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John
Milner's piss yella coupe
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"This little yellow
Deuce coupe is possibly the most famous Hot Rod of all time. Known as
Milner's Coupe, this 1932 Ford 5-window coupe has turned more people on to
cruising and street rodding over the past 25 years than just about any
other car. The coupe has been the subject of countless magazine articles,
models, posters and hundreds of clones. The exact history of this car is
nebulous, but Graffiti director George Lucas picked it out of a lineup of
thirteen or fourteen coupes he had located before filming. They paid $1300
for the 32, and chose it primarily because it already had a chopped top.
The coupe was then given to Henry Travers, who was in charge of preparing
the cars for Graffiti. Lucas sat down with Travers and described exactly
how the 32 was to look. The coupe was taken to Johnny Franklin's shop in
Santa Rosa, where the entire front end was rebuilt and chrome plated and a
special set of headers was built. The fenders were removed (the rears
bobbed), the grill sectioned, and then the car was stripped and repainted
with several coats of Canary yellow Lacquer. Mechanically, the only
changes were the addition of S T-10 four speed and a Man-a Fre four two
-barrel intake." Source;-
www.americangraffiticoupe.com |
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| Milner's 5W coupe |
THX 138 |
The white T-bird from the film
"American Graffitti" |
Harrison Ford's bad 55 Chevy |
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| Rodline's rolling 5W |
"Milner's" signature! |
The original coupe |
Milner's famous plate! |
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