Barris Collection Going To Auction.....

I've got dibs on the Diamond David Lee Roth Mercury!

And as for seat sniffing, the 61 Chevy from Blue Crush, that Kate Bosworth is HOTT.

And, of course, a General Lee for good meaure.

 

I missed the Merc when I reviewed the list, but no. Not my kinda thing.

 

If I remember, the car that got out of shape during the race ends us sliding along the bankment but is never actually shown going into a roll over. The one that burns is shown, after a scene cut, in the act of rolling over. Those must be 2 different cars, and it's the one that is on the embankment that is for sale.

 

ive seen the blue crush 61 and the F&F charger in person

the 61 is obviously a POS, but I was really surprised with the charger, as the body was so wavy and the paint was so dry that it didnt really shine. It certainly wasnt a "nice" car.

I was thinking the smokey and the bandit car had a really cheap estimate, until I read that its just a replica. So in other words its just a restored TA, yawn.......

 

Makes me wonder if the people who own the rights to the films, and the cars that he was HIRED to build, knew he was making knock-offs to sell, later... and would be using the names of the films to promote the sale of said cars...


Just makes me wonder...


JOE

 

Yea, your right. This isn't the first time this has happened before either. The Jim Azakia 55 g***er was being autioned on ebay as a American Graffiti car as well.


http://groups.msn.com/twolaneblacktophomepage/bewareoffakes.msnw

 

Regarding the '55 chev from American Graffiti. It doesn't say anything about it being one the actual black 55's.
Who says its not just a '55 that was briely in the background of a street shot, then bought by Barris and made into a clone?

As someone has already mentioned Barris had nothing to do with the American Graffiti cars.

 

It's just the adverti*****t sounds misleading. Plus I don't understand the reference of the 55 Ford.

"This car is known by Barris to be the #3 car in the drag race scene, but was not totally wrecked"

"A third, salvage yard ’55 was used for the ‘burn’ scene. This car is the stunt ’55 Ford used in the crash scene, but as Barris indicates, not wrecked, and later restored."

Both quotes taken from the Bonham page, and here is the correct history I come to understand from the Two Lane Blacktop homepage.
#1 - (427/M22/Olds posi) Used in TLB by James Taylor and Harrison Ford in AG. Sold by Henry Travers on behalf of the studio to Sam Crawford in 1973, resold to Steve Fitch in Kansas in 1976, resold to Wayne Newsome in Maryland in 1985. (See October 1983 Car Craft and May 1976 Street Rodder for detailed articles and pics about the '55s). Newsome had the car modified into someone's idea of a show car and little of the car's original components remain. I have verified the car's ***le and VIN.

#2 (454/M22/Olds posi) Used by James Taylor in TLB only. Used to film scenes inside the car while it was being towed or driven. Sold to a studio employee shortly after filming was complete. Resold to a buyer in Canada in 1977, resold in Canada several times where it was painted black along the way, sold again in 2001 to Walt Bailey who restored it to its original TLB appearance. Most of the original components are still on the car - thus it's the only surviving, original '55 from TLB. I also verified its ***le and VIN.

#3 (454/TH400/Olds rear) Used in both TLB and AG. Built as a stunt car with a full rollcage. It was never rolled in TLB, but was used to film the rollover scene in AG. This car looked like the other two, but had a six-point rollcage instead of a four-point and had an all steel body instead of the fibergl*** front ends, doors and deck lids on the other two. Henry Travers sold the '55 sans front sheet metal to a stock car racer in northern California, who stored it in a salvage yard for a number of years before it was eventually crushed. I have verified its fate through a written report from the stock car racer who bought it from Travers. ***le and VIN unknown.

#? The AG Burn Car. Used in the final scenes of AG only. Never driven, this junkyard refugee was a '55 2-door hardtop that was painted black and hauled in to be burned. Travers affixed a piece of wood to the side window opening so that it would resemble a sedan/post car. It didn't have the rear wheelwells radiused like the #1,#2, or #3 cars did. Additionally, it had a deluxe rear bumper, something the other cars didn't. After it was toasted, Travers hauled it back to the salvage yard from whence it came and it is presumed to nave been crushed. It was never ***led to the studio.

 

From Feb. '85 Hot Rod Magazine.



Mutt

 

References to "'55 Ford" is one of the proofreading errors that I found unacceptable.