1958 Ford FE Drag Car goes 8.77@147 at Beaver Springs April 2017
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- Randy Spohn's 1958 Ford drag car in qualifying on Saturday April 29, 2017. His E.T. is 8.77 sec. at 147 MPH on the 1/4 mile strip in Beaver Springs, PA at the annual Ford FE Race and Reunion. The car is powered by a wedge FE, 511 cu in if I remember from last year. This car goes quicker every year!
My brother owned a 58. It was set up for drag racing... I loved it. Thanks for showing us this video....
58' Ford by a country mile. Great run& time.
Very impressive launch indeed 58' Ford
One kickass 58 Ford.
This 58 ford was hauling some serious Gluteus Maximus!
Had a white ''58 stock sedan. Loved it!
This is one bad ass Ford!
My car through college, and dating the girl now 53 years with me... a 58 Custom 300. But that old six cylinder three-on-the-tree wasn't setting any 1/4 mile records!
My friend had a '58 like this except his hood was stock. It had a 428 w/3duces,(FE) built C6,457 posi & 9or10" cheaters. Interior only had 2 bucket seats,it was his daily driver. This was early '70's. It ran high 11's in the quarter. Later on he built a 454(FE) & put it in,damn that thing was fast! Then he swapped the drivetrain into a '65 fastback mustang,WICKED!!!♡♡
do you guys know why that's one bad ass car because it has one of the greatest Motors ever built by Ford Motor Company the 427 no f****** bodybeat no 455 No Junk 396 none of them the 427 is truly a work of art
Joseph Taverna,
I'm Old School too and I have every reason in the world to think the same.
😂🤣😂🤣 bitch please 🤣
@@jameshankssr466 hey Jimmy Hanks if your comment was directed towards me then all I can say is is that were talking about machinery but it seems like your wanting to make this personal so all I can say is that at least I wasn't born out of a catchers mitt one to many different men's loads
@@josephtaverna1287 😂🤣😂🤣 no it wasnt it was about your comment! But you Obviously have mommy issues because that was your mother catching all those loads! Grow up
@@jameshankssr466 I'm tired of you to bad isn't that you can't stop me from watching Jerry and Caleb I've got a hunch who you voted for pure
OLD FORDS NEVER DIE..... THEY JUST GO "QUICKER"👍
That`s one bad 58 Ford !
Damn why couldn’t I have owned that 58 back in 1969, back in those days the boulevard turned into a drag strip on Friday and Saturday nights
Nice 58..rare bird that can fly
Holy Cow!! What a hole shot.
Bad ass old car, so you where saying, what am I going to do in that heavy old grampa car? Hows running near 150 mph in a quarter mile sound, sonny boy?
I was never a fan of the 58 Fords (57 was my favorite year) but this 58 is one badass car.
I am. 59s on the otherhand...
Ford out-sold Chevy in '57.
@@bruceferguson6637 so why don't we see more of them. That's what I can't figure out.
@@rogerbeutler5671 Probably because they were popular on the used car circuit. Like the first generation Monte Carlo, wildly popular when new, very rare today.
@@bruceferguson6637 They also outran'em.
This 58 was totaled last year when it flipped & rolled during a race. I sure hope it gets rebuilt, or at least the engine put in another Ford. This was one of my favorite FE’s to watch run.
58 Ford bad ass
Bummer! And everyone wants a Mustang.......😒
Stuff that bad boy in a little Falcon & watch that thing fly!!!
@@doncates6848 czcams.com/video/m6yY1VbuGoA/video.html&ab_channel=URBANHILLBILLYVIDEOS
Thats sad news to hear a rare ‘58 Ford won’t be around anymore😩
Bleed blue always!
DAMN !!! I like that machine.... Fast AND beautiful !
Nice to see the old boats move fast.
"old boats?" Oh compared to today's ugly little jellybeans or bland Foxbodys oh ok .
That ain't what he meant sssss 🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽🤬🤬🤬💩💩💩 for brains mfr
I was there for that event,yeah that car is fast full steel body car I think it has a 500+ cubic in FE in it.
@Dr. Rabbit that sucks hopefully he builds another one.
Lol that old 58 scalded him
That is awesome! sounds like solid roller camshaft love that sound
Ford power baby!
Great, how about some information about this car, someone needs to include this in their videos.
THATS MEGA AWESOME A BIG CAR AND FE POWER LOVE THE 50S FORD STYLES DROVE A 58 WITH A 292 BEFOE COOL
Wow, that's one bad ass Ford.
I hate that the FE community eats their own. Super freaking nice car, and nice pass. Thanks for sharing.
I know right" who cares if joe blow likes the body Style, the dang video is about FE power. I bet they wouldn't tip a stripper with fake breast eather, 🎤
F. First
O. On
R. Race
D. Day
Or
F. Fastest
O. On
R. Race
D. Day
F...Fierce
O...Onery
R...Rugged
D...Dependable
Fucked....
On...........
Race.......
Day......... O on.
FOMOCO!
Anyway..... great video thank you for posting it
Imagine the weight of that car only a 427 428 or 429 could Propel that car like that if it had wings I would fly nobody beat the blue oval done right no one
yeah, there are tons of them in top fuel & prostock. don't forget the rule made for ford last year in prostock where they don't have to use their on mfgs engine any longer. i don't recall many fords qualifying in recent years until that rule was implemented.
They're not big...They got a lot bigger later. Prolly 3300lbs. This car seems to be half fiberglass as well.
@Doug Sanders hey Doug good evening alot of people would disagree with you I tend to side with you but I still love the 427 by the way did you hear that Ford set the new world record 298 miles an hour one mile straight shoot stay safe Doug have a good night PS you need to check out the Black Mamba Mustang phenom
It does have wings.
@@billdougan4022 hey Doug good evening they must be see threw lol stay safe take care
whos ya daddy . a fairlane 5_8. BEAST...
Never was a Ford guy, but I like the 58 much more than the 57. I liked most of the 58 stuff. Ron Howard's 58 Chevy in American Graffiti, the BOP stuff, Cadillac for sure.
I'll take the 32 Ford roadster. Or the 55 Chevy Harrison Ford drove, it's too bad he totaled it out, LOL.
that's one bad ride!!
That's 2.5 tons of steel going 147 mph. That's like 4 million foot lbs of energy. That would vaporize a Tesla in a head on collision.
Ho - Lee Chit !
Hey listen it's always a Ford for me nothing will beat that I got the best looking cars and trucks can't beat the trucks nobody can.
Niiiiice!!!!!!!
Nice Pass...!
Didn’t know a 58 Ford could go that fast! It appears to be a stock body.
@@ronkirby9861,
It looks to be all metal, when he was cleaning up the tires, the way the body responded, it was solid.
Awesome.
'69 Mustang needed wheelie bars for what? Mid 13's ET?
Holy Crap!
She moved. Wonder if it has worked over factory iron heads or ported aluminum ones
Ford 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇲🇽
I just found 5 squarebirds in a junk yard. I went in looking for Jeep parts. I got exited because at least one of them should have a 390. As I walk out this popped in my suggested. The heavens have spoken. I need a 390. For what? I'm. Maybe my 57.
😁
In 1986 I had a clean stock '66 T-bird Town Landau; swing away steering, stock front discs, leather, 4 buckets, and a 428 c.i. that didn't stop smoking those fat, sticky radials until you let off the gas. And it must have weighed a metric shitload.
@@budlewis721
Metric 💩💩💩💩💩😂
@@xmo552 Legitimate unit of measurement; replaced "a whole bunch" in the metric/SAE changeover. Distances are still in increments of "way the hell and gone".
@@budlewis721
Sometimes you have to go til you hear banjo 🤠
Huh? You mean you want to build a 58-60 Tbird? It's been done i seen a 60 racing about 10 years ago
147 mph Mustang Cobra 10.6?
All those Nissan GTR boys take note
I did not expect that
Nitrous car? Blown? Jay Brown involved in build?
It's been a while since I've seen the car, but if I recall correctly it was a Jim Kuntz 527 wedge FE on race fuel and carburetors. No nitrous or forced induction. The car has since been destroyed in an accident, but Randy Spohn was not injured. I filmed that wreck but never posted it. It didn't seem right to display such a sad demise.
HOLY SHIT !
DAY-UM!
I the it was going to 1/8 mile based on the time. Nope that’s a fast 1/4!
Say, nice beaver
Fast car 58
I'd like to see that time slip. Car must 60' like a champ, because 147mph isn't very fast for an 8.77 pass. Sweet ride though....
If it's windy with a large body car the coefficient of drag goes up and MPH down. Either one would cause it. Both really drop it
I was thinking that as well..........My junk did 153mph and I only did 8.99!
1.29 sixty. That thing must hit 1.0x sixties or faster
@@yoursistermustang Looks like it hit the tires pretty well...I’d say low 1.20’s or high teens.
Very nice run! Too bad the Mustang gave up unless something happened engine wise.
He let up when he saw taillights. Skunked.
@@josephtravers777
And the Mustang still ran a 13.53
He ran 13s like my 66 Galaxie XL with just a warmed over 390 to about 400 hp
give em the title of "FASTEST BOAT ANCHOR IN THE WORLD" !!!!....
1958 was not a great year for Ford or Chevrolet. These cars were hideous... but this 1958 has some stank, for sure!
Is that why the 58 impala was voted the best looking car ever built! You have zero taste in cars buddy
@@jameshankssr466 Actually, 1958 was a bad year for both Ford an Chevy, due to a recession. So who voted the 1958 Impala “the best-looking car ever built?” There are literally millions of such surveys, and they are all subjective, not definitive. Chevrolet built many better cars in later years, including the 1965 Super Sport.
xtc1957 recession has nothing to do with the looks or style of a car and the 65 chevy had just as many problems my father worked at a chevy dealer from 1956 to 1990 he owned a 65SS and it was the worst car he ever owned so dont try telling me about chevy all i ever owned was chevy and the 58 was voted best LOOKING car ever built and that has nothing to do with a recession
@@jameshankssr466 The recession had nothing to do with style or looks, but it accounted for the lower sales of Impalas that years, as it did with Ford Fairlane . The production numbers of both Chevy and Ford tumbled in 1958, then bounced back in 1959.
xtc1957 nobody cares how many were sold! Even if they only sold one car the 58 impala is best looking car ever built period! I dont care about 57s i dont care about 59s i dont care about the recession and i dont care how many were sold and i dont care about the 65 chevy
And a stock Tesla Plaid will do 9.1
For how much?
proving once again enough $ in a turd will make it roll.
It's not a chevy!
Great, another great Classic Car fucked up by racers!!!
Shut up and get back in your lawn chair, car show dork
Even Mopar is better than a ford
Did you ever watch pinks the t.v show? Mopars got their butt handed to them by fords!🤣
Notq
I don't care because CHEVY is King of Street and Strip!!! SO THERE!!!!
@@timcheek5134 ford's are good for JUNK!!!
FORD'S. YUCK!!!!
Chevys yuck!
I HATE FORDS. CHEVY IS KING OF THE STREET AND STRIP. SMALL BLOCK 350 RULES!!!!
I hate chevys and Bob glidden Bob chandler Bill Elliot showed them hillbilly chevys up! Remember when chevy beat Ferrari? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just think of how much faster it would have been with a HEMI
Hemi, no...Cammer or Boss 9...
@@richardbaker595 I was thinking of a 526ci BAE Hemi not the 426 boat anchor.
That would slow it down!
Yeah a Ford hemi. 427 sohc Ford whipped mopars ass