10 Killer Facts About The Trucker's '55 Peterbilt 281 - DUEL

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  • @hard-wired-g3787
    @hard-wired-g3787 Рік тому +67

    I first saw this movie around 1976 as a 12 year old and is probably one of the reasons I've been driving a tanker truck for the last 25 years.😁

    • @blepr
      @blepr Рік тому +3

      don’t murder anyone or have psychopathic tendencies inspired by watching this :D

    • @carlapatricia3629
      @carlapatricia3629 9 місяців тому

      1971 sim

    • @lalli8152
      @lalli8152 3 місяці тому

      I wonder how many lisence plates you have stuck on your truck

    • @m9078jk3
      @m9078jk3 Місяць тому

      If you see a similar year and color Plymouth Valiant on the highways let that wimp know why you became a trucker

  • @lonnyjaw
    @lonnyjaw 9 місяців тому +7

    Oh yeah, seeing this movie as a 9 year old kid was something else! Instead of a guy in a monster suit - it was THIS, and was I ever captivated! And right now I'm in the process of putting finishing touches on a Duel 1/25 scale model of this truck - and I'm having a BLAST with it putting grease and grime accents on it - sooo cool!!

  • @jeffbyrnes3686
    @jeffbyrnes3686 Рік тому +70

    The one and only road rage film. A masterpiece. Brilliant.

    • @culcune
      @culcune Рік тому +1

      With the extreme road-rage cases seemingly becoming exponentially more common following COVID, this film becomes more relevant today. I just hope nobody does a stupid remake...

    • @jeffbyrnes3686
      @jeffbyrnes3686 Рік тому +3

      @@culcune why? because of the 💉?..

    • @culcune
      @culcune Рік тому

      @@jeffbyrnes3686 I recall watching these channels through COVID before the vaccines and coming out of COVID (again, before vaccines were out there for the masses) and people were driving CRAZILY as seen on dashcam. The early theory was that people were cooped up so long, they did not know how to 'act' once the lockdowns eased up. I feel that COVID slightly altered our brains for the worse. I am fairly certain the vaccines did, too, so they could be a reason why we have continued our crazy driving long after being cooped up would still have any mental effect on us.

    • @alexquick5491
      @alexquick5491 Рік тому +1

      ​@@jeffbyrnes3686I think because everyone got used to less traffic and now there's so much more traffic again

    • @karpizan
      @karpizan 9 місяців тому +3

      Except it's not about road rage. It's about a seemingly psychopathic killer.

  • @Ecosse57
    @Ecosse57 Рік тому +6

    i saw this on tv as a kid in the mid-70s and it frightened the heck out of me.

    • @Goodwillwinoverevil1984
      @Goodwillwinoverevil1984 Місяць тому

      Poor kid 😞.. you shouldn't have seen it at that young of an age. I first saw it at 30 lol, so I KNEW it was fake. Kids have more vivid imaginations than adults, usually.

  • @RexCars1
    @RexCars1 Рік тому +24

    The Primary Truck for this movie was a 57. 281... The second rig used for the movie was a 64...THAT truck was a real 351.. The 60 Pete ( the only surviving truck left from the movie ) is a 281 I know this because i am the former owner of the 60 ( one of the pix you have of the 60 is it sitting in my driveway here in Burbank CA )

    • @RexCars1
      @RexCars1 Рік тому +5

      ( the 3 added on scenes were done with the 64 351 )

    • @RexCars1
      @RexCars1 Рік тому +7

      Brad is taking good care of the rig and even found it a lil red Valiant to chase around when it gets board 😏

    • @DouglasWoodard-n5s
      @DouglasWoodard-n5s Місяць тому

      Peterbilt’s 200 series tractors from the 1950’s were trucks with a single rear axle. And the 300 series tractors were those with a tandem axle setup. All of the trucks used in the Duel movie were 351’s not a 281 as you call it in the title of this clip.

    • @RexCars1
      @RexCars1 Місяць тому

      @@DouglasWoodard-n5s You better do some more research

    • @DouglasWoodard-n5s
      @DouglasWoodard-n5s Місяць тому

      @@RexCars1Tell me what I have wrong.

  • @gregmaday1331
    @gregmaday1331 Рік тому +20

    A few others that would be interesting would be... Jim Rockford's Firebird, The Fall Guy GMC 4x4, Snowman's Kenworth in the original Smokey and the Bandit, Rubber Duck Mack in Convoy, Magnum's Ferrari 308, Knight Rider Firebird. Just to name a few. 😊

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +8

      Indeed friend, so very many to do and I'll keep on making more and more for as long as I'm able to do so. Thanks for those suggestions 🙂👍

    • @paulzammataro7185
      @paulzammataro7185 Рік тому +5

      I got one: The cars from the live action Speed Racer movie....or Mach 5's that a few companies have built to actually sell.
      ?

    • @DanEBoyd
      @DanEBoyd Рік тому +1

      Benji and Moose's GMC Crackerbox from Movin' On!!

    • @gregmaday1331
      @gregmaday1331 Рік тому +4

      @@DanEBoyd Not to mention... Sonny Pruitt's Kenworth!

    • @IeeIee778
      @IeeIee778 11 місяців тому

      Kitt is referred to as a transam when he called a brand of car

  • @DuckReach432
    @DuckReach432 Рік тому +17

    The film that got Spielberg's movie career up and running. Overshadowed by his later work, but still a minor classic. The truck is a bit like the Barris car featured on this channel recently - evil manifested as a machine adversary. This is a great top ten.

    • @gassyirishman2859
      @gassyirishman2859 Місяць тому

      Pretty sure this is not Evil Manifested like The Car, pretty sure this is a real truck driven by a real guy, not a demon or spirit.

  • @ianisaacs2340
    @ianisaacs2340 Рік тому +6

    The only minor discrepancy I found is the other truck on screen was a 1964. The 64 doesn’t have the drip rail over the windshields like the 55 and 60. Great video, thank you very much!

  • @chadakoin1
    @chadakoin1 Рік тому +8

    Way back in high school, I knew someone who had a similar Plymouth Valiant that he paid $125 for and beat it to death. We were bouncing it off snow banks one afternoon when we noticed flames poking out from under the hood. Pulled over, popped the hood and tossed snow on it, fixed a leaky gas line, cranked it up and kept on going. This movie always makes me think of that.

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Рік тому +3

      Those Slant 6 Chrysler engine's may not have been the most powerful things to ever come out of Detroit but they'd run forever.
      I had my share of them that I abused the hell out of and they'd just keep running.

  • @sleepyhollow783
    @sleepyhollow783 Рік тому +8

    Cannot believe that truck is from 1955!? Even though the movie is a 1971, the truck looked so modern to my novice eyes.

    • @EdselMike
      @EdselMike 3 місяці тому

      Actually it was a 1957. For a video that says facts about the truck funny they don’t know the actual year of the truck.

  • @captlazer5509
    @captlazer5509 Рік тому +11

    The crashing tanker scene from Duel were also used in an Incredible Hulk TV episode. Even as a kid I was wise to it.

    • @DavidLLambertmobile
      @DavidLLambertmobile Рік тому +2

      If you watch carefully, a few 1970s era ABC Battlestar Galactica scenes-space battles, Cyclons are used in other Sci Fi films-shows 📺. They are run to show background movie or a TV screen image

    • @jjMcCartan9686
      @jjMcCartan9686 Рік тому +1

      What's that got to do with the truck from duel ?

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Рік тому +6

      ​@@jjMcCartan9686
      The point was about them recycling footage like the Duel footage being used in The Incredible Hulk.
      That's what.

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Рік тому +4

      I believe the Hulk episode was called Never Give A Trucker An Even Break, they used one of the 1960 trucks to film extra scenes to tie it into the Hulk show.

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Рік тому +1

      @@BlueMule74 guess I was told wrong then, I wasn’t actually there I’m just relying on what I’d heard.

  • @bıçaklar_Aletler
    @bıçaklar_Aletler Рік тому +7

    *Old Peterbilt 281 Truck İmmortal American🇺🇸Legend🦅*

  • @carlapatricia3629
    @carlapatricia3629 9 місяців тому +1

    Passado caminhão homem rosto nada mau terror 😮carro ele medo hum..1971 53 anos

  • @paulie-Gualtieri.
    @paulie-Gualtieri. Рік тому +4

    Great channel and information 👍

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +2

      Thanks much friend and glad you are enjoying it🙂👍

  • @grumpyoltimer7523
    @grumpyoltimer7523 Рік тому +1

    Such an excellent flick

  • @aaronliddell4280
    @aaronliddell4280 Рік тому +5

    Great film! It was literally Jaws on wheels 👍

  • @SNOWDUDE13
    @SNOWDUDE13 Рік тому +1

    I seriously need to see this movie.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +2

      Yes, it is a true classic for sure! 😁👍

    • @foolishwatcher
      @foolishwatcher Рік тому +2

      You wouldn't be disappointed.

  • @AngerDuck
    @AngerDuck 10 місяців тому

    2024 and still my favourite movie ever!

  • @clarkgardiner6795
    @clarkgardiner6795 Рік тому +1

    Loved the film. These facts really helped me the mystery of mine with the film.👍

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому

      Glad to hear it and it is indeed a great one for sure 😀👍

  • @ccg1171
    @ccg1171 Рік тому +1

    Great movie, great vid.

  • @HanginInSF
    @HanginInSF Рік тому

    That's awesome thank you

  • @ianisaacs2340
    @ianisaacs2340 Рік тому

    You made my dreams come true. Thank you

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +1

      Glad to hear you enjoyed it 👍

  • @THROTTLEPOWER
    @THROTTLEPOWER Рік тому

    Very cool info!!!!!!!!!! 👍👍

  • @scottb8175
    @scottb8175 Рік тому +3

    The 281 had one drive axle and a non-powered dual wheel tag axle,, while the 351's were tandem dive axles.

    • @navelriver
      @navelriver Рік тому

      I always felt the unpowered tandem axle was a dirty bit of cheating!

  • @hueymontgomery9508
    @hueymontgomery9508 Рік тому +4

    This video is great! Now make video of killer facts about christine (1958 Plymouth Fury)

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +2

      Thanks friend. Yep, I'm saving that one for around Halloween time as it one of my all time favorite car movies 😁

  • @mikebroszczak5767
    @mikebroszczak5767 Рік тому

    You are doing a great job easy to follow great beginning photos explanation, excellent. Cheers from Milton Mike.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому

      Thanks much and glad you are enjoying it 🙂👍

  • @Yoshi1478
    @Yoshi1478 Рік тому +2

    Keep the facts comming. 👍Great channel.
    The "Dinosaur sound effect" is commonly used afterwards Spielbergs movies. It is also the sound of one of the bosses in Duke Nukem 3D

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +1

      Thanks much friend and glad you are enjoying it! Yep, that signature sound effect has made it's way into a number of flicks for sure ;-)

    • @Yoshi1478
      @Yoshi1478 Рік тому

      @@CarStarz42 I really enjoy your channel and all the facts! I'd love if you make a fact collection about the Mack truck from "Convoy" It's one of my favorites ❤

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +1

      @@Yoshi1478 Glad to hear that friend and although I don't plan to do a lot of semi truck vids since cars are my main focus; however I may do that one and a few others in the future 😉👍

  • @chrisevans1731
    @chrisevans1731 Рік тому +2

    Am I the only fella that wanted the trucker to win this duel?
    I'm sure Dennis Weaver was a nice guy but sweating buckets as he engaged warp factor 1 to reach a whopping 70 miles per hour?? He needed squished like the bugs on the trucks windshield 😉
    Another great upload....thanks.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому

      Thanks much.
      Well, I know Brad Wike, the last DUEL truck's current owner, shares your opinion on that at least 😉...
      ua-cam.com/video/6_BOdddojzc/v-deo.html

    • @KYoss68
      @KYoss68 Рік тому +2

      You'd be sweating bullets too if you were being chased by a semi while driving a car that made only about 75HP and 110TQ with no A/C in a 120+F desert....

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому

      @@KYoss68 That would be terrifying indeed! 😮

    • @gregmaday1331
      @gregmaday1331 11 місяців тому

      @KYoss68 Yes, the slant 6 may have been a stout and reliable engine, but it wasn't a powerhouse. :-)

    • @paulp.6399
      @paulp.6399 10 місяців тому

      My '71 Duster w/slant 6 could do an easy 110 mph with 4 people in the car. In reality this would have been a 5 minute movie.@@gregmaday1331

  • @1958johndeere620
    @1958johndeere620 Рік тому +9

    Anyone who has driven a truck knows even a slant 6 mopar could run circles around that truck.

    • @gregmaday1331
      @gregmaday1331 Рік тому +2

      Agreed! That's probably why there's the spot in the movie where Weaver's character is thinking to himself... "Every time I feel safe, I slow down without thinking." It's something like that, anyway. 😊

    • @vintagesavoiur
      @vintagesavoiur Рік тому +1

      Not in high altitude, carbs are set for the altitude they usually purchased in. You can have a 350 4 barrel vehicle and have it at wide open throttle in the mountains and it'll only do 45 mph

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Рік тому +2

      ​@@vintagesavoiur
      They weren't in that kind of altitude in the movie, you're talking about the 3 passes in the Rockies.
      And a 350 will go faster than 45 MPH, that's a gross exaggeration.

    • @1958johndeere620
      @1958johndeere620 Рік тому +1

      @@vintagesavoiur On a hill you are not even going to be going 45 with an old truck. With that vintage you could stick your head out the window and count the lugnuts go by.

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Рік тому +1

      @@1958johndeere620
      Yep, I live in a very hilly area in Pennsylvania and am always reminding my friends of "back in the day" when you'd get stuck behind a loaded truck that would literally crawl up a hill with black diesel smoke pouring out of it's exhaust you'd be choking on the whole way.
      Back then your average truck engine made 325 to 350 HP with a 450 HP engine being the "big hammer", now 550 HP is common with 650 HP+ being a big hammer in an equipment mover.

  • @thomasglynn2282
    @thomasglynn2282 Рік тому +5

    I grew up on those "complicated" 5X3 or 5X4 (Mack, Spicer) twin sticks and you couldn't beat them, yes Eaton and Fuller where simpler, but you had more ratio range with the older transmissions.

  • @nlpnt
    @nlpnt Рік тому +1

    The Valiant was originally beige and repainted red for the movie so it would stand out more in the desert.

  • @kiwimunster
    @kiwimunster Рік тому

    Only just found this channel, fantastic work. Would love so see one on 'Christine'

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому

      Thanks! Yep, she's already on the list for sure; just saving her for around Halloween time 👍

  • @ragman069
    @ragman069 Рік тому +2

    This movie inspired me to drive my pedal car like an a$$hole when I was young

  • @Death_Jaw
    @Death_Jaw Рік тому

    I just had to watch this for Halloween was a great late movie

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +1

      It's a great one for the season indeed 😉👍

  • @TRUTH-4U-NOW
    @TRUTH-4U-NOW 7 місяців тому +1

    Great video facts. But no one talks about the Plymouth Valiant car, probably a sleeper muscle car.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, I'd like to do a video on that one sometime too. 😉👍

  • @dennisgoodnight2029
    @dennisgoodnight2029 10 місяців тому

    Great movie.

  • @briansumner6439
    @briansumner6439 8 днів тому

    I think Hollywood should remake Duel and have one of today’s Peterbilt trucks as the lead star 💫.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 днів тому

      Not sure how that would go over these days, but would be interesting nonetheless 😉

  • @ChrisTtheCarpenter
    @ChrisTtheCarpenter Рік тому

    As an owner of an old red slant-6 Valiant, lets get the "hero" car a vid!

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому

      Yeah, I'll catch it when eventually making second rounds through my list. So very many movies to cover 😉

  • @diydave3034
    @diydave3034 Рік тому +1

    Think I read somewhere the tanker was ex-air force hence it hadn’t many miles on it, plus it was shorter than a normal road going one so lighter and better for the driving scenes.

    • @NanatsukiBenio
      @NanatsukiBenio 10 місяців тому

      well, it's always looked USAF tanker to me ;) yep

  • @brucie7350
    @brucie7350 6 днів тому

    I believe one of the trucks also made an appearance in one of David Lee Roth's music videos as well.

  • @matthewcarter2686
    @matthewcarter2686 Рік тому

    Jeepers creepers and Duel are the most icons for horror.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +1

      Yep, the JC truck already on my long to do list also 😉 Thanks

  • @55tranquility
    @55tranquility 6 місяців тому

    love this film

  • @slamboy66
    @slamboy66 Рік тому

    After all the times I have watched this movie, I just noticed in your clips the front bumper is made from mine rails.🤔🤔🤔

  • @rhettcorbett3346
    @rhettcorbett3346 Рік тому +1

    And the petrol station/ snake Lady scene was the same location & same Snakeldy that he used in another of Spielberg classic 1941. When Belushi lands the Zero on the same road. And if you pause it you can see Spielbergs reflection in on the phone booth glass.

  • @drpepperpug4839
    @drpepperpug4839 Рік тому +1

    You should do a video on the creeper truck from jeepers creepers

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +1

      Wow, that's one I totally haven't thought about, but it's on the rapidly growing to do list now; thanks!

  • @scryla2000
    @scryla2000 Рік тому +3

    You gotta do the V-8 Interceptor from Mad Max!!!

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +4

      Indeed, that is also on my large list already. I'm probably going to be doing this for years now going forward; so will eventually have all the GREATS like that done 😁👍

  • @K-Effect
    @K-Effect Рік тому

    The Peterbilt in Duel is my favorite character/movie vehicle. Second place goes to Christine

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +1

      Indeed, I'll cover Christine come the Halloween season as it is one of my favorites, so I've been saving it 😉👍

    • @K-Effect
      @K-Effect Рік тому

      @@CarStarz42 That will be awesome!

    • @ianfosbrook8406
      @ianfosbrook8406 Рік тому

      i always thought the truck was a "autocar" not a pete.... hmmmm

    • @K-Effect
      @K-Effect Рік тому

      @@ianfosbrook8406 Since I was a kid I remember the Duel truck being a Pete because my grandpa used to drive a old Peterbilt the same vintage but he hauled lumber

  • @foolishwatcher
    @foolishwatcher Рік тому +3

    Always loved this movie. So much suspense and a great ending, which makes you jump up from your seat in relief.
    This is odd: At 1:30, you show tthe difference in the air filter housing, which matches with the appearances in the original and added scenes. Then at 3:00 you show the 1960 survivor back-up truck, which has strangely the 1955 horizontal air filter. Is that a conversion by the new owner?

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +3

      Indeed, the new owner did that to more match the original '55 truck and the engine was rebuild right before he bought it back in 2009 also 😁👍

    • @foolishwatcher
      @foolishwatcher Рік тому

      @@CarStarz42 Thanks for confirming! Love your videos, all my favourite movie cars are there and many things I didn't know before. Keep up the good work!👍

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +4

      @@foolishwatcher Thanks again and will do. I'll most likely be at this for years to come as there's just so many great car movies out there! 🙂👍

    • @jjMcCartan9686
      @jjMcCartan9686 Рік тому +1

      ​@@CarStarz42 My rubberduck r model mack diecast model just arrived. Hope you cover RD at some stage .Great series your doing here .

  • @battlestarmarc
    @battlestarmarc Рік тому

    Great tv film that helped Spielberg get ideas for Jaws.

  • @kijekuyo9494
    @kijekuyo9494 Рік тому +1

    I always thought that they should have never shown the driver, as if the truck was possessed.

  • @steamfans
    @steamfans Рік тому

    Today on the way to work a bigrig decided I wasn't going fast enough and pulled to about a foot behind my car on the highway... I just ignored him and when we went uphill he lost speed due to being fully loaded and never caught up. Then we both passed a highway patrol car at the side of the road but the truck was so far back everything looked normal. Didn't stop, gotta get to work...

  • @PakMail-i2z
    @PakMail-i2z 6 місяців тому

    Them Caterpillar diesels showed no mercy.

  • @nicholasnielsen7198
    @nicholasnielsen7198 Рік тому +3

    white lightning movie car 1971 ford custorm 500 in your next video mayby ☺

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +3

      That is one that's already on my quite large to do list 😉👍

    • @gearbanger57
      @gearbanger57 Рік тому +1

      I think that was the one that showed Burt in a chase shifting a 4 on the floor, then throws the column shifter into park when he stopped.

    • @gregmaday1331
      @gregmaday1331 Рік тому +1

      @gearbanger57 Yes, that is correct. I recall reading somewhere that the scene of him shifting the four-speed was actually shot in a Mustang.

  • @vladyvhv9579
    @vladyvhv9579 7 місяців тому

    11: The various license plates are intended to convey that the trucker is a serial killer. Those are his trophies.
    12: The bumper guard is made out of railroad rail.

  • @diydave3034
    @diydave3034 Рік тому

    A couple of comments on here state the truck cliff dive scene was re-used for the Incredible Hulk.
    I recall the same cliff dive scene being used in something and the tanker being full of computer circuit boards - was that the Hulk story or something else please?

  • @sf-dn8rh
    @sf-dn8rh Рік тому

    Wasn't the 2nd truck used for the incredible hulk episode that reused duel scenes that Steven was not happy about?

  • @Prince.15306
    @Prince.15306 Рік тому

    Can you do 10 facts about Macon County Line 1974 next

  • @AdrianJayeOnline
    @AdrianJayeOnline 4 місяці тому

    I saw this as an 11 or 12 year old, scared the pants off me

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  4 місяці тому

      Lol, as it did to many of us 😉

  • @anauthor1440
    @anauthor1440 Рік тому

    Fact number 11 Steven Spielberg’s Duel appears in the Hulk TV series

  • @johnchurch4705
    @johnchurch4705 Рік тому +1

    Will you be doing Ryan O Neals The Driver please?

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +1

      Yep, that one's already on the to do list too 🙂👍

  • @jamesharrington4923
    @jamesharrington4923 9 місяців тому

    How about the Packard hearse in the movie The Hearse??? And the dodge ambulance in Cannonball Run???? And Roscoe Plymouth fury police car.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  9 місяців тому

      Yep, all of those are indeed already on my large to do list. Thanks 😉👍

    • @jamesharrington4923
      @jamesharrington4923 9 місяців тому

      @@CarStarz42 👍👍👍

  • @madax3276
    @madax3276 6 місяців тому

    ラストシーンで、ドアが開いていたので、パラノイアドライバーは、地面に飛び降りて、その後ジェイソンのように隠れて生き延びていた。そして、今も同型のトラックを
    探し求めている。ケータイ、カーナビの完備された現代で続編を制作して欲しいものです。

  • @Alfiepowers
    @Alfiepowers Рік тому

    How is that damn thing so fast

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому

      Mostly camera trickery, but still 😉👍

  • @anthonycosta7215
    @anthonycosta7215 Рік тому

    Can you do one on the jeepers creepers van?

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +1

      That one is on my to do list to do around Halloween season along with one of my favorites; Christine, that I'm saving for October as well 😉

  • @my67falcon
    @my67falcon Рік тому

    I never noticed a difference in the trucks.

  • @sammcbride2149
    @sammcbride2149 10 місяців тому

    The lesson of the movie is that humans are just one close step away from the "jungle", as the Dennis Weaver character calls it in the movie. And he's right. Humans will kill humans with very little provocation, even in our modern world.

  • @hanholland8231
    @hanholland8231 10 місяців тому

    Can you do the Mack from convoy

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  10 місяців тому

      That one is indeed already on my very large to do list 😉👍

  • @milfordh.mercado2787
    @milfordh.mercado2787 Рік тому

    So the scariest truck to ever be seen on film that can run faster then lower class dodge dart unless the dart was equipped with 360 v8 that help it getaway but no one noticed one plot hole of radiator hose need to replace as stated earlier in the movie is why it overheated when going up hill scene anyway thanks for the video and have a weakened bye now.

  • @beforethedarktimes
    @beforethedarktimes 7 місяців тому

    You introduce your vid by saying "StarCarz" :)

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 місяців тому

      Lol, yeah; I've done that a few times in the past, but I'm in the process of going through all of my old videos and correcting small errors like that for my move over to the new platform; I already fixed up this one actually 😉... rumble.com/v4nyxie-10-killer-facts-about-the-truckers-55-peterbilt-281-duel.html

  • @ErwinJarosch
    @ErwinJarosch Рік тому

    Toller Beitrag aber im Film ist der dem Wagen so schnell gefolgt hatte der einen frisierten super Diesel

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Рік тому +1

      Actually, King did a lot of undercranking of the frame rate when filming this movie to make things feel faster than they were 😉

  • @EURUSKAN-T-90
    @EURUSKAN-T-90 6 місяців тому

    Wooooooo

  • @Aussienotcool
    @Aussienotcool Рік тому

    do mad max car pls thanks

  • @pariswatkins626
    @pariswatkins626 Рік тому

    I did a spoof of Duel called Chase

  • @fancyandrikurniawan5651
    @fancyandrikurniawan5651 4 дні тому

    0:45
    *1960 Peterbilt 281 and 1962 &1964 Peterbilt 351

  • @anniewilkes6011
    @anniewilkes6011 Рік тому

    The movie was so basic but great😁

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela Рік тому +1

    I don't like the movie at all, but it's such a cool look truck, and it's great that one is still about. Seen videos of it driving, and it looks amazing.

  • @louf7178
    @louf7178 Рік тому +2

    Just saw a Rockford Files "The Dark and Bloody Ground" (S1E2) where Rockford is tormented by a big rig. It looked a lot like Duel. Was pretty intense too. (Spoiler - Jim out smarter him, but you don't know how 😁)

  • @briantherion5464
    @briantherion5464 Рік тому

    The tv show the Hulk used scenes from this movie

  • @natus1
    @natus1 5 місяців тому

    I thought it was an auto car dang it!

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  5 місяців тому

      The car might have been, I haven't looked into it; but no, definitely not the truck.

  • @gregorylawson8346
    @gregorylawson8346 Рік тому +1

    This movie proves one thing. Always drive a V8!!!!!

  • @Optimusprime345-xx3dl
    @Optimusprime345-xx3dl Рік тому

    Mmm are jeepers creepers 🤔

  • @John-so4fq
    @John-so4fq 7 місяців тому

    Fix your sound please thank you.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 місяців тому

      Done... rumble.com/v4nyxie-10-killer-facts-about-the-truckers-55-peterbilt-281-duel.html

  • @WildshotJoe
    @WildshotJoe 11 місяців тому

    There are some clearly visible differences between the 1955 Peterbilt 281 and the 1964 Peterbilt 351 in this movie:
    1) The box that is placed at the back of the Peterbilt 281 cab is attached directly to it, while that one of the Peterbilt 351 has a base.
    2) In the vast majority of scenes the Peterbilt 281 doesn't have visible trailer cables or air lines, while the Peterbilt 351 does; they're placed on a vertical support on the chassis, between the cab and the trailer.
    3) The trailer is hitched further from the Peterbilt 351 cab than the Peterbilt 281 cab, due to the Peterbilt 351's longer chassis.
    4) The Peterbilt 281 doesn't have rear mud flaps, but you can see that the Peterbilt 351 has two Kenworth rear mud flaps fitted.
    Kind regards.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  11 місяців тому +1

      Cool, would have never noticed all that myself, but good to know. Thanks 😉👍

    • @WildshotJoe
      @WildshotJoe 10 місяців тому

      @@CarStarz42 You're welcome! 😊✌

  • @davidlong1786
    @davidlong1786 Рік тому

    I always cheered on the big truck to catch Dennis Weaver and smash him off the road 🤪 God what an annoying whiney character he played in that movie.

  • @jks3849
    @jks3849 Рік тому

    It needs a 600hp Cummins and 18 spd Fuller tranny

    • @IeeIee778
      @IeeIee778 11 місяців тому

      Now that is hell of an idea for a replica/tribute truck