"Ain't he neat???!!!"

"Stand by for justice..................."

58 impala im restoring will look just like ronny howards car,will go pepsi white with the flake thrown in the paint we are close to paint now just wiring and plumbing taking a break my freakin fingers hurt!1000 plus hours easily....some guy bought the origional and still has it for around 400 bucks-still has the tires on it from the show!

Likely the most realistic car guy movie ever, wouldn't you say?

It sure captures the uncertainty of being a teen who's just graduated and is entering the world.

I talked to a guy once about a car I had for sale and a ton of other things.  After an hour or so on the phone, he tells me his passion is buying original cars from American Graffitti.  He said he had owned about 8 cars in total, just not all at the same time.
He was in Kentucky and he had also owned the 55 Cadillac from Driving Miss Daisy.
Story was a friend talked him into going to look at the car because it was in such perfect condition.  The guy in Tennessee that owned it leased it to the movie company because he did not want to sell it.  Later he died and his son had it for sale.
This Kentucky guy goes to look at it and ends up buying the car.  A couple years later he gets a call from what turned out to be a doctor in Egypt.  He negotiates with the guys son and they strike a deal.  He gets a friend to deliver the car to New York for shipment to Egypt.  The guy drives a rollback to New York with the Caddy on the back and arrives in NY city on 9/11/2001.  He is caught in traffic due to the explosions and the Caddy and rollback get covered with dust, dirt & soot from the towers.
Now the federal officials impound all vehicles stopped on the streets for fear there are vehicles with bombs in them.  When they check the drivers paperwork and find the car is headed for the mideast, they impound the whole rig.  The driver was held in NY with his rollback for two weeks before he can unload the Caddy and return to Kentucky.

forespeed wrote:

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I talked to a guy once about a car I had for sale and a ton of other things.  After an hour or so on the phone, he tells me his passion is buying original cars from American Graffitti.  He said he had owned about 8 cars in total, just not all at the same time.
He was in Kentucky and he had also owned the 55 Cadillac from Driving Miss Daisy.
Story was a friend talked him into going to look at the car because it was in such perfect condition.  The guy in Tennessee that owned it leased it to the movie company because he did not want to sell it.  Later he died and his son had it for sale.
This Kentucky guy goes to look at it and ends up buying the car.  A couple years later he gets a call from what turned out to be a doctor in Egypt.  He negotiates with the guys son and they strike a deal.  He gets a friend to deliver the car to New York for shipment to Egypt.  The guy drives a rollback to New York with the Caddy on the back and arrives in NY city on 9/11/2001.  He is caught in traffic due to the explosions and the Caddy and rollback get covered with dust, dirt & soot from the towers.
Now the federal officials impound all vehicles stopped on the streets for fear there are vehicles with bombs in them.  When they check the drivers paperwork and find the car is headed for the mideast, they impound the whole rig.  The driver was held in NY with his rollback for two weeks before he can unload the Caddy and return to Kentucky.

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cool a friend of mine owned and offered to sell me this car!,i remember it was cheap too! it was from driving miss Daisy as well

he was in to chryslers

 

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_6483-Chrysler-Windsor-1947.html

 

-- Edited by 68sd on Tuesday 11th of May 2010 09:17:16 AM

 

The 58 impala was an original 348 car, neat.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sPHctBjmHo&feature=player_embedded

"Say, I like the color of your car there, man. What's that s'posed to be? Sort of a cross between piss yella' and puke green ain't it? " 

" Yeah, well At least I don't hafta pull over for funerals to pass"

a shot of the rust removed from the 58 johnny d car has 348 and has a custom interior from the late 70s customer has owned car since 78,car came from regina area,drove to a metal refinery all its life,was 2 tone brown

car has had all metal work done and is back on frame going to paint soon will get updated pics on

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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Carl Stevenson wrote:

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Trivia fact---

At one point when they are cruising (remember, this is "1962") a 67 Caprice is parked at the curb!!! OOPS!

-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Tuesday 11th of May 2010 12:07:29 AM

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There is also a red '64+ Mustang, a '67 Citroeon, and a white '71 Toyota Corolla in the film.

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Well, being I know zippo about Citroen or Toyota I'm excused but I can't believe in the gazillion times I've watched, I missed the Mustang. What scene is that in?

I may have to go watch the movie again....!

Oh, now I remember the scene. The Toyota is parked up against a building doing a brake stand because the throttle is stuck......

 

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Ha, ha.

At the beginning of the movie, a red first generation Mustang coupe is parked across the street from Mel's drive-in.