1955 Chevy "Two Lane Blacktop"

Two Lane Blacktop

This is not the original movie car built by Richard Ruth, or is it intended to be portrayed as the original! It might be the best clone ever made, ut only Richard Ruth can build the perfect Two Lane Blacktop car. I have paid attention to every detail.

“When I set out to build this clone, first contacted Richard Ruth. I spent several hours at his shop talking Two Lane Blacktop details. After meeting with Richard, knew for me to do justice to his Two Lane Blacktop, nbsp;I had to find and use all original partsin order tobuild it exactly like the original. I had to have the same tunnel ram, he same pre 70’s American Daisies, ame olds rear-end, -22 etc.” I have a side by side comparison below.

Movie Car by Richard Ruth: My Clone:

Coil Over front suspension 4 inch drop axle4 link Coil Over front suspension 4 inch drop axle 4 link

Fiberglass tilt front clip Fiberglass tilt front clip

BBC 454 BBC 454

CR 1985 Tunnel Ram dual Holley's CR 1985 Tunnel Ram dual Holley's

Mailbox scoop Mailbox scoop (built by Richard Ruth)

Pre 70's American Racing Daisies Pre 70's American Racing Daisies

Muncie M-22 Muncie M-22

Hurst linkage Hurst linkage

Olds 88 9.3 Rear-end Olds 88 9.3 Rear-end

Ladder bars Ladder bars (built by Richard Ruth)

Sun Super pro Tach Sun Super pro Tach

Factory stock radio Factory stock radio

Bucket seats Bucket seats

Dietz Racing harness Dietz Racing harness

White headliner White headliner

Solid black door and quarter panels with black carpetSolid black door and quarter panels with black carpet

4 point roll bar attached to frame 4 point roll bar attached to frame using same method Ruth used

Fiberglass doors with Plexiglas sliding windows Steel doors withLexan sliding windows

Plexiglas rear quarter windows Lexan rear quarter windows

Plexiglas rear window held in with screwsLexan rear window held in with screws

Fiberglass trunk lid Fiberglass trunk lid

Removed front body mounts Removed front body mounts

Four wheel disc brakes Four wheel disc brakes

This was a complete frame off rotisserie restoration. This 55 started out with very little rust, ll the floors are original with NO rust. I replaced the rear tail pan "the last 10 inches of the trunk area", nd that was the only rusted area. I undercoated the entire under side. The frameis powder coated.

This is what you get!

1955 Chevy Primer Gray, BC 454, ustom Headers, ailbox scoop built(by Richard Ruth)

Weiand Tunnel Ram model CR 1985with Holly Carburetor’s, nbsp;Muncie M-22, urst Linkage, lds 88 rear-end 4.10 ratio, nbsp;Ladder Bars built (by Richard Ruth)

American Racing Daisies 15x10 and 15x6 (Original Pre 1970’s),extra set of 15x10’s with slicks carried in trunk, ustom built coil over front-end straight axle 4 inch drop, iberglass tilt front end, started with Fiberglass Doors but the fit was horrible so I replaced them with steel doors with molded in door locks to look like fiberglass doors. Fiberglass Trunk Lid,Lexan sliding door windows, exan rear quarter windows, exan rear window, nbsp;factory stock radio, ucket seats, ietz racing harness, wheel disc brakes, merican Autowire wiring kit. Technical details provided by Richard Ruth.

Richard Ruth the original Two Lane Blacktop car builder, nbsp;was/is an innovator in car building. Richard put four wheel disc brakes on the car in 1971; he built his own coil over front end, ay ahead of his time. He removed the front body mounts, utout the rear window package tray, emoved the divider between trunk and back seat area, sed all Plexiglas windows except for the windshield, iberglass front clip, iberglass doors and trunk, nbsp;all for the purpose of building a race car as light as possible. He succeeded in building the most Iconic 1955 Chevy of all time. It was later used in the movie American Graffiti, owever I believe they ruined it by replacing the iconic Mail box hood scoop with a run of the mill scoop, lapping on a front bumper, ollup windows, ench seat and painted it black. Clearly no longer the badass primer gray two lane!! it lost a lot in translation! (my opinion)

I'm having trouble with my computer so there are only a few pictures. I can send you all the pics you want from my IPhone. Contact me at 55chevy@pacbell.net