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the 55 Chevy in this movie

posted 18 years ago by frswinnipeg
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Fact is that the 55 Chevy in this movie is the same 55 Chevy that HARRISON FORD drove in American Graffitti!!

Also.. fact says that James Taylor COULDNT drive stick before this movie and had to learn fast!

[–] TerranceCrooms 18 years ago

Also was the yellow '55 Tony Danza drove in Hollywood Knights. Danza blew the engine.

[–] tmac396 18 years ago

Nope...the yellow Chevy in "Hollywood Knights" was a '57. It was popular Hot Rodding Magazine's project car over many years (Project X).I read that Danza DID miss agear and blow the engine, though.

"How fast is that thing?"
"Depends on who's around."

[–] leeving13 16 years ago

Fact! it sez that in the trivia!

[–] CharlesFuquaManuel 16 years ago

Prooves those nancy boy hollywood types arent car guys, even though they play them on TV. You can totally tell that James Taylor wasnt the best at driving stick. I wonder if that was him Flat shifting when they raced the 32 ford, i doubt it.

[–] balumnia 16 years ago

Not actually a '32 Ford. It was a Model A coupe with a '32 grill and grillshell. Similar look to a '32 5-window, but not the same. You can tell by the body molding near the quarter-window, the taper in the cowl, and the visor over the windshield (no visor on '32). So much for accuracy.
And what about that pathetic launch in that solo run at the strip in TN? Maybe that was Sweet Baby James!

[–] CharlesFuquaManuel 16 years ago

Wow your the man Bulumnia! good eye! I always though the launch too was pathetic at the strip, ALTHOUGH, i also think it wasnt the acutal sound of the car. Look at when the Super Duster funny car does its burnout. they play a lazy sounding 4 speed car sound affect. Thats one thing i wish car movies had, was accurate sounds.

[–] XLCH1000 10 years ago

LOL..and I thought I was the only one who noticed that..

[–] mrenaut-1 13 years ago

There were several '55s used in TLB, the best bits went into the American Graffiti '55. A TLB stunt car - intended for a roll over that was never filmed - eventually got rolled in Graffiti.

The two main TLB cars were full on racers, Richard Ruth (who constructed the cars) took one drag racing before the studio collected them and was unbeaten on the street. He made a few hundred bucks in one evening!

They were originally powder blue (you can see a blue one in the background at the airport runway at the end of the movie) but were painted over in grey primer for a ready to race look.

Apparently the dubbed in TLB engine noise in Smokey and the Bandit is most obvious in the scene where the Trans Am destroys the mailboxes driving around the truck.

[–] OeditpusRex 13 years ago

Notice something about the rollover car in AmGraf? It had stock wheels and tires, and the wheels appeared to have been painted silver, probably in an attempt to make them resemble the chrome reverse wheels on the street '55.

[–] CharlesFuquaManuel 13 years ago

The rollover car also had an auto trans and single exhaust.

[–] mrenaut-1 13 years ago

And when it catches fire it turns into a 1956 Chevy coupe (with a B post made out of wood)

People should spend more time watching movies and less time bitching about IMDB spoilers.

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