Synopsis
A teenager narrates how a hot-rod club promotes safe driving through strict membership rules and by limiting speed runs to drag strips.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 14 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · 2nd reel to Hot Rod A · autoguy · 2003-07-05
The story continues as young "Bullet Bill" Bowers gets educated about his hot rod and sees the error of his ways. This reel shines. Great early drag strip footage and alot of big names for the era. Includes some (1952?) Indy 500 footage. A great piece of hot rod history!
★★★★ · Tom Hanks saves the bad drivers! · Spuzz · 2003-08-06
In this Sid Davis production, a young boy new to the town, is puzled by why the kids don't accept him and his hotrodding ways. When he tries to get all the kids impressed by talking about it, they all turn away in disgust. Rather then parking one night in a abandoned business and listening to Kenny Loggins and dancing in protest, he actually goes to the kids an learns why the kids act in such a square fashion. One of the town kids you see, was killed while trying to beat a train. So Tom Hanks (yes, Tom Hanks, that's the character's name) arranges a hot rod track to be made. All the kids are…