Car song builds ?

[Mike999]

Wangers talks about his LS-W (W for Wangers) program in his book...

Thanks!  I need to read that book again.

And back on-topic, I guess: according to his friends, blues great Robert Johnson used to admire a 1935 Hudson Terraplane parked in their Memphis neighborhood.  In 1936 he recorded a song about it, "Terraplane Blues:"

And I feel so lonesome, you hear me when I moan
Who's been driving my Terraplane for you since I been gone?

I said flash your lights, mama, your horn won't even blow
Somebody's been runnin' my batteries down on this machine
I said flash my lights, mama, this horn won't even blow
Got a short in this connection, well, babe, it's way down below...

https://youtu.be/It-tJ8DOjIk

[Belugawrx]

David Lindley's Mercury Blues

 

 

[Mike999]

"Go Back To Your Pontiac"

Recorded by The Darby Sisters, 1959.  From the great collection "Girls in the Garage Vol. 2."

Edited February 21, 2016 by Mike999
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[69NovaYenko]

This list of  popular culture car songs would be incomplete without mentioning Princes 1983 hit "Little Red Corvette" form the 1999 album. The song peaked at number six on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1983.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/10777115/prince_little_red_corvette/

Edited February 27, 2016 by 69NovaYenko

[Straightliner59]

How about Rush's "Red Barchetta"? Must be a Ferrari kit somewhere that would fit the bill.

steve

I'm not sure about a kit, but this is the car you'd want. I love Rush! Neil's inspiration for the lyrics to Red Barchetta came from a short story published in either Car&Driver or Motor Trend called "A Nice Morning Drive", and I don't recall the author's name. Great driving song!

Edited October 17, 2017 by Straightliner59

[StevenGuthmiller]

I'm not sure about a kit, but this is the car you'd want. I love Rush! Neil's inspiration for the lyrics to Red Barchetta came from a short story published in either Car&Driver or Motor Trend called "A Nice Morning Drive", and I don't recall the author's name. Great driving song!

I love it too!

One of my favorite Rush songs.

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

Anybody have anymore ideas?

Here's one where you can let your imagination run wild.

One of my all time favorite songs.

War's "Low Rider"

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

Here's one.

"Buick 59" by the Medallions.

 

Steve

 

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

 

[ZTony8]

A few years ago, one of our club's monthly theme's was "Cars in Song". Of course there were the obligatory GTOs and '32 Fords and Chevy 409s. I, being the contrarian that I am, built a stock AMT '29 Model A. The song? "Henry Made a Lady Out of Lizzie". Not even our member who's in the Model A Restorers Club caught it.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Here's one for the Buick Riviera fans.

 

Steve

 

                                                                                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTy4AoF40-Y