Two Lane Blacktop 55 Auction.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1969L78Nova</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I believe that the car they &quot;rolled&quot; 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 &quot;continuity&quot;. 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: