hmmm, I googled the 55 in the movie, in the movie they claimed it would do the 1/4 in the 12's.
In real life it ran the 1/4 in the 10's at over 130.
Show me a Taurus or Honda that pulls those #'s
The 55 was given a smaller hood, painted shiny black and did it's final apperance in American Graffiti.