The REAL American Graffiti '55 has been sold

[Grey Ghost]

Sold recently to someone in TX. A little of the story and history of the TLB and AG cars at the link below. I've always loved both movies and movie versions of the '55 2 dr. post car.

American Graffiti - Jeffs All Graffiti All The Time: I Newsome guy had it. Now He Sold It. - Falfa's 1955 (http://jeffsallgraffitiallthetime.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-newsome-guy-had-it-now-he-sold-it.html)

[onedef92]

I liked the first movie much better than the second one.

[Sea Six]

The 'Nam scenes in the second one were pretty cool.

[NEVRL8T]

Jesus, is MrVette the proofreader?:

I Newsome guy had it. Now He Sold It. - Falfa's 1955
Falfa's Wicked 55 is on the move again. Not to the next county looking for Milner. The 55 is making another Two Lane Blacktop run across the country only this time it's from Maryland to Texas. My sources say the new owner plans on restoring the 55 back to it's American Graffiti configuration.
Most of my focus in on learning about Milner's ride. My information packet on Falfa's slick black street fighter was a little thin. I do know "you have to sneak up on it with a hose just to get a little air in the tire" So I have spent the last week learning about the enemy. After all of this I once again found my self with more questions than answers. It took lots of calls and emails to nail down "Most" of the facts. Now for a my history lesson.(get comfy)

[island14]

Damn,

gotta be him or his twin

[onedef92]

The 'Nam scenes in the second one were pretty cool.


:iagree: They were pretty dope. :seasix:

[Sea Six]

:iagree: They were pretty dope. :seasix:

I read an interview that said they used the same cameras and film that the tv reporters used to make it look like realistic war footage instead of a modern movie reenactment.

It definitely worked.

[Sea Six]

So I picked through the whole article and still don't know how much it sold for. :dunno:

[Fastguy]

I think the #4 car is in my backyard.

http://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/off-topic/25902-project-gasser-1955-chevy-210-phase-1-recovery.html

[ApexOversteer]

Anyone that has been over here to my neck of the woods to have a go at The Dragon, US129 between Maryville, TN and Robbinsville, NC, will get a kick out of these screenshots from Two Lane Blacktop.



Here we see Taylor and Wilson in the '55, southbound on US129, just north of where The Dragon starts. This screenshot is actually in the exact spot of the 2010 landslide that closed The Dragon for 4 months.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/TaylorWilson-US129S.jpg



Taylor and Wilson arrive at Deal's Gap, circa 1971, to find Warren Oates' GTO. This is how the exterior of Deal's Gap appeared well into the 1990's. The ESSO signage was still there when I started riding The Dragon in the early 2000's.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/DealsGap-MC-Resort-Exterior.jpg



Here we see the interior of what is now the Deal's Gap store. This is not Hollywood set dressing. This is actually how Deal's Gap looked as a local convenience store/sandwich shop in 1971.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/TaylorWilsonDealsGap.jpg



Up until 5 or 6 years ago, you could still stand in this window with this picture, and line up the angles. The Motel sign is roughly where the Deal's Gap sign is today.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/GoingUpTheDragon.jpg



Anyone who has been there knows, if you're going to The Dragon, you have to pop down to Fugitive Dam, so named because scenes for the Harrison Ford/Tommy Lee Jones film The Fugitive were shot there. Here is the '55 passing by...

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/OneLaneBridge.jpg

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/FugitiveDam.jpg

[Bucwheat]

Love those old shoe boxes.

[Grey Ghost]

The model car kits from 'More American Graffiti' fetch some good $ on ebay. I remember the hot blonde girl Milner chased during the movie more than anything else :D

I liked the first movie much better than the second one.

[Grey Ghost]

I would like to know too. I'll keep digging and report back if I find out. Famous car and the guy KNEW what he had and has turned down MANY offers over the years.

So I picked through the whole article and still don't know how much it sold for. :dunno:

[MEANZ06]

Great Movie! popped it on just because of this thread... :cert: :yesnod:

[DaveK88]

I remember the hot blonde girl Milner chased during the movie more than anything else :D

:iagree: :Sexy: Suzanne Somers

[ApexOversteer]

The model car kits from 'More American Graffiti' fetch some good $ on ebay. I remember the hot blonde girl Milner chased during the movie more than anything else :D

:iagree: :Sexy: Suzanne Somers

If you're talking about the first movie it wasn't Milner chasing the blonde, it was Richard Dreyfus' character Curt that spent the film in pursuit of the mysterious blonde in the T-Bird, played by Suzanne Somers.

If you're talking about the second movie it wasn't Suzanne Somer's character Milner was trying to woo, it was the foreign exchange student Eva, played by Anna Bjorn, Miss Iceland 1974, the woman who led the FBI to Whitey Bulger.

[Grey Ghost]

That one and I didn't know that bit of trivia ! :seasix:


Eva, played by Anna Bjorn, Miss Iceland 1974, the woman who led the FBI to Whitey Bulger.