the hell out of him :) it was like going to the mountain of Mopar knowledge. He was nice but very Direct and you better be on your A game. I use to love his speech's on if you want to run 6:00 or 5:90 or what ever do this this and this now get outta here, NEXT. I've listen to him give dissertations over the phone to people literally all over the world you just shut up and listened and if you paid attention you learned something. Great memories Respect to you Sir MR. 4 SPEED

  • @butchrubright1801
    @butchrubright1801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video very informative

  • @patrickreed4628
    @patrickreed4628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy knows his stuff!

  • @alanwood5857
    @alanwood5857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You know your car is dialed in when you beat Dick Landy.

  • @theflyingscotsman9902
    @theflyingscotsman9902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very innovative , wheelbase alterations shall we say have going on way before this .
    Grumpy showed him how its done ☺

  • @chrisbennett3193
    @chrisbennett3193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hard to believe that nowadays we have street cars that can run those kind of times easy

  • @larryfurgal9045
    @larryfurgal9045 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best in the early years.

  • @hunterjohnson7393
    @hunterjohnson7393 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lesson 2. Cutting out the floor then welding it back in (with 4x the number of welds) not only reduced the center of gravity, it made the vehicle way stiffer. The SCCA has rules against adding welds.

  • @donverity7558
    @donverity7558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing stuff. Very well done.

  • @seanorourke5591
    @seanorourke5591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    if McCandless doesn't have an sae degree,some school needs to give him one

  • @lancelotlink3907
    @lancelotlink3907 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "We got there 7-8 in the morning and stayed till 10-11 in the evening 7 days a week." Wish I could have been on that team.
    "The only thing we wanted to quarter panel for was to hold paint"
    In 1977 I bought a used "Cuda for $2200 with 30K miles and a good buddy of mine bought a Duster for $1500. Those were our first cars. Glad I grew up in the 1970s when you could still get a hold of a cheap real deal muscle car.

  • @hunterjohnson7393
    @hunterjohnson7393 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is super refreshing to hear from an American who understands how to go fast, rather than add cubic inches.

  • @mikepreciado7807
    @mikepreciado7807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was lucky to have seen those guys then an bless my dad for taking me to them all events. Got ronnies. Dyno. Grumpys. Herbs an dandy dicks autographs

    • @mikepreciado7807
      @mikepreciado7807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh ya. An tony nancys. Garlits an gene snows. Tv tommys😂

    • @douglascooper1987
      @douglascooper1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My father ran Div.2 in the 70s too.Saw All Those Guys.Good Times.👍👍😉

  • @waterheaterservices
    @waterheaterservices 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible engineering

  • @27hfd
    @27hfd ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a 67 Dart GT. Only a 273 4barrel. It had been tinkered with before i became its owner. One problem after another. I could have used Herb and his team to help me just get it all properly set for being a daily driver.

  • @stevefife7598
    @stevefife7598 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy, & this video just proved, The only limitation is your imagination. Amazing.

  • @68dart
    @68dart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome , Thanks McCandless Antique Auto

  • @THROTTLEPOWER
    @THROTTLEPOWER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very cool, really enjoyed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @robertfelty9509
    @robertfelty9509 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a shame that these days are gone It's amazing what these guys would do to gain a 10th I really miss they days of real drag racing the cars maybe faster today but they forgot about the fans

  • @electrolytics
    @electrolytics 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Chrysler Engineers: "You're making our cars do wheelies? Sure we can help with that."
    I didn't give a thumbs up so the 440 thumbs up could be preserved a little longer.

  • @andrewkingjr.6356
    @andrewkingjr.6356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    … just came back to like and subscribe!

  • @chadhosmer9357
    @chadhosmer9357 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I miss my 1970 340 Duster everyday. Three speed in the floor made it impossible to keep back tires on it. I would go through two back tires every month.

    • @bigalphadog5209
      @bigalphadog5209 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My brother had the same set up that’s three speed out of the factory was the boss my buddy rode with my brother. He said that’s the fastest he ever went in a car, I had a 73 340
      4- speed “sleeper with BFG’s 60s dog dish caps,
      Not many small blocks could catch us ☮️🇺🇸

  • @Bass.Player
    @Bass.Player 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember speaking with grumpy Jenkins in 1969 at the Green valley raceway Near Dallas Texas. Kind of seems like yesterday...

  • @jeffleblanc8850
    @jeffleblanc8850 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sox and Martin best racing team ever for pro stock

  • @K-Effect
    @K-Effect 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's real passion for speed

  • @neilpuckett359
    @neilpuckett359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seeing Jenkins in a Vega tells me this was when the Nhra was giving the class to GM by handicapping Chrysler right out back door.

    • @davidwhite5858
      @davidwhite5858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Grumpy never had the intelligence that Herb McCandless did about the MOPAR…

    • @douglascooper1987
      @douglascooper1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jenkins an GM(Good Money) Bought the NHRA.😉😉