Two lane blacktop’55 Chevy engine scene

The scene in two lane blacktop that tells what engine the ‘55 is supposed to have. According to the character it’s a 454ci bbc.

[failranch]

“…sure looks like an awful lot of work…” says Richard Ruth, who actually DID the work. Great cameo.

[bobsilver]

I was around in the time this movie was made...I really miss the gas stations and diners from that era. Far fewer people back then as well, less people, way way way less traffic.

[joequillun]

One of, (if not )"the" most technically correct gearhead movies of all times. The acting sucked, and content was sketchy at best, but the car scenes were the coolest. The whine from the M-22, the low gearing, and actual engine shots with a BBC and tunnel ram, twin Holleys, ....really the best of the day, and today. Even the starting line runs show how quick this car really was. It could really hook up. Vanishing point, and Dirty Mary, and Crazy Larry were OK, but this one beats them all. But American Graffiti had the best story and acting. (IMHO)

[propdoctor]

One of my absolute favorite old car flicks. 👍

[jeremysmith]

The guy that built the headers was the guy asking if they built them...lol

[douglasposton]

While I was in the US Navy at the time. I just happened to be at Lakeland Dragway in TN where the film crew was making the racing shots of the 2 Lane Blacktop 55 making runs. I did not know that at the time but I was taking 8mm silent movies which I still have.

[monkeyearcheese]

The spaghetti western of car movies. So good

[harryjohnson]

Love this movie. A time passed never returned

[SDbeermug]

I saw that movie at a drive in theater in my ‘55. It had a “stock” 265 cid under the hood. A real sleeper back in the day!🇺🇸🇺🇸

[gaser]

Dennis was cool, he had 2 cobras at the time a big block and a small block. He raced at Lyons and Pomona quite often.

[Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

In 1959 a neighbor kid saved up his money and bought from a local drag racer a B Gas '34 Ford coupe with a 302 inch SBC. Chromed crank, Isky roller cam, three Strombergs, the works. Best recorded e.t. was a 12.36. The original gas tank was rusted, so the builder had installed a small racing tank in the trunk and a hand pump in the dash to pressurize it. The seller included rear wheels with street tires in the deal, so the kid took off the Bruce's slicks and put the street wheels on it. He drove it to high school, stopping to fill the small gas tank every so often, and had the fastest hot rod in Dallas until he was killed in a boating accident, September 1, 1959.

[mattfarahsmillionmilelexus]

The engine was said to be a 454 in several articles on the car, but it appears to have aluminum heads in this shot, so it was more likely an L88 427 - a beast of an engine for sure.

[henrysmith]

At least this car was not destroyed by MotorTrend and turned into an EV like Project X 57 chevy.

[shawnmcatee]

If you're a gear head, this movie set the bar. Technically, what they said about the car was correct. The couple pages of dialog in the movie was far more realistic than anything you see.

[victorjohnson]

Dennis Wilson and James Taylor. This movie is a good snapshot of the times.

[louislepage]

"How fast does she run " . " It depends who is around " . Spoken like a true street racer 😊

[impalaman]

Dennis was so photogenic, its a crime Hollywood didn't come calling for him to be in more films. He didn't even really have to act, he didn't need to. Like Clint Eastwood--one look said it all!

[imilliemedina]

I saw this movie a hundred times at the Elgin theater in NYC. They would play double bills for a buck fifty and would pair this up with other car movies like Drive He Said.

[pauljanssen]

You have to love those old-fashioned hot rod specially when the tunnel Rams were in fashion with twin Holley carburetors makes you want to Drew

[timsaccog]

Dig the Glendale Speed Center T shirt!