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« Reply #25 on: February 09, 2007, 02:16:08 PM »

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band did a great cover of Hot Rod Lincoln, done way better than than the Commander Cody version, IMO.
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« Reply #26 on: February 09, 2007, 02:27:08 PM »


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Hot Rod Lincoln - Song Lyrics
My pappy said, 'Son, you're gonna drive me t' drinkin' ...
If you don't quit drivin' that - Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln!'

Well, you've heard the story of the hot rod race,
When the Ford and the Mercury were settin' the pace.
That story's true I'm here to say,
Cause I was a'drivin' that Model A.

It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up;
That Model A body makes it look like a pup.
It's got 12 cylinders and uses them all;
And an overdrive that just won't stall.

It's got a 4-barrel carb and dual exhausts,
4:11 gears that really get lost -
Safety tubes and I'm not scared,
The brakes are good and the tires are fair.

We left San Pedro late one night;
The moon and the stars were shinin' bright.
We were drivin' up Grapevine Hill,
Passin' cars like they were standin' still.

Then, all of a sudden, in the wink of an eye,
a Cadillac sedan passed us by.
The remark was made, "That's the car for me."
But, by then, the taillights wuz all you could see.

Well, the fellers ribbed me for bein' behind,
So I started to make that Lincoln unwind.
Took my foot off the gas and, man alive,
I shoved it down into overdrive.

Well, I wound it up to 110;
Twisted the speedometer cable right off the end.
Had my foot glued right to the floor;
I said, "That's all there is - there ain't no more."

Now the fellas thought I'd lost all sense;
The telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said, "Slow down, I see spots."
The lines on the road just looked like dots.

Went around a corner and passed a truck;
I crossed my fingers just for luck -
The fenders clickin' the guard rail post;
The guy beside me was white as a ghost.

Smoke was rollin' outta the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac
I knew I could catch him and hoped I could pass
But when I did I'd be short on gas.

There were flames comin' from out of the side;
You could feel the tension; man, what a ride.
I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly"
And the Cadillac pulled over and let me by.

All of a sudden a rod started knockin';
Down in the depths she started a rockin'.
I looked in the mirror and a red light was blinkin';
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln.

Well they arrested me and put me in jail.
I called my pop to make my bail.
He said, "Son, you're gonna drive me t' drinkin',
If you don't quit drivin' that - Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln!"
 


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To learn the story of the Hot Rod Lincoln, click here.

Music and lyrics copyright 1955, Charlie Ryan. All rights reserved
Page design copyright 1999 Joseph M. Sherlock. All Rights Reserved
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« Reply #27 on: February 09, 2007, 02:27:28 PM »

Car songs and hot rods will always be close to my heart.

For modern car songs, I'll have to go with Sammy Hagar (I cant drive 55)

But for classics Mabelline is one of my all time favorites!!

"the heat went down, the motor cooled down, and thats when I heard that highway sound. Cadillac sittin like a ton o lead 110 a half a mile ahead"!!.......................................


Here is one for you car and old music buffs: Think about the song "Shut Down". What is very untypical about this one??

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« Reply #28 on: February 09, 2007, 02:37:45 PM »

one of the 'engins  utilizes standing waves  to increase air intake??
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« Reply #29 on: February 09, 2007, 02:42:21 PM »

12-cylinder Lincoln engine in a '37 Zephyr..



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« Reply #30 on: February 09, 2007, 03:03:42 PM »

I'm listening to the Commander Cody version as I type this and the lyrics say 8 cylinders.  Maybe the original lyrics said 12 cyl's
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« Reply #31 on: February 09, 2007, 03:42:04 PM »

RE: "Shut Down" Untypical? A fast 413 in anything short of a shopping carriage.
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« Reply #32 on: February 09, 2007, 04:34:05 PM »

When I lived in L.A. it was Pink Floyd Animals every Monday morning going up the 405 to the valley
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« Reply #33 on: February 09, 2007, 05:14:18 PM »

RE: "Shut Down" Untypical? A fast 413 in anything short of a shopping carriage.

Bah  Angry

"He's got his ram induction but it's understood
I got a fueljected engine sitting under my hood"

WHat's untypical is a Stingray shutting down a '62 or 63 413 super stock Dodge.  Never happened  Wink
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« Reply #34 on: February 09, 2007, 05:24:05 PM »

What about Joe Walsh and

My Maserati does 185
I got a ticket, now I don't drive...
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« Reply #35 on: February 09, 2007, 06:13:00 PM »

Joe Walsh - Life's been good

My Maserati does one-eighty-five
I lost my license, now I don't drive
I have a limo, ride in the back
I lock the doors in case I'm attacked

That is one of my faves..
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« Reply #36 on: February 09, 2007, 09:23:22 PM »

The all time best driving music is open headers on a cold night with a good rich mixture.
The sound of I called header chink as you hear each exhaust valve shoot out a little fire.
I liked it best at mild load on the motor say a little hill and you give it just enough gas to open the power valve. I could only handle about a 1/2 hour of it before the brain started to buzz.

you just don't get that sound with a baby fart muffler on a rice burner...
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« Reply #37 on: February 10, 2007, 12:04:01 AM »

Hot Rod Lincoln:

I like the version recorded by Bill Kirchen who I believe played guitar on the Commander Cody version.  He adds in a whole part where different musicians are passing him, folks like Jimi, Stevie, Albert King, Benny King, The King, The Boss and procedes to nail little snippits from their muisc as each one passes.  The strangest part is when he somehow fits the Sex Pistols in the middle of the song.  Good stuff,  a fellow ham turned me on to that one.  Ed


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« Reply #38 on: February 10, 2007, 04:05:53 AM »

Oh I love the sound of open headers. Unfortunately they're frowned upon here in the burbs.. Yet for some reason the 'baby fart' mufflers seem to be exempt. Kids of yesteryear drove around in loud cars that took off like a rocket, kids today only make a lot of racket and can't outrun a push lawnmower!

Nothing like lying in bed and being rudely awakened by a pack of angry bees buzzing by your house. I'd prefer to be awakened by something that actually sounds like a racecar!
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« Reply #39 on: February 10, 2007, 08:51:39 AM »

Blues Brothers Theme from Peter Gunn

Blues Brothers Sweet Home Chicago

Jimmy Buffet Concky Tonkin (best appreciated in a rented Hertz Mustang Ragtop in FL)

Eric Clapton doing Robert Johnston's Keys to the Highway

Standards others other have mentioned -

 Born to Be Wild
 Radar Love (best at half past four while shifting gears, driving into a   
                    new sunrise)
 Top Gun Theme
 With the Radio On

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« Reply #40 on: February 10, 2007, 09:15:39 AM »

Judus Priest - Heading out to the highway

So I'm heading out to the highway
I got nothing to lose at all
I'm gonna do it my way
Take a chance before I fall
A chance before I fall!
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« Reply #41 on: February 10, 2007, 01:17:01 PM »

RE: "Shut Down" Untypical? A fast 413 in anything short of a shopping carriage.
RE: "Shut Down" Untypical? A fast 413 in anything short of a shopping carriage.

Bah  Angry

"He's got his ram induction but it's understood
I got a fueljected engine sitting under my hood"

WHat's untypical is a Stingray shutting down a '62 or 63 413 super stock Dodge.  Never happened  Wink


Yep, it is very unusual in an old song for a chebbie (especially a fuelie vette) to lose a race!!  Stage 3 413 max wedge was pure hell fire and brimstone!!

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« Reply #42 on: February 10, 2007, 09:45:11 PM »

I think it takes a 427 to beat a 413. 409 no chance. Mouse motor, yea maybe with a blower on top.
I think in its day the only thing that would take a 413 was the 392, maybe the Ford 427 y block. 
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« Reply #43 on: February 11, 2007, 06:59:57 AM »

   And how about this..http://www.amwindow.org/audio/htm/pwmobile.htm
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« Reply #44 on: February 11, 2007, 05:57:37 PM »

I think it takes a 427 to beat a 413. 409 no chance. Mouse motor, yea maybe with a blower on top.
I think in its day the only thing that would take a 413 was the 392, maybe the Ford 427 y block. 

"Superstock Dodge burnin out on low, but my fuel injected Stingray's gettin ready to go"

375hp fuelie 327 was no slouch by any means, but in a heavy corvette body it was no match for a 425hp (rated ha ha ) stage 3 motor in a factory aluminum skinned super stock car of that day.
"Like takin a knife to a gunfight"!!

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« Reply #45 on: February 11, 2007, 06:51:23 PM »

Rock Lobster by the B52's. The "Down Down" part is good if you can get everyone in the car to slowly go below window level.

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« Reply #46 on: February 11, 2007, 08:38:07 PM »

ah riding down the road in my 1960 Pontiac Catialina duals and a quad with 4 speed auto. Real goat roper special but I had a foxy lady and a reverb on the radio.

Iron Butterfly.................spring '69 a very good year

Graduate High School, Man walks on the moon....The Height of Gear head days.
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« Reply #47 on: February 12, 2007, 12:47:26 AM »

ah riding down the road in my 1960 Pontiac Catialina duals and a quad with 4 speed auto. Real goat roper special but I had a foxy lady and a reverb on the radio.

Iron Butterfly.................spring '69 a very good year

Graduate High School, Man walks on the moon....The Height of Gear head days.

  DOA by Bloodrock sounded good with reverb too......... Grin
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« Reply #48 on: February 12, 2007, 08:04:14 AM »

  DOA by Bloodrock sounded good with reverb too......... Grin


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     You are really dating yourself by knowing that one.  Grin

(I may still have it on 8-track) Grin Grin

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« Reply #49 on: February 14, 2007, 04:32:52 PM »

Nuthin better than listening to the car radio in my hotrod '53 Chevy (around 1962-64) with a wild "stove bolt" Chevy 6 with a milled head, oversized valves, 3/4 cam and a 4 barrel with a home made ram intake manifold and split exhaust headers.  More HP than one would think possible from such a conglomeration!  What fun it was to go huntin' for Ford Flat Heads... to do war.   Several buddies...a car load....cruzin around town.....gas was about 30 cents or maybe less per gallon. Drove around all night with everyone chipping in a buck apiece. Listening to great AM stations like WLS, WOWO, CKLW, etc etc.  Great tunes like 409, Little Duece Coupe, Little Old Lady from Pasadena.  And...all those neat old DO WOPP songs.  And... those great US 30 Dragstrip Commercials:  "SUNDAY, SUNDAY...SUNDAY!!!! See those drag cars roar down the strip at THE US 30 Dragstrip.  FUN, Noise, and raw power!!! SUNDAY...SUNDAY...SUNDAY.  Only $5.00 Admission."

Ah yes, I'm showing my age...those were great times!

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