Lots of E-Body cars (video) • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **dave-r** » 08 Jan 2007 22:08

Video from the early 70s showing loads of (quite famous) Pro Stock e-body race cars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf5RS20LR0g

by **christer** » 08 Jan 2007 22:55

WOW

, it can´t get much better than that! :shock:

Even close-ups on Dick Landy´s shifting technique. :shock:

Didn´t know that he was smoking all the way down the quarter-mile either (or was it just a camera gimmick?) Thanks a lot!

by **Eddie** » 09 Jan 2007 0:20

Great, thanks dave. I enjoy any Chrysler nostalgia racing info. I definitely saved that one.I still can't believe that Gene Snow would get into the trouble he is in now. That "spleef" Dandy Dick has in his mouth is a trademark, wonder what his "brand" is?

by **dave-r** » 09 Jan 2007 8:42

christer wrote:Didn´t know that he was smoking all the way down the quarter-mile either (or was it just a camera gimmick?)

Gimmick. His trademark. He used to actually smoke the thing in his early days but was stopped. So to maintain his trademark he just stuck an unlit one in his mouth when driving. There was no rule against that.

by **dave-r** » 09 Jan 2007 8:44

airfuelEddie wrote:I still can't believe that Gene Snow would get into the trouble he is in now.

What trouble is that?? :shock:

We have had Gene Snow racing over here. I saw him.

by **dave-r** » 09 Jan 2007 8:56

This is the race I saw. They have the year wrong. It was 1980 for sure because I missed the 1979 event. I was getting married at the time!

Raymond Beadle and Gene Snow pair off for one of the best funny car races seen in the UK.
The final of the 1979 Santa Pod World Series. Snow runs 6.04 while Beadle runs 6.00 making it the fastest side by side funny car races in Europe at that time.
Startline Footage.
File Size 335kb
Running Time 9 Sec.
Format Quicktime (.mov)

http://www.ukdrn.co.uk/mc/snowbeadle.mov

by **christer** » 09 Jan 2007 9:41

dave-r wrote:
christer wrote:Didn´t know that he was smoking all the way down the quarter-mile either (or was it just a camera gimmick?)

Gimmick. His trademark. He used to actually smoke the thing in his early days but was stopped. So to maintain his trademark he just stuck an unlit one in his mouth when driving. There was no rule against that.

I knew that it was his trademark but I had no idea that he actually was smoking while driving (You mean at every race, right?).
It feels a little hefty to me :s014:

.... but cool. :s009:

by **dave-r** » 09 Jan 2007 11:05

christer wrote:I knew that it was his trademark but I had no idea that he actually was smoking while driving (You mean at every race, right?)

He had a cigar in his mouth every time he raced it was not alight.

I see the video has now been removed for some reason?

by **christer** » 09 Jan 2007 12:03

dave-r wrote:I see the video has now been removed for some reason?

Has anyone saved it on his computer? Maybe he or she can add it to the message board? Please?

by **dave-r** » 09 Jan 2007 12:57

It is not easy to save from Youtube but you can get it from your cache (.flv file), or go to http://www.keepvid.com/ , or there is proprietary software too.

Hopefully It will be in my cache at home? :s008:

by **Eddie** » 09 Jan 2007 17:24

dave-r wrote:
airfuelEddie wrote:I still can't believe that Gene Snow would get into the trouble he is in now.

What trouble is that??

We have had Gene Snow racing over here. I saw him.

You didnt hear about the "snowman"? He was arrested again,(8th time), for raping a underaged boy, do a google on it. Unbelievable, he was one of my teenage heroes, all them moPar dudes were. I guess Genes new saying is "theres no more joy than a big butted boy"!

by **dave-r** » 09 Jan 2007 18:26

I'm shocked!

I never knew he was an shirt lifting, uphill gardening, fudge packer. :shock:

by **Eddie** » 09 Jan 2007 19:30

Yeah, Dave me neither! I too am shocked, feel sorry for the young man, and hope if he's guilty, he's incarcerated. In this country the real punishment for that offense begins once you arrive inside. Man I am glad I saved mine to file! Thats probably the best 6 minutes Ive seen in a while! Landy IS the man, stoogy and all!

by **fbernard** » 10 Jan 2007 17:50

dave-r wrote:I'm shocked!

I never knew he was an shirt lifting, uphill gardening, fudge packer.

Maybe he'll be able to play cards with Gary Glitter...

by **Eddie** » 10 Jan 2007 19:32

Fabian, I am still laughing at ol Dave's description! Is the Gary Glitter band the glitter guy you're talking about?

by **fbernard** » 11 Jan 2007 8:01

airfuelEddie wrote:Fabian, I am still laughing at ol Dave's description! Is the Gary Glitter band the glitter guy you're talking about?

Yep, that's the one!

Funny though, his web site (http://www.garyglitter.tk/) forgets to mention this interesting part of his personality.

But of course, Wikipedfia is much more documented, even if it lacks the style and flamboyance of Dave's writings :oops:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Glitter

by **dave-r** » 11 Jan 2007 8:41

I was a big Glitter fan when I was at school. Went to see him twice. The last time was only a year before all this under age sex stuff came out.

Damn shame.

But not that suprising really. My guess is that many of the "glam rock" bands of the 70s slept with under age girls. That was their fanbase after all.

Gary was on a childs TV show back in the day performing a single called "do you want to touch" with Michael Jackson type crotch grabbing.

Even though I was only in my teens myself I thought it was a bit much for the audience of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. :shock:

Another clue I found was in a 1970s girls magazine I bought as a gift for my wife. In it they were saying what kind of boyfriend the various pop stars of the day would make.
It is funny that they were kind about all of them except G.G. For him they said he wouldn't make a very good boyfriend and hinted he might "hurt" a girl.

So I guess people really knew all about it back then but closed their eyes to it?

by **mopar steve** » 11 Jan 2007 14:02

Apparently, he's going to Tampa with the kids!!!!

by **dave-r** » 12 Jan 2007 11:29

The video is back on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnhruLK2468

by **christer** » 12 Jan 2007 12:00

dave-r wrote:The video is back on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnhruLK2468

Maybe it is a "good-weekend-to-come"-sign?

Great!

by **dave-r** » 12 Jan 2007 12:07

The cache on I.E. is the temp internet files folder is it not?

I have been looking for it and can't find it on my PC.

Can someone give me the file path? I want to find the video file and save it.

by **dave-r** » 12 Jan 2007 12:20

No matter. I used http://www.keepvid.com to get the file and then dowloaded http://www.simtel.net/product.download. ... p?id=95201 to play the clip.

by **Eddie** » 12 Jan 2007 17:24

Did you get it Dave? I will upload mine if you need it.

by **dave-r** » 12 Jan 2007 17:27

Yep. I got it. That was what I was saying in my last post. The same guy also has a #2 version as well which I have not seen yet.

by **Eddie** » 12 Jan 2007 18:21

Sorry to inform all, according to another MoPar website," Dick Landy died either yesterday or today at the hospital". RIP Dandy Dick Landy!! :s005:

by **dave-r** » 12 Jan 2007 20:23

Yep. I just found out too.

Bugger! What a damn shame.

Well if there is a heaven then he has a good few men up there already for him to match race.

by **Eddie** » 12 Jan 2007 21:54

Yes a shame, he among other men and women of MoPar made an influence in my life and helped "strengthen" my Chrysler ties. He will be sorely missed and is the fourth Pro-Stock Drag Racer from the golden era to succumb in the last 12 months. :frown:

I have also been informed that Bobby Hamilton the former DODGE Nascar truck series Champion has succumbed to cancer, very bad time for MoPar former MoPar racers. Godspeed! :V8: