saw Two Lane Blacktop at the Marshall Arkansas Drive in theater when it came out and the drive in is still up and running, one of the few left in America
My friend and I hopped the fence at the Starlite Drive In located in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada . We sat at the back and just cranked up the sound , we were 15 I think . We had 5 Drive In Theatres in town at that time . The last closed about 12 years ago .
I'm a classic car guy, had the same built in '69 muscle car from 89 to 2020. I love this shit. Now I have a '66 Corvette which is ridiculous;y fun even though it's merely 'old car fast'. But you know what's really attractive to me in these scenes? People going out somewhere and doing things, even if it's doing nothing. They went there to do it.
the younger crowd still does that, at least around here. they'll typically be the last to leave some cruise nights. not that they hate their parents, but they'll stand out in heat in black clothing just to get time on their own.
@@alertgasper I don't see it here but let's say I do. Let's say 50 total 20 and 30 somethings. Extremely small percentage of their age group overall wouldn't you say?
@@bbb462cid if it was only 50 total, then yeah, it's probably "under the radar" and not noticed. naturally, teens aren't allowed to "roam wild" as in our time. Folks in the age range you mentioned are concievably living on their own, and probably at home watching streaming services or on their cellphones or video games. of course, this summer had been crazy with temps in some locales, i've blown off a few cruise nights in my area with 70 + humidity rates it's just darn tropical out there.
This hands down the best 'car movie' ever put to film. Because the plot itself is actually engaging beyond props and elaborate, dumbed down car chases & action sequences. RIP both Dennis Wilson & Warren Oates. Perfect in their roles.
We had an abandoned airport near Clio MI when I was coming up, we had scenes like this every weekend in the late 70's early 80's, I had a 70 Barracuda with the 440 Super Commando engine. I paid 2500 for that car believe it or not. The only way the three two barrels would run right was when they were wide open. Won many races, lost some too, and broke a lot of stuff. Great times. There was a fellow with a red Chevy II with a high winding small block that could beat just about anybody. Another guy had a Chevy Monza that he shoehorned a 383 stroker into. The cops shut us down about 1982, but before that they would come and watch, saying "Well, at least your not racing on the road" From there we took our action to Ubly raceway, about an hours drive north. God I wish I could go back.
My built '69 Chevelle SS396 only got inched out by a '63 Chevy II with a blown 327... roll cage and tubbed out back in the late '80s... it was lighter and faster... go figure... it was mid 10s and my Chevelle was low 11s...
Doty rd south side Chicago in the early 90s Malibus were sick quick … that bottle would hit .. tears up your soul like devils taking it .. I knew what to have in the Fbody … and today… grey primer looks at them Demons face .. and says that’s it !? Short a shot … and I can get that 3 yards guaranteed. Demons got too many shifts and fall backs to make ….
Not sure about the 10's, but anyway... James said in an interview he destroyed the car near the end of the film. He tried to do a 6500 rpm burnout launch... the car was in reverse. The rear dif exploded, the driveshaft came through the car floor. He said it almost killed some people.
Isn't that true, the food was totally different and the people were were not as lazy, back then if you didn't work you were in big trouble, great observation my friend 👍
Literally zero processed / packaged foods back then. No snack machines etc. At most a candy bar at a gas station and a small bottle of actual sugar rich soda. Now people are snacking all day long on pure chemical rich junk. Also back then lots of drugs, pills, cigarettes were consumed which helped 🤣
Even if the "chivvy" was running an L88 and 4.88:1 Pontiac or Olds rear axle, it's probably weighing 2,900-3,000 lbs with the Lexan windows and a fiberglass trunk and nose. The Model A may be a few hundred pounds lighter depending on its interior and has what looks like a mechanically fuel injected 427. Three hundred bucks was more than an average week's pay, but the Model A owner probably figured he had the power-to-weight ratio in the bag.
@@alertgasper i spose its just a movie in the end.... kinda like falfa even having the slightest chance against milners 32... not in the slightest realistic unless milner cant drive at all
@@tradrodsandcustoms agreed on all counts. a cast iron Rat in a short wheelbase car as light as that A could have all sorts of traction issues (like the old AA/FA cars), and Milner's small block probably had more advantage against what was technically the same 55 Chevy setup. 'prolly shoulda taken on the 72 cuda, considering the luck they had on a HemiCuda back at the beginning of the movie :)
The guy with the green coupe was the screen writer I think. At least from what I remember of the dvd commentary, remember when dvds were new and they all had commentary? Idk if they even do that anymore😂
I bought the TLBT special edition collector's tin DVD for $25...it has then gone out of print, and sold it for $450 on eBay a few years later (not before burning a copy of it of course 😎)
Did anyone catch ole boy clocking them with the watch. Even today its hilarious that their is no time racing even though anyone can measure within a tenth what any car runs.
right so if you want to know or get close to how fast or slow a guy is you clock them look at any pre 1980 80's race movie you will always see a guy with clip board with 3 stopwatch's timing 3 to make sure
@@davidkeeton6716, I commented on the thread about an L89 being a 396 cubic inch engine and not a 427.I didn't say anything about what was in the 55 Chevy from Two Lane Black Top and American Graffiti. I know the story about the car.
@@tomhowe1510 , the L89 was the aluminum headed version of the L78 375 hp 396 cubic inch big block, that was available from 1968-70, in the Nova,Camaro and Chevelle.
3 yards, or 3 large? Back in the day, I don't recall asking for spots a thing fast guys did. On paper, the A should be significantly quicker than the '55 (with good drivers) but that isn't what the movies about.
I ran the slicks on my '55 all the time. It was only a 13 sec. flat car but, that was enough to beat most of the street cars. Friday and Saturday night were a blast down on Lower River Road.
Back in the 70s, you made your bet with the street tires and the bad boys then changed to slicks or some real soft butyl rubber recaps on plain steel rims, not your mags. If you didn't bring enough, too bad.
The car scenes was good but James Taylor+Dennis Wilson should have stayed Musicians,those were Lame as Actors!! The real stars of the Movie was The 55+Warren Oats GTO!!
Same car in American graffiti. And it was a stock 327. You give me that green Deuce. I would have left out of the hole in about 35. Going into second all the way to the floor with no clutch. I would have took that big block up to about 6,800 going into 3rd. And watch that 55 get smaller
@@ljsitesno it was a l-88 427 crate motor, M-22 Muncie, 4.88 Olds rear, fiberglass front end, doors, and trunk lid, straight axle front suspension when built. Used for exterior shots in Two-Lane Blacktop, modified for American Graffiti.
@@Joetrout- That would have been a bit hard, since the tag line on American Graffiti was "Where were you in '62?" That and the 327 was only out a year at this point, meaning they were new engines, and the hot rodder would have had to be well-off to afford it. Milner didn't seem to have that much wealth. More likely it would have been a bored out 283 to either 292 or 301. Now those were big block killers, as the short stroke small block could rev into the stratosphere with the right cam. Now in reality, it was a '66 327 with a Super T-10 and a '57 Chevy rear end. Neither the engine nor the transmission were available in 1962.
That 55 is going to come on at about 1/8 of a mile. You had better be in 4th and climbing. There's no way that 55 want to beat me if I was driving that Deuce
@@cslan4 the only actors in the movie were Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton . Laurie Byrd had done a little acting . It didn't help that the script was a story in a magazine , or that the movie was made on a shoestring budget .
Note to movie directors and producers. You can't tell the size of a big block Chevy just by looking at it. Using the original Mark 4 block, that "427" could have been a 396, 427, 454 468, 496... in other words, please talk to a mechanic or car guy before writing the script. Otherwise, it really takes away from the authenticity of the movie.
Earlier a guy asked about the 55 at a gas station..He asked if it waz a 396.He said no, 454..so they did make reference to that fact, Just not the green coupe..prolly just needed to have somethin to talk about while drivin up to lot..
My favorite move of all time.
This scene was filmed a few blocks from my house. The drive in was called Bert's Burger Bowl. The green coupe was a local car that Id see around town.
What town?
@@makofett7404 Santa Fe NM
Thanks for the info I love behind stories like that thanks
saw Two Lane Blacktop at the Marshall Arkansas Drive in theater when it came out and the drive in is still up and running, one of the few left in America
My friend and I hopped the fence at the Starlite Drive In located in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada . We sat at the back and just cranked up the sound , we were 15 I think . We had 5 Drive In Theatres in town at that time . The last closed about 12 years ago .
Let's turn the clock back.
I'm a classic car guy, had the same built in '69 muscle car from 89 to 2020. I love this shit. Now I have a '66 Corvette which is ridiculous;y fun even though it's merely 'old car fast'. But you know what's really attractive to me in these scenes?
People going out somewhere and doing things, even if it's doing nothing. They went there to do it.
the younger crowd still does that, at least around here. they'll typically be the last to leave some cruise nights. not that they hate their parents, but they'll stand out in heat in black clothing just to get time on their own.
@@alertgasper I don't see it here but let's say I do. Let's say 50 total 20 and 30 somethings. Extremely small percentage of their age group overall wouldn't you say?
@@bbb462cid if it was only 50 total, then yeah, it's probably "under the radar" and not noticed. naturally, teens aren't allowed to "roam wild" as in our time. Folks in the age range you mentioned are concievably living on their own, and probably at home watching streaming services or on their cellphones or video games. of course, this summer had been crazy with temps in some locales, i've blown off a few cruise nights in my area with 70 + humidity rates it's just darn tropical out there.
This hands down the best 'car movie' ever put to film. Because the plot itself is actually engaging beyond props and elaborate, dumbed down car chases & action sequences. RIP both Dennis Wilson & Warren Oates. Perfect in their roles.
2 lane blacktop! Great classice from the all or nothing days.
Good times back then..
A great movie 🍿🍿 🎥.😊❤
From one Sites to another, thanks for this clip, brought back memories.
Glad you enjoyed it
Glad I found the special edition DVD years ago....
Airport road then Paradise road that '55 got around.
Nice American Graffiti nod, well done😎
Well played reference.
They made 3 of these 55s for the movie and then 2 of them were used again in American Graffiti
This movie used to play late night often. Haven't seen it in 20 years
My all time favorite movie.
Stick Shifts for Life.......
Damn straight brother
Rock crusher here but with the Autogear Zratio
We had an abandoned airport near Clio MI when I was coming up, we had scenes like this every weekend in the late 70's early 80's, I had a 70 Barracuda with the 440 Super Commando engine. I paid 2500 for that car believe it or not. The only way the three two barrels would run right was when they were wide open. Won many races, lost some too, and broke a lot of stuff. Great times. There was a fellow with a red Chevy II with a high winding small block that could beat just about anybody. Another guy had a Chevy Monza that he shoehorned a 383 stroker into. The cops shut us down about 1982, but before that they would come and watch, saying "Well, at least your not racing on the road"
From there we took our action to Ubly raceway, about an hours drive north. God I wish I could go back.
Just like the cursed Tri-Power rochester setup I had. End carbs leaked vacuum at the throttle plates.
My built '69 Chevelle SS396 only got inched out by a '63 Chevy II with a blown 327... roll cage and tubbed out back in the late '80s... it was lighter and faster... go figure... it was mid 10s and my Chevelle was low 11s...
Such a great movie!
The 55 was a legit 10 teen car. A racer built the producer an exact replica of his race car. James Taylor was the driver.
James couldn't drive worth a shit. He told them that. He tore up 2 transmissions during filming.
Doty rd south side Chicago in the early 90s Malibus were sick quick … that bottle would hit .. tears up your soul like devils taking it .. I knew what to have in the Fbody … and today… grey primer looks at them
Demons face .. and says that’s it !? Short a shot … and I can get that 3 yards guaranteed.
Demons got too
many shifts and fall backs to make ….
That same '55 would be given actual black paint and star in American Graffiti two years later.
High 10’s but no time slip ever shown. Ruth claimed it went that et
Not sure about the 10's, but anyway... James said in an interview he destroyed the car near the end of the film. He tried to do a 6500 rpm burnout launch... the car was in reverse. The rear dif exploded, the driveshaft came through the car floor. He said it almost killed some people.
A cult classic !
We did this every weekend in SMALL TOWN AMERICA
Long before this movie came out the real deal ran the streets of Waterbury CT, BAD55 as the plate read, ran a L88 4 speed era 1968.
I didn't know vanity tags were a thing that long ago! 🤙
2 Lane Blacktop! I have the dvd. I love old school car movies
Zero obese people in these days.
Isn't that true, the food was totally different and the people were were not as lazy, back then if you didn't work you were in big trouble, great observation my friend 👍
Literally zero processed / packaged foods back then. No snack machines etc. At most a candy bar at a gas station and a small bottle of actual sugar rich soda. Now people are snacking all day long on pure chemical rich junk. Also back then lots of drugs, pills, cigarettes were consumed which helped 🤣
@@RustyZipper I missed the fact the scene, is at a road side burger place . St,Paul,Minnesota.
There were obese people then too, but few young people were obese, and this is a movie about young people.
Even if the "chivvy" was running an L88 and 4.88:1 Pontiac or Olds rear axle, it's probably weighing 2,900-3,000 lbs with the Lexan windows and a fiberglass trunk and nose. The Model A may be a few hundred pounds lighter depending on its interior and has what looks like a mechanically fuel injected 427. Three hundred bucks was more than an average week's pay, but the Model A owner probably figured he had the power-to-weight ratio in the bag.
The model a is probably more like 6-800 lbs lighter
@@tradrodsandcustoms she looks to be a Sports Coupe, but her wide fenders may be fibreglass so i erred on the side of caution :)
@@alertgasper i spose its just a movie in the end.... kinda like falfa even having the slightest chance against milners 32... not in the slightest realistic unless milner cant drive at all
@@tradrodsandcustoms agreed on all counts. a cast iron Rat in a short wheelbase car as light as that A could have all sorts of traction issues (like the old AA/FA cars), and Milner's small block probably had more advantage against what was technically the same 55 Chevy setup.
'prolly shoulda taken on the 72 cuda, considering the luck they had on a HemiCuda back at the beginning of the movie :)
@@alertgasper absolutely
So American! No modern day BS
Except, y'know, cars.
The guy with the green coupe was the screen writer I think. At least from what I remember of the dvd commentary, remember when dvds were new and they all had commentary? Idk if they even do that anymore😂
Every car guys favorite movie! And for generations to come.
GOD how I miss them days growing up !!!! TODAY IS JUST A SHIT SHOW
I agree 100%!!!!.... but i was born too late. 😞 I missed ALL the best stuff.
How sweet it is. James Taylor was a handy man to have around our town after he saw fire and rain making this movie about racing on a country road.
😂
When America was America
& the billboards said "get a haircut" lol
America has always had its good points and bad points.
They had three cars for this movie, one of them went on to be repainted and used in American Graffiti, the one driven by Harrison Ford
I bought the TLBT special edition collector's tin DVD for $25...it has then gone out of print, and sold it for $450 on eBay a few years later (not before burning a copy of it of course 😎)
Ok I’m I wrong . ? Green Model A has a BBC with a Man a Fre for an intake . (4x2barrel Rochesters )just as the American Graffiti coupe did on its 327?
Color me Gone!
Two lane blacktop! One of the best movies with very very little acting or talking!
Damn GOOD movie!!!!
American graffiti had sound problems, they used sound from this movie in both racing scenes. And i think the 55 was same car?
Yes but 3 were built. But the main car for exterior shots was also the one used in American graffiti
2 lane black top love it
he says.....70 Cuda...they got some muscle here tonight!
Not a 32 Ford/duece coupe… that’s a Model A
When the world was normal
Some of the audio of the engine sounds are the same ones used in american grafitti
That 55 was a Bad Ass car
Love this movie
Was this a Clip for 2LBT Movie?
Thanx, Some one answered B4 I Posted.............
It looks cool when it isn't chopped too much.
Or not chopped at all!
I’ve seen bits & pieces of this movie, but I’ve never seen the whole thing. Might have to fix that.
Did anyone catch ole boy clocking them with the watch. Even today its hilarious that their is no time racing even though anyone can measure within a tenth what any car runs.
It was the manual stopwatch for most races. Good to within a tenth second.
right so if you want to know or get close to how fast or slow a guy is you clock them look at any pre 1980 80's race movie you will always see a guy with clip board with 3 stopwatch's timing 3 to make sure
That's Jackson Browne, the famous folk rock singer / song writer. Two Lane Blacktop
Not brown...James Taylor his side kick is Danny Wilson of the beach boys.
@@ranasneed451 Dennis Wilson
@@ranasneed451 Doh ! I knew that.
And the lady is Nico! 😆
@@joelhunt8188 Not ! She's Laurie Bird. She should b e eulogized
Did Dennis give that $300 to the Manson Family ??
I could be wrong but wasn't that Brian
@@ghostboatsofsouthernmichig3773It was Dennis. Manson was already in jail by then.
That was not an l88 in that 55 it was an l 89 aluminum head 427. 67 Corvette engine
The L88 427 was available in 1967 Corvettes. The L89 was a 396 cubic inch big block Chevy.
@hk45c62 Richard Ruth, the man that built the car says it's an open chamber 454, he did back then, and the story didn't change 20 years later.
@@davidkeeton6716, I commented on the thread about an L89 being a 396 cubic inch engine and not a 427.I didn't say anything about what was in the 55 Chevy from Two Lane Black Top and American Graffiti. I know the story about the car.
@@tomhowe1510 , the L89 was the aluminum headed version of the L78 375 hp 396 cubic inch big block, that was available from 1968-70, in the Nova,Camaro and Chevelle.
@@tomhowe1510 , the L71 was the 435hp 427 cubic inch big block with aluminum heads.
Is that Dennis Wilson in the passenger seat?
Yes
What is this movie called? I'll buy it once i find out
2 lane black top.
Name of movie please 🙏
2 lane black top
@@jeffhesse8415 cool thanks 👍
Ain't no need for Viagra.
3 years or 3 large?
3yards ie $300
That was an ass whooping at least 3 lengths to tie.
3 yards, or 3 large?
Back in the day, I don't recall asking for spots a thing fast guys did.
On paper, the A should be significantly quicker than the '55 (with good drivers) but that isn't what the movies about.
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Anybody changing tires after the bet was made would be run out of town
I ran the slicks on my '55 all the time. It was only a 13 sec. flat car but, that was enough to beat most of the street cars. Friday and Saturday night were a blast down on Lower River Road.
Back in the 70s, you made your bet with the street tires and the bad boys then changed to slicks or some real soft butyl rubber recaps on plain steel rims, not your mags. If you didn't bring enough, too bad.
@@davidkeeton6716run wutcha brung. This would never fly when i grew up
@@cousineddie3302now "street racing" around my area is a bunch of sub 4 second 1/8 mile drag cars being trailered everywhere.
🌁🌠🌅
Juicy clunkers.
I thought he said 3 large as in hundreds. 300$
You hear someone say 300 bucks
3 yards= 300 bucks.
2 lane blacktop
The car scenes was good but James Taylor+Dennis Wilson should have stayed Musicians,those were Lame as Actors!! The real stars of the Movie was The 55+Warren Oats GTO!!
Same car in American graffiti. And it was a stock 327. You give me that green Deuce. I would have left out of the hole in about 35. Going into second all the way to the floor with no clutch. I would have took that big block up to about 6,800 going into 3rd. And watch that 55 get smaller
That 55 was a big block car in both movies, it ran low 10s. Neither that model A or the 32 could touch it.
@@dangarrison3503right, it was a 454 with aluminum heads
Definitely a big block...
@@ljsitesno it was a l-88 427 crate motor, M-22 Muncie, 4.88 Olds rear, fiberglass front end, doors, and trunk lid, straight axle front suspension when built. Used for exterior shots in Two-Lane Blacktop, modified for American Graffiti.
Nothing stock about the 55 in American graffiti..was this a bad remake
This movie was made first, genius.
LOL Was anything stock on Milner's coupe? Or on Steve's '58? They are called Hot Rods for a reason.
@@tommissouri4871Milners 32 had a 64 vette 327 known as the big block killer back in the day!
@@Joetrout- That would have been a bit hard, since the tag line on American Graffiti was "Where were you in '62?" That and the 327 was only out a year at this point, meaning they were new engines, and the hot rodder would have had to be well-off to afford it. Milner didn't seem to have that much wealth. More likely it would have been a bored out 283 to either 292 or 301. Now those were big block killers, as the short stroke small block could rev into the stratosphere with the right cam.
Now in reality, it was a '66 327 with a Super T-10 and a '57 Chevy rear end. Neither the engine nor the transmission were available in 1962.
That 55 is going to come on at about 1/8 of a mile. You had better be in 4th and climbing. There's no way that 55 want to beat me if I was driving that Deuce
You're high
Yeah very HIGH.
Black top was the stupidest car movie ever.Boring.
It was the purest. The 55 Chevy was the star with its m22 transmission.
Spoken like someone who let's their wife pick the color of their electric car....
If it was so bad , then why are you watching a clip of it now ?
Loved the cars but the acting really,really ,really sucks!!!!!!
@@cslan4 the only actors in the movie were Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton . Laurie Byrd had done a little acting . It didn't help that the script was a story in a magazine , or that the movie was made on a shoestring budget .
great classic, there was another chevy one like this, hm, white line fever? dunno, its late, I go.
Note to movie directors and producers. You can't tell the size of a big block Chevy just by looking at it. Using the original Mark 4 block, that "427" could have been a 396, 427, 454 468, 496... in other words, please talk to a mechanic or car guy before writing the script. Otherwise, it really takes away from the authenticity of the movie.
Earlier a guy asked about the 55 at a gas station..He asked if it waz a 396.He said no, 454..so they did make reference to that fact, Just not the green coupe..prolly just needed to have somethin to talk about while drivin up to lot..
That's funny, I thought the same thing. He could tell that from that far away but wasn't sure what carbs he was looking at?