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Re: The Parting Shift: Gear Whine M22 Rock Crusher Style
it may be Blasphemy..but it doesnt maek it not true...that friggin movie is weird...and the ending sucks...but that is my humble opinion....
I have not heard that sound in years and years...I forgot how much noise thay make....I like that sound better than a gear drive.If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark Donohue
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It's an existentialist flick - weird comes with the territory.
The '55 just made it bearable.
Same with "Vanishing Point" - if it didn't have cool cars in it, would we still be talking about them?
NO.Act your age, not your shoe size. - Prince
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Originally posted by JOES66FURY2it may be Blasphemy..but it doesnt maek it not true...that friggin movie is weird...and the ending sucks...but that is my humble opinion....
I have not heard that sound in years and years...I forgot how much noise thay make....I like that sound better than a gear drive.
Two-Lane Blacktop is hardly a conventional film. But it's one of the greatest gearhead movies of all time. (I watch it at least twice a year.)
Don't believe the hype? Read Kim Morgan's brilliant essay on it: http://sunsetgun.typepad.com/sunsetgun/2007/12/you-can-never-g.html
BTW, once, I earned actual college credit for doing a scholarly paper on the literary symbolism jam-packed into "Two-Lane Blacktop" for a graduate school film class. . . and I got extra "props" because the Prof had never received a paper on it in almost three decades of teaching film history. And no, Monte Hellman wasn't teaching the class . . . .
Originally posted by Super SportTwo lane blacktop weird? That's blasphemy.
Harry Dean Stanton, one of the greatest actors that ever lived.
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Actually, didn't M-22 had 22* cut gears, not straight cut? Other Muncies had 45* gears.
My A833 has straight cut reverse and it howls in reverse, much louder than the gears in the M22 I once had.
Watching a movie made over 30 years ago is often a window into that era politically and socially. I can relate to checking out of the rat race for a while and just hit the road. If the funds were there, I'd be gone for a few months.BS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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Originally posted by Speedzzter.blogspotTwo-Lane Blacktop is hardly a conventional film. But it's one of the greatest gearhead movies of all time. (I watch it at least twice a year.)a.k.a. - arrowhead from joysey
"They're no good for you. all they ever think about are cars" (GTO/Warren Oates) - Two Lane Blacktop
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years ago I worked with a guy who had a 66 Nova 327/4spd, it had the M-22 rock crusher, I couldn't believe how noisy it was, had never heard it befor until that point"Life's tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne
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Originally posted by Speedzzter.blogspotTwo lane blacktop weird? That's blasphemy.
Harry Dean Stanton, one of the greatest actors that ever lived.
Warren Oates (G.T.O.) was better.
"I'm not into that!"
For me, a big part of the draw of Two Lane Blacktop and Vanishing Point is the Americana, the scenery. It's a little flashback of the roadside culture that I can remember as a kid that doesn't exist anymore. The service stations, highway signage, telegraph poles alongside the railroad tracks, one lane highway bridges, etc.
I go hunting in the midwest at least once a year anymore, and have started driving back (1800 miles one way) because I enjoy it. I live in one of the most crowded places in the US, so I really enjoy the opportunity to drive through the emptier places, and stay off the Interstate while doing it. Now I just need to build something with some loud old four speed that can fetch me 15-20 on the highway and can handle snow on Wolf Creek Pass.
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After watching a dozen various YouTube videos featuring vehicles with this M22 transmission...
...I think I get it...
...so one more thing I must do before I die is run a big bucket of steel with an M22 up to 120 and back a few thousand times. My bucket list keeps growing and I'm not even 40 yet.Alan Moore - Wichita Falls, TX
1976 Gran Torino 351C - Four Door Whore
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Originally posted by occupantAfter watching a dozen various YouTube videos featuring vehicles with this M22 transmission...
...I think I get it...
...so one more thing I must do before I die is run a big bucket of steel with an M22 up to 120 and back a few thousand times. My bucket list keeps growing and I'm not even 40 yet.
I still have some that combine economics and athleticism, so I am hitting the weights again.
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