Wanted old car movie, need help with I.D. of it.

[budnate]

Ok Guys let me ramble a little, I am sure you will be able to identify it, Lord knows I have tried to figure it out for at least 25 yrs. It was made around the time of two lane Blacktop I think. Here is the story line lets see if we can figure it out.
Starts with a guy comeing to town for the Nationals or some big race, everyone shows up early to street race and make a few bucks, he crashes his Dart, in the begineing. Boy meets Girl, Old guy in wrecking yard likes him and agreas to loan him a car if he whips the local bad guy that is also a police officer, Old guy gives him a gray Primered Whilly, guy steals copcar with Hemi? puts in Whilly you get the picture i dont want to wreck it for you if we find this thing, It is a cool movie, But I never seen it on TV or can find anyone that recalls it either, I will be 40 soon and if I recall I was like 12ish when I saw it, I will pay well for a copy or a leed to purchase it, Started thinking about it again today and has been driveing me crazy, I know with the vast knowledge here it will show!

Thnx Bud. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[whitetop]

The title was "Hot Rod" but also had several other titles when it was the TV movie of the week on ABC in '78-'79. It is available on video tape.

[budnate]

So if i hit my local Video store I may be able to get it or is there a place online?

Thnx you made my Day, Bud.

[Norm reynolds]

here it is the movie was called hot rod
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/scholar.gif its on sale for 19.95 on this web site
http://www.motorcam.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/cgi-local/smpagegen.exe?U+scstore+jycx0069ff66a766+-p+-c+scstore.cfg+A6680

[Norm reynolds]

Also this site has some old car movies
http://www.motorcam.com/New%20Movies.html

[whitetop]

Check out this site for all the old car flicks. I feel it is the best comprehensive site for car flicks. Check out the new stuff and old VHS. Also has car flicks from all the t.v. series.

www.hotrodmemories.com (http://www.hotrodmemories.com)

Remember the movie "Outrage" with Robert Stack? It was also a ABC movie of the week in '74. 3 neighborhood kids terrorized a family and in one scene ran over the pet St. bernard. Cars included a tunnel rammed '56 Nomad (got burned up at the end by good guy Robert Stack), a '70-'72 Camaro and can't remember the third.

I remember a T.V movie from '76-'77 that had a red Olds 442 being trailered around the country by two guys that drag raced it. Anybody remember this one?

ABC must of had a car guy on board because the movie "The California Kid" was also shown in '74-'75

[budnate]

Thnx for the link,
Dang that is COOOOLLL, had me about whiped for a minute, until I figured it had your state as part of the link, it kept filling My shopping cart with stuff i didnt want.LOL. I got it and twolane Blacktop comeing, If you guys are ever up here the cold ones are on me!

Thnx Bud.

[budnate]

Anyone have this one, is it as neat as it sounds? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

"Drag Racing History NHRA Indy '67,'69"

[Mr70]

I recommend "The California kid".
I saw it in the 70's and just recently found it again.Stars:Martin Sheen-Vic Morrrow-Nick Nolte-Michelle Phillips. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[SS427]

Another great one was Funnycar Summer. Have not seen that one since I was a teenager many, many years ago. Very cool drag movie. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[budnate]

Yes that is a good one also,

I dont recall the one about the 442 being drug around that one has me wanting to check it out as well,

Basically I Love them all , I must have worn out my HollyWood Knights vid where the 57 and the Cobra go at it, I love the sound of the 57 when he hits it hard through second, then you see the oil down when they hurt the motor.

Cant leave out old Don Johnson and the yellow 57 they raced across country, Hey I wonder how much that car will bring at Auction, he must have farted in that one as well /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif

[Norm reynolds]

That was a cool movie My first car was a 57 plymouth like the one Vic Morrow drove

[55chevy]

You mean this one? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3314881776&category=23 08#BID1

Ed

[55chevy]

Did you know the yellow '57 in Hollywood Knights is actually Popular Hot Roddings Project X '57 that they've had since the 60's?

Ed

[SS427]

Ed,
You are good indeed! I think it is safe to say I know what you may be watching soon. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[copo69]

Whitetop, it was Robert Culp not Robert Stack in that movie. I remember seing it way back when,but never again. I'm partial to "Two Lane Blacktop"..."just not used to seein' the Chevy work against a two bit piece of junk."

[whitetop]

Copo69

Robert Stack did play in Outrage. Hot Rod the movie had Robert Culp in it. He played the bad guy Munns Root Beer.
"You don't run unless you run the Munns decal!!!"

[whitetop]

Someone just told me the movie with the red '68-'69 Olds 442 was a T.V. pilot for a series that never made it to series. The rig they pulled this car around in was painted red. They drag raced the car from strip to strip and circle track raced it at the end and demolished the car. Surely somebody remembers this movie.

"Corky's Cuda" has a great scene in the beginning with Robert "The Killer" Blake street racing a '69 Camaro SS. There is also a nice shot of a '70 Chevelle SS in Blake's boss garage.

Does anybody remember the blue '75 Camaro from Walking Tall Part 2. Cragars, side pipes, tunnel rammed engine. Remember what Buford did to this car...slowly?

[55chevy]

Yes! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif Two Lane Blacktop is my all time favorite movie too. Richard Ruth built 2 similar 55 chevy's for that movie and the main drive car (the one they show all the motor shots of) had a tunnel rammed L88 427. During the filming of Two Lane that '55 actually clocked 10.90s at over 130mph. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Ed

[whitetop]

What's really sad is a guy in PA owns the original American Graffiti '55, which also happens to be the same car from Two Lane Blacktop. He bought it off of Steve Fitch who owned this car and the Milner '32 at one time(he purchased both from universal studios). He is totally changing the car. Put in a rear seat(which neither movie had), different upholstery (maroon vinyl), got rid of the straight axle, roll bar was hacked out etc. If he was going to make all these mods why not just start out with another car?

[hvychev]

Im sure that most of you know that the 55 Chevy that was in Two Lane Blacktop was the exact same car that was in American Grafitti. They just painted it primer and added some goodies to it. Legend has it the it is sitting in a barn somwhere on the west coast.

[hvychev]

Whitetop we must have been writing at the same time!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[budnate]

Not so guys, i have to look for the issue i just got it like last month or so, anyway the other car was the Camera car and was located up in BC and now in Cal'i being put back the way it was in the movie, the guy that rigged'em is still around and offering up his templates for the seats and other stuff, I will look in the morning and post up the mag, real good reading, i think it was in my Chevy Hi-Perf issue, the guy has it looking real good and is on the cover of the issue. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[55chevy]

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. Actually it's like this. There were 3 55's made for TLB by Richard Ruth in 1970. 2 were nearly identical in all aspects suspension, looks, etc. except for engines. The most popular one was the drive car with the tunnel rammed 427. This car was also used in an episode of Adam 12 in full TLB trim. This is also the car that got a makeover for use in American Graffitti. This car now resides somewhere in Maryland and most of the original Ruth built parts are gone as whitetop stated. Budnate got it right with the recently found 2nd car that was used for interior shots. This car carried all the framework for exterior camaras and crap and appeared the same as car #1 except it had an LS5 454 4bbl and had a holley mounted on a piece of sheetmetal to give the appearance of the tunnel ram through the windshield in some shots. This car was recently found in Canada and had spent most of it's life since TLB as an American Graffitti clone! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif A good deal of the original parts were missing on this car as well, most notably the custom straight axle front suspension and custom fenderwell headers. Someone mounted a Camaro sub-frame to it. A few of the original fiberglass parts were found and the man who built the car to begin with (Ruth) is aiding in its restoration to full Two Lane Blacktop trim. (btw, if you want to see Richard Ruth he is in the movie, He is the guy in the white shirt who walks over and checks out the car when they stop for gas and asks about the headers). The 3rd car was just a rolling junker they were going to use for a rollover crash scene that was never filmed for TLB. I belive that car was used in the roll over scene in Graffitti. And there was a 4th car used in Graffitti for the car that burned after the roll over if you didn't know that. Just this past year the two original TLB 55's were displayed together for the first time since the filming of the movie at a show in Maryland. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Now I'm getting the urge to pop in TLB and watch it for the 1000th + time. The sounds that 55 makes when James rows the M22 through the gears just gets the old blood flowing /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif "Run 'er flat out for a while"
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

Ed

[copo69]

Whitetop, Checked and it shows Culp in both "Hot Rod" and "Outrage". Sorry to hear AG '55 is being screwed up.

web page (http://www.actorsofhollywood.com/robert_culp.html)

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Pop in 'Dazed and Confused', it has some pretty good car scenes - press your 'mute' button though, it's a forgettable storyline!

[resto4u]

corky's cuda is for sale. I remember seeing this recently. May have been on cars online.com Roger

[whitetop]

Copo69
You are right. Robert Culp played Dr. Jim Kiler on Outrage-1973.
Great movie. I saw it 2 times and wish I had taped it.
What was the third car? I remember the Nomad and Camaro pretty well. I'm thinking it was an ElCamino of sorts?

[budnate]

55 chevy, The story I read said the third car was a driver with a LS-5 TH-400 with extra rollcage work, The idea for that car was when he spun out in the field scene they were supposed to roll over the third car up on the Highway, But no-one on the filming crew had the exsperiance or maybe the nerve to do it, Richard said he had riged the brakes independent left and right to help roll the car. it was the one rolled in the end of AG like you say, then they burned a beater, The LS-5 was pulled after the movie and the rest sold for junk, at least thats what the story says in my, Feb,Chevy High Performance, Like I said great reading I never new about the third car, But did notice the two diff cars in the roll over and burn in AG like everyone else. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[JoeC]

There are a few AG web pages with info on the 55
http://kathyschrock.net/graffiti/55.htm

[55chevy]

That's right budnate. I do remember reading that now. I have that magazine as well. I didn't put much thought into the 3rd car when I made that post last night. I've been searching and collecting things on the blacktop 55's for several years now and I don't think I've ever seen any photos or much mention of the rollover car in TLB form. I think the only evidence of it is in the movie Graffitti when it rolled.

Ed

[hvychev]

Marlin Dazed and Confused is one of my favorites! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif That movie helped launch Matthew McConaughey (Wooderson in the movie who had a Black/white stripe 70 Chevelle SS LS5 that he named "Melba Toast") and Ben Affleck (O'Bannion the bully, he had a primer grey 70-71 Duster) into stardom! The movie is a lot of laughs and it was my influence to play "mail box baseball" with my Chevelle! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif The dialouge in the movie is a bit weak but the movie was still good none the less. A couple of other good cars in the movie are the 70 GTO Judge in Orbit Orange and the SD 455 Trans Am. I rate it 3 stars!

On another note I think that someone mentioned the Mustang or whatever that car was in "Corkey". That thing has been for sale in Auto Trader for years! No one seems to be interested.

[RonNova396L34]

Speaking of old movies, what was the movie where they were trying to control all the gas stuff. I think it was something like Road Warrior? with Mel Gibson? Was that it? I just remember a supercharger on the engine. I don't remember what kind of car it was though. Anybody remember?
Ron /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[hvychev]

Ron that movie is one of three in the Mad Max trilogy staring Mel Gibson. Mad Max (1979) was the first, then Road Warrior (1982) and finally Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). The car which they called the "interceptor" was one of those Aussie GM Holden Mustang/Torino's I think. One of our Members GMH 454 could probably elaborate more.

[DarrenX33]

Now I know what happened to my mailbox. The bill is in the mail. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[whitetop]

Frank Frank Frank
As someone who lives on a rural road and has replaced 3 mailboxes in 9 years I'm sorry to hear you did that kind of stuff. A farmer down the road made a remedy to having his mailbox vandalized. Installed a homemade one about 10 years ago and no problem since. It has a solid metal 8" I-beam post, a 14-15" metal pipe about 3/4 thick for the box itself and welded on top of that front to rear is a cutter bar with spikes from an old mowing machine. You hit this baby with a bat and it may end up killing you. At least it would break an arm...hopefully.

Mel Gibson is surrently making a 4th Road Warrior movie. Title is Road Warrior: Road to Salvation. Will end filming in Nambia this summer.
Dave

[hvychev]

Dave I was only kidding about the mail box baseball thing. Sorry to upset you.

[55chevy]

For those of you who just love the Two Lane Blacktop 55 Chevy, here is a great site to check out. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

Ed

http://groups.msn.com/TwoLaneBlacktopHomePage/originaltlb55restoration.msnw

[budnate]

Rumpta Rumpta, /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif WWWHHHHHHAAAAACHIRPWWWWHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAACHIRP

WWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACHIRPWWWWWWWWWH HHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaa aaaaaaa,
Whooee ya just went a 10.80 did ya feal it?, Movies arrived yesterday had movie a night /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[Chevy454]

[ QUOTE ]
Pop in 'Dazed and Confused', it has some pretty good car scenes - press your 'mute' button though, it's a forgettable storyline!

[/ QUOTE ]

Your KILLING me, Marlin! I have D&C on dvd, and it's one of my favorites (hard to beat Tombstone). I can understand the weak storyline, but if you press "mute" you miss the great tunes!

[MarkJack66]

Tombstone is awesome. Does anyone remember Independence Day from the early 80's? It had David Keith racing a 69 Z28???

[Stefano]

Bud,
It is one of my favorite "B" Car Movies. The Mopar at the Begining of the Movie is a 1965 Plymouth Satellite with a 426 Race Hemi (Not a Dart).

Since I am on the Subject of Mopars and Movies, "Vanishing Point" is a clasic with a Challenger as the star car and the movie "Phantasm" features a Hemi Cuda.

You can order those online as well.

[Stefano]

For the Chevy Diehards there is ??????? I can't remember the name With Christopher Walken and Sean Penn. A few scenes with a 1970 Chevelle Super Sport and a 1969 Z28.

[hvychev]

One that was pretty cool for me was the modern day remake of Shaft. Samuel L Jackson drives a 1987 Monte Carlo SS! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[hvychev]

Oh yeah. Lets not forget for the Pontiac fans Smokey & the Bandit with the 78 Black&Gold T/A.

And for the Ford fans theres Bullitt. Probably one of the coolest car chases in Hollywood history between Bullitts Mustang fast back and the bad guys 68 Charger. One of the coolest Mustangs ever IMO.

[MotownMadman]

Stefano, the movie with Penn and Walken was "At Close Range" which was a great movie with some nice Chevy history.
Motown /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[MotownMadman]

And let us all not forget the drag race episode of the "Munsters" with the two George Barris classics. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Motown /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[JoeC]

I have been trying to find a movie called "The Racing Scene" with James Garner 1969. It is a documentary type movie where a film crew followed the Garner racing team around to races in 1969. There are clips of Don Yenko and his crew racing a Camaro at Daytona. I saw the movie on Speed Channel and wanted to tape it but they never ran it again. I emailed a bunch of people but all say it is not available and only way to get it is a boot leg copy that some taped from Speed Channel.
Any one know a Speed Channel junkie who tapes the old movies?

[copo9566aa]

Another cool movie but a very strange movie
This is not really a car movie but cool car street racing action
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif Brewster Mcloud (1970) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif
70 Road Runner (Orange) with pistol grip and Air Grabber VS 70 Camaro Z/28 with vinyl top
The Camaro in this movie change the look Z/28 RS to Z/28 std
This is not a serious movie
But the car is new (1970) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Meep Meep /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif BirdShit

[budnate]

Stefano,
As soon as the movie started I recognized the car as not a Dart,It gave me sick feeling in my gut though, I had a Real Bad experience a few years ago with a í65 Cornett, with a psycho Mopar guy from H###, but that is a whole diff story.

Lets not forget Good Old Burt Reynolds in was it Gator? He had the Big car with a Big-Block and 4spd.

And ya gotta love James Bond for doing the corkscrew jump in his AMC, Suppose one of those is worth a few bucks about now?.LOL.


Bud. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[Stefano]

Gator: wasn't that an LTD with a 429 Cobra Jet?

[budnate]

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif Whaaatt? I have not seen it for years, guess the Coffee has not kicked in yet this morning.

[68l30]

How about Thunderbolt amd Lightfoot.A nice Pontaic TA and a Monster Ply Fury(?) with a trunk full of bunny rabbits.That was the funniest wreck I have ever seen on TV.Had the exhaust run into the car for a real High....barrel rolled it and out came the rabbits.From then on out it was open season,the driver had a shotgun.Funny as hell......

Steve

[Mr70]

Steve
That Bunny killer also played the Ned Beatty lover in Deliverance.

Stefano & Budnate
You guys are both right,with different Movies.

1973 White Lightning-Burt Reynolds released from jail to seek revenge for his Dead brother & get bad Moon Shining Sherrif Ned Beatty.(Ned deserved an Academy role I thought).I think Burt drove a Mopar.

1976 Gator-Burt Reynolds chases Bad guy Jerry Reed as Bama,and his Gigantic right hand man Bones.
Bones was so tall,his Head stuckout of the sunroof of the LTD he drove.

[Stefano]

Old age is a #@*&%, wonder how Belair62 is handling it so well /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[MotownMadman]

JoeC, I have a original movie poster for "The Racing Scene" with James Garner. Seems when I did a Google search to find out the value if the poster I found a couple websites that sell hot rod and racing movies and posters. Try that search.
Motown /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[Norm reynolds]

Munsters http://www.yenko.net/attachments/35578-munsteroadster.gif

[Norm reynolds]

Nice hood ornament http://www.yenko.net/attachments/35579-pat_car.jpg

[MotownMadman]

Anybody got any idea what happened to the two George Barris Munsters Customs?
Motown /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[BBIGG BLOCK 396]

In the movie with Burt Reynolds as Gator Mc Klusky,if you watch it real close he bangs that 4 speed really hard ,but after the chase through town and when he pulls up to his parents home watch real close and you can see him put the auto on the column in PARK! Anybody remember the old thunder road movie with Robert Mitchum,Was not any Supercars in it but he had some pretty fast old fords one in particular was a 57 ford.

Bobby

[55chevy]

Another good car movie was Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry. Started out with a mean sounding 4dr big chevy. I think it was a '66, but it's fuzzy now. They end up in a cool '69 Charger, yellow with black strips down the sides similar looking to the Motion stripes. There is another movie that is vaguely in my mind I saw yeeeears ago in my childhood. Can't remember much about it. There is a part in the movie where there's one guy chasing another guy and he ends up without a car somehow at somebodys house and the guy at the house says you can borrow my car and he opens this old shed door and pulls out a green (I think) '69 or so Mustang with sidepipes and (I think) alum. slot wheels. All I really remember is the green and the sidepipes. Does anyone know what in the hell I'm talking about?? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif I'd really like to know what movie this is so I can put this faded memory to rest. I think it was on televison back in the 70s.
Ed

[whitetop]

Ed
I remember the movie with the Mustang. Wasn't the first car they had a '67-'68 blue Camaro that was wrecked? Then they grabbed the Mustang?

[55chevy]

whitetop
It's been so long ago I can't remember. This is a memory coming from when I was 7 or 8 years old. Been a gear head since I was born /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif. I'd really like to know what movie this is so I can go find it and see it again.

Ed

[Norm reynolds]

Motown
I know the two munster customs are still around I saw them about two or three years ago
in philly Donít know who owns them
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/35717-wedont.gif

[budnate]

Anybody Have the "From Street To Strip" By Diamond-P,??, Willing to trade,
"Funny Car Summer" just recieved it today, the guy from HotRod memories said he could not get it for me they are out and Diamond-P doesnt think they are going to make any in the near futor. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif

Thnx Bud.

[supercarmodeler]

Car movies I remember:

Amaerican graffiti, the 55 and milners coupe is owned but the same guy. anyone remember the licence plate on the coupe, and the sugnificance(sp)

Hot Rod: guy rolls this 65 mopar and drops the hemi into a willys
Dirty mary crazy larry,
vanishing point:
and anyone remember
The Hollywood Knights: Tony Danza lunches the motor in PHRs project X 57
only seen parts of TLB once

Tim

[68l30]

Tim,THX 138... It was G Lucus's first movie. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif


Steve

[budnate]

Here is a good one to watch, it is called,

Drag Racing History- '67&'68 U.S.Nationals,

picked it from HotRod memories this week, really cool!! has allott of top fuel action,and all the factory door slamers, but I think they have the years wrong it may be '68/'69, there are abunch of 69 camaros in the first half and Mickey Thompsons Mach-1 Funny car as well,we dont get to see allot of Camaros run, the Mopars are beating up on people but still some nice Chey stuff running,anyway I really liked it, did abunch of frame by frame viewing of cars in the pits, I give it two thumbs up. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif