Corrected entry: At the end of the movie, they have the black Chevy flip over. It was actually very hard to get the Chevy to flip, as the car had been lowered and the suspension had been upgraded. To make matters worse, this shot was always filmed at magic hour, which only gave them a window of an hour to film it. It took almost a month, and 4 or 5 attempts before they could actually flip the Chevy.
RJR99SS
21st Jun 2004
American Graffiti (1973)
Correction: Milner's car was a '56. Check the tail lights or the front chrome.
Sorry. Not Milner's car, but Falfa's. There is a line where someone says to Milner that there's a '56 Chevy looking for him.
It's a 55, no matter who said it in the movie. The car still exists, actually both of them, as one was a camera car, and both were and still are 55s.
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Correction: The chevy used in the crash scene is not the same car seen throughout the movie. That car, which was later used in the movie Two Lane Blacktop and others, was not lowered, it was lifted, and you can see from the bottom of the car that was crashed that it has the stock engine and exhaust (still coated with grease and oil). You can find many articles regarding the history of the '55 black chevy. It is at many car shows these days, as is Milners '32 coupe.
The car was used in Two Lane Blacktop before American Graffiti.