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Spartan · 12-01-2013, 11:42 PM

Wow that brought back some fond memories.
I grew up down the road from a place called Sears Point (now Infineon Raceway).
They used to have an all comers drag race nights and a few of the folks on our road would get together and watch some of the older boys. Back when you could buy a hemicuda for a hundred bucks (well you get my point). Early 70' to early 80's. My dad used to do vintage races there in the porsche against bug eye sprites, vettes, mustangs, etc...
Back when the only thing a guy bought from china was a ming dynasty vase. lol

litew8 · 12-01-2013, 11:44 PM

apacheben · 12-02-2013, 12:12 AM

Great video. thanks for sharing.

litew8 · 12-02-2013, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scott-wisc

I always thought it would be cool to get one of those old super eights and make home movies of our old cars and kids opening Christmas presents. There's probably software to convert new stuff but it wouldn't look right.

I think you can (go from new to old), to some degree.
Here's a video someone made, using Movie Maker (comes installed with newer versions of Windows) to edit/add a washed out effect and flaws.

Movie Maker Effects: 8mm color - YouTube

There's also an app for that... iphone. Neither actually reproduces the 8mm quality IMHO.
They add specs and stuff - but it's the capture/projection frame rate/materials used that makes 8mm unique.
Specs in your movie would mean your film is dirty ect... not really something desired.
The video posted in post #1 - was a dubbing of original clean 8mm film using an HD camcorder and techniques.
I don't think it would have ever played so smoothly in a projector, originally - so it did remove some originality.

"8mm Vintage Camera" app for the iPhone...

RustyBucket · 12-02-2013, 08:23 AM

I've got a copy of a May 1966 Car & Driver magazine. If you enlarge one of the crowd pictures big enough, my lil' 15yr. old face is identifiable. The picture was taken at the Sebring 12hr. race in Mar. that year. Always makes me sad because I'm standing there smiling looking at an accident involving a Ford GT 40 crash that killed a Canadian driver named Bob McLean. The car burned upside down for a long time.

**LockDoc** · 12-02-2013, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scott-wisc

What's with the flute???

This was in the first paragraph...

Roku requires a soundtrack, so a sweet, "long ago" background track was added.

LockDoc

**BIG ORANGE** · 12-02-2013, 11:59 AM

I really enjoyed that, how I would give anything to go back to that time! This ole world has changed a lot, most of it isn't for the good.jmo
Donnie

ole dollor · 12-02-2013, 02:22 PM

thanks for showing that video .....that was great...

Jimjific · 12-02-2013, 03:26 PM

Very cool stuff. I checked out some of his other videos. He has an interesting one during the Tet Offensive.

I remember my neighbors mom having one of these cameras and thinking it was the coolest thing to play the film backwards. It seemed magical at the time to see something thrown, go back into a hand. My family only had picture slides which we would occasionally have a big event and view on a cold winter night.

As for the garbage... We all (Well some of us) remember this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epCKjaStFu0

It must have worked.

Jim

litew8 · 12-02-2013, 03:43 PM

Very cool. I'm enjoying reading the comments

. As for the garbage and the times, comparing to today - someone needs to get the message out to all the illegal aliens crossing the Arizona borders today.

mcbassin · 12-02-2013, 05:10 PM

Very cool old video. thanks for sharing.

litew8 · 12-02-2013, 07:50 PM

yw

sweet, almost 1,000 hits. Is that everyone?

notahybrid · 12-02-2013, 08:02 PM

Yea I lost count of the chevy trucks after seeing those boobies bouncing.

litew8 · 12-02-2013, 10:56 PM

What's that thing with all the cans (?) strung up? Something like a running man statute?

**NGN** · 12-03-2013, 11:51 AM

I though I saw a 1970 Camaro and 1970 Impala . Very cool to see them old times tapes.

CC69Rat · 12-03-2013, 11:55 AM

Cool video, thanks for sharing. ^^ 70 Chevelle about 1:18 too. Maybe it was late 69 when the video was shot? Still, I'd love to be able to go to some of the vintage races they have at these tracks on occasion.

mcbassin · 12-03-2013, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NGN

I though I saw a 1970 Camaro and 1970 Impala . Very cool to see them old times tapes.

Definitely a 70 Camaro

litew8 · 12-03-2013, 01:49 PM

70's Camaro? It must have been new since this film was shot in 69. Was the Camaro you saw silver? If yes, my uncle had one just like it when I was little. He considered it the fastest car in high school

Seems like anybody that was somebody with a nice ride attended this event. Awesome it got recorded and we are able to see it today.

12-01-2013, 11:42 PM	#26
Spartan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Backwoods, OR Posts: 888	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! Wow that brought back some fond memories. I grew up down the road from a place called Sears Point (now Infineon Raceway). They used to have an all comers drag race nights and a few of the folks on our road would get together and watch some of the older boys. Back when you could buy a hemicuda for a hundred bucks (well you get my point). Early 70' to early 80's. My dad used to do vintage races there in the porsche against bug eye sprites, vettes, mustangs, etc... Back when the only thing a guy bought from china was a ming dynasty vase. lol __________________ '69 K20 350/4 speed/Rockwell/D44/HO52. "orange rhymes with door hinge"

12-01-2013, 11:44 PM	#27
litew8 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 3,016	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! __________________ project: "my happy mess"

12-02-2013, 12:12 AM	#28
apacheben Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: modesto ca Posts: 63	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! Great video. thanks for sharing.

12-02-2013, 08:23 AM	#30
RustyBucket Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Space Coast, Fl. Posts: 1,055	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! I've got a copy of a May 1966 Car & Driver magazine. If you enlarge one of the crowd pictures big enough, my lil' 15yr. old face is identifiable. The picture was taken at the Sebring 12hr. race in Mar. that year. Always makes me sad because I'm standing there smiling looking at an accident involving a Ford GT 40 crash that killed a Canadian driver named Bob McLean. The car burned upside down for a long time. __________________ Dad always said, "Son, WISH IN ONE HAND, and ......." -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Current toy trucks: '71 GMC 1500 SUPER CUSTOM short/step, orig. dk. blue, 350/700r, ps,pb, A/C '72 Blazer 2wd, ochre & white, 454, tremecTKO 500 5spd. ps, pb, A/C, tilt Last 10yrs of hobby vehicles, had a FEW more in the 50yrs. before these: '66 Plymouth Belvedere City of Miami cop car clone. '70 Nova 406"sb, 13.5-1, solid roller, Brodix, p.glide/t.brake, back halved, 9" Ford, spool 4.88, cage,ladder bar/coilover, 10.5 tire....... SOLD!! '67 C10 short/step side mount spare -- SOLD!! '72 Jimmy 2wd, 350/350, ps, pb, fun driver, lots of bondo & a shiny red paint job..... SOLD!! '69 Nova 350, 4spd, A/C, ps, p.b, ...SOLD!!

12-02-2013, 11:59 AM	#32
BIG ORANGE Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Lancaster S.C. Posts: 4,764	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! I really enjoyed that, how I would give anything to go back to that time! This ole world has changed a lot, most of it isn't for the good.jmo Donnie __________________ Things happen for a reason!

12-02-2013, 02:22 PM	#33
ole dollor Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Anton, Texas Posts: 2,364	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! thanks for showing that video .....that was great...

12-02-2013, 03:43 PM	#35
litew8 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 3,016	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! Very cool. I'm enjoying reading the comments . As for the garbage and the times, comparing to today - someone needs to get the message out to all the illegal aliens crossing the Arizona borders today. __________________ project: "my happy mess"

12-02-2013, 05:10 PM	#36
mcbassin Still Learning Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Central Oklahoma Posts: 10,108	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! Very cool old video. thanks for sharing. __________________ Mike "69 Short Wide" My Project 86 Silverado Landen's Project Instagram: @mcbassin My Website C/10 Club Oklahoma Facebook Group

12-02-2013, 07:50 PM	#37
litew8 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 3,016	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! yw sweet, almost 1,000 hits. Is that everyone? __________________ project: "my happy mess"

12-02-2013, 08:02 PM	#38
notahybrid Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chesapeake, Virginia Posts: 39	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! Yea I lost count of the chevy trucks after seeing those boobies bouncing.

12-02-2013, 10:56 PM	#39
litew8 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 3,016	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! What's that thing with all the cans (?) strung up? Something like a running man statute? __________________ project: "my happy mess"

12-03-2013, 11:51 AM	#40
NGN Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Old Bridge,NJ Posts: 838	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! I though I saw a 1970 Camaro and 1970 Impala . Very cool to see them old times tapes.

12-03-2013, 11:55 AM	#41
CC69Rat Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chattanooga TN Posts: 6,212	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! Cool video, thanks for sharing. ^^ 70 Chevelle about 1:18 too. Maybe it was late 69 when the video was shot? Still, I'd love to be able to go to some of the vintage races they have at these tracks on occasion. __________________ Chad 1967 C10 SWB - Project Savannah - 6.0/4L80 Currently underway 1968 C10 SWB - TOTY 2018, 50th Anniversary Tribute Project * Sold * Pride and Joy 1986 Silverado Short Fleet - Scarlet Sold 1985 Silverado Short Fleet Sold 2022 Jeep Gladiator Mojave 2001 Jeep Cherokee XJ 4x4 - Lifted, Built 1992 Jeep Cherokee XJ 4x4 - Lifted 2013 Honda Accord EX-L v6 Coupe 6spd (wife's ride)

12-03-2013, 01:49 PM	#43
litew8 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 3,016	Re: Everyone should watch this video!!! 70's Camaro? It must have been new since this film was shot in 69. Was the Camaro you saw silver? If yes, my uncle had one just like it when I was little. He considered it the fastest car in high school Seems like anybody that was somebody with a nice ride attended this event. Awesome it got recorded and we are able to see it today. __________________ project: "my happy mess"

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