Spruslayer Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Hey folks This is a clip that has a lot of good model subjucts in it,and its kinda 60's cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) I remember this movie - haven't seen it more years than I care to admit. Edited March 19, 2018 by afx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Looking at these old movies it's no wonder Hot Rodding in general had such a bad reputation. The movie companies presented unrealistic situations with really bad acting. By the way does that Corvette sound a lot like an old Jaguar and how do you get tire squeal on dirt surfaces ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 "Wild-in-the streets," I remember those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toner283 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 8 minutes ago, espo said: How do you get tire squeal on dirt surfaces ? As a lifelong country boy who has spent many many miles running on gravel roads, if the gravel roads are well-traveled enough and the dirt is hard enough packed you will get some squealing and even leave black marks on the right road. That dirt can get packed down just as hard as cement sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spruslayer Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Im thinkin about doing the Vette,i thought the same about the sound of the car. Ill be the first to admit that in my youth the little gang of street rodders i hung with would do some not safe,un cool stuff. And yep,ive herd the squall of tires in dirt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 3 hours ago, espo said: Looking at these old movies it's no wonder Hot Rodding in general had such a bad reputation. The movie companies presented unrealistic situations with really bad acting. By the way does that Corvette sound a lot like an old Jaguar and how do you get tire squeal on dirt surfaces ? The 'Vette must have been a theft recovery or a total, because it had a six-cylinder engine in it. It can be seen at the end of the movie after it flips over. The engine is never shown during the movie, as in showing the car with the hood open. The car didn't have to be that fast anyway, as the filming probably wasn't done at high speeds. The sound is dubbed in, seldom was it not done that way even back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 The reason I asked about the squealing tires in the dirt is somewhat tongue in cheek, I'm not without experience in this type of activity. I know the sound is not necessarily from what the car was doing at the time. The point I was trying to make was that in the lose dirt, what I'm somewhat familiar with, the sound you would most often hear would be the dirt hitting the inner wheel wells. I have been around enough Sprint Car races to both see and hear the tires spinning of hard packed surfaces . For me seeing these gross misrepresentations being presented as being normal as opposed to being isolated incidences is what I find irritating . I have also had occasions during my misspent youth resulting in confrontations with authorities in regard too my driving style. I paid my fines and suspensions and all has been forgiven. I also noticed a lot of engine smoke on the Corvette that got worse as the movie went on. If this car had been pieced together as Mark mentioned the 6 cylinder engine in the Corvette that would explain both the sound and the smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychographic Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 "They're gonna keep chickening us!" As corny as this movie is, i still love it! I don't know if it's still available, it was on you tube, but it was in about 6 sections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Somebody built a 1/1 tribute to the '58 Vette from the movie: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/hot-rods-to-hell-corvette-build-finale.951107/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARTSMARTY Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 16 hours ago, afx said: I remember this movie - haven't seen it more years that I care to admit. x2-wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 6 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said: Somebody built a 1/1 tribute to the '58 Vette from the movie: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/hot-rods-to-hell-corvette-build-finale.951107/ The tribute turned out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 22 hours ago, afx said: I remember this movie - haven't seen it more years than I care to admit. Same here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychographic Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 About twice a year either AMC or TCM does a day of car oriented movies. HRTH has been on a few times in these movie blocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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