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 .
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.
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.
Isn't that true, the food was totally different and the people were were not as lazy, back then if you didn't work you were in big trouble, great observation my friend 👍
Literally zero processed / packaged foods back then. No snack machines etc. At most a candy bar at a gas station and a small bottle of actual sugar rich soda. Now people are snacking all day long on pure chemical rich junk. Also back then lots of drugs, pills, cigarettes were consumed which helped 🤣
Even if the "chivvy" was running an L88 and 4.88:1 Pontiac or Olds rear axle, it's probably weighing 2,900-3,000 lbs with the Lexan windows and a fiberglass trunk and nose. The Model A may be a few hundred pounds lighter depending on its interior and has what looks like a mechanically fuel injected 427. Three hundred bucks was more than an average week's pay, but the Model A owner probably figured he had the power-to-weight ratio in the bag.
@@alertgasper i spose its just a movie in the end.... kinda like falfa even having the slightest chance against milners 32... not in the slightest realistic unless milner cant drive at all
@@tradrodsandcustoms agreed on all counts. a cast iron Rat in a short wheelbase car as light as that A could have all sorts of traction issues (like the old AA/FA cars), and Milner's small block probably had more advantage against what was technically the same 55 Chevy setup. 'prolly shoulda taken on the 72 cuda, considering the luck they had on a HemiCuda back at the beginning of the movie :)
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.
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
@@davidkeeton6716, I commented on the thread about an L89 being a 396 cubic inch engine and not a 427.I didn't say anything about what was in the 55 Chevy from Two Lane Black Top and American Graffiti. I know the story about the car.
@@tomhowe1510 , the L89 was the aluminum headed version of the L78 375 hp 396 cubic inch big block, that was available from 1968-70, in the Nova,Camaro and Chevelle.
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.
That 55 is going to come on at about 1/8 of a mile. You had better be in 4th and climbing. There's no way that 55 want to beat me if I was driving that Deuce
Same car in American graffiti. And it was a stock 327. You give me that green Deuce. I would have left out of the hole in about 35. Going into second all the way to the floor with no clutch. I would have took that big block up to about 6,800 going into 3rd. And watch that 55 get smaller
@@ljsitesno it was a l-88 427 crate motor, M-22 Muncie, 4.88 Olds rear, fiberglass front end, doors, and trunk lid, straight axle front suspension when built. Used for exterior shots in Two-Lane Blacktop, modified for American Graffiti.
@@Joetrout- That would have been a bit hard, since the tag line on American Graffiti was "Where were you in '62?" That and the 327 was only out a year at this point, meaning they were new engines, and the hot rodder would have had to be well-off to afford it. Milner didn't seem to have that much wealth. More likely it would have been a bored out 283 to either 292 or 301. Now those were big block killers, as the short stroke small block could rev into the stratosphere with the right cam. Now in reality, it was a '66 327 with a Super T-10 and a '57 Chevy rear end. Neither the engine nor the transmission were available in 1962.
@@cslan4 the only actors in the movie were Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton . Laurie Byrd had done a little acting . It didn't help that the script was a story in a magazine , or that the movie was made on a shoestring budget .
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.
