50 years of American graffiti {Modesto California} classic car show & parade retro 2023 classic cars

[@alexnerimiranda3049]

THE CLASSIC CARS GOT TO BE ARE THE BEST FOR A SPECIAL OCATION!🎉🎉

[@samspace81]

💯 👍

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

MY FAVORITE GROWING UP MOVIE OF ALL TIME 😎... AND THE MUSIC WAS EVEN BETTER ❣️👍

[@samspace81]

A winner no doubt, never gets old only older

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

@@samspace81 SAM, IT ONLY GETS BETTER 👍☘️

[@samspace81]

love that :)

[@samspace81]

Yes 👊 💯

[@kennethfeist5504]

I watch that movie at least once a year for the last 50 years!!!

[@davidbreen4353]

Holy Nostalgia Batman!! now that was a car show!! i was born in 1955, those 40's 50's 60's cars were works of art compared to today's cars. i needed this video. those cars represent simpler times. just beautiful autos/trucks.

[@keithoneil6711]

Very beautiful amazing perfect cars beautiful amazing colours thanks friend good morning

[@samspace81]

Appreciate you Keith 💯 happy you enjoyed too

[@MrFroglips69]

One of the grooviest classic car and truck shows and parade I have ever seem.

[@ClassicChrome86]

Loved the movie, and LOVE the cars! Looks like a really fun event.

[@halneko]

from Japan. Great car show! I love American Graffiti movies! I love old American cars. Great condition! Excellent mechanical V8 sound!

[@samspace81]

Yes, great times and show. I appreciate your viewership and time to comment 💯

[@cantalope67]

I'll bet I've watched this movie Seventy Times it's nice to see all the cars and kind of sad in a way to the world's certainly was a much better place back then

[@davidgraham7325]

Just saying glad i grew up back 😌 ☺️ then

[@davidgraham7325]

Well maybe didn't grow up just came of age 😕 🤷 🤔 and had all kinds of hotrods did circle track racing for years in the higher divisions won some lost some but always had good time and built lots of vehicles built some drag cars 🚗 just saying yall have a great day , later 👍

[@michaelspriggs4569]

Thank you for showing one of the best car cruising shows I’ve ever seen from totally stock to totally fixed up these cars and trucks rock on!!

[@samspace81]

It's a pleasure and honor to share

[@Josh-lq8bx]

Now that is the true American peaces of art. All of the ladies look very beautiful.

[@samspace81]

I appreciate you watching 👀

[@andrewkast4087]

Really great show! Loved American Graffiti! The vehicles were all great! So many Chevys, Impalas , the ‘58 Impalas were great! The early T-birds were great! Thank you Sam, I really enjoyed this show a lot!

[@samspace81]

Glad you enjoyed it my friend, yes one of a kind and tons of Chevys!

[@davidgraham7325]

Yeah needs more Fords after all Fords for the most part started with the flathead cars that started the hotrod industries

[@RachelLovelace]

My neighbor in Modesto (before we moved) used to have his Impala club buddies come over for parties often and the street would be lined with the most stunning Impalas. I definitely found an appreciation for them over the years. In fact he’s in the first seen rolling down the street in the red convertible Impala.

[@gerardomanuelortiztellado1460]

THANKS 🙏 Sams FOR YOUR VIDEOS 🙏 GOD BLESS YOU

[@samspace81]

Thanks for your support and kind comments! Gotta love the Modesto California Graffiti show

[@ethimself5064]

@@samspace81 How many car shows are there in the US every year? I'm in Canada and would love to go down and see some. I'm 72 and know what muscle means. Thanks and rock on

[@sharonlee3193]

This is one of the largest collections of Impala's I've ever seen!!!! Leaves me speechless, millions of dollars in this parade. Just gorgeous 🥰

[@samspace81]

Right?! Agreed it was incredible

[@mattlechner8442]

tremendous ! nice cars ! (American Graffiti was more than a movie.)

[@samspace81]

Yes ❤️

[@jamessimmons1486]

I remember when it wasn't a parade but just massive amounts of people, both young and old, cruising up and down McHenry in the 70's and 80's. Sometimes it took over an hour to make 1 pass in 1 direction. Awesome times people awesome times.

[@samspace81]

❤️ thanks James 💯 Here's to more good times and preserving great memories

[@edlinke2368]

ty sam that was a great car show that yellow coupe sure is gorgous have a great day 🤩

[@samspace81]

Thank you! You too!

[@edlinke2368]

i like your piano music real relaxing while looking at cars

[@samspace81]

Noted, appreciate that Ed

[@dbj1941]

I started high school in the Fall of 1955 and graduated in 1959, it just didn't get any better than that. I took my twin boys to see American Graffiti and they asked me if that's how the fifties were? I told them that pretty much nailed it.

[@samspace81]

❤️ Bless you and your boys. Thank you for commenting. You're my kind of viewer and the reason I do what I do. I'm here to record the best of times and take you there

[@mikenovak6452]

My town. TDHS grad. My life. McHenry Ave was our American Graffiti run. Lots of memories watching this! Thanks.

[@samspace81]

Thanks Mike 💯 really enjoyed Modesto and I appreciate your comment sir

[@mikesahle1193]

Thank you 🙏 Modesto great 👍 🚘 show counted 🛻 trucks very few ☝️👏👏👏

[@samspace81]

Appreciate you Mike 💯

[@philmaguire3887]

I was only disappointed once so far when I seen a moderate car in the back ground great to see all those beautiful classics good on yours lads and girls Have a few classic my self Phil Maguire meath lreland

[@thegrinch8970]

Thanks for sharing, Mr. Sam!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@samspace81]

You are so welcome

[@danielhackleman2140]

Man the filming is magnificent

[@samspace81]

I put my heart in and humbly thank you for that

[@markoliver630]

I love AG . What a fun show.

[@muchomusiclibre]

Awesome video to the guy that put this together.

[@samspace81]

I'd be the guy, appreciate that 100

[@CubanWheels]

ESPECTACULAR! 😍 Saludos desde La Habana 🇨🇺

[@samspace81]

Appreciate you watching 👀 👍 ❤️ 🇨🇺 🇺🇸

[@ameise1956]

exelent video the show must go on-wow-greatings from germany!!!!!!

[@sharonlee3193]

Holy mackerel! Now THIS is what I call a parade!!! What a line up! Couldn't be more beautiful or more nostalgic!! 😍 Thank you Sam ❤🙏🙏

[@samspace81]

Absolutely 💯,, going back soon ❤️ 🎥

[@donaldjackson1154]

Excellent video love to see more of these 👍

[@janalogsdon]

My husband and a friend go to cruising the coast in Biloxi Mississippi every year.

[@samspace81]

Wonderful, see you there

[@roryolson61]

Really enjoyed your video thanks for sharing! John Milnar is smiling down on this!

[@ronlynch7744]

Cool Show Sam. 😎👍😎

[@samspace81]

💯 🏆 glad you enjoyed too Ron

[@williammorrison5678]

The copper colored truck Ford is beautiful .

[@samspace81]

yes really nice build! Thanks for watching & taking time to comment as well @williammorrison5678 I'm fascinated with anything with an Ardun V8 conversion too

[@milliefalitawerz5924]

American cars are the best 😊 ❤

[@samspace81]

Yes! Love em style for miles

[@carsandchrome]

Great coverage of this event, I really enjoyed it!

[@samspace81]

Many thanks it's an incredible event 🙌 ✨️

[@joyceshirley9599]

Watching this is like sitting along the streets and sidewalks enjoying the awesome cars and trucks ❤

[@samspace81]

High praise thanks so much 🙏

[@wespeterman1207]

Good one as always big Sam the man.

[@samspace81]

Modesto one of the better ones no doubt, slowed down and took my time for this edit. Thanks Wes

[@3602go]

It's a shame nobody showed up....Ha ha, nice work Sam.

[@samspace81]

💯 😃 👍 @3602go

[@That38Guy]

California is a fun place to visit, but I'd never want to live there.

[@samspace81]

👍 🏄‍♂️ 💰

[@cosmo1eleven855]

Depends what area. Nortern California near Oregon is good.

[@RachelLovelace]

I grew up in Modesto. Just moved to SC last summer. I don’t miss the cesspool it turned into, but I miss how simple and beautiful my hometown was 30 years ago.

[@burningunkle]

I live in OC .More opportunities means more living.

[@jamessimmons1486]

Love this movie as well as "Hollywood Knights."

[@BakuWalk]

Nice to see! Yesterday we also had a show and parade of classic cars in Baku too 😎👍

[@johndavey72]

Hi Sam . As usual , too much to pick a favourite but my goodness that Model A with Arden Heads at 18.22 was magnificent in it's modesty and when that hot rod appeared at 54.12 l guessed right away it wasa Buick straight 8 ......not bad for a Brit ! And who doesn't love a Buick Riviera , especially with air ride ! Thanks Sam

[@samspace81]

This is surely one of the better ones I've done! Really enjoyed it personally. Thanks John

[@buck546]

Absolutely loved that bumble bee black and yellow color scheme used on the two tone 55 and 56 Fords. One of the best two color schemes ever IMO. All of the two tones were fantastic and beautiful. Back then cars and trucks were unique and had personality. You could glance at them and instantly know make and model. Today they are ugly and unappealing and if not for the badge you couldn't tell many of them apart.

[@samspace81]

Such a great show

[@hotrod2321]

Great movie great cars and awesome music. It don't get any better.

[@dwayneroth100]

Thanks for another great one, Sam. Enjoyed some beauties here, great work!

[@samspace81]

Appreciate you 💯 Dwayne!

[@rickwiseman5064]

Yes the best ❤

[@samspace81]

One could certainly say that about this show, appreciate you Rick!

[@TheHati59]

and i love this

[@samspace81]

I appreciate you watching and commenting love Modesto

[@robinblair3703]

These are happy cars🥳😉😎🐦❤️

[@RolfOskarsson]

NICE!!!😊

[@samspace81]

Thanks! 😄

[@double55nickles]

Nice job! I was there and had a great time. Caught a glimpse of my Camaro in the vid. 🎉

[@samspace81]

Happy you did and glad I caught some of it! What part?

[@mannycarinha770]

Great video as always 👍🇺🇸 job well done

[@samspace81]

Thanks Manny, it's good to sse you and I appreciate the comments 💯 👊

[@RachelLovelace]

Hey!! My hometown. We moved away last year to SC because it got so bad. They stopped American Graffiti for years because of the gang activity at the event. I’m glad to see it’s back in action! And there’s my old neighbor in his red convertible Impala in the first scene!!

[@samspace81]

Thanks so much for watching. I really enjoyed the show

[@kentuckyrain2223]

The best ever built

[@jasonbailey4148]

i love this. hello from canada

[@samspace81]

Wonderful, appreciate you

[@dougt5357]

Lot of great cars! Hard to believe the Pharaohs are there and nobody has a chopped 51 Merc! No replica of Falfa's 55. The best replica of Milner's car is the one with plate THX 1380. Great movie! Thanks for the video.

[@samspace81]

It's a pleasure Doug I agree with all of this ❤️ 💯 I'll be back in 2024 and be watching and 🎥

[@dougt5357]

@@samspace81 I grew up in So Cal (San Gabriel Valley) in the late 60's and early 70's and we used to cruise Whittier Blvd. Spent a lot of time going up and down Sunset or Hollywood Blvd, too. Made it to Van Nuys Blvd once. When I was in the Navy I was stationed at Mare Island and went over to San Rafael (where most of AG was filmed because Modesto wouldn't allow it!) and cruised there, too. Thanks again!! Oh, forgot to mention that the soundtrack to that movie was just the best!

[@CarShowclub]

That yellow coupe is amazing! Thanks for sharing. This video must of took a long time to edit. Appreciate you.

[@samspace81]

Really appreciate that! Great car for sure 👍

[@davidprestigiacomo1574]

Thew movie came out in 73 so I assumed it would be in 2023. I spent 4 yrs restoring a T-Bird so I could be part of this event. Waited all my life for the v0th. So what do they do? They throw this event in 2022, 50 yrs after FILMING the movie and I MISS IT by one year!!!! It would have been nice to be told about this!

[@samspace81]

David, this is an annual show in Modesto, California, the American Graffiti festival every June. This was my first year attending and covering it, a friend with a yellow Deuce told me about it. I appreciate your viewership and please bring the T Bird to Modesto in 2024! See you there 👍

[@davidbreen4353]

@@samspace81 heck yeah, he better. a beautiful piece of history!!

[@patrickcork9358]

Awesome

[@pauldashwood2897]

Great vid just subbed to you love these kind of events ….

[@samspace81]

It's an honor I appreciate you 💯 enjoy Samspace81 ❤️

[@cindys1819]

Timeless '54 Hudson Hornet (?) at 21:03 great app restoration! ❤a neighbor had that exact color in a 2 door....

[@shadhansen739]

Subject matter sublime; cinematography surreal . You sir, are Cinema😊😮😊! Kudos

[@toddclark332]

Great job Sam 👍

[@samspace81]

Appreciate it Todd I slowed down and got a quality edit done 👊

[@steveschultz2853]

Nice to see a video from someone who knows how to do it! Great job!!

[@davidgraham7325]

Great Great job and i maybe could have done a little better but I seriously doubt it no just pulling your chain Sam you should be in Hollywood

[@lanesaarloos281]

Later sixties early seventies cruising McHenry. Great fun, friend had Mom's 62 Chrysler 300 fast for the day. At some point Bay Area guys started showing up looking for fights trying to take over. Totally ruined what it was. Cruising was banded soon after..

[@samspace81]

Bankers Hot Rod 🔥 interesting history, cruising continues in 2024 and beyond ✌️

[@SlickCrusty]

excellent

[@samspace81]

Many many thanks

[@MrTrajet1]

Reminds me of the Chelsea Cruise back in the 80’s

[@zubairtarar5502]

Beutifull 🏆

[@samspace81]

Thank you 💯

[@nobodyreally1361]

Got a 93' caddy Deville is that collectable to anyone lol

[@samspace81]

yes it is! a classic at 25 years and an antique at 35 plus

[@nobodyreally1361]

@@samspace81 currently our most valuable asset then lmao!

[@ericstewart9499]

Awesome. Love both movies. This looks like a lot of fun.

[@adrianstanciu6132]

Great tour Sam!👏👏❤

[@DinkTank369]

Hello 👋

[@samspace81]

Welcome! Thanks for tuning in, enjoy the footage :)

[@gf4353]

I should move to Modesto

[@samspace81]

That means my video communicated a good time and that makes me happy. Thank you for commenting

[@ThomasKnight-g2r]

My.faverit.cars.my.faverit shows.my.faverit.songs.i.like.it.all.

[@bryanshort512]

The movie was filmed in Petaluma California about 200 miles north of Modesto

[@samspace81]

Yes I will have to 🎥 there. Appreciate you watching and commenting

[@bryanshort512]

They have a 3 day event and cruise on the same streets that movie was every may the actual cars show up and some of the stars of the movie

[@samspace81]

Love it thank you

[@leightonfarms4962]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@samspace81]

Thanks for checking it out @leightonfarms4962 and taking time to comment! California dreamin

[@cindys1819]

Look at that G-R-E-A-T 1970 GTX at 3:03!!!!! Tor red w/ hood graphic....a Hemi would be too much to ask for.....still, one of the absolute Heights in the history of MOPAR.....

[@mikehutchinson9318]

AND THEY AL ARE C.A.R.B. APPROVED

[@samspace81]

You better believe it 💯

[@SumNumber]

Pretty sure I built every model here. :O)

[@samspace81]

Nice work! 😉

[@andersoncachoeira6084]

uma.Boa.tarde.um.a.Brasso.tenkio.🤗🇺🇸🤗💓🌞

[@samspace81]

Appreciate you @Andersoncachoeira6084

[@garycamara9955]

The funny thing is, American graffiti was filmed in Petaluma mostly, with some of it in San Rafael. I was actually in the cruise in a car I had at the time. Or was that the second one. hmmmmmmmmmm

[@samspace81]

Thanks so much Gary 🙏 ❤️

[@kennethfeist5504]

Petaluma

[@AmrilTahrin-wv9rt]

Wooouuuww

[@samspace81]

Many thanks

[@TheCrazyAztec]

Calis not so bad after all 🛻💨😬

[@samspace81]

💯

[@davidgraham7325]

T birds 🐦 are great looking cars 🚗 and way ahead of their time and the yellow Ford coupe needs 😀 much bigger rubbers on the backend, and a Ford engine like a flathead or 312 power just saying 😀

[@samspace81]

Thanks 👍

[@davidtaveras8152]

Pegasus blue hilarious

[@WallyRandall-qb6xk]

Tell us more about the motors!

[@samspace81]

I will, thanks WallyRandall-qb6xk 100

[@mikestoneking4992]

i have drove on hills where there was no roads

[@samspace81]

love it

[@PeterGedenberg]

Yes❤ 1:31

[@jerryblake4088]

I knowest they brought out a lot of 1958 impala probably making a tribute to American Graffiti

[@samspace81]

Really enjoyed the show

[@jamesreed7358]

Okay I should come and get it Monday before I put that other stuff in the shed

[@samspace81]

Its waiting on you!

[@davidprestigiacomo1574]

I wanted Bo Hopkins to sign my dash....but now he is gone. So sad.

[@samspace81]

🙏

[@AhmadSy-mn8mc]

أجمل سياره في العالم شفروليه 57 ،، شفروليه 63،، واوسع سياره شفروليه 66، وهكذا رحم الله لويس شفروليه

[@davidgraham7325]

Most beautiful 😍 are the Ford vehicles they always mostly had the eye appealing vehicles and that is the reason so many older Ford vehicles are used 😀 like from the 30 ts on up to the 2023 tes Mustang sss have them all beaten in styling and horse power 🔋 😀

[@bigblockjalopy]

49:18 Never mind, it was just one of a very few remaining 1956 Furys on Planet earth you skipped in favor for one of a Billion Camaros, that actually do Not belong to a (pre 63) American Graffiti Celebration

[@allanegleston4931]

dang.

[@samspace81]

👀 👍

[@cindys1819]

At like 43:48

[@cindys1819]

And that '69 Tor Red? or Vitamin C (?) roadrunner is also great Mopar Culture

[@thegrinch8970]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@samspace81]

👍 ❤️

[@jerryblake4088]

RIP CINDY WILLIAMS AND SUSAN SOMERS

[@samspace81]

🙏

[@dgronzega8073]

Graffiti Night on McHenry, used to be super cool event. But then, of course, people ruined it. Just couldn't behave. Now it's an organized event with registrations and closed streets 🙄

[@samspace81]

I can imagine. I really enjoy the current event too

[@daryllect6659]

0:01 ` "FAROS"? Seriously? It's "Pharaohs". Learn to spell. Check the plaque in the Merc's rear window

[@samspace81]

It's another club with a quirky spelling 👍

[@bigblockjalopy]

Great, but too many post 1962 cars

[@jerryblake4088]

RIP BO HOPKINS

[@samspace81]

🙏