Big Rigs in the movies.
07-20-2009, 01:06 AM
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I never took notice till I started working on trucks, but you ever notice the movies where rigs are "out of control" with no brakes because someone cut their lines, or they are out of air or something? If a truck runs out of air..it's gonna stop or at least slow down till the brakes are cooked. Unless someone cut their air lines, then snuck under there and caged all the chambers, is a truck really ever "out of control"?
02-07-2010, 04:46 PM
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I found a cool website about the movie "Convoy"
Check it out!
http://www.stlouisdumptrucks.com/convoy9-04b_001.htm
Check it out!
http://www.stlouisdumptrucks.com/convoy9-04b_001.htm
02-07-2010, 05:58 PM
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Here is a discussion board dedicated to "Duel"...
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02-07-2010, 08:03 PM
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gotta ask now that I have been thinking while reading this tread, I think it was back in the late 80's there was a tv show kinda like Knight Rider but used one off trucks. I remember watching them but cannot remember the name of the show, to young to know if it lasted more than a season or what
02-08-2010, 08:30 PM
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gotta ask now that I have been thinking while reading this tread, I think it was back in the late 80's there was a tv show kinda like Knight Rider but used one off trucks. I remember watching them but cannot remember the name of the show, to young to know if it lasted more than a season or what
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02-09-2010, 07:30 PM
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Ditto on the GMC from Smokey and the Bandit 2. Though the third installment of that franchise was unbearable to watch, the rig in the opening scene of # three was a good lookin truck too!
02-17-2010, 10:12 PM
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If I remember correctly OTT was partly filmed at the world armwrestling championships in Houston...one year before I qualified. Friends of mine were in the movie and competed while Stallone was there. 
02-20-2010, 03:22 AM
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anyone remember that show on nbc, "the highway man" ? Starred Sam Jones. Was on in the late '80s'. Had a couple futuristic style trucks, the main one turned into a helicopter. Cheesy right?
Attached is a pic of a Bj and the Bear lookalike rig I found on supershowrigs.com.
Attached is a pic of a Bj and the Bear lookalike rig I found on supershowrigs.com.
02-20-2010, 03:28 AM
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ok, just saw the post about the highway man truck. ugh, that's some butt-ugly paint! I'd like to know the mechanical specs of it though. Motor,tranny, chassis, etc. Glad to see it's still on the road though. A small piece of history I suppose.
03-13-2010, 07:58 PM
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i liked 18 wheels of justice (tv show)
I remember, maybe sometime in the 90s I seen a movie like 'Smokey and the Bandit' but it was a newer version with younger people and 90s model Red Firebird I believe, cant remember the exact title but I think it was 'Bandit' or something I would like to see the movie again if I could find it
I remember, maybe sometime in the 90s I seen a movie like 'Smokey and the Bandit' but it was a newer version with younger people and 90s model Red Firebird I believe, cant remember the exact title but I think it was 'Bandit' or something I would like to see the movie again if I could find it
