Haulin' Drag Cars In The '60s

[@davidangelamelcher9591]

Truly the golden age of hot rodding. These guys were the real innovators.

[@yamahaguy1732]

Yeah back when tuning was more than clicking on a computer

[@longrifle.]

Back when you did something because you loved it.... not for the money! And you did it any way you could money or not!

[@plainwornout3964]

I could just see myself back in the 60's and 70's. A hot Saturday night, the smell of burnt rubber and nitro, and the noise. Memories forever etched into the memory of this now 63 year old man. I'd give up the rest of my life to go back for just one of those Saturday nights when I was young. Thanks for the memories.

[@jrsn2cars]

Thank you for that heartfelt comment. I know exactly what you mean. Thanks so much for watching and commenting! John

[@NH1969GOAT]

You don't need to die yet. There is some crazy fast stuff out there still that you can afford to build and drive.

[@plainwornout3964]

@@NH1969GOAT Yeah, I know but this was about the birth of drag racing and the era.

[@jonathanlawson4667]

@@plainwornout3964 you're only as old as you want to be and there's still plenty of street racing drag cars that's affordable and fun I'll never stop racing it's in my blood and I'll do it till the day I die

[@bartschwartz7217]

It’s not the same as bulding what u could drive on the street and race on the track it’s purposely bulit or factory bulit mega dollars machines over1.000 hp

[@mr.gasser4521]

Awesome, A time to be remembered, I believe this to be the greatest era of Drag Racing.

[@neillee5835]

Wow, I bet a lot of these cars are sitting in barns just waiting for someone to love them again

[@robertklein1316]

No such luck, probably destroyed in towing accidents

[@MICKEY4356]

Work all day then get home and work on the car. Race on Saturday night and make it to church on Sunday. Good times.

[@walterfactor4617]

Good ol days haul hay allday shower go to drags,whatever happen good clean life we once knew so sad they turn to drugs forgeting your roots

[@jonathanlawson4667]

@@walterfactor4617 drugs was just as bad then everything was hidden back then but today it's normalized by everyone and nobody has any hobbies these days it's just horrible I want to go back to the late eighties and early nineties myself

[@noahdunaway]

Mickey S. AS A NATION WE HAVE LOST OUR MORALITY.

[@siervodedios5952]

@@noahdunaway If we're being honest this nation was rotten and ungodly from the very beginning... It's just obvious now.

[@noahdunaway]

@@siervodedios5952 I DISAGREE, SURE IT WAS NOT PERFECT WHEN FORMED, BUT GOD BLESSED THIS NATION BECAUSE OF THE MANY BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS SERVING THE LORD AND TRYING TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. ALSO I BELIEVE WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS IN WHICH THE BIBLE SAYS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE BLINDED.

[@lisaarmstrong5461]

Some killer old footage and pictures thank you for the time and effort involved in making this video and sharing it with us

[@jrsn2cars]

Thank you for watching and commenting, Lisa.

[@olddogcitypound5859]

Thank God i have the Playground of Power (BYRON ILLINOIS) in my backyard. I've been a witness to this lifestyle since 67 and still get to see it all summer long.😎 R.I.P. Mr. RON LEEK Race In Peace

[@wvbygraceofgod5508]

66-67 Chevelle pulling a Anglia on a trailer, those were the days.

[@markusantonio4866]

Seeing cars, station wagons, pulling weighted trailers is rare or uncommon

[@OldGriz708]

My favorite racing photo is a shot of Bill Jenkins '67 Camaro on a trailer being pulled by a 2 door Pontiac Catalina.

[@josephacock7139]

We grew-up in the BEST of times. Joe Acock

We sure did brother. We sure did.

[@fastchevyz2876]

Damn right Bob mcdickbigger

[@firebird77clonefirebird89]

Thank you. That was fully enjoyable. I kept forgetting to look at the trailers.

[@josephtravers777]

Back when folks had Crager S/S on the trailer! Good old days. :)

[@Toolman22364]

Great Times , back when a car had a good transmission in them for towing. Remember seeing a lot of that back when I was a kid. Union Grove , US 31 . Great video man.

[@happydays8171]

Union Grove, when Broadway Bob owned it. What a track!

[@davecheney8501]

Remember so many of these cars from when I was a kid ❤

[@renegadecyclekarts]

My Dad Towed his 1940 Chevy Coupe AA/Gasser across country with a tow bar. He didn’t have a trailer.

[@22kpar1xcyberdyne9]

Amazing! Look at all of the tiny details like paint, the old bias tires, the trucks, the homemade trailers, the full size cars with steel bumpers and hitches. But that real AC Cobra had me gasping NO FRIGGN WAY!!!

[@bobbybishop8426]

Great video , what memories this brings back. Kelly Chadwicks wife was the librarian at my elementary school. Great people.

[@miniac91]

Best part of F/C in those days was you could tell one manufacturer from another,

Yeah. Cars were definitively distinguishable from one another. Now these cookie cutter clones all look alike. Like shit !

[@mr.dositmodelcarbuilder9565]

the good, old days. Memories in the past. Hearts, in our soul. thanks. love it. Mike.

[@howardcameron1541]

Great video, Impala, Galaxies , Newports all kinds of drag cars and tow cars. Open trailers dear God this brings back a ton of memories Thank You. God bless

[@tomg4084]

Man I love those old cars sure brings back some good memories!

[@whicker59]

TY for posting this Big Smile 😊. That era was THE BEST; it had everything, and at a much less hobbiest price. Styling, authenticity, gear snatching, uniqueness unsurpassed. U could even tell the car manufacturer from the whine and sound of the transmission, engine, and carburetor. Classic Gear jammers n VA and Carolinas r the quintessential modern day history trip.

[@tonymopar1]

Big rigs, enclosed trailers, !!! yeah the rich outfits do but the small guy is still useing the old fashioned trailer but a little more high tech now than of old,+ theres still the kick of having an open trailer & people admiring your car as they go by giving you the thumbs up.Ime now 73 & decide to call it a day after years of pushing cars down the fire up road & this video brings back all the 'fun' days, early mornings,bruised knuckles, forgetting that one needed item.but great racing, thanks for this compilation.

[@garlitzhyperformancegarage8818]

The good ole days of cheap high octane gas, and people weren't a bunch of dumb asses, and the big 3 were still puttin out quality automobiles! My dad was right when he told me that was the best time to live in!

[@spikey2740]

Thanks for the video. It brought back memories of a lot of names and great times.

[@raymondjones304]

Pulled those trailers and drove those haulers with drum brakes!

[@callumdonington2227]

And alot of the time not even power assist.

[@thegreatbamboozler4837]

Hey....that's all we had back then...

[@davidhilton1460]

great video...really appreciate the time and effort you put into it ....remembering going to lion drag way on Sundays sitting on the fence after church watching them run

[@brianiswrong]

I can vividly remember being allowed to sit in dad's Pro stock Mustang in the 70' while it was on the low loader ,going to or away from the strip and being rewarded for not sticking my head up above the window line with an ice cream at either end of the journey. I was around 7.

[@HEMISUPERBEE426]

GREAT VIDEO....BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF MY OLD DRAG RACIN' DAYS.

[@robertdavis6708]

Man did I enjoy this video. Brings back the great days when simple was Boss. Riding to an event, sleeping under the trailer in a sleeping bag, brushing your teeth and rinsing with Boons Farm Wine. Eating breakfast on a Coleman stove with eggs and hot dogs, anything to get you by. Thank God I lived and made it through those wonderful times. These days were the foundation of Americana. The young today will never experience the friend and fellowships of the 60's.

[@jrsn2cars]

I couldn't have said it bettter, Robert. Yes, we were very fortunate to have grown up during those days. Thanks so much for watching and commenting! John

[@randyowens2717]

Love it!

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

haul em up strap em down and on to the next town = i was a rock in roll roadie and went into cars and meetings great life if your single = great video thank you .

[@williamhudson3366]

MAN I CAN SMELL THE FRENCH FRIES FRIED ONIONS HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS AT THE TRACK NOW. PLEASE TAKE ME BACK TO OLD DAYS WHEN THE ONLY THING THAT WAS IN A HURRY WAS YOUR CAR

[@ratrodrobhall1402]

wow the old sox and martin, brings back wonderful child hood memories, thanx

[@johnlorenze3222]

I used to ride in the race car on the open trailer. My uncle was so cool to take me racing with him.

[@terriecotham1567]

Cool uncle things like that can do so much for a kid. Good clean fun.

[@aprillafrancesca4089]

Great video. way before my time, however; I would rather have a 60's straight axle car than anything built by today's standards. one that really caught my eye was a B/Gas 56 Chevy with a 427 Ford Wedge motor in it. Love how it used to be, any combination to go faster! Thanks Again

[@mostlymoparih5682]

Great video. I worked at ETown in the late 60's and early 70's. This brings back lots of good memories and good times. TFS

[@bartschwartz7217]

When there wer no saftey rules today but people drove more safely in 60s-70s than they do today

[@jonathanlawson4667]

It was safer because the cars was definitely slower and built a whole lot tougher

[@bigredc222]

@@jonathanlawson4667 You guys are looking through rose-colored glasses, the roads are safer than they've ever been percentage-wise. The 60s and 70s were when accidents were at their worst. Here's a chart if you're curious. injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-and-rates/

[@russdavis1960]

@@bigredc222 This may be all well and true BUT, today's drivers seem to have a self centered mentality and have no respect for others on the road. Along with distracted driving playing a factor.... i.e. cell phones, info-tainment center in the dash, etc. Turn signals and dimmer switches I THINK have become an option on vehicles built the past 20 years or so..... Sure the cars of today MAY be safer in regards to 'deaths' but I wonder how a lot of accident participants would fare IF none of the safety equipment, i.e. air bags, anti-lock brakes, skid control, traction control, collision avoidance systems etc. were on the vehicles?? It is of my opinion we are simply protecting the incapable people which don't ACTUALLY KNOW how to drive and are simply plopping into a vehicle to commute. Unfortunately actual drivers share the roads with these 'commuters' and have to drive for them also to AVOID getting into an accident.

[@bigredc222]

@@russdavis1960 Looking at it that way, I agree with you 100%.

[@bettyscoggins7769]

51 people are wimps. Thank you for your time and effort !!!!

[@johnholbrook6465]

What a fantastic video! I thank God for those memories... as a kid going with my brother hauling his '62 vette to Norwalk Dragway (now Summit Raceway) & Dragway 42. And God bless you for keeping such memories alive with videos like this!!

[@z06doc86]

Great footage. Bring back memories of my youth. Thanks.

[@charliearroyo4809]

Grand Spaulding Dodge in Chicago are the ones who started stuffing big blocks into everything they sold. All you had to do was walk in and pay for it. Mr. Norm knew what people wanted and Mopar took the hint.

[@dplymouth9685]

This is excellent!

[@zimmzttocs]

My uncle bumper pulled a 55tbird gasser for 15 years to Englishtown NJ

[@robertchoate7557]

In the early to mid 60's my dad had 30's something dodge coupe with later model hemi, they drug it to the track with a 54 Chevy pickup, using a tow bar one night on the way home they blew radiator hose on the pickup my uncle drove the pickup my dad fired up the race car (hemi with straight pipes coming out from under doors) pushed the pick back in to oklshoma city at 3 o clock in the morning, lol I'm sure the neighbors where happy!

[@jasonbrown7258]

Robert Choate. That's sweet. Now days all your shit would get impounded arrested and stuck with a huge fine and a suspended license.

[@farming_in_maine3435]

Seeing these old cars and trucks is truly amazing and inspiring! I own a 1965 mercury m700 truck that I’ve been wanting to make into a old school race car hauler! Hopefully I can get the project underway soon

[@tombrewsaugh1399]

Brings back good memories.

[@robertholland1125]

Geez, the weekends we spent at Martin 131 in 65, 66 & 67....what a great time.......

[@deanhummel7946]

I enjoy seeing the vintage Drag car's great video 😀

[@coburnlowman]

A truckers dream. A video of nothing but Trailer Queens. In the late 70's my dad did antique car showing. He was so proud of a trailer that he built and had custom striped. He sold it to a friend who had a construction company. The fellow who bought it sent an employee after the equipment trailer to haul a 450 Case dozer. As you can guess the Nimrodd loaded the dozer onto the car hauler.

[@danfarris135]

Nice memories, thanks for sharing.

[@killshot2333]

Beautiful cars love my Ford Fairlane 500 1967 baby

[@Bohica-tq3ps]

Holy cow, that brought back memories. Those guys had trucks and trailers, almost everybody that went to the little eighth mile strip we went to in Kahoka, Mo. flat towed with a towbar. The main highway at that time went right through Wayland, Mo. and made several 90 degree turns and the cars we were towing would not straighten back out of the turn and somebody would have to jump out and straighten the steering wheel up. Thanks man.

[@orangecrate5895]

Great to see John Hagen's 'Cuda. I can just imagine seeing in the late 1970s into the 1980s, John, along with Greg Anderson, getting the race cars ready behind Hamline Hardware in St. Paul, Minnesota.

[@mycroftselene3326]

I just love seeing stuff like this! Thanks for the upload! Eres El mejor!

[@markreynolds7343]

In 1973 a friend and I went to the Gatornationals. This when everybody had crew cab dually and Chaparelle trailers. Walking around the pit area everybody wondered where's Garlits. Pretty soon here came a older black Dodge pickup pulling an open trailer with a tire rack on it. That was his transporter. If it didn't make it go fast, he didn't need it.

[@labrd41]

A simpler time for sure and a lot more fun for sure. I was there.

[@michaelv3340]

I remember reading an article about the man who painted the original A.C. Cobra prototype for Carroll Shelby. He said they came to pick up the car and take it cross country with a trailer he said that he wouldn't carry the car across town on. People just didn't worry as much then about the looks of the things.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Always enjoy watching this vid!!!! 👍👍👍👍

[@Mr406Galaxie]

Outstanding John...thanks for bringing back some great memories!

[@jrsn2cars]

Thanks for watching, Dave, and thanks for keeping those memories alive with that sweet Galaxie of yours! John

[@georgemusulin5812]

Yeah ! Expressway tot heart.

[@realmaindrianpace]

Great footage and historic shots! I love this era of drag racing.

[@fasttimesworkshop]

TV Tommy Ivo said back in the 1970s , closed trailers will ruin racing. I remember Dad following the haulers to find the track.

[@MrWhatnext]

Thanks for all of the great vids. Nice work

[@jrsn2cars]

+Kurtis Lee I'm glad you enjoyed them and I really appreciate you watching and commenting! John

[@ellenmcknight6819]

I enjoyed seeing the painted lettering and pix on the cars too. I have done a little of that myself.

[@AndreS_-df2nw]

Going to local races today you still see bracket racers running open deck trailers, even a couple single axle setups, and occasional ramp truck or roll back tow truck. At test & tunes you often see daily drivers driven to the track, sometimes they do a tire change. Many are moving to the enclosed trailers and RVs or even larger setups. Toterhomes, stackers etc... Times change so does the equipment. Considering building a ramp truck for my car...

[@jeffd4056]

Makes you wonder what happened to all those beautiful cars Hope there still around

[@bigredc222]

In my opinion, the Crager SS is the best-looking wheel ever, and it still holds up.

[@Prozak63]

Hell, these were the big boys. We used to drop the driveshaft, take the slicks off and flat tow my dad's E/MP 55 Nomad everywhere.

[@joelewing4498]

Man that was wonderful! You picked great music for the background, too. Easily could have teared-up had I let myself....as I was a 12-14yr. old kid who read about ALL these same cars / drivers in every drag magazine I could buy or borrow. Now, in '20.....I'm 65....doing the COVID19 sit-at-home. Seeing these also naturally makes me think of all my old buddies from the day....many are gone now. Bittersweet. Thank you for this magnificent vid.

[@jrsn2cars]

Thank you so much for the kind words, Joel, it means a lot. Stay safe and thanks for watching and commenting! John

[@joelewing4498]

@@jrsn2cars From the heart, Dude. You're most welcome. jbeinarizona

[@BadHombreGarage]

Back in the 70s when my Dad was running a front engine dragster, he had a trailer specific to that car. It was narrow and had wells where the rear tires would drop in- then just run a strap over each slick. Pretty easy to use.

[@jamesborden4805]

PRICELESS FOOTAGE! Note that many of the tow vehicles were passenger cars, station wagons,etc. Also, I noted that many of the long WB. racers barely fit on the very short pick-ups.

[@billdursa4724]

In the old days we spent our money to make the car go faster. You scrimped and saved to do your best with what you had at the time. Nowadays everyone thinks they are a pro team with enclosed trailers pulled by air-conditioned rvs! Wimps

[@fredstrickland5364]

Thanks for the video view, I'm riding in the back seat when working with Eddie in '69, this looks like it might have been Indy in '69. In the front seat was Alan Gillis the mechanic and Lynette's brother John...FS

[@thomasvess6253]

Love the cars and music, very good music

[@rattmotor9865]

Great video ! All Hail the Ramp Trucks!

[@chrismaze3441]

Nice love the old hot rods i have a 99 stang that runs 7.09 in 1/8th runs on 110 octane but still has interior no cage

[@coburnlowman]

Brings back memories. I remember the whole family in a regular cab truck going far off to shows or a track for the weekend. All the quad cab trucks back then were for work crews. Never remember seeing one made for a family transporter . I wander at the cost of those new trucks in their day compared to today. I know we make more per hour now but it seem a new truck was more in grasp then , than today spending $50,000 on a modest truck. That price is just middle of the lane.

[@ThePponu]

Amazing how money, sponsors, and selection changes a really nice sport. As fun to look back and watch your video, it is already showing the signs of the aforementioned in how it was already changing. It is easy for me to look back and see those that drove their competition and those that pulled them by tow, and the exquisite that had the luxury of trailer, all headed to the strip. What was once a poor man's sport has certainly evolved. Back in the day, we actually used junkyard parts to revitalize worn out parts and honestly won money by doing so. (LOTSA NEW "TOTALED CARS" TO CHOOSE FROM)....LOL. It was very tough to by new parts UNLESS, ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. Anyway, THANKS FOR SHARING

[@jimcollier7869]

" Took my Cobra down to the track, hitched to the back of my Cadillac"

[@jaunelanders5273]

That is the coolest retro video ...

[@AMERICANLEGENDModelBuilder]

All this makes my palms sweaty and my heart go about a hunert .

[@chasebh89]

Back tire two feet from the ground, front tire 6 feet in the air, car body level. Gotta love those old dragsters

[@andyharman3022]

Great images! There were some great "gets" of famous cars; Dyno Don, Mr Norm's Grand Spaulding Dodge, Sox & Martin, Dick Landy, and Grumpy Jenkins Camaro. They were having too good a time to know they were miserable hauling on open trailers!

[@ronald-yr8wf]

love the little home tracks. ours is Quaker City Motorsports Park in Salem, Ohio. of course the Baders own Summit park in Norwalk, Ohio. Awesome place.

[@toddvachon1605]

I remember my dad had these "handy man" encyclopidias mostly about home improvement but one of them was how to build a dragster and hauler

[@elmermitchell8265]

Love it! Good choice of music 🎶

[@possmguts]

What a super fun video... Thanks!

[@1unsafe1]

Fun to watch and a decent soundtrack !!!!

[@1990hondarc30]

Saw a car with Bo Laws Automotive, They rebuilt a 350 for my Dad's Chevelle back in the 80's. I remember seeing it sitting next to a huge drag engine and thinking how small it was.

[@fatweinerdog]

This is one Great video! I own and am currently restoring the Dick Landy Hauler shown in the vid and this is the first time i've seen footage of it moving!

[@longrifle.]

Tom Yeager cudos for saving some classic iron, especially one with some unique history as yours! Best of luck on your resto! I would most certainly take that baby back home to the track.

[@lisaarmstrong5461]

Tom Yeager I would love to see how it turned out there should be more people like you. I hope you still have it and enjoy it, or at least took it to Barrett -Jackson or Mecum and got some awesome amount of money for it.

[@tombishop2222]

Tom Yeager oh

[@ridewithgnr2116]

Very cool project. Nice to see some appreciation for the overall history of racing,... not just the cars themselves.

[@brettkavanaugh9448]

How’s the restore going?

[@roblewis5775]

This is an awesome video!

[@stanleyneiljelinek1924]

Far out and cool video. DIG IT!

[@branon6565]

That rig and set up @ 2:07 is just badass :)

[@ArizonaOval]

great video!!!

[@galenrichard5706]

Great video I would love to know where this cars are today 😀 God bless and keep those old school cars on the road .

[@spiritofecstasy224]

Great Video! Thanks, John!

[@Nipstersongs1]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, John. I had a tow bar...always dreamed of a trailer. Ha! Thanks for this great piece of racing history. The Soul Survivors would be proud of your version of their great hit "Expressway to Your Heart"...loved it! Jim

[@jrsn2cars]

I have a picture of your car with the tow bar attached! I should have included that picture! I did use some of your great photos from the '69 Nationals. Hope you don't mind. Thanks for watching! John

[@copperheadkid54]

John Camfferman Can you send me a link to the picture of Grumpy's Toy IV on the trailer. He is running it in B/G with the '67 front end and this is one of the best pics of it with the window decals. I have a tribute car of this and changing it to the B/G and want to place the decals correctly. Thanks!

[@jrsn2cars]

Ed Eichelberger If you give me an email address, I'll send you a copy.

[@copperheadkid54]

John Camfferman Thanks John! [e-mail]

[@codyhaviland9650]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

So many great cars =) Thanks!

[@Whiskers1949]

When I was sixteen I sat behind the wheel of a D gasser many times being flat towed to a track about 45 miles one way.

[@bearme47]

Here around Grapevine Tx. Around 1968 Dirt trackers which was my father's family side used Tow bars drug them behind car or pickups couldn't afford trailer's till later on. My mother's side drag racers Drove their cars there to tracks. The Vances were very well know around Yellow Belly speed way near Dallas Tx. Later on trailering as laws changed and their cars got more radical Like their 1957 Little Red Riding Hood Corvette which Gene Vance rode willie's all the way down the track with at start no willie bars lol