I'm a classic car guy, had the same built in '69 muscle car from 89 to 2020. I love this shit. Now I have a '66 Corvette which is ridiculous;y fun even though it's merely 'old car fast'. But you know what's really attractive to me in these scenes? People going out somewhere and doing things, even if it's doing nothing. They went there to do it.
The car scenes was good but James Taylor+Dennis Wilson should have stayed Musicians,those were Lame as Actors!! The real stars of the Movie was The 55+Warren Oats GTO!!
Note to movie directors and producers. You can't tell the size of a big block Chevy just by looking at it. Using the original Mark 4 block, that "427" could have been a 396, 427, 454 468, 496... in other words, please talk to a mechanic or car guy before writing the script. Otherwise, it really takes away from the authenticity of the movie.
Earlier a guy asked about the 55 at a gas station..He asked if it waz a 396.He said no, 454..so they did make reference to that fact, Just not the green coupe..prolly just needed to have somethin to talk about while drivin up to lot..
We had an abandoned airport near Clio MI when I was coming up, we had scenes like this every weekend in the late 70's early 80's, I had a 70 Barracuda with the 440 Super Commando engine. I paid 2500 for that car believe it or not. The only way the three two barrels would run right was when they were wide open. Won many races, lost some too, and broke a lot of stuff. Great times. There was a fellow with a red Chevy II with a high winding small block that could beat just about anybody. Another guy had a Chevy Monza that he shoehorned a 383 stroker into. The cops shut us down about 1982, but before that they would come and watch, saying "Well, at least your not racing on the road" From there we took our action to Ubly raceway, about an hours drive north. God I wish I could go back.
3 yards, or 3 large? Back in the day, I don't recall asking for spots a thing fast guys did. On paper, the A should be significantly quicker than the '55 (with good drivers) but that isn't what the movies about.
saw Two Lane Blacktop at the Marshall Arkansas Drive in theater when it came out and the drive in is still up and running, one of the few left in America
My friend and I hopped the fence at the Starlite Drive In located in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada . We sat at the back and just cranked up the sound , we were 15 I think . We had 5 Drive In Theatres in town at that time . The last closed about 12 years ago .
Did anyone catch ole boy clocking them with the watch. Even today its hilarious that their is no time racing even though anyone can measure within a tenth what any car runs.
right so if you want to know or get close to how fast or slow a guy is you clock them look at any pre 1980 80's race movie you will always see a guy with clip board with 3 stopwatch's timing 3 to make sure
I ran the slicks on my '55 all the time. It was only a 13 sec. flat car but, that was enough to beat most of the street cars. Friday and Saturday night were a blast down on Lower River Road.
Back in the 70s, you made your bet with the street tires and the bad boys then changed to slicks or some real soft butyl rubber recaps on plain steel rims, not your mags. If you didn't bring enough, too bad.
Doty rd south side Chicago in the early 90s Malibus were sick quick … that bottle would hit .. tears up your soul like devils taking it .. I knew what to have in the Fbody … and today… grey primer looks at them Demons face .. and says that’s it !? Short a shot … and I can get that 3 yards guaranteed. Demons got too many shifts and fall backs to make ….
Not sure about the 10's, but anyway... James said in an interview he destroyed the car near the end of the film. He tried to do a 6500 rpm burnout launch... the car was in reverse. The rear dif exploded, the driveshaft came through the car floor. He said it almost killed some people.
