Hot rod lincoln song12/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Some sources say Ryan wrote the song about his own car. There have been covers by Johnny Bond, Commander Cody, Asleep At The Wheel, Jim Varney, and several others. The kid in the hopped-up Model A tells his sideĬharlie Ryan recorded two versions of Hot Rod Lincoln (19). The Mercury driver tells his side of the storyĥ. Arkie bemoans the poor condition of his Ford after the raceĤ. The original about the race between Arkie's Ford and a MercuryĢ. All the remakes were only V8s the original at least used the V12 flathead motor.Īrkie Shibley made at least four sequels to Hot Rod Race (they're all on YouTube):ġ. The original version of Hot Rod Lincoln was recorded in 1954 by Charlie Ryan and actually has the lyrics "it's got TWELVE cylinders and uses them all.". Hot Rod Lincoln picks up where the original left off. I actually have the 1951 Hot Rod Race in my playlist of MP3s. I'll try to find it.Įdited Decemby motoringicons (see edit history) Somewhere in my photos I have a picture of my 1928 A roadster hotrod in front of The Blind Pig's marquee with Commander Cody's name on it. These guys were certainly a great group of musicians.They were instrumental in the whole retro-rock/rock-a-billy genre that has become popular (again!) today. Last time I saw CC he wasn't looking very healthy. Commander Cody and his band were playing Rock-a-Billy before it was cool and before it had a name. If you wanted CC to perform a request, all you had to do was buy him a shot of whiskey and place it on the stage floor in front of him. When I moved to Ann Arbor in the mid-1990s, CC and the Airmen played regularly at places like The Ark and The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor as well as some of the Detroit spots like The Magic Bag in Ferndale and St. Bill Kirchner and I believe one other band member were from Ann Arbor. As rough as they were, it still had my adjusted by feel rear end in it.Ĭommander Cody (George Frayne) formed his band Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Last time I saw the car it had no engine and was in front of their shop. They pounded that car to death and may have gone through two more engines. I sold that car to a member of one of the wildest families living up south of town. Yep, 4.11 gears are good and make memories. She just stayed back by the gate until we got her home. I took off and she slid back, pulling herself up to the front, until I caught second, then she was back by the gate again, she got up just in time for third. Once my Girlfriend's younger, like 9 or 10,year old, niece was sitting between the buckets in the flat seat. I used to drive with the rear seat folded down. He said "We found it and thought it might be yours." One of the guys from the garage came out and asked if I was looking for my driveshaft. We towed it home at night and I was walking along the ditch looking for it the next day. They were great gears! I even tossed the rear half of the driveshaft out on Canal Rd. Tighten a little, loosen a little, in the end, yeah, that feels good. I took the third member into my parent's cellar and put it in my Great Grandfather's big old vice. ![]() Just turn one bearing in and the other out." "Give me the parts. When I asked for the ring he said "Oh, you don't need that. It was assembled, without the spacer and very sloppy. ![]() After a couple of months (he never missed a night in the bar), I went to his house to pick it up, done or not. But that's what they do.Īnyway, the 4.11 ring gear required a spacer and longer bolts. still do, think that shows a shallow understanding of the mechanics of the car. Later, guys started counting the number of bolts holding the cover on. ![]() Now, that is a ten bolt rearend that has 10 bolts to hold the ring gear on. Since it was a delicate job, needing dial indicators, blueing, and all the stuff Hot Rod Magazine said (from some article a guy who needed groceries wrote), I took it to a mechanic who did side jobs at his home. Now the story goes to those "experts" and blowhards who told me they were mechanics. Other guys were going 4.88 and some into the 5's. I bought a set of 4.11 gears for that car, mainly because the song said so. Maybe 6 months out of the Navy in early 1972 I bought a black '58 Chevy wagon with a later 283, WCFB 4 barrel, '64 Impala bucket seats, and a floor shifter between them attached to a close ratio 3 speed. ![]()
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