I was looking for another movie that wrecked a boat tail (‘Go!’) and found this site. It’s interesting how often they appeared in Clint Eastwood movies-maybe just the times and places. All hail the ‘Oldsmobuick’! https://www.buick-riviera.com/movies.html
No that is not it. Most Motorheads can spot the camaro swap. I read that they actually used a 383 Auto Challenger to pull the Camaro to it's death. OK I'll give a hint think about geography? Tim
Trick question Capt Bill! The one they wrecked looks to have the unmistakable shape of a Turbo 400 in it. I doubt that was the "hero car" though. They used the Two Lane Blacktop 55 in American Grafitti. And the TLB car most definitely had a 22 in it. You can actually hear the whine when Taylor goes through the gears Its been years since I saw TLB; just seems weird that they'd roll a '55 that was built as far as a 400T only to crash it. I guess Ill hafta pay better attention to it! ws
Trick question Capt Bill! The one they wrecked looks to have the unmistakable shape of a Turbo 400 in it. I doubt that was the "hero car" though. They used the Two Lane Blacktop 55 in American Grafitti. And the TLB car most definitely had a 22 in it. You can actually hear the whine when Taylor goes through the gears Its been years since I saw TLB; just seems weird that they'd roll a '55 that was built as far as a 400T only to crash it. I guess Ill hafta pay better attention to it! ws So curiosity got the better of me. The 55 in TLB has plexiglass side windows with no vents and what appears to be cut out rear fenderwells among a few other things. Hmmm. No record on IMDB about it either. More research needed... ws
That doesn't look like the same car. Here's a better shot of the TLB '55........ But then there's this...
