john drove the deuce coupe in american graffiti.
john drove the deuce coupe in american graffiti.
who drove the deuce coupe in american graffiti?
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director david fincher credited "american graffiti" as a visual influence for "fight club" (1999). lucas's "" (2002) features references to the film. the yellow airspeeder that anakin skywalker and obi-wan kenobi use to pursue the bounty hunter, zam wesell, is based on john milner's yellow deuce coupe, while dex's diner is reminiscent of mel's drive-in. adam savage and jamie hyneman conducted the "rear axle" experiment on the january 11, 2004, episode of "mythbusters".
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deuce coupe ("deuce" indicating the year "2" in 1932) refers to a 1932 ford coupe. the model 18 coupe with its more powerful v8 engine was more popular than the four-cylinder model b coupe. in the 1940s, the '32 ford became an ideal hot rod, being plentiful and cheap enough for young men to buy, and available with a stylish v8 engine. rodders would strip weight off this readily available car and "hop up" or customize the engine. they came in two body styles, the more common 5-window and the rarer suicide door 3-window. the iconic stature of the 1932-vintage ford in hot rodding inspired the beach boys to write their hit 1963 song "little deuce coupe" and also named one of their three 1963 albums after the car. the duece coupe was also featured as the pivotal street racing car in the 1973 hit film "american graffiti".
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