GOLIATH - Where is KITT's Evil Nemesis Today? Uncovering some info on Knight Rider's Baddest Vehicle
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- We dig into KITT's worst nightmare - the indestructible Goliath! Where did it come from, and where could it be now?
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I drove one of these trucks in 1978. All the pete cabovers are notched out there. As others have said it is where the door latches. Look to the left of the pic and you can see the latch on the door. Lines up perfectly. One thing you don't point out that I noticed is the location of the air intake on or near the roof of the truck. In all your examples they are in a different location including some that are not visible at all because they are mounted behind the cab. Some are not roof mounted on that model of Peterbilt. That is something that varied on this model cabover depending on the engine and intake options.
Missing door jamb rubber is on both because that is how it latches . And thank you so much for making these videos for us to watch. They bring back good childhood memories.
Yes
Yep even on doors that don’t come that way alot of them end up getting cut away because the door gets slightly tweaked and the driver gets tired of fighting with it and cuts it so it latches easier
Yea. It’s the latch. One of the comments said the latches do that on lots of the trucks. Which is true. Case in point is look the fuel area on all 2006 dodge Durango’s. They all rust out in the same exact way. The same place. And are all rusted about the same amount. The reason for this was a defective valve in the fuel filler neck. When fueling it would cause the fuel to back up and spill over the body of the truck. Over time this ate away at the paint allowing it to rust there more quickly than others. So could it be the same truck? Sure. It would only make since that it was. But is there proof. Not really. Just some food for thought.
As soon as they showed that , I was thinking the same thing.
I was just about to post the same comment
At 4:45 there’s damage to the bottom edge of the cab, pretty centered inbetween wheel & diesel tank. That same dent can still be seen once repainted at 12:53 😉
WOW! GREAT observation! Another "silver bullet"!
@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial, I was absolutely certain you’d point that out!, and when you didn’t I got excited I found smth you missed 😄
@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial The smoking gun that fired the silver bullet !
Good spot! I would still check that isn't a standard oddity on the sleeper cabs but I think you are right. At 20:39 there is a panel deformation at the same point on the other side. Could be where the structure of the sleeper was attached to the shorter cab.
Goliath definitely got repainted no doubts about that
Also not mentioned was the spot lights on boths front and back. Not many pacemakers have the spotlights even the ones with the sleeper as it looks like an option that Goliath had. Goliath was one of the reasons why i love cabeovers.
if you look at the opened door you can see a metal piece (i imagine to lock the door) and this goes exactly into the place where the weather stripe goes. For me it's not a missing piece ... it was there on purpouse.
Agree. The latch goes into that "hole". The hole is production made and not a tear.
Agree!
Good eye. that is the door latch. i was going to comment about the door latch.
@@AaronJensen2375 iknr, i laughed hard at that.
100% intentional missing section of seal for door lock. your smoking gun fires blanks
Generally, the double sleeper cabs were used for OTR trucks which would need much larger fuel tanks than the 2 examples here with small local route tanks. Likely the same truck!
Exactly
Goliath was so scary as a kid in the 80s!
KARR was scary, Goliath was terrifying....
Karr was like the joker, Goliath was like Bane breaking Batman's back but yeah as a kid watching it at the time goliath was massively effective lol
@@darthXreven how did I forget K.A.R.R but you are correct!
@@darthXreven
BUT, Bruh, u've gots 2 admit "GOLIATH" was very very BAD-ASS back in 1984.
ME, personally??!!
I wanna see him & "Christine" @ a car show!!!!!!!!!!!
Since you guys found both the Kitt semi and trailer in the midwest desert, might I suggest focusing your efforts there? It’s likely all of those vehicles that were previously owned by the movie companies were auctioned off and ended up somewhere relatively close. This is also pretty obvious but I would also suggest looking through the credits of each episode and see if there’s any prop or rental company that comes up mentioned because they may be credited for supplying the vehicles.
That's a good point
Midwest is not a desert by any stretch of the imagination.
The truck.from "No Big Thing" is also a sleeper cab. It has a twin size bed behind the seats. Goliath is commonly referred to as a "double bunk" and it has what is basically a queen size bed behind the seats. They also usually have a little bit more cabinet and storage space at the end of the mattress and around the top of the bunk area. If the cab is cut off right behind the entry doors then there is no bunk or sleeper and it.is referred to as a day cab. Also, the small doors low on the sleeper sides are officially known as luggage compartments but referred to by drivers as the side box.
100 percent true Jonathan 👍
Very interesting. I wonder where that mechanical masher is now.That episode had me in tears when KITT got hit with that thing.And Garthe was a complete madman.The truck in Mouth of The Snake is more than likley Goliath , I think.
Hi after seeing this I noticed that Goliath was also in Dukes of Hazard , Waylon Jennings was driving the rig in an episode.
I have never seen an episode of Knight Rider but I found this to be so interesting. I hope the Peterbilt makes its way to you guys someday.
Fun Fact: The truck from the show you can buy the truck in GTAV and it's a beast . lol
Joe, first. Another great video! Love how the attention to detail you guys have from show to show and scene to scene. Two other things I noticed with the door being open from the still of The Mouth of the Snake is that when the character David is sitting in the drivers seat. You can see gray paint by his left foot at the lower bottom of the door. Also on the dash by the gear shifter you can see all the color matching switches that Garth was operating in the close up shots of him starting up the truck. I love these videos! Being a Knight Rider fan my whole life, I’ve been looking forward to all these behind the scenes pictures and video of one of my favorite shows! Thank you, thank you! Please keep up the fantastic job!👍
Thanks so much!
Joe this was beyond epic and I feel with your knowledge of knight rider and with your sharp detective work im sure you will have the determination to find Goliath
Great detective work Joe. Columbo would be proud.
The pictures that you show of Goliath make it clear that it was painted with a latex paint or a primer over wax intended to be later removed with a high pressure washer. There is overspray on the tires and some got past the cab door onto its seal at the bottom.
That would explain the streak on the tank from the fill cap. Spilled diesel would dissolve wax and take the paint off with it.
Damn it Joe... I really thought you was playing us all and you found Goliath... DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN
Listen, I am Knight Rider for life, I love what your channel Is doing, Im here for the long haul, Thanks for doing everything you are doing, Please don't stop! You all know what your talking about and I know you do. Im a movie prop/location freak.
Great video and history lesson. I seriously think you're on to something. Unfortunately this truck could be scrapped but then again it can be fully restored and working or a show truck. Some truckers really love cabovers. However I would not give up, BJ and the Bear original truck and trailer were found on separate farms in the midwest and south. The 2 were united and completely restored.
Man I’d love to see you guys find that Goliath semi. Seems like an exciting project!
The rubber missing on the door lines up with where an arm would rub when getting out. Left hand reach to handle and then pivot out. Likely every one out there looks like that over time.
I think that it's entirely possible that the Peterbilt used as Goliath, being a rental unit, and the close proximity to Goliath Returns meant that Universal kept the truck and it would make sense that it was the truck -repainted - in Mouth of the Snake.. can't just be coincidence to have the black flecks of paint on the chrome mirror and interior details. Another cool and fascinating video Joe!! 😎👌
It could be the truck used in the TV show, BJ and the Bear.
Bj and the bear was a Kenworth aerodyne.
Think that 'break' in the weather stripping is for the lock on the door - look at that point on the door in that screenshot. Agree that the lorry is probably the same used as Goliath, just don't think that's necessarily proof.
Definatly part of the door lock and not the smoking gun :(
On the Goliath shot the weather strip hole looks smaller. It's right around the height where drivers could rub a shoulder or arm getting in and out and tear more of it off.
7:27 Ironic that 8 years later Peterbilt did a 180 and made a custom 378 as the antagonist for Pet Semetary. Movie trucks rock in general!
Well, garthe knight was a terrorist so...
Actually the browning on the fuel tank is from sloshing in the tank and that’s not worn paint it’s fuel with dust adhered to the fuel.
the biggest problem with peterbilt tanks is the o-rings in the tanks. They probably didn't know about changing them. I know i have changed a lot over the years.
Exactly what I was thinking as soon as he mentioned it in the video. It’s pretty obvious when you look at all the dust/dirt on the rest of the truck and you take into account that those tanks were prone to having minor gasket leaks on the tanks around the filler neck! Glad someone else pointed it out as well!
That’s a 110” double bunk n to have virtually the same specs as the baby blue implies they’re one n the same or a pair from a fleet. Dual exhaust n air cleaner in cab… pretty rare
That is the way the rubber is for the lock latch setup on all of these trucks
Goliath is out there waiting for a chance to mash Kitt again. I'll never forget that impact. I was crushed. 😁
So was K.I.T.T.
@banshee6k do you remember the episode where Kitt gets a nice acid bath
Thank you for this informative video on this truck. I still to this day wonder if it exists somewhere? I really hope that you can find out about its whereabouts, or fate someday. Great work as always! "One man can make a difference".
Good job on the detective work! I enjoyed the details on the extra large sleeper.
That evil kenievel one was a 352h. Different style from the 352 pacemaker so that isn’t the same.
That’s pretty cool even though I was in college when Knight Rider came out.. I enjoyed watching the episodes and I had forgot there was a Peter-built in a couple episodes called Goliath…the only evil car on the show I had remembered until I watched this video was K.A.R.R. Which was a exact replica of K.I.T.T. So thanks a ton for bringing those great memories up…could be I forgot because my dementia is getting worse…
At 15:34 if you look at the door panel there is tape marks an blue overspray along with the top of the window track and door jam is grey
Not to mention a lot of the bolts on the handles are black not polished on the blue truck
Goliath was a 1979 peterbilt 352 pacemaker. I know my dad used to drive one that looked just like it Goliath but his was light green body and dark green stripes .only my father's didn't have the big grill but he did add a heavy bumper he called a cattle removal. Lol driving at night most times u don't see cattle at night
@18:37 zoom in and it’s specs of paint on the mirror and over spray on the rubber trim for the windshield.
I’m with the masses on the door rubber, but the mirror looks like the evidence for me. I’ve had a quick look and it doesn’t appear to be a standard part, so that and the black bits left say yes :o)
Wow 35 years and I never realised it was Goliath in Mouth Of The Snake. Watching the evidence unfold then was actually open mouthed. Love these videos. Makes my week watching these!!!
Awesome video Joe…. That’s some Cracker Jack detective work you did. I hope Goliath does show up someday. I’m still keeping my fingers and toes crossed that you will find the FLAG trailer. That would be a heck of a project to recreate the inside of the trailer like it was on set. As always, keep up the great job y’all are doing to keep the history of Knight Rider alive….
They did
The spotlight above the drivers door is also the same, and it was not a common option. Most don't have it. I would say its probably the same truck.
Always a fascinating listen Joe, keep up the great work 👍
I remember watching this TV movie…and being GLUED to the TV! I have it in my box set. I need to watch it again! GREAT CHANNEL!!!
the 352's was a common OTR truck back then, not as rare as one would think, there were cheap, and that was back during the first 70's fuel crisis, probably had a 3406a or b, Or a Detroit series 71 or 92 V-8 in it with a turbo kit or a super charger which was more common, as lastly a little 350 Cummins in them they also had a 9, 10, 13, or 15 speed transmission in them depending on what they were going to haul. they were also same as the K100's cept a few details such as the grill and interiors... seeing Paccar owned both Pete and Kenworth at that time. the paint used looks like was washable paint, which was common for the studios back then cause they cause wash the paint off with a pressure washer on rentals, the interiors was all the was all the same on them petes, same doors was used on all their trucks and that spot you say the rubber missing is where the door latches to the truck to the body lol. so with that evidence i would think that those 2 trucks are not the same unless they modified the air intake for goliath and changed it back when it became a blue truck. the air intakes are in different places on your photos for the 2 different trucks which the one with the chrome roof had a cat, the other one had a V8 Detroit ya can look at the air intake and know what's in them. So with that, person you shoulda talk to about that particular truck would be George Sack Sr if he is still alive, he used to buy allot of them old movie rental trucks at the auctions and use them for picture trucks in movies in the 80's and he had allot of 50's - 60's trucks just laying around his lot in aqua dulce. I used be a driver back then, and have driven many of these 352's and K100's, they was go to trucks for us bed buggers.
Definitely not a 1973. The 110" double bunk 352 debuted in 1974 and was built until 1981 when it was replaced by the 362. Also, the door handles were moved to the bottom of the doors like this one in 1977. I hope you can find this truck someday.
I am planning to believe that it was probably anywhere from 77 to probably an 83. The thing is that I need to remember, that commercial trucks at one point barely changed their designs from year to year kind of like how Dodge was the same design up until they switched their design.
The first exact match I saw was a chip in the wood grain part of the door to the left and slightly high of center of the window crank. Both trucks are the same truck. Good job editing. Great analysis.
Awesome detective work. If there really is a Knight Rider movie coming sometime in the next century, I hope you guys have something to do with it, because you all deserve to be a part of it. Your dedication to this show is amazing!
This was a great piece on Goliath. Thank You for posting this! I hope theres more in the future. A couple things I can point out. I am very familiar with the Pete 352. I can tell you The Evel Knievel Pete is definitely Not Goliath due to some updates I can see such as the updated 1980s style driver door handle and the headlight design which is set slightly higher than on the Goliath model. Another piece of interesting info. Also….If you look at the air cleaner located on top of the “MotS” Peterbilt it also has black paint residue. That could also be a strong clue that both that rig and Goliath rigs are the same.
Superb video Joe,yes no doubt it's the same tractor..well done again...oh and have the trailer in my cellar and i want $20 billion for it....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Evel Knievel truck is in the Evel Knievel Museum. It was owned by Evel himself.
I thought his name was spelled "E v e l"
@@dantresohlavy7323 you are correct I stand corrected.
Great video's bro, keep them coming. Thanks for your efforts.
Great video as always Joe. I don't ever watch videos about old trucks... But you keep me hooked!
Thank you for this presintation.all I going to say is based on your research on this truck,if I find this tractor or the tlr for that matter before you do,I donated to you for safe keeping and other knight rider fans to enjoy.love this channal and fact finding content.
In mouth of the snake… it’s missing the front emblem on the rad cap cover. Same with Goliath. And it’s the same long sleeper! I believe that might be Goliath. Plus the same steering wheel, mirror chipping, and the door jambs are black just like the one in Goliath. 352 pacemakers did in fact come with different interior colors. With that chip, it’s definitely the same truck.
Time stamp please?
@@Samuel-gc6js for which one?
Remember though, then as now, there's a range of options for interiors & those shown here were common. Interior on both would've been for run of the mill road tractors, they made thousands of them.
The truck had like 3 different color schemes and I think 4 seats. Black with wood grain was an extremely common type
That big cab is 110" with a full size mattress (58 3/4 x 79 3/4). Those smaller sleepers are 86" cab with a twin size mattress (39 3/4 x 79 3/4)
A truck that is 50 years old chances are it is not road worthy nor has been for a very long time. Doesnt mean it is not around. It could be rotting in someone's field, or stored in a farm barn, or even a salvage yard. It is amazing you guys found the 2nd truck and the original hauling trailer used in the show. Great Video, thanks for all you do
Thank you (Joe & AJ) KR Historians for another great video, we all are looking forward to the next episode!!
If you look at 14:49 there's a bit at the top of the door frame where the black paint is missing, and it shows a line of the original blue paint. At 14:55 and 17:04 you can see the exact same line on the blue truck.
Also, on the right side of the truck at the part where the original single cab would've ended, you can see the same small dent on the bottom edge of the cab on both Goliath and the blue truck.
Awesome Informative Video Joe!👍
In grand theft auto video game u can buy both KITT AND GOLIATH 😁👍👍👍
Yup. I have my mobile operations center set up as goliath.
@@derstrohmann7450 yup. I was really hoping you could put the ruiner 2000 in the back of the MOC. Rockstar really missed an opportunity there.
In a video game called grand theft auto you shouldn't buy a car 😂😎
@@wizpin true LOL
Which gta is this?
It's true you guys are good at keeping things under wraps .... Let us see it already!
The spotlights on the front corners of each side of the cab and one on the top toward the rear are a give away as well.
The spotlights are still quite common even today - they are used slot for spotlighting the trailer while blind backing. Unfortunately not going to be that uncommon.
Nice detective work.thanks again for sharing.
Other things I noticed, Goliath has an extra air tank, 2 below the battery box and one between battery box and fuel tank. That 3rd air tank has a valve on top which makes me think it was added on for some reason. Also Goliath looks like it has 3" diameter exhaust stacks, that means it had a Detroit engine in it, Cummins or Caterpillar had 4" stacks. Goliath with the grill grates, the grates would have had to be removed to raise the cab to do any work on the engine. Also, Detroit engines were extremely unreliable back then. Either you had one that ran well or you didn't, so once they started breaking down, they soon were scrapped. If I could watch a scene with Goliath, I could tell you immediately which engine it had, Cats made a lot of knocking noises as they accelerated, as did Cummins, but Detroits idled at a higher rpm and whined to higher rpms, getting about 4 mpg which made them operable when fuel was cheap and fuel had taken a spike in 1983 which was probably why Goliath was retired from road duty to acting/prop duties. Detroits, specifically the series 71, were scrapped as they were 2 strokes (green in color, Cummins were beige, Cats yellow) and pollution non compliant, especially in CA. Hope this helps in identifying it. If someone claims to have Goliath, and it has a Cummins or Cat in it, it's probably not the original.
These videos fascinate me because I do the same research with the movie Vanishing Point and I was a big fan of Knight Rider back in the day.
Great job as usual!! Excellent detective work here.If this vehicle still exists I am certain you guys will find it or what happened to it.Do you know if the miniatures that were used as Goliath still exist? Oh and one more thing.Please don't apologize for rambling.You have the gift of imparting info in almost everything you talk about.Thanks Joe and A.J.!!!👍👍👍😀😀😀
I would love at least, to make a replica of Goliath. Just knowing some details helps in figuring out maybe how to do it. Would be very cool.
Thx for the informations! Keep it up👍🏼
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I'll tell you where it is, it's hauling my Mobile Operation Center around Los Santos!
Excellent, superb, well done (quote)! I was nine in 1984, when I first saw "Mouth of the Snake", and my first thought when I had seen the truck was: "Hey, that's Goliath repainted!" Ok, it was just the idea of a child, but had anyone here got the same thought of mine when he or she first watched "Mouth of the snake"? Second idea: no way to relate Goliath to any of the trucks seen in "Ten wheel trouble"? Anyway, poor truck: from two of the greatest episodes ever, to one of the worst! 😅😅😅 Oh, there's another thing the two trucks shared, if I'm not wrong: the "Rocket launcher" button, which will be reused also in "Buyout" which shared the missile launching scene with "Mouth of the snake". Ok, that's a little complicated... 😅😅😅😅
Awesome Work Man Thanks 👍😀 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸
Pay attention to the tank mounted behind the battery box somewhat of an odd tank option and appears to be the power steering reservoir might be a rare option for the 352 that could help you track down a build record to get a vin and maybe track down that way
There was a Peterbilt cab over Pacesetter for sale on FB market place in Michigan a few years back with documentation of being a paramount movie truck, it's white and blue now, it's a Pacesetter with the double breather stacks and exhaust pipes with the Xl sleeper.
As a fan of the amazing show I am so happy to have stumbled upon your channel!!! I have seen a couple of the cars and the FLAG TRUCK
Single sleeper or double sleeper.
It like a single bed or single sleeper for 1 driver or a queen bed for 2 people to sleep.
It works like this. 1 driver drives when there done they sleep. If it's a team driver one drives the other sleeps or tries to.
The purpose of the double sleeper, that's the wider cab with the queen sized bed is for those times when your waiting for a load both can sleep or if you have a passenger with you.
The double sleeper was a luxury and typically not bought by fleets. It was bought by an owner operator someone who owns and drives the truck.
Hope that helps non truckers understand the difference better.
all those pete cabovers were single bed. the small ones had a single, and the larger ones had a queen. Drove one years ago, and i destinctly remember having to lay down to put my pants on in the morning. They weren't fun :)
Brilliant video and investigating. Hopefully one-day it will turn up.
A cab without a sleeper is called a "day cab."That Pacemaker would be interesting to see up close.
Thank you for putting this together 🙏
Thank you Knight Rider Historians for the awesome videos especially the Goliath videos.👍👍 On the episode Mouth Of The Snake you can clearly see the California license plate. So check the DMV to cross reference the truck location or last owner. You said I in a previous video the studio use the real license plate on the flag semi. So with that said they may did the same on Mouth Of The Snake?? And for the Flag Semi Trailer on episode where Kitt gets destroyed in Chicago in the abandoned warehouse District. Bonnie running down the side of the trailer to help Michael and Kitt. If you screen shot it at the back doors of the trailer, you can clearly see the California license plate on the right side. You may be able to track down the trailer, vin, and the last owner from the DMV. If this doesn't work in the first season of Knight Rider you can clearly see the license plate on the rear of the Flag trailer. When it's parked on the side of the road in the dirt. Hopefully this help you find Goliath and the Flag Semi Trailer. Knight Rider Super Fan!!👍👍
We've already gone down that road - dead end!
Great research. Would be nice to see Goliath parked up next to the Pete 281 from Duel. On a side note, do you know what happened to that extended trailer with that electronic lock on the rear doors?
It's actually a Pete 351 twin screw I have a 281 1959 single axle pete
There is a '73 Peterbilt Pacemaker in New Zealand. It was shiny black with gold pinstriping. It was a scary truck in real life too
Hi guys hopefully someone will comment and agree.... early 70's Peterbilt handles were closer to the window... also mostly early 70s Peterbilts had a straight assistant bar. Most of the late 70s truck had the curved assistants bar. That also brought about the handle being mounted lower on the door.. just what i know.. BTW this is 100% the truck passenger skirt between wheel and fuel tank theres a fold like a 2x4 was used against the truck repainted version has the same crease thats the truck.... run its plate if its real....
You are correct. Peterbilt did not lower the door handles and add the longer grab handles until the late 70's I think the one you showed is a 77 and not a 73. Goliath is what they called a double bunk. I have a 1974 352 and my Dad was a Peterbilt salesman for 42 years. thanks for the video. Grew up watching the show and loved Goliath.
My brother. I Owend. A. 1978. Pete same cab over. Drove it for 2 years. Blue the engine. And abandoned in Redding Ca. Back in 1995. Hmm. Rough machine bro. Suspension suck. 110 inch sleepy. Pain to raise the cab.
The speculation for this kind of thing is so delicious. 😁
The trailer was used in Airwolf, maybe you could try contacting a few people that worked on that production. Might help you track down the cab.... just a thought
The paint coming off the fuel tank is first sign that it's not permanently repainted in the grey
I don't think it's paint coming off, I think it's dirt clinging to a fuel spill. They did a lot of filming in the desert after all.
Good video! This was one of those trucks that would be cool to find and restore. It has an iconic status maybe not to the level of KITT but if you were a fan of the show you definitely knew about this truck. Setting that aside though Peterbuilt Pacemaker is a heck of a name for a truck isn’t it. Kinda makes it sound like it’s on life support rolling off the assembly line. Lol
It's part of the rogues gallery of vehicles that tried to destroy kitt... The red thunderbirds, the armored tank vehicle, goliath, karr,
Sry to break it, but that hole in the weather seal is the hole for the door lock. its at the same height as lockpin at the door. LOL
I wish they can Bring back overcabs again they look so nice
There is a chrome thing on top of the roof what i would think is an air intake for the engine, mostly they are mounted by the exaustpipes behind the cab or beneath the cab.
Saying you don't have it is exactly what we expect would be said if you have it...KIDDING. Thanks for this update, and when it comes to Knight Rider, there is no such thing as rambling. It's all great detail. Thanks for the video.
I do remember a scene from Airwolf where Goliath's trailer was used. I need to go back and search my dvds.
It is a great video with a lot of details!
What about checking in BJ & the Bear (also a Glen Larson show) and see if they used any Peterbilts. It preceded Knight Rider and maybe they used the same supplier.
Bj and the bear almost certainly used the Goliath truck. But a lot of the companies back then even if they had cars for their production they traded up cars to use as background cars. It’s why one of the general lees is seen in knight rider and if I’m not mistaken it was also in bj and the bear. They painted over the flag and such but it’s still orange.
Hi Joe
I'm not sure if that split in the weather seal is anything at all. Check out where the lock of the door is. The latch. It's goes in that space. It's not like it was "cut" and faulty. It's just a gap in the seal where the fitting goes.
I bet if you look at any other trucks from Peter Bilt, even the shorter ones, they will all have that design to them.
That said, hell of a coincidence to have two trucks of that rarer kind, with the same interiors. Let's hope the rental company get in touch, or someone knows. of them from back then.
Cheers.
Agree, gap visible is part of door frame design. Good eye!
I was going to say the same, it looks like the design for the lock, in one of the pictures you can see that there is a hole in the cabin for the lock to latch on, or at least it looks like it.
Stopped the vid to come down here, looking if someone else noticed that.
@@Timberwolf69 Yep - it's just part of the design. I wish it were unique... but I really don't think it is. Be good to see similar cabins, with their doors open to compare.
That interior is the common interior. They used pretty much that same interior color scheme all the way up into the 80s the wood grain stickers and such. My dad had a 79 and 80 KW both had that wood grain sticker.
Great analysis, bummer you can’t track this truck down.
Man the '80's what a great era I had the Knight Rider toy car so many memories
That truck, being a cabover design, was likely scrapped not long after 1984, since NOBODY enjoyed driving a cabover for long hauls, and by design, they were unsafe, as well as being a PAIN to maintain and preform repairs on, since the entire cab had to be raised (often daily) to perform a trucker's daily inspection, meaning that EVERYTHING in the sleeper would end up being pushed against the dashboard that wasn't fastened down....random clothing, and personal effects (toiletries, shaving kits, etc.) would be tossed around the entire driver's area of the cab, and extremely inconvenient for a driver to have to tidy up every morning. plus, newer tractors were infinitely safer, with more of a crumple zone buffer for the driver, COE (Cab Over Engine) trucks were known for throwing drivers through the windshield, or having objects penetrate the windshield, and impaling the driver. not to mention that a 1070's spec truck would get TERRIBLE fuel mileage compared to the rigs of today. It would be incredibly rare for ANYONE to have kept a COE truck, in running order for so long, let alone having one rotting in some "random field" because it was used in a TV show....Another thing to consider, is that very few COE tractors had air conditioning, because the driving position was directly over the engine, and heat rises, so even the best A/C units couldn't keep the cab cool, especially in California's climate. COE tractors were the "Chevy Chevettes" of their time.....And you NEVER see them around anymore, and for good reason. my feeling is that the truck you're looking for is LONG GONE, and is probably a can of creamed corn by now.
All the trucks of Europe and much of the rest of the world are COE also mpg isn’t much different believe it or not. At least when comparing 4stroke DI turbodiesels to more modern 4stroke DI TD’s. But for American truckers I think you are right about the COEs. Nowadays the COEs are all over truck shows though. Here in the south at least.
While the European Trucks are almost all COE, I guess they addressed some of the problems better then those american COE had. That being said, I seems for me very unlikely that truck survived: Big cabs are typical used by long haulers and those folks have a big priority on gas milage. Then you have the issue getting parts. After some years this gets problematic. You don't want to wait two weeks until a nowadays rare replacement shows up.
@@ciddax754 European trucks are COE due to European truck overall length regulations, and the fact that many European streets are narrower, making the shorter wheelbase of the COE design more attractive, at the expense of driver safety.
I don't believe that 🐂💩
Great video hope it can be found I’ll be looking
I seen this truck on GTA and it is dominating the streets. That is where it is today.
Wow!!! Awesome!!! Kudos!!!
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