Classic Musclecars equals Stock Factory motor setup, full interior with seats, no switches or buttons for and No Nitrous, No supercharger, no tubbed wheel wells, stock interior. Good drivers... Ahhhh….. those good old days. Now you have trailer queens with $20k-30K Racing engines with nitrous claiming "Stock"... FOH... Great video my friend !
Thanks for this 🤠👍🏽 I always wonder how fast these unmodified factory stock cars would be with modern tires. This is one of the best racing videos on UA-cam.
@@netrioterNo, that would be the F.A.S.T. class. This is the pure stock class. Engines can be rebuilt with slight raise in compression but have to have original carb, intake, exhaust man. and factory spec cam lifters and rockers. Sorry
Refreshing to see all naturally-aspirated cars. Sure, the Hellcat and ZL1 Camaro have power, but remove the superchargers and they don't make any more power than the big blocks made a half-century ago. And the big blocks still made more torque.
beautiful muscle in all shapes and colors.takes me back to 1967 crusing on sat. nights. showed off our muscle cars and mabey a race out if town on a farm road.then everyone went to mels resturant to talk about the race over fries and a coke then back to the cruise route until early morning!
chevelle 396/375 was the popular street/drag car to beat where i lived in the late sixties. i remember one gto, a mustang, a nova...maybe one challenger. i also remember a dodge ram pickup with a racing automatic transmission. that truck was fast as hell.
Maybe he might have gotten in the fourteens if not for that hat in that nice 61 vette. Now me I put the top up in my 62 vette when I run, so my hat & hair don't blow off. LOL
You can tell which ones have the better rear ends because the ones leading in the middle of the race don't always win the other one starts pulling around them that have track great racing
I had a plum crazy 70 hemi Cuda with a 4-speed, super track pack, console delete with a black hockey stick and interior. I sold it years back along with several other nice Mopars.
I had a 69' 383 RoadRunner, I knew those old car would be classics so I had planned to keep mine and this was in the 70s. Some b1tch backed out of a parking spot without looking and messed up my right front fender and I only had liability insurance. Her insurance wanted to total just because the whole fender would need to be replaced, we finally settled with a check. So my mother knew someone that did body work after hours on the side. While he had possession someone vandalized it, knocked out the glass and broke into it. I was already strapped for money. The car got fixed but was a half ass job and was never happy with it so I ended up selling it. If had it now I could afford to have it restored.
Good to see the factory muscle cars go at it instead of the bored and supercharged hot rods that are running in so many of the videos. The original Super Stock class and maybe the SSX are most interesting, you really have to set them up and fine tune the car plus the skill of the driver to come out a winner.
Love the idea of this, factory stock drag racing...but the 11 second firebird at the front of this video killed the illusion for me. That car is in factory form you say? Sure. And Bigfoot was driving it with a half tank of unicorn tears.
Another thing to remember the tires are way better today then they were when these cars were first tested. They probably get another .5-1 sec just from having better tire compound.
Summary of comments: 1) No way these cars are stock 2) Yes, they are, except for the tires 3) No, they're not. The following mods are allowed: (Fill in the blanks) 4) Who cares? It's just great to see all this muscle racing.
The drag race guys ordered the headers cam intake big carbs and deep gears. When they hook up they do good . Smart ones ported and gasket matched and then tuned. Then there's the driver to add to the equation.
Those Buick 455 Engines were amazing- pulling a heavy car that fast they had to have been near 500hp - the L88 427 was also a beast in the light corvette they must have been down right scary on the street- god i wud love to drive one
In 1972 I found a wrecked 1969 GTO Judge 12K miles at Abel Auto Wrecker in Fremont, Ca. I took the engine and tranny out and put them into my 1968 Firebird hardtop. Took it to Fremont drags where it turned, 12.81 @116 mph ..with 3.23 gears.
ZL1 Camaros ran low 13s in the 108 MPH range back when they were truly new and production line stock. The cars in this series have been heavily MODIFIED.
These Are not all completely stock cars. These “Stocker” meets have certian specs the cars are required to make. Your allowed a pre determined: rise and duration on your cam, cylinder bore, crank stroke, CFM for your carbs, exhaust diameter, weight, and ignition. So if your motor is under these specs you get away with those mods. Been drag racing for 30 years. We run a stocker Max Wedge class with a 63 Plymouth Sport Fury With a 426 Wedge. I run 10.60’s around 130mph.
You're correct, to a point. They aren't Stocker engines, though. You can't play around with the camshaft like they can with Stocker cams. They CAN cut the heads to raise compression a bit, but that's about it. Has to have stock carb with choke, stock ignition (no MSD boxes), stock exhaust manifolds. You can blueprint all you want, but the internals have to be stock.
"Factory stock" is a misnomer in that a host of modifications are permitted. For example, the engines can be bored .060" over, 3 angle valve jobs can be employed, combustion chambers can be cc'd to NHRA specified minimums, drag oriented suspensions can be employed as can modern mandrel bent 2.5" exhaust systems and so on. See "pure stock drags" website for more information.
Truth be told muscle cars from 53 -72 had more power than the tires and suspension could handle. On the street alot of brutal cars either went up in smoke or the driver was not able to handle the horses. Myself embarrassed alot brutal street machines with a small block car with a 2barrel carb single exhaust. My shop teacher was a professional drag racer and he helped me set my sleeper up. They always demand I show them the motor. They couldn't believe a stock small block was that fast. With that said most muscle cars of past were close in power and preformance on the street. The one's who dominated were the ones who really understand drag racing. Although I have to admit the GS Buicks and ram air Pontiacs dissapointed alot of bad ass cars.
What makes American Iron so special is they just look and sound bad ass going down the track. I don't care if you have a 9 sec 4 banger ricer with 5 turbos they are just annoying and irritating in the way they look and sound going down a track. The same feeling I get when I see them buzzzzzing around the street. Not cool just irritating.
All of you saying these are NOT stock - Remember the crappy bias ply tires they had back then & the compounds they spray (for traction), onto the tracks to prep the tracks with that -1) they didn't even use back then, or 2) were inferior to the compounds & products sold today. B/c of technology, much has improved in the past 45 years with the exception of ppl's morals :( Sad
Okay, better tires = better times. Please explain some cars picking up 10MPH or more! That is a LOT of HP difference over stock - too much just to assume its the result of better tuning.
@@CJ-ib2jy dude the faster they hook the faster than can begin solidly accelerating. Its no surprise they pick up 10 mph. If you spun for 60ft the 60ft less you got to accelerate which will lose you speed aswell as time
@@muffdiver777yummy8 When I used to run cars, my time changed by up to 0.75 seconds depending on how I hooked or how bad I lit my tires. But my speed at the end didn't vary hardly at all.
@@428CJ70 but if your spinning tire then you arent accelerating full on and the farther your traveling with tire spin the lesser your distance is to accelerate properly it doesnt make sense that their times can change but their speeds would remain the same. Cause 20 foot of spin means 20 feet less to get up to speed and ex amount of time lost. Its like if you start a car 1/4 of the way down the track its speed is gunna be less than one farther back
Anyone else notice on the 455’s Trans Am’s they’re behind off the line .. but mid way that torque motor kicks in and pulls for the win. Almost everyone. Also with the 455 Buick’s GS’s. My friend had one .. and back in the early 80’s he raced a lot .. GTO judge.. 440 mopars .. he would get beat off the line .. but always pulled in front at the end. Those 455’s were very underrated motors.
all american muscle will never die, 12 n 13s down a quarter in my time was quick and fun .my 1st gen camaro will still run high 12 sec down the quarter and its a great time.
How many MODIFICATIONS did you have to make to get your 1st generation Camaro to run "high 12s. Even production line stock ZL1 Camaros (untouched and with full factory exhaust, air filter and all engine accessories in place) couldn't run 12s.
Big block impala guy gets it. Perfect light, strong run. And that's a lotta car running 13s!!!!
Please sir,. Don't delete this masterpiece 🥰
Now that was enjoyable to watch...Great races!!!
I grew up going to the Drag Strip every weekend nice to see these stock cars from the sixties and seventies.
One of the best dragracing filming I have seen. Great shot of the starting ling right through the finish line! Good job!
Indeed, no BS too much talking. Just showing the race with a good shot from start to end, period. Love this!
No turbos, no laughing gas, no huffers. Just motor. My kind of cars.
no superchargers (the studabaker cars as exceptions) and no traction controls
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on factory style tires too. that is really doing some thing to run those times. that is what real HP is all about. Ronnie.
Ah, for the Good Old Days....I lived those days and miss them! Thanks.
I love this old school factory muscle racing. Best of the best. Had a smile on my face entire video.
IT,S SHARP XXC
Classic Musclecars equals Stock Factory motor setup, full interior with seats, no switches or buttons for and No Nitrous, No supercharger, no tubbed wheel wells, stock interior. Good drivers... Ahhhh….. those good old days. Now you have trailer queens with $20k-30K Racing engines with nitrous claiming "Stock"... FOH... Great video my friend !
Thanks for this 🤠👍🏽
I always wonder how fast these unmodified factory stock cars would be with modern tires. This is one of the best racing videos on UA-cam.
They weren't that fast. Even on today's tires. 14 sec back then was fast. These cars aren't stock, all MOTOR, but not stock.
These are highly modified...they just have to look stock..sorry
@@netrioterNo, that would be the F.A.S.T. class. This is the pure stock class. Engines can be rebuilt with slight raise in compression but have to have original carb, intake, exhaust man. and factory spec cam lifters and rockers. Sorry
Great camera work getting the cars n both time signs in a perfect shot!
Refreshing to see all naturally-aspirated cars. Sure, the Hellcat and ZL1 Camaro have power, but remove the superchargers and they don't make any more power than the big blocks made a half-century ago. And the big blocks still made more torque.
beautiful muscle in all shapes and colors.takes me back to 1967 crusing on sat. nights. showed off our muscle cars and mabey a race out if town on a farm road.then everyone went to mels resturant to talk about the race over fries and a coke then back to the cruise route until early morning!
This was amazing to watch.I love the all-stock cars. Great camera work.
Great video! So many great cars! Nice to them all alive and well
I could watch this all day.
Love those days, you drove it to school and worked on it afterward, and raced on weekends.
Now-days you just buy the hp you want. 👍
10 yrs ago!!! Damn where's the time gone???
Kicking back on quarantine also with a broken leg watching some badass dragging
been there man, fucking sucks. hope you recover well.
theres more where that came from
How's your leg?
@ 17:47 that 67 Chevy was growling of the line, and ran like lighting. Luv it!!!
Great prospective and camera angle.
It doesn't look like a turtle race.
Thanks!
chevelle 396/375 was the popular street/drag car to beat where i lived in the late sixties. i remember one gto, a mustang, a nova...maybe one challenger. i also remember a dodge ram pickup with a racing automatic transmission. that truck was fast as hell.
Thank you Gary Delfium. I'm driving the 1970 SS Chevelle in Super Stock with a 4-speed Muncie M-21 going to 488:1 Posi with 14x32 Slicks.
Thank you the GREAT camera work!!
Looks like the L88 Vette was the quickest. Enjoyed the drags of “Pre-COVID19” days. Thank you.
Loved my man in the old 50's Vette convertible with the top down, had to grab his hat halfway down the track to keep it from flying off. LOL
Maybe he might have gotten in the fourteens if not for that hat in that nice 61 vette. Now me I put the top up in my 62 vette when I run, so my hat & hair don't blow off. LOL
That ‘69 Yenko Camaro was legit!
I love this stuff. Great memories of past era muscles cars
US131 Dragway is still runnin' strong. 😎
Now that was a video worth watching
The power of American muscle
I am really surprised with those Studebaker Larks. I have never seen them run before this. Impressive!!!
there was an ad from 63 i think showed a four way light changed Larks 1st away the line of the ad said Love that Lark! yes they were fast strong cars
You can tell which ones have the better rear ends because the ones leading in the middle of the race don't always win the other one starts pulling around them that have track great racing
Love to see these American muscle cars in drag racing action!
I could watch these all day! I only wish we knew a little lot about the cars / motors. Besides the announcers who are hard to hear.
I had a plum crazy 70 hemi Cuda with a 4-speed, super track pack, console delete with a black hockey stick and interior. I sold it years back along with several other nice Mopars.
Dummy...lol,
You must have temporarily lost your mind dude lol
I had a 69' 383 RoadRunner, I knew those old car would be classics so I had planned to keep mine and this was in the 70s. Some b1tch backed out of a parking spot without looking and messed up my right front fender and I only had liability insurance. Her insurance wanted to total just because the whole fender would need to be replaced, we finally settled with a check. So my mother knew someone that did body work after hours on the side. While he had possession someone vandalized it, knocked out the glass and broke into it. I was already strapped for money. The car got fixed but was a half ass job and was never happy with it so I ended up selling it. If had it now I could afford to have it restored.
That could have been your retirement plan, dude!! 🛠
Good to see the factory muscle cars go at it instead of the bored and supercharged hot rods that are running in so many of the videos. The original Super Stock class and maybe the SSX are most interesting, you really have to set them up and fine tune the car plus the skill of the driver to come out a winner.
Love the idea of this, factory stock drag racing...but the 11 second firebird at the front of this video killed the illusion for me. That car is in factory form you say? Sure. And Bigfoot was driving it with a half tank of unicorn tears.
If it was Ram Air that's doable with some good tuning.
Another thing to remember the tires are way better today then they were when these cars were first tested. They probably get another .5-1 sec just from having better tire compound.
Randy Miracle -- I also wonder what kind of gas they’re running ❓
Tuned and tweeked Ram Air II Firebird from 1968 weighing what, 3200 pounds? ROCKET SHIP and total BAD ASS. Pontiac RULES !
Randy Miracle you’re living in a fantasy world if you think these cars would get .5-1sec quicker Times by running different tires
Summary of comments: 1) No way these cars are stock 2) Yes, they are, except for the tires 3) No, they're not. The following mods are allowed: (Fill in the blanks) 4) Who cares? It's just great to see all this muscle racing.
The drag race guys ordered the headers cam intake big carbs and deep gears. When they hook up they do good . Smart ones ported and gasket matched and then tuned. Then there's the driver to add to the equation.
studebakers AMC's,Buick GS I think the oddballs are so neat because nobody gives them respect ....until now!
To Think how MUCH respect I always gave them
1:42 The beautiful sound of Mopars in stereo.
Those Buick 455 Engines were amazing- pulling a heavy car that fast they had to have been near 500hp - the L88 427 was also a beast in the light corvette they must have been down right scary on the street- god i wud love to drive one
Best YT video
All the Pontiac cars had 2~4 MPH faster for the “average ET” then their rivals even in loss.
Can’t beat Pontiac there!
Pontiac's RULE!
In 1972 I found a wrecked 1969 GTO Judge 12K miles at Abel Auto Wrecker in Fremont, Ca. I took the engine and tranny out and put them into my 1968 Firebird hardtop. Took it to Fremont drags where it turned, 12.81 @116 mph ..with 3.23 gears.
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dam good work. thanxs much...
great vid, these cars are worth thousands, some even a million or so, thanks
That ZL-1 Camaro. What a car. All aluminum 427 big block. The times were legit. And the unique sound going down the track.
ZL1 Camaros ran low 13s in the 108 MPH range back when they were truly new and production line stock. The cars in this series have been heavily MODIFIED.
Just tires and headers…
Hats off to the guys driving the stick shifted cars.
That's another skill level to be competitive with the autos
Thanks for taking your hat off to me, 17' Super Sport Camaro, 6 speed manual. Black on black on black rims.
Finally old footage with the muscle cars being full out not that sandbagging crao
33:20...the ZL1 Camaro ran 138 mph!!!
The blue bird, the first one was really quick! Good job
I love this stuff😂😂
These Are not all completely stock cars. These “Stocker” meets have certian specs the cars are required to make. Your allowed a pre determined: rise and duration on your cam, cylinder bore, crank stroke, CFM for your carbs, exhaust diameter, weight, and ignition. So if your motor is under these specs you get away with those mods. Been drag racing for 30 years. We run a stocker Max Wedge class with a 63 Plymouth Sport Fury With a 426 Wedge. I run 10.60’s around 130mph.
You're correct, to a point. They aren't Stocker engines, though. You can't play around with the camshaft like they can with Stocker cams. They CAN cut the heads to raise compression a bit, but that's about it. Has to have stock carb with choke, stock ignition (no MSD boxes), stock exhaust manifolds. You can blueprint all you want, but the internals have to be stock.
Love American Muscle!
thanks for the old Blue Cher too!
All those cars a just plain Bad Ass.
"Factory stock" is a misnomer in that a host of modifications are permitted. For example, the engines can be bored .060" over, 3 angle valve jobs can be employed, combustion chambers can be cc'd to NHRA specified minimums, drag oriented suspensions can be employed as can modern mandrel bent 2.5" exhaust systems and so on.
See "pure stock drags" website for more information.
wow, had not seen your pathetic comments in awhile.......see your goofy self is still at it......HA HA HA HA
BWHA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
27.25 . awesome race. Those 2 sound Badass
LOL i enjoyed the sound effects of screeching tires at the end of every race.. Too funny..
this was great racing run your car all day in the mid 12s and have a lot of fun
Really Great Racing is right!
i love this
RA II 400 Firebird running Quick > 2011 Ran a 11.18 @ 122 mph :)
Bad Ass
Great video
I think this is called Martin Dragway....we used to go there all the time!
I just bought a 66 Charger 383 and she is scary fast.
Damn, at 10:12 that Mustang's front tires nearly came off the ground.
Great race volg.
The best!
I am not a Mustang guy, but they lay down some impressive et's for sure
I get an E rection every time I watch these vids
God I love sixties fords!
I love all 60's muscle cars!
Nothing like those seventy Chevy.
Rick Higson Great great Cars i love them.
Imagine if the Demon existed at this time, would be INSANELY powerful
A demon did exist at this time, built in 71 and 72
should list all engines specs and years on screen of video.
Dude that driver of the hemi cuda needs to give up the seat to someone that can make the car go like that hemi can.
I was wondering . How much the driver has a play in the race too man cause I know those Pontiac SD 455 can run better then that too.
Yes all these cars sound strong, not like chain saws
Surprisingly good showing for the AMC & Studebaker's, Fords not so good Buicks & Mopars very strong a few strong Chevy's too.
Truth be told muscle cars from 53 -72 had more power than the tires and suspension could handle. On the street alot of brutal cars either went up in smoke or the driver was not able to handle the horses. Myself embarrassed alot brutal street machines with a small block car with a 2barrel carb single exhaust. My shop teacher was a professional drag racer and he helped me set my sleeper up. They always demand I show them the motor. They couldn't believe a stock small block was that fast. With that said most muscle cars of past were close in power and preformance on the street. The one's who dominated were the ones who really understand drag racing. Although I have to admit the GS Buicks and ram air Pontiacs dissapointed alot of bad ass cars.
Studebakers were no joke! Wow
This is good STREETCAR drag racing.
Man, that L88 'Vette dug in and walked that other '67 Vette down from behind even. The driver blew the 1-2 shift, too. 00:49
That gold Pontiac as the holeshot nailed 38:12
This is a very nice dragstrip.
Them Buicks showing them how it’s done.
What makes American Iron so special is they just look and sound bad ass going down the track. I don't care if you have a 9 sec 4 banger ricer with 5 turbos they are just annoying and irritating in the way they look and sound going down a track. The same feeling I get when I see them buzzzzzing around the street. Not cool just irritating.
I hear the sister's holy trinity pitch is unstoppable.
can you play that song 100 more times in your vids
I had a '67 Rambler Rouge American with a small block that used to surprise the shit out of the Camaros and Mustangs when I smoked em, funny
It was a Rogue, I really need to learn to spell words
@@jerrycraig6522 You caught it. You are forgiven. :)
Can someone explain why some of the cars have a lower time but still win? Is it bracket racing?
Buick GS stage 1 was a big fast car. They Humbled alot of nice muscle cars on the track and the street.
11 second factory stock firebird ? Yeh sure !
Took very little to get a Ram Air II car from 68 in the 11's. They exist today. Nasty
I agree with you.
74SD455TA But wait a minute I thought these were supposed to be factory stock not build racecars
Steve Kostura they are allowed certain mods
I remember you could buy your new car and take it straight to the Racetrack back in the day.
Badass!
All of you saying these are NOT stock - Remember the crappy bias ply tires they had back then & the compounds they spray (for traction), onto the tracks to prep the tracks with that -1) they didn't even use back then, or 2) were inferior to the compounds & products sold today. B/c of technology, much has improved in the past 45 years with the exception of ppl's morals :( Sad
Okay, better tires = better times. Please explain some cars picking up 10MPH or more! That is a LOT of HP difference over stock - too much just to assume its the result of better tuning.
@@CJ-ib2jy dude the faster they hook the faster than can begin solidly accelerating. Its no surprise they pick up 10 mph. If you spun for 60ft the 60ft less you got to accelerate which will lose you speed aswell as time
@@muffdiver777yummy8 When I used to run cars, my time changed by up to 0.75 seconds depending on how I hooked or how bad I lit my tires. But my speed at the end didn't vary hardly at all.
@@428CJ70 but if your spinning tire then you arent accelerating full on and the farther your traveling with tire spin the lesser your distance is to accelerate properly it doesnt make sense that their times can change but their speeds would remain the same. Cause 20 foot of spin means 20 feet less to get up to speed and ex amount of time lost. Its like if you start a car 1/4 of the way down the track its speed is gunna be less than one farther back
@@428CJ70 also some of these cars are pickin up a full second so i can see their speeds increasin decently
I love this stuff. Gives me a Woody.
Those old mopars kicked ass.
Blue Cheer!!
So nice not to see rice!
Garlitz Hyperformance Garage I have a ‘77 Kawasaki KZ 1000 dragged out and FULLY restored...man,I love my rice.
Meat and Taters all day!
@@kawythowy867 nngj
Lol, NO RICE, SO NICE!
@@kawythowy867 who cares
@16:40 of video… nicest .. rarest of them all. I’d kill for that Oldsmobile. Bad ass
That Rambler also. Lol. It got smoked but another rare car.
Anyone else notice on the 455’s Trans Am’s they’re behind off the line .. but mid way that torque motor kicks in and pulls for the win. Almost everyone. Also with the 455 Buick’s GS’s. My friend had one .. and back in the early 80’s he raced a lot .. GTO judge.. 440 mopars .. he would get beat off the line .. but always pulled in front at the end. Those 455’s were very underrated motors.
Was that 65/66 nova the only small block running?
all american muscle will never die, 12 n 13s down a quarter in my time was quick and fun .my 1st gen camaro will still run high 12 sec down the quarter and its a great time.
How many MODIFICATIONS did you have to make to get your 1st generation Camaro to run "high 12s. Even production line stock ZL1 Camaros (untouched and with full factory exhaust, air filter and all engine accessories in place) couldn't run 12s.