Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 Nationals

[cjforumadmin]

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[ledfoot]

Re: Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 Nationals

Check your pulse if you don't love this film. THANKS for posting this!

[Barry Donovan]

Re: Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 Nationals

that was great.
I wondered where the metal rings around the top of the cylinders idea came from in my old boxer....its an old design apparently, for downdraft super stoichers?

[yogreasygramma]

Re: Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 Natio

That was a cool film. I love the sound of those cars!!!! And the Allison powered Monster was righteous! ;D

[61FlatTop]

Re: Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 Nationals

100% bad ass...... ;D

[studemax]

Re: Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 Nationals

Had it on CD for years - still a great piece of drag history,

[38P]

Re: Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 Nationals

Trivia: At the about the 7:30 mark, if I'm not mistaken, it looks like the grandstand and oval track they're trying to tear down now is in the background.

[meatwagon]

Re: Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 Nationals

Ahhhhhhh, those "expensive noises" of yesteryear. Where'd they go? Did I see the Safety Safari and Rickman?

[Birdman]

Re: Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 Nationals

Very cool; thanks for sharing, Brian!

BTW - a little rusty on your math skills? Isn't it more like 51 years? JW...

[Big Bad Blue]

Re: Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 Nationals

BUMP A great film when drag racing was just exploding 8)......thx for the post link!

[Ermott]

Re: Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 Nationals

There is a MUCH higher quality copy of this film

Part 1 http://www.archive.org/details/Ingenuit1958

Part 2 http://www.archive.org/details/Ingenuit1958_2

Also, see the Prelinger Archives for many more automotive films from the 20's thru the 60's.

http://www.archive.org/search.php?qu...3B-num_reviews