Rebel of the road was a 1979 madefortv movie starring gregg henry, grant goodeve and robert culp. The willys is a popular custom as a coupe or sedan, in part because of its relative rarity, although the marque is often seen at hot rod and car shows. The race cars in hot rod include a glass fiat altered coupe, a 1948 austin, some mid70s funny cars, some camaros and mustangs, plus several top fuel cars. Dose anyone know if steve costelli still races his hot rod willys. Hot rods munns root beer cutlassfrom the movie hot rod. One of the bigger street rod mags did an article on this several years back. The willys is a great platform for hot rodders with only a few body types to choose from.
Im thinking it was borgeson, but i could be wrong, but it was a major parts manufactuer that bought it and actually pro streeted it tubbed and tucked i cant remember which mag, all i do remember was a few of us talking how sad it was that a car with history had to meet such a fate. I wish i could find the complete flick, all i could find were bits. However, he runs up against the town boss, a corrupt sheriff robert culp who has already made arrangements to ensure that his own son grant goodeve wins the race. Ive been in business for 37 years building hot rods at daves hot rod sho. As a fan of the lonely island, i went into this movie with high expectations. Hot rod 1979 movie condensed just the good stuff willys gasser. The straight axle willys and stealing a hemi in the film hot rod 1979 jbsjunk april 6, 20 at 6. As we all know, 1940 and 41 willys coupes have seen a huge surge in their popularity in recent years. Or did the movie makers just do that good of a fake job. The name comes about from the combining of a 1948 and 58 willys trucks with a 2008 jeep grand cherokee limited. Sexy cars hot cars hot rod movie chevy ssr old school muscle cars car man cave fancy cars unique cars hot. Young gun mechanic brian edison gregg henry is a loner wrenching his way across the states and dreaming of racing with the big guns. I think all of the willys era pickups had rounded roofs, some just cut them off and add a flat sheet to make them look more like a traditional rod.
See more ideas about hot rods, drag cars and cool cars. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Hot rod dvd excellent hot rod movie with 1950s rock n roll. Hot rodaka rebel of the road dvd movie starring robert. Pedl, emi music publishing, warner chappell, bmi broadcast music inc. Cost not much, it was found in a field by the po who tried restoring it and abandoned hope too far gone, not enough resources, etc, and i. When he was 7 or 8 years old, he saw a madefortv movie called rebel of the road aka hot rod, featuring a. More vintage cars hot rods and kustoms more vintage cars hot rods and kustoms kustomblr kustom kulture hot rod vintage car classic car antique car kustom.
This willys belonged to my uncle when the movie hot rod was filmed. Hadnt seen this flick in yeeeeeears and happened upon it on amazon. I used all top of the line components, every nut, bolt and screws have been hand polished. This grey primered willys coupe from the madefortv movie hot rod also known as rebel of the road was so influential in why i do what i do as an artist. The car already had a rocksolid spine crafted from 112x3inch rectangular tube, complete with custom crossmembers tying it all together. Hot rod 40 willys coupe,rebel of the road dvd movie. Sometimes lowbudget, madefortv movies blitz their bigscreen counterparts, and the 1979 cult classic hot rod is a good example. The willys in this film just makes your skin tingle with the though of how fun it.
With original 1941 willys steel bodies running for tens of thousands of dollars, and nearly impossible to find, we have created a package that is both affordable and easy to. For shippingpayment arrangements outside the us, rates vary. This model was built to replicate the willys used in the filming of the made for tv 1979movie hot rod. Roadkills 2017 season begins with a rod knockin, flatfendered willys.
However, he runs up against the town boss, and a corrupt sheriff who has already made arrangements to ensure that the bosss son wins the race. In an interview with nick pinkerton, george armitage stated, and i went over there and talked to them, they said. A young man builds a hot rod despite the disapproval of his father, a juvenile court judge. Facebook muted a few scenes because of music, but you can. We found this movie to be the best hot rod movie made in years. There was some dispute over the title and later was released on video as rebel of the road. A drag racer gregg henry enters a local championship race with a 1965 plymouth. If you like nastolgia type drag racing you will like this movie just a man and his garage with the help of some friends of course against the corporate war machine thats munns rootbeer.
See all 42 photos after being in randy gribbles hands for nearly 30 years, this veteran of the midwest gasser wars has found a new home with gil. The short version of willys history as a hot rod is as follows. Willys coupe at a local junkyard, and soon brian and his hot rod are. This is a long term project to full fill a childhood dream of building myself a hotrod.
I know it was the car they mounted cameras to see inside the car, but i dont know were the other willys went. Badass willys coupe movie,its what started the flame for me. Everything can be attributed to drag racers in stockbodied classes and their unending search for lighter cars that would suit their. Willys hot rods and customs for sale for sale classics. I remember it got painted yellow with hot rod on the side in 12 high red letters and made some events.
Classics on autotrader is your onestop shop for the best classic cars, muscle cars, project cars, exotics, hot rods, classic trucks, and old cars for sale. This is by far the funniest, strangest and most ingenious comedy of. Memories of my willys models came streaming back, i had found my true hot rod calling, from that day forward, i was a willys man. Willys for sale on hotrodhotline hot rods, street rods.
Hot rod 1979 or rebel of the road full movie willys coupe the complete 1979 made for tv film hot rod, or also know as rebel of the road a classic film that has made men lust over the willys coupe, and has no doubt shaped the landscape of modern hot rodding to a small. Even as a little boy, danny had wanted a willys coupe. I brought pictures of my new willys to a local car show and was soon approached by jeff laska, he too had been bitten by the willys bug, and a lifelong friendship began. Hot rod 1979 or rebel of the road full movie willys coupe. When sonny munn blows up the hemi motor in brian edisons willys, edison. I watched this as a teenager and fell in love with the 41 willys coupe in the movie. Hot rod is an awesome drag racing movie with a thrilling highoctane. Enjoy categoria pessoas e blogs licenca licenca padrao do youtube musica. I can happily say that not only were they met but they were exceeded. Circumstantial evidence points to the innocent teenager when his car is involved in a hitandrun accident and he must reconcile with his father.
Discussion in the hokey ass message board started by bobwop, mar, 2010. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Use classics on autotraders intuitive search tools to find the best classic car. Posies rods and customs super slide springs street rod parts hot rod parts truck parts ford and chevy suspensions and chassis parts acquire wonderful suggestions on hot rod cars. Hot rod 1979 mf tv movie robert culp pernell roberts dvd. This was a great madefortvmovie that stars robert culp and pernell roberts.
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