Two Lane Blacktop car being unloaded

[packrat427]

I seen that car in Springfield,Ill. AWESOME !!!

[crustydemonbanshee]

I think one of the Two lane blacktop 55's was redone and used as Falfa's 55 in American Graffiti. I could be wrong but thats what I was told.

[BOOMusniped]

@crustydemonbanshee ur right i did some research on american griaffiti and its actually the third 55chevy from two lane blacktop

[5BobbyDavis]

Love it! Maybe they'll use it some more when they finish the movie!

[Acidburner73]

1 of 5 million replica's of that car in america.

[valricogarcia]

Nice! I just DVR'd this movie the other day. I have a copy on VHS but it's getting old. Love that '55

[quincyoil]

#2 car was build with a auto tanny, a th400. they wanted a smoother ride for the camera car. the #3 car was build with a 454 not a L88 427 and steel doors and trunk.

[wert13d]

ONE THE BEST CAR MOVIE I HAVE SEEN!

[ItalianStallionLouie]

Sounds like flowmasters???

[bigdaddyballer2005]

no... the car that was used in that movie was later used in american graffity, only painted ... this car is a fake....

[RacerRickxx]

@bigdaddyballer2005 Its well known that this car is on eof the three originally built by richard ruth for the film Two Lane Blacktop. All three are accounted for.

[70goldtop]

Chevy garbage.427 Ford anyday of the week.

[slowscort]

I envy the lucky basterd that owns this car

[tshin8045]

does it have the spare slicks in the trunk like in the movie?

[MattRosemier1]

Bodie, it's might big of you to so freely admit your error. I grew up with a bunch of gearheads, many of whom owned 55 or 56 Chevy Belairs, and when I asked one of them how to tel the difference, he pointed out the taillights and the grill.

I like em both, but I personally prefer the look of a 55 over the56.

[prostreet55]

i wish you could hear it running its' ass off at end ,,, though,,,but i like when you hear them running down the road, muncie screaming and gears, etc

[bullfishman]

This is only the camera car from TLB. If you want to see the rear deal type AG 55 THE REAL DEAL. The real car is in Baltimore MA. I personally see this car as a clone. For it to be genuine it should have been put back to how it was when it was the camera car! Come to think about about it it should actually have the camera scafolding all over it and I would be more impressed. So close but so far away! It is just not quite there!

[dogstyle81]

to all conserned...my mistake i had been looking at another car at the same time and gotconfused...beat me with a stick

[dogstyle81]

cant be the orig. car from the movie...rear wheel wells havent been cut to open them up for larger wheels....check it out...also drivers window was a sliding plexi ...not on this car

[brewster240]

@dogstyle81 wtf are you talking about?

[jerywilliams]

dogstyle81 You must be blind, the radiused wheel wells are very obvious, and when it is about 3/4 out of the trailer, you can see the 2 piece sliding glass on the passenger side. There were two cars in Two Lane Blacktop. One Was the true race car, and this one that was the "camera" car. They used the race car in American Graffiiti, and wrecked a look alike car in the race scene. This car was rigged up with brackets to hold multiple cameras for the interior driving scenes. There were 3 cars used

[Rikko40]

@jerywilliams Just to clarify, there were 3 cars in TLB, as you said. 2 of them ended up in Graffiti. The stunt car in TLB was the crash car in Graffiti, so only 2 are left, this one, and the 'Falfa' car, which has been substantially modified, sadly.

[jerywilliams]

@Rikko40 Yeah does substantially modified mean "ruined". Its part of this cars history to be used in American Graffiti, but It should have been restored back to its Two Lane heritage, not show queened up as the Graffiti car. I seen that they put a full interior, painted up thebody, frame, and engine. This car was meant to be a ruff and ready race car and while the Graffiti movie was more popular, in 2 Lane, the car was the star.

[Rikko40]

@jerywilliams Yeah mate, I see it as somewhat 'ruined', although I think it's important to have one car from each era, it would have been nice to see the 'Graffiti' era car left as it was in the movie.

[Rikko40]

My all time favorite car, but I never could work out the color. It's too light to be oxidized black primer, and too dark to be grey primer. Must be a 50/50 mix of the two.

[prostreet55]

@Rikko40 black primer i would say i had and have some on my 66 el camino that looks just like this ,, i can show you some pictures of it on my 66 chevelle and its close, if you sanded it, i bet it would lighten up big time,

[Rikko40]

@prostreet55 Oh sweet. I always wondered. I love this car and would love to clone it one day.

[thx138rt]

that cant be the original as the orginal was changed over to the black 55 in the movie and since then it was redone again to more orginal condition?

[matt68396]

@thx138rt twolaneblacktop.yuku.com

The made three cars for the movie.

[BlacktopChevy]

@thx138rt Three '55s built for Two-Lane Blacktop, two were reused in American Graffiti, this particular '55 was not. It was only used in Two-Lane Blacktop. Think about it - how many Chargers were used in Dukes of Hazzard?

[jus10moreno]

MY BIG BROTHER BACK IN 1970-74 THATS ALL HE RACED WUZ 55 CHEVYS HE WOULD SWAP GTO S ROADRUNNERS SUPPERBEES COBRA MUSTANGS CAMAROS MERCURYCYCLONES LIKE WE MAYBE WOULD SWAP GIRLFRIENDS ONE MORNING HE GAVE A RIDE TO SCHOOLS IN A 64 BLUE WHITE INTERIOR 4SP GTO AND ALL I SAW WUZ GTO EVERWHERE I LOVED THAT CAR BUT SAME WEEK HE SWAPED IT FOR A FAIRLANE 3SP SO HE SAID PLANADA CA, 1970S

[fiddlerpin]

Actually i stand corrected there were 3 pins . I see the bottom middle one now.

[fiddlerpin]

where are the lower trunk pins? I thought it had 4 pins. two on top and two on side

[Quontomleeeep]

Same, actual, car used in American Graffiti apparently .

[looprode]

I'm test driving a GTO. I was tired of flying jets, had a change of taste that's all. Wanna race???lol

[br549200]

It had '56 tail lights in the movie, it was a '56 with a '55 front clip.

[bigdaddy0228]

@br549200 recheck,it was a 55 with 55 taillights

[Fiskeffect]

Check those valves :)

[skatepunkzero]

That car has been following me clear across 2 states...3 states

[notme20640]

"Make it three yards motherfucker" The best line ever!

[1971SuperLead]

@notme20640 "You can never go too fast." is my favorite line from the movie.

[dirt454]

@notme20640 "and we'l have an automobile race" ya i agree with you on that one

[taospec]

More, more, more !!

[patrickg1994]

no its a 55 daaaaaaaaaa

[whynotuseme]

Cool!

[salazarich]

very nice car

[BlacktopChevy]

This is indeed the #2 car and gets driven regularly. The #1 car is not currently driveable - the front end shakes so bad that it'll jar the steering wheel outta your hand. Both have been displayed together at several car shows within the past 5-6 years.

[tatersgravy]

Wonder what that thing is worth?

[fuhmeregan]

Too bad a today-Laurie Bird didn't come with it. :)

[HemiYugo]

All hail the bad ass 55!Were not worthy,were not worthy!

[Roystothecoolkid]

i know what u mean

[OddballSherman]

Incidentally, whenever i've watched TLB, or graffiti, there is always a strange sound. When the driver shifts puts the car into second after a launch, the engine sounds like it's revving higher, as if he's launched in second then dropped back to first.

Or maybe it's just my imagination.

[StabyMcStabsFace]

It's called power-shifting. The driver is leaving the gas pedal on the floor.

[Tboninator]

Power shifting isn't leaving the pedal to the floor... It's where you're gettin' on the gas, when you're ready to up shift, you let off the gas completely, yank the shifter into gear (MUST be a straight shift), and as soon as it's engaged, you mash the gas. It's just clutchless shifting.

[VegaWgn]

its a muncie....and hes not granny shiftin...and never lifts off the gas so when its out of gear goin to second the engine rev higher because theres no load from the tranny

[OddballSherman]

Yeah I know, he flat shifts between gears, but i'm talking about second gear itself. You get a really good sample during the race with the '32 ford. If you listen carefully, when they come off the line the engine sounds like it gets to about 4000-4500 rpm, then when he's in second then engine is revving on a really constant high, sounds a lot higher than first which is the wrong way round, since dropping into second should lower the revs. Then into third and the cars come past the camera.

[superstreet56]

That car ended up in american graffiti. But that is a good clone.

[OddballSherman]

They made three of them, one exterior shots, one for interior, and one stunt car.

[skeptikone]

this is the ORIGINAL #2 camera car! one of the original cars ended up in AG but this one didnt! this car ended up in ontario for a good part of the 70's and was later bought by the owner Walt and restored back to its TLB form!

[hilborninjection]

#2 camera car.... #1 still in Maryland.....hidden away. Geez, what a waste of machinery.

[xbfalcon351coupe]

@hilborninjection hang on, not sure I follow your comment - are you saying that #1 is a `waste of machinery' because its hidden away? or that #2 is because of the gasser look?

[Bodie007]

Looks like a '56 from the back.

[crablogic]

Tail lights are different on a 56.

[aviatorairman2000]

@crablogic Nice ride. I built one myself a couple of years ago. Cost me about 5 grand but it was worth it!

[Bodie007]

@crablogic Yes they are. I don't know why I called that a 56 when clearly the tail lights scream 55.

[prostreet55]

@Bodie007 56 tail lights are round.

[Bodie007]

@prostreet55 They sure are, like bullets. I don't know what I was thinking when I said that a year ago.

[MattRosemier1]

@Bodie007 that's definitely a 55, dude.

[Bodie007]

@MattRosemier1 Yes it is - You are correct, sir! I have been corrected before and I know my 55's from 56's by the taillights. I can;t for the life of me remember why I posted the obviously wrong comment. Wish I could delete it.

[gamewizard]

@Bodie007

A 56 has bullets in the tail lights. A 55 doesn't.

[cyrus138]

@Bodie007 no not really, it looks like a '55.

[kevinsbuick]

Damn that car looks awesome. Sounds like a stock 76 chevy truck though, not like the 10.90 @ 127 car that Ruth built.

[jimn2o]

@kevinsbuick hears to your destruction