<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1969L78Nova</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I believe that the car they "rolled" and the car they raced were two different cars. (It's a movie !)
You can see that the car they rolled didn't have a straight axle front end </div></div>
Nope - the car they raced and the car they rolled are the same car. It's the TLB number 3 car with Turbo 400 and 454 - IT WAS THE ONLY CAR OF THE THREE WITH STOCK FRONT SUSPENSION, so no straight axle. It survived the roll, had front end sheetmetal stripped and replaced and was used as a circle track car...dunno where it is now.
But it burned you say? Nope. According to AG expert Jeff Hamrick (and his photo) the burn car was a separate scene done on a different day. It WAS a junkyard dog - as seen in this publicity shot found by Jeff - see: NO radiused wheel well.
check wheel well:
check again:
And why does that roof post in the burn car look so odd compared to the actual post of a '55? It seems to be burning apart...because it's a piece of wood - burn car was a hardtop so a piece of wood was affixed for the scene for "continuity". Guess when it came to the wheel well they said screw it, who cares. Add to that the trunk open, not open thing...
Here is the AG race/rollover car on the set of TLB as the #3 454 Turbo 400 camera rig car, before filming, all rigged up with camera scaffolding - see how low the front sits? No straight axle:
