The Two Lane Blacktop 55 Chevy comes out of hibernation
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- The last time I saw this car back in July 2018, it wasn't running due to a wiring issue under the dash, its not been on the road since then...until now. The current owner David sent me this video today (May 11th 2020) as he has now got it up and running again. I'm hoping to visit Ohio again later this year (Covid 19 not withstanding) to start work on the film about Richard Ruth the builder of this car back in the early 70's.
Note: The Chassis attachments below the rear bumper, where the camera rigs were attached.
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Having a roll cage in a 55 chevy is pretty useless. If i rolled my 55, i wouldn't want to live anymore anyways.
HAHA
You and me both
The real 55 chevy sold at auction for $250,000
Are you stupid...???
Makes me wonder what the Harrison Ford's character in American graffiti did. 🤔
This car sends shivers down my spine - I still have the DVD and watch it every now and then :-)
Probably my all-time favorite hot rod movie....low-budget, minimalist, crude, but BAD-ASS ! James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, and Warren Oates had that magic chemistry. Better than all those bogus "Fast and Furious" movies put together....side note: Laurie Bird ("The Girl") was found dead in musician Art Garfunkel`s apartment several years later....
Nothing " low budget" about it. It looks the part. But to build a duplicate ..that's big money for each component on that car.
@@mattmccain8492 Maybe you forget, but that original car was built FIFTY years ago....in `69-`70, I built a very similar `55, with an L-78 crate motor, for under $5,000. Things were way more affordable back then.
@@blackwaterdogs4256 ohh yeah no doubt there. Those cars were worth very little in 69/70 and parts were much more plentiful to come by.
But building one today is much different.
@@mattmccain8492 I think he means the movie was low budget not the car 😉
Good to see the old car running. I talk to Richard from time to time, last time I spoke to him was last year about maybe doing an article about him for the magazine I write for. He told me someone was doing a documentary. I didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes. Richard is a big fan of my 55 too.
Ever since I watched that movie as a kid I fell in love with that car it's so bad ass
Right?
@@nataliarobinson9514 WRONG!!!
I watched (Two Lane Blacktop) at our local drive in back in the early 70's. Still love to watch it ! I have owned three 55 Chevys and I do believe this movie is one of the reasons I have always loved them! One of my three I had I drag raced at my closest drag strip!
i think about the only person alive from the movie is Taylor. Glad to see the car is still around, one of three made for the movie.
i think the builder Richard Ruth is still alive.
Tom green is in it, he’s the gas station attendant it says so in the credits
The small block powered stunt car was the one destroyed in American Graffiti driven by Bob Halfa (Harrison Ford).
@@dukecraig2402 The 55 that was destroyed- was a 55 2 door hardtop- that they installed a painted stick to make it look like a Post car--- was borrowed from a local wrecking yard, and given back..
No "Two Lane" 55 was harmed what so ever...BTW- let me see the VIN, on this " Two Lane Black Top 55 above...
@@dukecraig2402 WRONG!! Look at Thomas Smith's post below, he is correct!
I was 13 years old when I seen the movie . All I could think about ,dream about ,and talk about was a 55 Chevy by the time I was 14 i had one
That's amazing William. I was 20 when I first saw the film, took me another 35 years before I had one haha.
@@BlackCrowFilms I have been a gear head every since . Im glad to see this car still around
Looks and sounds completely awesome! Had a friend in the 80s had a 56 that I painted gray primer looked and sounded much the same! Thanks for sharing this with us!
I saw this car in 2005 at the 50th birthday celebration put on by Classic Chevy Club at the GM Tech Center. It was nice to meet Walt Bailey.(the owner, and the man who found and restored the car) My hope is that someday, the AG 55 will be restored, and both of these cars will be shown together.
A true badass when James Taylor was going through the gears with warren Oates in the front seat That car cranked
Dennis Wilson in the front seat
@@seamus6149 I think the bit Reginald is talking about is when Dennis Wilson is driving the GTO and James Taylor has Warren Oates next to him. James Taylor out drags the GTO.
@@johnchurch4705 " what are you trying to do below my mind " ?
“That Plymouth had a Hemi with a Torque Flite, I believe we sawed the guy off even though we did loose two hundred”
..Sorry but that 4 on the floor (maybe M22 Rock crusher tranny)...Took that Automatic big time!!!...
As a German Guy, I guess, I am the only one within a big radius, who knows about this 55 and the story behind it. For me: this is the American Car. It is a big V8, it is made for the quarter mile, it is vintage and it made it to Hollywood. Big hands for making it running again...
Thanks for your comment my friend. We feel the same
Two Lane Blacktop - love the movie and the 5-5 ! 55 Chevy brings back a lot of memories for me. Had one from 1967- 1970. Last motor was a 500+ hp 331ci Corvette motor w/Pontiac Muncie 4 speed, and a 4.11 (street) posi rear. Painted 69 Caddy Sapphire Mist Blue. w/4.88's and set up to race, ran the quarter best 11.96 at 114+mph. Off the line at 3800, shift at 7800 ! Selling that car (1970) after all the time, effort and $ was big mistake (sigh) !
Thanks for the clip. I really need to get back working on my 55. Got burned out and have not touched it in years.
Good to see it back out! I was afraid it would be in a private collection never to be seen again when it was sold. I live close to the previous owner Walt, who would bring it to local car shows. My favorite 55 in the world!
Well it is in a private collection, but thankfully the owner drives all his cars from time to time, so it will be seen again :)
American Racing rims, model 200S, I had a set in my 56 and 57, they still look great after all these years !!
Cool!
They were a royal pain in the butt to keep clean .
If I remember correctly. This is the camera/back up car. The American Graffiti car was the main car from 2 lane blacktop? Been a long time but I think I remember reading that somewhere.
Correct! Glad to see some folks do their research. ;)
Falfa (Harrison Ford) 's 55. The one wrecked at the end. Two lane was a film about cars and speed. The 55 is ICONIC!
Me and my daughter have a pic with us standing in front of this car. I'd say it was probably around 16 years ago. Was at Kissimmee Florida (Old Town).
No, the 350 small block powered stunt car was the one destroyed in American Graffiti, it was only used in one scene in 2 Lane Blacktop, where the car runs off the road into a field.
@@dukecraig2402 where did YOU get your information?? YOU ARE WRONG !!!...The 55 that wrecked, was from a local wrecking yard- 2 door hardtop with a pajnted stick to mock a post car, spray painted wheels, and no interior-- Borrowed from a local wrecking yard !!!
the most beautiful dashboard I have ever seen
El salpicadero de coche más bonito que he visto
THE MOST FAMOUS 55 OF ALL!! KEEP THE VIDS COMING ON THIS INCREDIBLE PIECE OF HISTORY!!
Saw that movie at the drive-in when i was 12 and it's been my dream car ever since.
I'm buying a 55 Chevy 210 2 door post in 2 weeks, and would really like to make it look like a Two Lane Blacktop...love your car!
Great stuff Bob! Good luck with that. :)
Moved from Athens, TN to Needles, CA a couple years ago (those are arguably the beginning and ending of the filmed road trip). I don't fly so when I drive back to TN ('68 nova), I call it "the Kessel Run." Last time, I did it in .0000000000000001 of a Parsec! Suck it, Han Solo!
Thanks for sharing that story, I know, and have visited, a lot of the locations in the film, I'd love to know the full route map, but I expect its long forgotten now. :(
@@BlackCrowFilms The film also had some locations along "The Tail of the Dragon" in NC. I used to take that road to/from Asheville from TN because I 40 was shut down by a rock slide. This was the place where "the girl" left the guys. I actually picked up a young, pretty girl hitch hiking there. In the winter, this is a very VERY lonely place...I have no idea what she was doing there. Only time anything like that that ever happened to me...it was the stuff of movies and tall tales but it's true.
@@normanplombe2889 Hi Norman, yes I know about that location, but its a bit to far East for me to visit. Visted all the locations in Flagstaff, Tucumcari, Needles and Santa Fe though.
I'd love to know the actual route they took while filming. It'd be a great roadtrip to do, alas poor Monte Hellman the director has now passed away, James Taylor is the only remaining member of the cast still alive :(
If that is the camera car (which I am almost positive it is), that was sold to one of the mechanics that worked on TLBT after filming. It wasn't used in Graffiti. They got the other 2 and the stunt car that was supposed to be rolled at the truck accident scene in Two Lane (stunt car had radiused wheel wells but a metal front with a different hood scoop and silver steel wheels). This car was found somewhere east of Vancouver in Canada in a classified section advertised as just "A 55 Chevy Race Car" or something to that effect. The only other survivor got turned into a pro street custom with an absurd paint job and tweed interior and resided in Maryland or Virginia. I am going off of memory from the magazine article I read almost a decade ago. I heard from friends that have seen it that the owner is a really super cool guy that truly loves the hobby. Other things I vaguely remember was that it was missing the original hood scoop but Ruth still had the template in his shop, the LS6 was missing, but it had the fiberglass body parts (Graffiti used metal doors), M-22 and Olds rear in place and it was bought really cheap considering what it is. Thanks for the update on what it is doing now. And for the guy asking if the Buick GN was inspired by this? Molly's original concept GN was burgundy, the 215 '82 GN's were mostly 4.1 N/A's painted like a WH1. I've had a couple TR's, so that comment stood out. The coolest LC2 car made was the black WO2's withhe chrome bumpers that they cancelled after the first 90 days that gave the '87 cars the moniker of "Turbo T" instead of "T-Type". Cheers to all of you car nuts that also love these somewhat obscure instruments of amazement.
Correct, the small block powered stunt car was the one rolled and burned in American Graffiti, it was only in one scene in 2 Lane Blacktop, the one where the car runs off the road into the field.
@@dukecraig2402 NO...
@@dukecraig2402 Wrong!! A 2 door hardtop from a junk yard painted to look like a sedan was the car that rolled!
LS6 engines were used in the two camera cars , one was used for exterior shots looking in , the other camera car was set up for interior shots with dialog both of those cars had hidden air conditioning units , to keep the actors from roasting . Ever notice that the windows were never open while going down the road ? The actual race car had a L-88. , 427 in it and that's what is making that beautiful music that everyone loves . Next time you watch Graffiti pay attention to the sound of Falfa's car , they lifted the sound from TLB because the race car was way too wicked to be cruised around town so they substituted a camera car .
It is still the baddest 55 I have seen thanks for sharing
Did you check the jets?
Probably the only car in history to get voice over work this car served as the overdubbed sound of the 77 Trans Am in Smokey and the bandit
Man, I've wanted that car, or one built like it , since about 1990 when I first seen the movie. I would daily drive the heck out of that car.
Only 3 55 Chevys ever made such as lasting impression on me. The two lane, the graffiti and the cheese wiz.
I was fortunate to see this car in person about 20 years ago.
The owner was gracious and let me sit in the drivers seat at the Solon Rock and Roll Street Machine car show on a Tuesday night a few years ago. I love the car. The only thing I would change if I had it would be to update the engine's external appearance to more closely match the movie. Maybe put a painted balancer on it like they showed at the air strip at the end of the movie and swap on some early style float bowls on the dual Holley carbs.
It has the wrong tunnel ram on it currently too
How many of these 55 chevys have we seen on You Tube that claim to be the car from Two Lane Blacktop? I'm not saying this isn't the car. It is just that I don't believe anyone anymore. But it is a nice car
Agreed, however the correct paperwork and the fact that this one was purchased from a Barret Jackson Auction and the history of the car is perfect and also on closer inspection you can see the extra iron work that was fitted to the car for filming, I can assure you this is "as advertised" :)
Black Crow Films love it
There's lots that iv'e seen and all different ? So Who Knows Still a Cool Car
Michael Monument Well the owner knows because he has the paperwork to prove it 🙂👍🏻
Black Crow Films sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings
Thank you for sharing this video with all of us.
My pleasure Andy, you're very welcome :)
@@BlackCrowFilms Being able to see that in person would be an absolute dream for anyone. I'll bet the neighbors never get tired of seeing it )
@@ProMachinist I hear you. I flew 3000 miles just to see this car haha, and all being well I will be doing again in 2021 for a documentary film I'm making.
@@BlackCrowFilms Ha! I'd walk 3000 miles to get a glimpse of it. Hope to see this documentary film if you post it.
Merry Christmas to all .
Andy 🇨🇦
that would be something to show up at a james taylor concert and try to get him to sign the rig someplace
I had a tilt front end on my 57 Chevy and it sure made it easy to change the spark plugs. ;-)
Good to see it still exists. Did you forget to flip the front end? Great heritage for a lot of car folks.
Very nice car ....my dad brought me on to the movie and this car is a legend
Tri five chevy on my top 10 list, thanks for sharing
I love that car and the movie
From the movie or not,,, Great Car..! There’s just something about it...
And this is coming from a Pontiac guy....! 👍
Hey chevy and pontiac are both GM cars
I'll always regret not taking better care of and keeping my '55 BelAir 2dr HT...Alas, misspent youth!...🥲😮💨😢😭
If we kept all the cars we’ve ever owned we would be rich … and have no room to live in 🤣
Classic, glad to see it back
I've always heard that the main car from two-lane blacktop was used in American Graffiti which car is this
This is the camera car, the one used in AG was the other car used in TLB, there were three in all
"Better move over, one of those chargers behind us"
..love that Car!!!..it's a Fuckin Monster!!!...just yesterday met this cat at a bar,..Were talking about cars,..He said " Go out side an check out my Car!..Fuckin 1970 SS Camero LT 350!..4 on the floor,..Silver paint job!.Rally Wheels!..He even took me for a Spin!...Made my day!!!..
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 DOUBLE NICKELS FOREVER. STILL GOT MY RAGTOP AND WE JUST PUT A BIG BLOCK IN MY SONS BLACK PRIME COUPE 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
55 chevy best of the tri fives
Yep!
I have a director's cut, up two lane blacktop dvd set with all kinds of information on these cars. These haters have no business here making stupid comments. Car looks awesome by the way!
"haters gonna hate" as the saying goes Preston. Thanks for your comment. :)
It's not a matter of being a "hater", it's a matter of having been there in that era. You obviously weren't. Dinosaurs are dinosaurs.
How would you know Dime Bag Dave?
Just looks badass, no apologies and in your face.
Thou shall fear the mighty ‘55! 💪
Old cars were so plain inside all you needed was there wish you could still buy them that way
That really sounds pretty close to my short wide that I had what's your PSI on your fuel if you don't mind me asking
I don't the answer to that sorry, I just filmed it
Just the best and A + from the bloody knuckle garage
WHAT KINDA BUCKET SEATS ARE IN THE CAR? AND, IS THE STEERING COLUM STOCK?
The seats were custom made by Ruth Industries
Piece of heaven on earth.🇨🇦
The real 55 Chevy of that time was called "Shakey Jake". You could find it in Hatboro, Pa. on Fridays. They used to call it, "Cruisin the Boro". I've seen that car stand straight up in the middle of town. It purportedly had a 454 with tunnel ram.
The exterior was a beautiful navy blue with a white rolled and pleated interior, (no back seat). Carried a 656 Olds rear and
spinned a pair of Mickey Thompson slicks. This car could not be beat in a quarter mile. The Owner/Driver was known to
his friends as "JAKE". The name of the car came from him. You could find it on the front fenders. AND, it did SHAKE!
Did you buy this from Barrett Jackson?
Yes the owner purchased the car at a Barrett Jackson Auction
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I love how the had to slow the 55 down when he ran the Ford in America graffiti so they could film the cars together because the 55 capt gapping the duece🤣😂💪
From what I read that Deuce during the filming of Graffiti was a piece of shit and they could barely get it cranked sometimes.
I hope so. Milners car had a stock 283 with stuff on the outside and the 55 in 2 Lane tunnel ram trim ran 10.90/127 when first built.
I saw Two-Lane at the PAL Drive-In Toombs County Georgia, 1971. I was 18 OMG!
Beautiful double nickel. Sounds healthy
Wow, literally one of my “if I become a millionaire” cars. What an awesome car to own. I hope you enjoy it!
Same here bud, I’d have this version and a American Graffiti version! Hell I’d even want the ‘57 Chevy from “Return To Macon County.”
I noticed the white headliner. Was this also, Bob Falfa’s hero car? Thanks
No, because the Falfa car was black
All '55s came from the factory with an ugly white headliner.
I always assumed the band Primer 55 chose that name in reference to the car from Two Lane Blacktop.
Wow!..never heard that one good name for a band...
Everyone isn’t wrong to love this version, but honestly I like the American graffiti version so much more. In the 90s and early 2000s it was so common to see primer paint jobs and I absolutely hate it 😂.
THanks for sharing a friend from canada Rob ✌
Thanks Rob
Im confused...i thought the same 55 was used in Two Lane Blacktop and American Graffiti? So how come there's videos showing both of them?
You gotta love the Tri-Fives.👍🏻👊
Certainly do
55’s are the baddest & sexiest of the 50’s Chevys in my humble opinion. I gotta also say, that I dig the grey worn out tone on the Chevy/Two Lane Blacktop than the gloss black paint job that was on it in, American Graffiti. However I wish they kept the skull 💀 mirror decoration cause it really tied the car together haha!
Sounds awesome, idle needs to come up a tad. Was it a cold motor?
I was at Lakeland drag strip outside of Memphis the day this car was there for the drag race scenes.
That's awesome, might want to talk to you later this year if things pan out....
Nice. I live near there. The drag strip itself is long gone. An outlet mall was built next to it many years ago and eventually shut down/ abandoned and the track remains were overgrown in the woods . Last I was out there , the woods were being cleared out and there was a subdivision being built. The main entrance into the subdivision appeared to be where the strip was.
Thank you! You sure made my day!!! Love that sound!!! What mufflers are they??
Sounds like old school glasspacks.
RIP Monti Hellman 😢
Is this the car that sold at B.J for $145,000 ?
That’s the one
Love the daisy mags, someone in the U.K. owns a very good replica of this car.
Best looking thing chebby ever built. MOPAR2YA 😎
Yah! want me to wipe the bugs of the wind shield...??
😂😂😂
Amazing movie and amazing car, I am so so thankful one of the productions cars is still alive and in immaculate shape.
Do you still currently own this beauty and what state is it located in?
-Thanks!
I don't
it was reported that this car was painted and became the black 55 in american grafitti
not this one, but one was yes, there were three two lane '55s, this is the camera car
Man I love that car!
Wasn't the original 55 used in the movie American Grafitti.
One of them, yes. This is the camera car.
@@BlackCrowFilms actually one of two camera cars .
That's awesome ride
Great car. Did it originally have that 56 radio?
I don’t know actually
It did. They play with it in the movie.
Sounds great , is the cam solid lift or Hyd
So this car is in Ohio now? Just wondering after reading description. Always loved this car, and the movie. Love the sound of that rockcrusher in the movie.
Yes it is! 👍🏻
That’s cool! I’m in that area, hopefully I’ll see it around at a show this year.
That's the actual movie car? That's awesome!
It is one of them yes, this was the camera car
Love that movie a true classic 👍
awesome !!!!! is it tube front end or ibeam? 3 or 4 inch drop?
This primer 55 was not the one in American Graffiti right
Correct. 🙂
Is this like the bullit mustangS that came out of hiding just in time for the anniversary
Anybody out there in the know, is this what you would call a Gasser? Great video thanks for sharing ✌🏻👍
Well yes and no, this particular style is a bit of a hybrid really, generally speaking gassers are higher in the front, due to a beam axle and also skinnier wheels up front too. There are other more subtle differences too.
@@BlackCrowFilms by the late sixties the front ends on the gassers had come back down out of the clouds because they didn't handle high speeds very well . 90/100 mph was one thing , 125 was very scary .
Please add video shots of front axle
454 big block and a muncie 4 speed transmission?
Absolutely!! 100%
Sure hope you got to go to your car show, well done.
Shouldnt there be camera brackets in a couple spots?
There are indeed, although you can't see them in this particular video, in my other video of this car (on this channel) you can see the metal work underneath for mounting of the camera platform in one shot.
Really nice car ❤
Any news on the Richard Ruth movie?
It's still on the cards Patrick, Covid is what's holding things up, just waiting until I can actually fly to the USA and get the filming done. :)
@@BlackCrowFilms I hear you, looking forward to it
ALWAYS liked the 55 over the 57.
Oh yes. 100% Although if someone gave me a '57 I wouldn't say no ;)
Someone said you reside in Ky. Is that true?
No. Sorry.
Watched show at a 5 bucks a car load drive in theater along with vanishing point. Age 16 almost got laid that weekend. A note worthy show.
its been 3 years.
Clearly there are a lot of mis-informed people out there who think they know all about this car. "It was painted black for American Graffiti", "There were 50 of them" (That one is hilarious) and various other ill informed ideas. Here are the facts. There were THREE 55 Chevys built by Richard Ruth for the movie. One of them (Clearly not this one), was indeed sprayed black and modified for American Graffiti, that leaves two, this is one of those two, the buyer in this video, is the person who now owns this car, it is the car from the movie Two Lane Blacktop, the car that had the windows taken out for filming, and had platforms fitted on the side for the camera crew, this is all documented in many ways, in books and by the people who have owned the car over the years. So please my little troll friends, do your research, get your facts straight before posting ill informed comments on this video, as all you're doing is making yourselves look stupid.
Thanks for the info. Clearly the rest of the world is much too stupid to understand what you say without all the upper case words. Maybe it isn't us, but you?
“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” ― Mark Twain! It's cool that any of the cars still exist. Always one of my favorite cars. Thanks for the video.
@@mikegreen1430 No problem, you're very welcome. :)
I was just recently telling someone about the movie, of course most people have never seen, and here. Is the car! It is one of my favorite car movies because it depicts what the gear heads that I went to high school would do such as putting their limited budgets into performance parts rather than fancy hood scoops or paint jobs. The rich kids got new Firebirds, Boss Mustangs, and Corvettes, while the real gear heads would get something like this from a junkyard or buy it from some old lady whose hubby had passed and would build it themselves. Guess whose car would be quicker? This car was the star and JT, Wilson, and Oates as supporting actors were so realistic in their deference to it. It is so wonderful that someone has saved it from rust and obscurity. It makes me feel reassured as when someone’s missing toddler is found safe and sound.
@@mc1dash1b That's a great insight, thanks for sharing. The movie is certainly a marmite one, you either love it to hate it...or just don't get it. I'm glad you like it and clearly get it too. Thanks again for your comment
What motor is in that bad dog ?
454 Big block
55's have always been the Bear. All others just prey.