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Title: Speed Racer classic cartoon
Post by: Spikedog08 on February 02, 2022, 11:46:06 AM
Came across this picture of the car used in the cartoon series and it brought back some memories of when I was a small boy in the 60's.  This was one of my favorite shows and I guess could be one of my influences into cars . . 

One episode that really sticks with me is where someone dug up a monster engine from a cemetery . . The GRX it was called.  Fastest motor ever!   Here is something I found online . . .

" The GRX was technically an engine, but it has become more identified with the gold-colored car that housed the engine in the series episode "The Fastest Car on Earth." The engine was designed by Ben Cranem, and it was responsible for crashes and deaths of four test drivers and its inventor due to the impossible speeds it could attain. Cranem died and the GRX engine was buried with him, but Oriana Flub and her men exhumed the engine and placed it into the car with a sleek, golden, and markless body."

Think I was 4 or 5 when that was on . .
Title: Re: Speed Racer classic cartoon
Post by: erik70rt on February 02, 2022, 12:01:16 PM
I remember the cartoon very well.  Loved it!  Too bad they put out that stupid live action movie of it that was TERRIBLE!
Title: Re: Speed Racer classic cartoon
Post by: Rdchallenger on February 02, 2022, 05:46:09 PM
Quote from: erik70rt on February 02, 2022, 12:01:16 PM
I remember the cartoon very well.  Loved it!  Too bad they put out that stupid live action movie of it that was TERRIBLE!

The movie was before it's time. Go back and watch it now on a 4K TV it looks crazy with the colors and such.
Title: Re: Speed Racer classic cartoon
Post by: Spikedog08 on February 02, 2022, 05:54:45 PM
Don't think I ever saw the movie . . Hmmm
Title: Re: Speed Racer classic cartoon
Post by: MEK-Dangerous on February 03, 2022, 11:23:32 AM
I remember watching Speed Racer when I came home from grade school. The white Mach-5, and those buttons in the middle of the steering wheel that did different things.

Spoiler alert, we eventually found out Racer X was his estranged big brother.
Title: Re: Speed Racer classic cartoon
Post by: HP_Cuda on February 03, 2022, 03:28:53 PM

Very cool and you are dating us now.

I somehow remember my little sister had a crush on speedracer.  :rofl:
Title: Re: Speed Racer classic cartoon
Post by: HP2 on February 03, 2022, 06:21:16 PM
Didn't have access to Speed Racer when I was a kid. What I did get was  Motormouse and Autocat, Wacky Racers, and Speed Buggy.
Title: Re: Speed Racer classic cartoon
Post by: Mr Cuda on February 04, 2022, 09:28:55 AM
Yes, I'm of that generation too. It was one of my favorite episodes. 
We had a double decker highway here that had the same effect as the cartoon when he went in the speed trance.
Now I  have one of the only mass produced cars with individual throttle bodies from the factory.  Coincidence?
Title: Re: Speed Racer classic cartoon
Post by: Spikedog08 on February 12, 2022, 08:19:09 PM
Quote from: Mr Cuda on February 04, 2022, 09:28:55 AM
Yes, I'm of that generation too. It was one of my favorite episodes. 
We had a double decker highway here that had the same effect as the cartoon when he went in the speed trance.
Now I  have one of the only mass produced cars with individual throttle bodies from the factory.  Coincidence?

That's awesome!