Peterbilt 351 from "The Duel"

[Station]

I love this film and the big beasty Peterbilt 351 juggernaut. Fortunately, one of the (four) trucks remain in existance and is in 'use' (at shows etc).

I found an article on it while doing some research.

 

http://www.tenfourmagazine.com/feature/2004/5.html

 

Another interesting fact about these - they average 1mpg. ONE

 

[brammy777]

i got some new speakers the other week, and i watched mad max today on them.By christ, the engine noise sounded intense! Shivers down the spineAnd this has reminded me to try out Duel on them, cant wait.Its good that one of those Peterbilts is still around, such a menacing thing, the embodiment of pure evil.I was reading up today that apparently one of the Mad Max cars, specifically the police car Max uses at the start, has apparently vanished since the film was made, and no one knows where it is.

[Station]

Is it the Interceptor?

 

 

I read it had been around a number of museums, think the last one was over here. Not sure where it is now though.

[brammy777]

nah its this one

Yeh the interceptor is still at the cars are the stars musuem in the UK, I imagine he must get a fair few aussies ringing up asking for it.

[Mr H Sceptre]

Duel is the only good film Speilberg has ever made, in my opinion.

[VWPowered]

 

[Station]

It sounds better than it did in the film, what an amazing sound.

[maximalist]

Omg! The radiator hose!

[michiel]

What a great thing to have standing in your driveway - good thing those suburban streets are wiiiide.

[Split_Pin]

Awesome truck, Duel was one of my favourite films when I was younger and still is now. Is so menacing, must be the bright silver headlights, cleaner than the rest of it and like 2 mad eyes lol. I love the sound of its Cummins engine (although I believe one of the 4 was Caterpillar powered).This might work in You Tube, but see if you can get a clip of a 'Knight Rider' episode, where they are all inside the big Truck where Kitt is worked on. Listen to the truck's soundtrack in the background. It sounds very much like they have used the truck soundtrack from 'Duel'.

[Justin Case]

If only my drive was a bit longer....

and a bit wider.......

 

When it comes to sound though, it's hard to beat a Detroit Diesel on full song :

 

[RedSparrow]

I was obsessed with that film as a kid. When I was little I used to call it 'the mad truck driver' as I couldn't remember the word duel!Always fancied them yeller police cars from the first mad max film too. Are they Fords? - forgive my ignorance!

[pompei]

I saw that film when I was little and it gave me nightmares - especially the chase sequence on the hills. Got it on dvd recently and it is still scary!

[AnthonyG]

  RedSparrow said:

I was obsessed with that film as a kid. When I was little I used to call it 'the mad truck driver' as I couldn't remember the word duel!Always fancied them yeller police cars from the first mad max film too. Are they Fords? - forgive my ignorance!

Ford Falcon, 1971-78 generation. An Aussie or Kiwi would know whether it's an 'XY' or 'FJ' or whatever - the model codes are even worse then the Japanese!Max's black coupe is also a Falcon, and there were posher versions called Fairmont and LTD. Apart from the 1962-71 Falcons, none of these were similar to the US cars of the same name.

[MrRegieRitmo]

  brammy777 said:

Its good that one of those Peterbilts is still around, such a menacing thing, the embodiment of pure evil.

There's certainly a theme to the type of films they've been in!http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make= ... c457077202

[MrRegieRitmo]

  pompei said:

I saw that film when I was little and it gave me nightmares - especially the chase sequence on the hills. Got it on dvd recently and it is still scary!

 

Anyone that enjoyed the chase sequences in Duel should check out the first Jeepers Creepers film for a similar chase sequence involving this sinister beast!

 

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_5326-Chevr ... -1941.html

 

Any other films where an 'innocent' is struggling to shake off the enemy on the road?

[Volksy]

Heres a paper Valiant to build.

[Pete-M]

Where?I've been watching Duel today, tis still a bit un-nerving...

[RedSparrow]

Here is a cut out model of the police bike from mad max.

 

http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/2008/05/fold-tab-into-slot-b-whitehouses.html

 

I want one of the yellow police car! Please tell me if anyone finds one!

 

Edit to add this:

http://www.frontiermodels.com/Mad-Max-p-1-c-295.html

Extremely cool but pricey. And whenever I did Airfix they ended up looking shit.

[Timewaster]

Am I the only one who thought the film was utter shit?Complete tosh, plotless and entirely pointless. It had a slight element of suspence but just fizzled out.2 hours of my life wasted. :xOr maybe I missed the point. I was only about 12 at the time.

[Richard]

  tontops said:

Am I the only one who thought the film was utter shit?Complete tosh, plotless and entirely pointless. It had a slight element of suspence but just fizzled out.2 hours of my life wasted.

You've just described my feelings on The Usual Suspects. Except there was no suspense, or anything else that I could see, in The Usual Suspects.

[Pete-M]

  Richard said:

  tontops said:

Am I the only one who thought the film was utter shit?Complete tosh, plotless and entirely pointless. It had a slight element of suspence but just fizzled out.2 hours of my life wasted.

You've just described my feelings on The Usual Suspects. Except there was no suspense, or anything else that I could see, in The Usual Suspects.

Uhh. I love that film. I bet you hate Se7en as well...

[Timewaster]

  Pete-M said:

  Richard said:

  tontops said:

Am I the only one who thought the film was utter shit?Complete tosh, plotless and entirely pointless. It had a slight element of suspence but just fizzled out.2 hours of my life wasted.

You've just described my feelings on The Usual Suspects. Except there was no suspense, or anything else that I could see, in The Usual Suspects.

Uhh. I love that film. I bet you hate Se7en as well...

Who was that aimed at? Cos YES! I hated Se7en as well.Not because it was plotless rubbish, but it was a bit gruesome for my squeamish taste, and I sold Magic tree airfresheners (amongst other stuff) at the time!!

[Richard]

Most people seem to love The Usual Suspects but I just didn't get it. I understood the plot, such as it was, but I didn't understand why they didn't put the clever twist at the start and save two hours of my life.Se7en was OK. Stuff happened in that film.

[Station]

Has anyone seen 'The Car'?

 

Mysterious car terrorises a small town, and comes to same fate as Mr Duel truck:

 

 

or Killdozer - Bulldozer becomes possessed and kills everyone:

 

 

 

Both rather shit, but I love them!

[fotorabia]

  brammy777 said:

nah its this one

 

i think it ended up like this..or at least one of them did...

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Duel is an incredible film. But you need the full version which starts with Mr Meek reversing the Orange Valiant out of the suburban garage and driving out of the city and the camera mounted at grille level. Some of them start as he's driving through the desert listening to the radio and it's just ruined."What do you do?" "I play meat" "Man, that's sick".I first watched it in late 1986 one night at home when my folks were on holiday. It's still one of my top 5 fave films. You're right, it's Spielbergs finest moment although Munich is pretty good.Another great film to watch is a late seventies Cold War film 'The Human Factor'. Has anyone else ever seen it, or is it just me?

[Guest]

I love the Valiant in Duel, it's such a handsome-looking motor. There's some pretty slick driving in that film, I imagine most people nowadays are all "hur hur hur look he daren't go over 70mph for very long", but look at the state of the roads, the 1970s tyres, the fact that he's in a Valiant of all things. I bet it's utterly terrifying at speed, the bits where he really puts the hammer down make me wince, watching the suspension reach its limits as it cuts across into the dust.

 

As for Mad Max, the best car in that in that is "March Hare" which is a 6cyl ex-taxi and smoking to buggery:

 

Brill!

[RedSparrow]

Yer, that is super cool.Im not usually a fan of replicas of film cars (4 LOOZRZ), but I would bloody love one exactly like that.

[wuvvum]

  Station said:

Has anyone seen 'The Car'?

 

Mysterious car terrorises a small town, and comes to same fate as Mr Duel truck:

 

Didn't Bender turn into that car in an episode of Futurama?