Jay Leno rolls Hemi Under Glass!?

[Tripper]

Hove you seen the commercials for the new season of Jay Leno's Garage where he rolls the Hemi Under Glass!?! I'm hoping that was a replica!!!

BoB

 

[King Herald]

Hove you seen the commercials for the new season of Jay Leno's Garage where he rolls the Hemi Under Glass!?! I'm hoping that was a replica!!!

BoB

I thought it was in a museum somewhere, Garlits maybe?

 

[05snopro440]

I thought it was in a museum somewhere, Garlits maybe?

There were several cars.

 

[Sam_Fear]

Yeah, that commercial kinda made me cringe. That show was a smart idea by Leno - a he gets to go around and drive legendary cars that he can't buy. And gets paid to do it!

 

[sgtpontiac]

I like Leno but sometimes he's a bit of a smart a$$

some of his "jokes" really are not that funny....but the rides he gets to display are some killer stuff....I actually got to sit in the Hurst Hairy Olds with Linda Vaughn once....one of the pic's my ex wife burned in the driveway....being a GM guy I preferred that one......sorry, I digress...

 

[Willowbilly3]

some of his "jokes" really are not that funny....but the rides he gets to display are some killer stuff....I actually got to sit in the Hurst Hairy Olds with Linda Vaughn once....one of the pic's my ex wife burned in the driveway....being a GM guy I preferred that one......sorry, I digress...

Was that the 66-67 442 with twin 455s? I think I had a model of that when I was a kid.

 

[sgtpontiac]

Yes sir....that's the one...

Was that the 66-67 442 with twin 455s? I think I had a model of that when I was a kid.

67 with two 455 olds Toronado front wheel drive set ups...one front one rear...and of course some Mondello enhancements to the motors....

 

[Blue Eyed Devil]

67 with two 455 olds Toronado front wheel drive set ups...one front one rear...and of course some Mondello enhancements to the motors....

Close, but not 455's. They were 425's punched out to 432ci. The 455 wasn't introduced until '68.

 

[forbigpicture]

some of his "jokes" really are not that funny....but the rides he gets to display are some killer stuff....I actually got to sit in the Hurst Hairy Olds with Linda Vaughn once....one of the pic's my ex wife burned in the driveway....being a GM guy I preferred that one......sorry, I digress...

Ya gotta love EX- wives

 

[Sam_Fear]

Jay was riding shotgun according to Hot Rod. But yeah, they rolled it and sounds like it's trashed.

http://www.hotrod.com/news/1605-does-jay-leno-wreck-a-hemi-under-glass-in-his-season-premier/

They took it out on a oval track and when it came down from a wheel stand they were into the banked corner. Lost it.

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

"Bob Riggle brought out his 1969 Hemi Under Glass to Irwindale Speedway for the show. For some unknown reason, instead of running the car on the eighth-mile dragstrip, they decided to do a wheelie in the car on the oval track."

That's the dumbest thing I've heard recently.

Some years ago, we took our funnycar to the local oval track in support of their fundraiser/car show. Sooner or later, one of the organizers approached us and proposed we do a burnout on the straightaway. We considered it and had a good, hard look at the track... yeah, it's straight, but it's also banked... I don't think so, Bucky!

....being a GM guy I preferred that one...

I can imagine why. Is that a Hurst in your pocket?

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[IronRat]

some of his "jokes" really are not that funny....

I never cared for Jay's comedy but, I think he's an great car guy.

 

[05snopro440]

"Bob Riggle brought out his 1969 Hemi Under Glass to Irwindale Speedway for the show. For some unknown reason, instead of running the car on the eighth-mile dragstrip, they decided to do a wheelie in the car on the oval track."

That's the dumbest thing I've heard recently.

Some years ago, we took our funnycar to the local oval track in support of their fundraiser/car show. Sooner or later, one of the organizers approached us and proposed we do a burnout on the straightaway. We considered it and had a good, hard look at the track... yeah, it's straight, but it's also banked... I don't think so, Bucky!

I can imagine why. Is that a Hurst in your pocket?

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The stunt was on the infield of the oval track. Still not a great idea.

 

[sgtpontiac]

I can imagine why. Is that a Hurst in your pocket?

.[/QUOTE]

Nope...I'm just glad to see ya!!

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

The stunt was on the infield of the oval track. Still not a great idea.

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