That was before people called every car and truck with rust a "Rat Rod" They were just rusty, raggedy cars and trucks!
just "replicas" Go on Youtube, watch parts of the movie, the truck in Duel had a stretch of railroad track for a front bumper. Remember seeing an interview with Mr. Spielberg, where he admitted that Jaws was just Duel with a shark instead of a truck.
those Mopars and, he also said he picked the "Valiant" because of it's name. It's name is part of it's "character". If it'd been a Dart or a Rambler, it wouldn't have been the same.
Was a great movie, just imagine..... ...driving along ...No biggie, rite? ....and then and THEN your.... ...And now your WTF?.....I should have drove my HEMI Charger today and not the wife's slant 6 ....F'n trains...Hey, that's my wife's bumper ya moron! OK, you fill my gas tank and we'll be even for the bent rear bumper. Is there a phone around?, I want to order pizza for when I get home ....Yeah, I'd like to order for pick up a Large meat lovers with extra cheese WTF!?!?........... Why you SOB! Look honey, just give me the credit card #, some SOB trucker stiffed me not only for my gas but his gas bill also! PIZZA!, no I didn't order the pizza, deal with it! Screw me over will ya, your @zz is mine now!...rear end my wife's car, stiff me.............. Take that @zz'Ole! When I get home, if she says one thing about the car............ ...Just one thing about the car, POW...... The End
Thanks Tedy, I hadn't seen that movie in a long time but after your post it was like watching it on the big screen all over!
Great story Tedy! Love your take on this classic...What was that truckers problem anyway? After seeing this movie when I was young I thought all truck drivers eventually went nuts and tried to kill hapless travelers.
Where'd you see that Buick, Hans? with the writing on it, looks to be some sort of Buick concept vehicle, but I've never seen it before. Has basically the body of a '60, but the rear lower body panel is different, and it has a lot of trim changes. Then, of course, there's that big trunk fin........ Marshall
I subscribed to a vintage shots thread: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9056238#post9056238 Have fun finding it
