In the 1940s when the soldiers returned from World War II the hot rod was born. Taking old cars that had been abandoned in the farm fields as these boys went off to war, these industrious young men put in modern engines and on big tires and the sport of hot rodding was born.
Between 1940 and 1960 hundreds of hot rod movies were made for teenagers to see in "Dusk to Dawn" showings at the local drive-in theaters. In the last 50 years the greatest majority of them were lost or misplaced in archives but we have been lucky enough to find a large number of these films and after digitally enhancing the badly faded originals copies are now being made available to the public once again.
Many of the actors in these "B" movies used fake names and went on later to become well known stars. Here we have two of those films just as they were shown in the 1950s including the original commercials. Sit back and enjoy! Now showing...
Dragster Girl (1958) Starring John Ashley, Fay Spain, Steve Terrell, Frank Gorshin, Russ Bender, Tommy Ivo and Judy Babber. Hot girls, hot cars, drag racing, chickie runs, murder and Dragstrip Girl playing one hot rodder against the other to satisfy her incurable desire for speed and thrills. This is one of the best hot rod movies ever made.
Ingenuity In Action (1958) An incredible Hot Rod documentary about the 1958 Hot Rod Nationals. Amazing original racing footage ending with the awarding of the trophies to the winners. Features Wally Parks and Robert Peterson.
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes
