Legendary Lightweight Drag Cars

[@CuChiKat]

What a trip down memory lane. My buddy had a 409 bored 40 thousandths and aligned bored by Luther Costales in Houston Texas including Howard's aluminum rods, Jahn's power-slot pistons and a Chevrolet mystery cam ? (Z-11 ) I don't remember but that A-Stock street Impala SS would run 12'5 s @ Green Valley, Yello Belly, Little River and many, many street races against 406's, 348's, 426's,383's, 390's, the most surprising one's were the 300 HP Chevy 327's, what fun back in the day.

[@79tazman]

Sweet Rides love the Coronet and the 409 Chevys the 60's was a awesome time to be alive I wish I was alive then but I was born in 79 when the fun was long gone and muscle cars were the thing of the past

[@unclerudy9797]

My absolute favorite Chevrolet....409 Bel Air... The Coronet is another amazing machine... I remember them when they were new !

[@scootergeorge9576]

I used to go to the Plymouth dealer while in high school and look at the new Plymouth Roadrunners. 1968-69

[@THESLlCK]

@@scootergeorge9576 the only history I grew up with was the release of the iphone, I always wonder what it was like to grow up in a time when it was the norm to have a v8 coupe the size of a european town

[@snotty_boi8248]

11 SECONDS?! Thats fast even by today's standarts! Like, it should gap almost everything in today's streets 💪😎

[@Rollin_Heavy_Steel]

Just gotta give the man props on that garage layout 🤤👏👏

[@joseph_day2024]

Proud grandson

[@bpp325]

I recall seeing some of these drag cars in match races at Vargo Dragway near Quakertown, PA in the early, mid-sixties. This video is really nostalgic. Thanx.

[@bruceh92]

The black '62 bubbletop Bel Air - too gorgeous.

[@duramax78]

I’m a steel press worker if you are forming 18-20 gauge steel in dies and switch to 24 gauge steel in the same dies you will not get a good form, that’s the reason for the wrinkles.

[@neils5539]

Grand Spalding Dodge. If you lived around Chicago in that era you new that name!

[@garycordle5295]

That's a sweet ride 🔥 American muscle 👍

[@THESLlCK]

so much art and history here, great video

[@areyouundoingthatorwhat9181]

That coronet sounds fantastic!

[@kurtpoblenz2741]

...... let's see what that 400 horesepower feels like... ☹️😂😂. That 65 coronet is mean 🤘🤘🤘

[@ApothecaryGrant]

A friend of mine inherited a 62 Impala 409 with double four barrel carbs . He never would want to sell it to me . When he sold it he avoided me for a year because he knew how much I wanted it . Never understood why he kept it from me . I think it was a power trip . “ I have it and you don’t “ kind of thing .

[@70stunes71]

426 Hemi super stock. Feel the thunder ....

[@matrox]

He's got a Toyota in his garage...LOL.😂🤣😁

[@jimmywolfe7616]

Ford Thunderbolt would take that Dodge out anytime.

[@notfried2004]

Hey Dennis Gage, that is a MoPar Cross-Ram intake. This time you could have said it and been right...lol

[@inkedbandz213]

Omggg that sexy supra but the other cars are special too

[@UmmYeahOk]

Saw that and was all like, "He going to do a 90s Japanese super car?!?." Maybe someday. But I don't see why that can't be now. They're classic exotics!

[@dukeallen432]

Fun fun fun.

[@matrox]

Anyone see the girl with the baby? She may as well had been looking at a Toyota Camry.

[@jakewilson6849]

May as well had been?

[@robertgembala8532]

Awesome

[@johnvanlindingham9490]

Remember my challenger R/T 440 was able to do 65 1st gear and not redline 145 was 4800 rpm still had till 7500in 4ththat was orange then 8500 red

[@lw216316]

Now you can get a 9 second grocery getter like a Tesla or Demon.

[@troybrown6012]

SWEET CARS.

[@bigbass421]

"That engine just sounds so strong"- All I hear is some canned psuedo-surf bed music. WHY do You Tube video and car channels think we want to hear someone's background music when the CARS THEMSELVES make all the music we want to hear?

[@samhaines8228]

drives me crazy

[@mikeweizer3149]

@@samhaines8228 yeah, alot of those old muscle cars (and even some new ones)Sound just as great as a Led Zeppelin concert (and that's really saying something!!!!).

[@brianemmanuelgrey9276]

Yes, I want to hear the 409 cammed up sound, not elevator music.

[@astark7439]

Shouldve left the music off during the drives.....

[@MerkMacheen]

yea, but have YOU NOT seen this show before!!!!!!!!!!... I mean were you even alive in the 90's!!!!!!!!!. this show started in 1996, this is what the show does!!!!!!!!!. So TF are you complaining about!?!?!?!?

[@11094DEREK]

Best collection ever

[@vargohoat9950]

i like the variety, but jay leno has by far the most insan collection id say lol

[@F6HemiCharger]

Chrysler manual steering boxes were always aluminum regardless of the car.

[@diegohorton869]

I thought so too

[@Venom-2844]

He’s got a supra too

[@UmmYeahOk]

It's his wife's. ...and she daily drives it. That's the story I'm going with. Girl's got taste.

[@RJ-jr6yu]

The latter is the champion. Really neat car 426 car.

[@egarciarincon]

megustan los carros antiguos por lo elegantes.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

A lot of weight lost with an alloy steering box,, a lot of strength too!

[@MyClassicCarTV]

It really only needs to go straight. 😬

[@scootergeorge9576]

@@MyClassicCarTV - You are correct, Sir!

[@troybrown6012]

SWEET

[@boxedfender4810]

13:1 compression pump gas or nah?

[@jeffleblanc8850]

Any mopar will clean up on that 409 mopar or no car

[@scootergeorge9576]

Any? Be serious! I owned a 1964 Plymouth Valiant convertible with the 225 slant 6 and push button automatic. Nice car but not competing with a 409. on the other hand, my '67 GTX, 440, 4 speed, 4.10 posi and headers would handle a "W Motor" 409.

[@jamesleyda365]

Lightweight... Thats funny. Most peopoe couldn't even drive one them cars on the street or strip now

[@MyClassicCarTV]

Uh, “lightweight” refers to the fact that weight has been removed so that it weighs less and therefore goes even faster.🙄

[@helpmenow7]

Strickler and grumpy

[@kurtpoblenz2741]

In 65 , grumpy drove a mopar 😬

[@scootergeorge9576]

Dyno Don!!!

[@phoghat]

Original funny car

[@vincewilliams5219]

I watch this too much, No, I don't!!

[@sonofkikkoman]

How about old paint that has led in it and that is going on the grass and to the ground when doing that dustless blasting?

[@bijanatabaki3686]

Snl

[@79tazman]

LMAO!! Oh no we are all going to die lol

[@branon6565]

My god I hate Garbage Motors products, but that Plymouth is badass.....

[@ozahmed4523]

Look like tin foil front inner fenders!

[@jakewilson6849]

Pleat Bros.

[@brianmacmac1000]

that paint has to go somewhere, right

[@matrox]

Cars were so cool then. The only thing cool now are the new Camaros, Mustang, Challengers and Chargers.

[@markg7030]

Only 425 horsepower @ idle...........

[@milnerbeck]

this guy just likes driving other peoples cars LOL and really this other guy has a nice collection but really what about us homegrown people that have some kick ass cars? we dont get noticed ? we might not be millionaires but we still have the same hot rod blood running through our veins. Maybe I will start a youtube show called " Whats in your garage "

[@annamckinney6622]

If you watch more "My classic car" episodes, you will find that he goes to many car shows, speaks to different owners (not all rich folks) and drives other peoples cars so we get to see what its like to drive them instead of the owners driving themselves. He goes to rich folks homes/museums to show cars we would otherwise never get to see. He also owns a few really nice old fords. Dennis is kinda corny (sorry Dennis) but he grows on you,

[@MrSuzuki1187]

Dennis would be more comfortable doing a cooking show. He is not one of us REAL gear heads.

[@MyClassicCarTV]

You again?? Give it a rest dude.

[@SilverDna4]

your not suppose to hear the headers! This car isn't all that!

[@MrSuzuki1187]

I wish Dennis was a REAL car guy. He is totally clueless about the cars he features and is not at all comfortable around them. His comments and questions are amateurish. Definitely not a gear head.

[@MyClassicCarTV]

Dude, I've been around and in more cars than you ever will. I think you're the one that doesn't know what he's talking about!? 🙄

[@MrSuzuki1187]

@@MyClassicCarTV wrong asshole. I owned two Plymouth Roadrunners and was racing them in the Sixties. I knew the answers to all of the questions you asked. I’m a 71 year old who has been involved with Drag racing since 1965 and am still racing today. I grew up a gear head who was crazy into Mopars and was a witness to all of the factory high performance cars as a young man. You are not one of us and are not an authority on these cars.

[@MyClassicCarTV]

I'm happy for you. Really. And for the record, I never claim to be an authority. I'm just the ultimate enthusiast with every car guy and gal's dream job. My approach to the show, and to life in general, is to try to learn from everyone I talk to. Probably not a concept you can relate to. Here's another one. It's a broad hobby, and everybody gets to play. As for not being "one of us", I don't think I'd want to be one of your "us". Just sayin'.

[@michaelwallbrown3726]

haters gonna hate, asking questions are how we all learn nobody knows everything about everything

[@scootergeorge9576]

I've been around a while. Dennis is a real car guy or one great actor. I say both. Stop the hate!