The Speed Racer Story and the Real Mach 5 - Stacey David's Gearz S4 E3
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Published 2022-06-30
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Growing up back when there were only 3 channels plus one Local UHF channel. Speed Racer was the afterschool cartoon everyone was watching on the Independent channel! right after Gilligan's Island and right before Star Trek
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I remember being in love with the Mach 5 since the day I first seen it over 50 years ago. I built model cars but wondered why there was never a kit of it. I feared I was the only one that wanted or liked the car. I can't begin to tell you how thrilled I was to watch this. Doing donuts, on the track, in the garage and the helmet to top it all off. Thank you!!
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Speed Racer is still one of my all time faves. I got to sit in the Mach 5 while cosplaying Speed at the insistence of the owner as the car was on display at a "con'" in Orlando. Pics came out great and made some great memories too. Thanks for posting
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I can remember watching these as a little kid. I’d stay up all night long watching over and over again.
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I was born in 1969 and this was the first TV show I remember watching as a kid after Banana Splits and I thought and STILL KNOW Speed Racer was THE coolest kid around.
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There have been 2 Speed Racers. The original Japanese version and the updated version. I have seen both of them. The Mach 5 was the most outrageous race car ever in anime. A car that can jump over obstacles, use saws to cut things, and could even be driven underwater. It was even copied into an evil version that could fly and even shoot lasers from a powerful cannon. Iconic car indeed.
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That catapult jump jack sound fx is forever ingrained in my soul : D
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My dad was very instrumental in teaching me about how cars work, and how to repair them. Speed Racer, Hot Wheels, etc were instrumental in making me a car guy as a kid. Thanks for sharing this. Been watching you since the Trucks days, and still do. Thank you!
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I believed all the buttons worked, right up until Speed started sawing trees underwater and they fell over instead of floating to the surface. Then Land of the Lost came out and it was all about the Slestacks.
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Was watching this since I was 4yo back in '69. Loved this "car"toon growing up!!!!👍👍👍
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That was my favorite cartoon to watch after school
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I loved watching Speed Racer back in the late 60s. Did you notice that one of the gadgets in the Mach 5 is being used today? The built-in hydraulic jacks are in the closed-body race cars that look about 2 inches off the ground. When it pulls into the pit, the jacks extend to let the crew change the tires, then retract when the job is done. Life imitating art. 🏎😎
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I remember watching Speed Racer on Cartoon Network when I was a kid. Along with Voltron, Gundam and later Dragonball Z
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I grew up on Scooby-Doo and Speed Racer! I still watch both :)
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Love that the mach 5 is now a reality but I think it's time they also made #9 the shooting star. The gold and black car driven by none other than Racer X, speed's older brother. To see both together would definitely be a real treat for sure. That was awesome to watch. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Who in the heck made me miss my childhood this morning. I'm now tearing up.. Man I loved that show. My mom used to tell me that I would run around the house singing GO SPEED RACER in my underwear and t-shirt on Saturdays in the1970s. Sir, you're right, I thought I was speed racer, WOW! What memories! # GO SPEED RACER GOOOO!😊
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man Stacey was truly my introduction to the automotive repair shows back in the day. So good to see you still doing the thing Sir!
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Wow, does this bring back memories. Racer X; "Melange still races"; the Mammoth Car; Spritle racing somewhere on the other side of the international date line; the Mach 5 in a demolition derby type match against another vehicle with similar 'weapons'; a temporarily blinded Speed driving his car while being given verbal instructions from Racer X (who claimed he couldn't drive because both his legs were broken); and the list goes on.
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What a great retrospective of my favorite childhood show and car. I smiled watching the entire episode. Awesome job!
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Could you just imagine, driving your own Mach 5 to a car show. Hell yeah. You would have to most talked about car there. Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer Go.
