Ghost of dragstrip hollow

[Spruslayer]

If your in to cheesey bad movies have a look at The ghost of dragstrip hollow,with...........drumroll please.........Tommy Ivo.

It's 1959 southern California hotrod greasers,music and monsters.

Lots of 50s slang,girls and some cool cars too!

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[Ace-Garageguy]

Pretty sure that's the one with Barris' Ala Kart in the background of one of the shop shots too.

 

[ChrisBcritter]

Fun movie indeed!

Wonder if Tommy wrote his own dialogue in the scene where he describes his roadster?

Also note about 58 minutes in, Lois confesses to having left the party to take on Nita and her friends in a race, and says "I don't think they'll bother us any more." Maybe the script had a final race scene that wasn't filmed? Run time is only an hour and five minutes - maybe it went over the $19.95 budget?  

Also features my favorite final credit:

 

Edited June 17, 2019 by ChrisBcritter

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Hmm, will have to check that one out.  I cannot really say why, but I have felt like watching old movies with hot rods, and actually watched this one earlier today. Lotsa cheese, but a lot of screen time for the Barris ZZR, and early 60s bands, and people that went on to be bigger actors..but zero claim that it is a good movie. :-)

 

[ChrisBcritter]

Excellent choice, Mark! Let's take a closer look at some shots from the Teen Fair scene, which had some plugs for AMT:

Double Dragster

 

1/12 scale '37 Cord display

 

Rack of AMT lacquers, XR-6 kit, Munster Koach on the right, not sure what the bottom one is

 

George Barris in the booth selling models, and hot rodding legend Norm Grabowski in front

 

And this '61 Dodge Norm's beating on? It was the stunt double for the '64 Imperial (note the nameplate on the front fender) in the crash-and-burn scene in the 1964 Ann-Margret film Kitten with a Whip. 

[Spruslayer]

Could the car in the bottom of pic be the Villa Riviera?

I just about have d this one up

Waiting for another pair of cheaters to put on the front rims

Adding Out of Sight to my watch list!

 

Edited June 17, 2019 by Spruslayer

[Mike999]

6 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

And this '61 Dodge Norm's beating on? It was the stunt double for the '64 Imperial (note the nameplate on the front fender) in the crash-and-burn scene in the 1964 Ann-Margret film Kitten with a Whip. 

Thanks, I love this kind of movie car-cheology. Here's one of my favorite AIP stars:  a blue Dodge Seneca 2-door sedan. Along with a more famous Barris Mopar, in 1966 it debuted in "Fireball 500" painted solid blue.   In 1967 it appeared in "Thunder Alley" posing as a stock-car racer, with the rocker panels painted gold and a racing number.