'63 Ford Cortina Street Legal Hot Rod Dragster | Firing up and driving some WILD hot rods!

[@dearbrad1996]

I've just seen the most fantastic 63 Cortina. It's just perfect ❤. The other two are awesome but the Cortina blew me away. Thanks for your show

[@bradcarroll3719]

What a life to get to choose from those 3 SUPER unique rides, what you’re gonna drive each day!! Those are 3 very special cars.

[@jonlennon3348]

Love the Cortina. I had a matchbox or should I say still have the Cortina toy but that thing is wild. Its so funny the old fireball v-8 was dropped by GM but Rangerover used it for decades. I am glad he chose that unusual platform to modify it to insane. Love his collection.

[@stuartliddle7228]

Dude, you have an official pardon from the UK for the Cortina! Awesome.

[@davidallum6841]

Rich you are a clever bloke, awesome cars.

[@adriantomlin2902]

Just a group of bloody cool cars!!!

[@thamesvan]

Taking coals to Newcastle;what a talent!So many off the chart bits,and each car runs cherry,dad must be proud

[@lionelphillip8763]

Like dream come true nice grounds, nice hot rods 😆😃😅🤣🥰😙🤩🤩🥳😏

[@AMCmachine]

That pic at 9:21 and Rich's story about going to the drags with his dad really says it all to me...the sheer worldwide universality of car culture along with the pride, sense of self-expression and communal spirit that accompany it. Kids in England and Europe, Australia and New Zealand, had their own versions of the same thing that we were doing--and are still doing--in the States and Canada. Hanging in the garage (or "gah-raj" as Brits might pronounce it ; )) on a weekend or after school, no doubt with some good rock on the radio, bonding with buddies ("mates") or family, laughing, joking, talking about anything and everything. Maybe a couple of beers, or a smoke break now and then if one was so inclined. Me, I never smoked, but not averse to a nice brew now and then. I knew plenty of such times, and so many of the people we shared them with are gone now. Some have moved on or moved away, some are gone from us too soon. One photo, within one very cool and exciting video, evoked all of that for me.

[@madfrank7972]

I'm sure I saw this cortina at the UK national show years back. It won best modified.. Awesome car a credit to a true Brit !! Love it

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Cool dudes cool cars! That blown 32 is the shizzle! I believe them Englanders bought the Buik 215 patents and put them in a ton of cars

[@RM.....]

I love that 34.Everything is perfect on it

[@josephlaperuta1124]

I had the pleasure of meeting Rich, he`s a very cool down to earth bloke.

[@ozahmed4523]

Love the Cortina. My dad owned a '68 Cortina in Karachi Pakistan.

[@rocklover7437]

Seen the Cortina many years ago driving through City Center Hull Yorkshire.

[@ronr61]

Used to cruise together going from Luton to Watford rods meets late 90’s, me in RV8 candy apple red glass Pop with jacked jag 2 back axle you in the Cortie, what became of the Pilot?. Great to see you’ve survived and adapted. Ron

[@AMCmachine]

I just read something recently about the establishment of a British Drag Racing Hall of Fame in the UK. It's great that the drags command a loyal following and that there are strips in so many nations--from England to Malta to Finland to the Netherlands and beyond.

[@gagek1000]

so glad i found you again. i've been watching for years and then lost ya cable somewhere. away, glad i'm watching again

[@tautliners]

Love the Mk 1 Cortina, I had one of those in the 70's obviously it never looked that good. Great job and it sounds awsome, your a very clever guy. (UK)

[@mazdamps]

Got a new Cortina GT 1600 in 1976......£827,.00 GBP on the road, including the optional seat belts! My God what a flying machine it was......0-60 in a blistering, tyre shredding 12.1 seconds.....lol

[@TompaDee]

Ok, the Cortina GT is a very rare car, but i think its been a wreck in the scrapyard if you not had saved it in your own way. good work man.

[@v6powerjunkie]

Stunning Collection, unusual to see the Mk1 Tina set up like that, here in the UK they get built for Rally or Track Racing, but all beautiful

[@keithhooper5965]

Remember seeing the cortina on hayling island in the nineties 👍hot oven camp site !!!

[@BlueHopi144]

he has also a nice yellow C2 in the garage ...great guy and insane customs .

[@devinrogers7962]

You do an awesome job Dennis , you seem like a genuinely great guy ! Love how you guys film also 👍👍

[@MyClassicCarTV]

Thanks a lot!!

[@julianporte7677]

Wonderful stuff!

[@BAtadCrazy]

I'd love to have the Cortina. That's my new favorite car. Sharp! Real real sharp!

[@seeharvester]

I want it! $100! I had a '66 Cortina GT when I was a kid. Wish I had it now. Paid $150 for it back in 1972. 2 door, bucket seats, 4 on the floor, factory headers, Weber 2 barrel. A blast to drive.

[@sacooper802]

wow what a cool character the guest is...and the best builds ive seen, over the top and well engineered

[@53Peterbilt]

OMG!!! That '34 made me *SWOON!!!!* Definitely my next build!!! What a perfect ride!!!

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

one of the best videos on cars = thank you !

[@toamataafa4647]

Love your videos Dennis...Blessings.

[@jagonxke6078]

Love everything about the 32 Ford! Although, the cool tail lights are off a 61 Imperial. Really enjoyed the video Thanks

[@robertghorne8607]

Awesome episode

[@tertessa]

love the sound of the Cortina..

[@Hellyers]

Very very cool! Great cars, and great video!

[@jaredmehrlich6683]

I love the checker firewall.

[@chrisgage9731]

Great channel from another Gage across the pond

[@troybrown6012]

Love the Cortina. awkward steering.

[@BenModified]

Great Episode! Thanks for that!

[@fernandoromero3724]

WOOOW!!! SUPER "CARCACHA" DE CARRERAS.

[@nathansciarone5627]

love that 32. mopar power too

[@streetcat1510]

I didn’t get see and hear about that beautiful Pilot!

[@MyClassicCarTV]

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[@streetcat1510]

MyClassicCarTV “Thank you Dennis”

[@martinmartin5904]

First time I saw a car ( the cortina ) with a solid fr. axle gasser style , and independent rear suspension , have to assume a solid hi-power rear axle is more rare in england than a Jag set-up ...

[@ukdnbmarsh]

so thats where all the super rare GTs ended up then , havent seen one here in england for donkeys years.

[@colinjohnston8519]

Bob England no that is where one of them ended up.

[@TheHardwareguide]

Interesting ! Hmmm!

[@shanehnorman]

Rich sounds more antipodean than English. i think we should be told ; ))

[@bluepov]

Sounds like he may have spent some time in Perth, but not the east coast of Oz; there's definitely pommy cues in his accent, but also something else other than Seppo.

[@barrysnider635]

Liven' the dream !

[@hypnotised-clover]

Barry Snider would it not be Livin'

[@barrysnider635]

Yeah! your right good catch !

[@barrysnider635]

correct Otter

[@davelee9527]

🙂✌

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

Cortina looks kinda like a valiant or amc american or maybe certain falcon years but i bet it drives funny with straight front axle and jag irs

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

Leonard Carr what corners?

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

Leonard Carr i get thats the look but its a streetcar not a dedicated racer otherwise he would be using a solid rear axle its basically a t bucket under a cortina body

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

Leonard Carr brits make me laugh i agree work with what ya got but yall do have solid axles available there and imagine how sketchy a wheelstand would feel in that thing whith all the rear sqaut toe changes

[@ronmsimmons]

No Seat Belts!!!

[@Rendezvous70]

Good you ignored the upside down boat

[@tubedude1077]

when you croak that stach should be sent to the Smithsonian institute

[@brucebyrnes5996]

Like!

[@christopherallen3660]

Rich I bet you miss Luton

[@whaddabunchashit]

Okay, is it just me or does that '32 kinda look like Dennis?

[@MyClassicCarTV]

You know....I can see that!

[@ramcharger154]

Must be too much rare stuff on the pagan gold beast to let him drive.

[@jahlion9546]

I would say drop the front of the cortina giving it a sleck look dat would be cool to look at ,but nice cars though

[@welloiledmachinesaz]

The Cortina is not a dragster. In drag racing it would be a gasser or in some places it would be an altered. Not every car that goes down a dragstrip is a dragster. Don Garlits drove a dragster, John Force drives funny cars. One of Force's daughters drives a dragster.

[@garagemdoraphael9397]

Brazilian like

[@monsterjambrony]

I can tell these are the same engines as monster trucks.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

not even close

[@eirikrhinnraui4098]

East Coast bEast Coast

[@bricklinhh3481]

Hey Dennis, a long time ago you looked at a 1975 Bricklin SV1, but never drove it. Let me know if you want to drive one (a nice one, it's a blast to drive!) Bucket list car! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqKbZ5lrgKqGb7M

[@danielpenn1734]

Dont know how you get to drive .lol

[@MyClassicCarTV]

I never cease to be amazed!

[@christophermay4998]

Really cool car's......but a little too far from original for me.....I couldn't cut up an original car to do something like this unless it was too rusted to do anything else with

[@EB240]

FRAM filters on that motor... why WHY!!