Interesting comments below---but the main Duel truck that was wrecked had a 13 speed tranny, and a model 1674 Cat motor, (245 horsepower). That Pete was a 1955 model. Bought new in 1955, it had a 275 Cummins and a 5X3, was a Union 76 Transport for around 10 years, and was then bought by a trucker to continue to haul fuel out of Union Oil, the Broadway and Rosecrans terminal in Gardena, California. That old trailer had torsion bar suspension, a bit odd for a gas tanker, and it carried 7,150 gallons legal. Not a bad driving old truck, but no show case either, it could earn you a living though. I hauled a load to Universal TV studios one day, and they saw the truck, and bought it soon after. The rest is history.
Its a 55 pete. Which is even better. Manual trailer brake control Turn signals Deluxe guage cluster And a 4 speed auxiliary Trans OD its a little fancy. Only a little.
The duel truck that went over the cliff had the old style 13 spd transmission with low range selector on the gear shift a dir and over on the knob not a twin stick as shown.
Never had the chances to try any vintages trucks, but i sure wish i could at least once, the oldest one ive used thus far was a 1993-1995 Kenworth w900 if i recall, its cabin was great it had its own small kitchen with a fridge, cooking unit and even a damn sink with hot water.
Yep had a friend find a old Kw around the same year at a junk yard took it home put a Cummins in it stock 2 gear tranny started driving it local owner operator ...
wounder how stunt driver Carey Loftin felt about driving that truck? Carey Loftin was a good stunt driver and made that truck do awesome things ..like driving at a high speed on a desert road ..with nothing but a hill side on one side and a drop off on the other ..i love this movie and this truck will always be a legend and always be known as the truck that played in a movie that is a classic
I've been forever trying to come up with a great fan fiction theory to explain what Duel was all about ever since I was a nipper when I first saw it on TV in the 70's Lol, this movie was in a class of it's own and I dare say it would beat anything today, despite the better special effects incorporated into today's movies, the best part is when David Mann is in the drive by diner and he suddenly sees the truck outside and naturally concludes that the mysterious insane driver must be one of the people in the diner, understandable paranoia sets in as he tries to work out who it probably is, then he spots that bloke sitting their eating and drinking on his own and he decides that it must be him and goes up to him to tell him to 'cut it out' etc and the bloke just thinks he's a nutter Lol because as we found out shortly afterwards, it wasn't him, the psycho truck driver wasn't in the diner after all, the ending was good as well although it left a lot of obvious questions, namely who was the driver and what was it supposed to be all about??. Okay, well, I admit that this will have holes in it but this is what I make of it, the made truck driver was actually the chap at the party that David Mann and his wife were talking about on the phone, somehow, he found out that David would be on his way to see someone about this business contract so he knew where he would be on the road and then he just decided to make Davids life hell with a view to eventually killing him off but in a way that it would look like an accident, he would then go off with Davids wife who was obviously bored with David anyway because he was too nice, she made that clear, look at the way she belittled him for not wanting to 'get into a fight', perhaps Davids wife and the truck driver might have even planned it together?, that's how he would have found out where David would be on the road, how's that ? Lol.
DUEL was IMO, the most terrifying film ever made. Beginning in 1990 I began flying Chicago to Orlando on vacation, in 1992 I decided to drive to see what I'd been flying over. Visions of 'dueling banjos' and insane truck drivers filled my mind as I left home for the first drive south. I missed an I75 sign in Chattanooga Tennessee and ended up off the highway. The banjos were playing in my head as I searched for an entry ramp back onto the highway. I found the entry but realized I was being followed by a 'cab over' 18 wheeler. I know I didn't cut a truck driver off, I just didn't know where the truck came from. I sped up, the driver of the truck sped up and at 80 MPH, in 9 PM traffic I finally lost him/her. I agree with your theory about Mann's wife, as I recall, she was a self-centered bitch.
I read somewhere on the web some years ago that the truck driver was a psychopath who regularly killed people by running them off the road since if you look at the back of the truck you'll see( I haven't noticed but this is what I read) different number plates impyling that after he kills someone he takes their number plates as some king of morbid souvenir collection! At least this was a possibilty, and no more than that, put forward! Steven Spielberg never gave a clear explanation either and the film was based on a short story! The fact that there is no eplanation is what makes the story so scary in the first place and also why people are still talking about it over 40 years later. To think this was a tv film which was later rereleased in cinemas but extra footage had to be filmed to give it cinema lengh time! The extra scenes filmed were David talking with his wife over the phone where she berates him for not standing up for himself and also the scene where he drives out of his garage at the begining!
nicky29031977 I never noticed the license plate thing but I have seen 2 versions of the film, one with the ultra bitch wife and one without. For me the scariest part is that we never saw the truck driver or learned why he was tormenting David and of course the truck looked as if it had been to Hell and came back possessed.
***** the version with the wife is the cinema version with added scenes...the one without is the tv version! As for why the truck driver is trying to kill David and his face never being shown...no clear explantion is given and shouldn't be either since that would make the film less scary! It should be left up to our own imagination!
nicky29031977 I saw the original cut on TV years ago and saw the version with the wife years later on TV, it may have been a rented VHS or on HBO. The later is far better because it's a better portrayal of David and his personality flaws and explains his exuberance in the end of the film. But OMG that truck!
Uh cause the truck during the movie suffered many problems and at the end of the movie, the engine was about to give out so they decided to do the cliff scene.
I remember reading an article that said they sped up some of the footage slightly so it looked as if the truck was moving faster than it actually was. It also stated that it's top speed was around 55-60mph with the trailer attached.
That truck was the star, it did a majority of the chasing and they took all of the sound bites from it, you could hear the overdrive section of the 13 speed when it was in high range. This particular truck was an extra it pushed the school bus and it also tried to push the valiant onto the tracks when the train was going by.
In 1981 I was delivering a new car from Atlanta to New Orleans. This very thing happened to me. I was on I 10 going westbound. A truck came up on me the same way. Now this was before cell phones. So we had no way to contact 911. This truck kept up the cat and mouse game with me for miles. Then as in the movie he went nutso. He threw things out the window at me blew the horn. Chased me hard for miles. All I could see in mirror was a bumper and grill. I finally got to a exit. Same as the movie I went inside a dinner and washed my face and looked myself in the mirror and said. Dam I've seen this before on TV. Yes I remembered it was dual
+Donnie Greenway Where do you get your info? That original truck worked every day all it's 16 years of life, till Universal bought it to make Duel. I hauled a load of gas into Universal for their company vehicles, someone saw it, and they owned it about 2 days later. Your info is a bit off--
The killer driver in the movie of this truck was actually meant to be played by the truck itself. It was a "ghost truck" But funny thing in parts of the movie you see a guy's boot tap the gas tank and also you see an arm waving and a man's head in the cab at certain points too. Weird huh ? "creep comes around and knocks my sandwich" -says the fat trucker from Chuck's Cafe. LOL
Interesting comments below---but the main Duel truck that was wrecked had a 13 speed tranny, and a model 1674 Cat motor, (245 horsepower). That Pete was a 1955 model. Bought new in 1955, it had a 275 Cummins and a 5X3, was a Union 76 Transport for around 10 years, and was then bought by a trucker to continue to haul fuel out of Union Oil, the Broadway and Rosecrans terminal in Gardena, California. That old trailer had torsion bar suspension, a bit odd for a gas tanker, and it carried 7,150 gallons legal. Not a bad driving old truck, but no show case either, it could earn you a living though. I hauled a load to Universal TV studios one day, and they saw the truck, and bought it soon after. The rest is history.
Bruce Werner You sayd Pete? Wasnt it a Kenny?
thumbs up if you like duel
I feel old
That truck is a legend! I would love the opportunity to be inside the Duel Truck!
What a classic 60's Big Rig gotta love the twin stick + that cab looks so old there's real nothin fancy to that old Peterbilt!!!
Its a 55 pete. Which is even better.
Manual trailer brake control
Turn signals
Deluxe guage cluster
And a 4 speed auxiliary Trans OD
its a little fancy. Only a little.
@@INTERNATIONAL_RDF-D It's not a 1955.A 1957 is what they destroyed in the Movie and this truck is a 1960.
The duel truck that went over the cliff had the old style 13 spd transmission with low range selector on the gear shift a dir and over on the knob not a twin stick as shown.
Most famous truck in history! LOVE IT!
Old, tough, and reeks with age.
Never had the chances to try any vintages trucks, but i sure wish i could at least once, the oldest one ive used thus far was a 1993-1995 Kenworth w900 if i recall, its cabin was great it had its own small kitchen with a fridge, cooking unit and even a damn sink with hot water.
That's one of my favorite movies. Great intimidating truck. :) Thanks for sharing.
Gotta love that Cadillac comfort.
That's a LOT of knobs, switches and guages. Love it! The movie was scarier than Jaws.
I would love to own this
Ahh the air brake. The only bit we see inside the cab in the movie. Thanks for sharing.
Yep had a friend find a old Kw around the same year at a junk yard took it home put a Cummins in it stock 2 gear tranny started driving it local owner operator ...
The beauty of simplicity!
So this would be what Carey Loftin was seeing as he was the truck driver in the film. Great film!!
Wow!!! Crazy mascine.
Awesome.
its the most beautiful creature the world has ever created
WOW THAT TRUCK LOOKS EVIL EVEN FROM THE INSIDE!! It must be really hard to do the
two stick shifting. SUCH A BEAST TRUCK. i like it :P
That would be my truck if I won the lottery.
@Pershingtank It's the trolley-brake handle.
wounder how stunt driver Carey Loftin felt about driving that truck? Carey Loftin was a good stunt driver and made that truck do awesome things ..like driving at a high speed on a desert road ..with nothing but a hill side on one side and a drop off on the other ..i love this movie and this truck will always be a legend and always be known as the truck that played in a movie that is a classic
#1steelers dad I believe Loftin also did stunt driving in Bullitt
its hard to believe looking at trucks now that that used to be state of the art people would actually go coast to coast in that
@Pershingtank Yeah, looks like the trolley brake. Just the trailer brakes.
@pizza3330 The truck has what's called an auxillary transmission to supplement the main transmission
I've been forever trying to come up with a great fan fiction theory to explain what Duel was all about ever since I was a nipper when I first saw it on TV in the 70's Lol, this movie was in a class of it's own and I dare say it would beat anything today, despite the better special effects incorporated into today's movies, the best part is when David Mann is in the drive by diner and he suddenly sees the truck outside and naturally concludes that the mysterious insane driver must be one of the people in the diner, understandable paranoia sets in as he tries to work out who it probably is, then he spots that bloke sitting their eating and drinking on his own and he decides that it must be him and goes up to him to tell him to 'cut it out' etc and the bloke just thinks he's a nutter Lol because as we found out shortly afterwards, it wasn't him, the psycho truck driver wasn't in the diner after all, the ending was good as well although it left a lot of obvious questions, namely who was the driver and what was it supposed to be all about??.
Okay, well, I admit that this will have holes in it but this is what I make of it, the made truck driver was actually the chap at the party that David Mann and his wife were talking about on the phone, somehow, he found out that David would be on his way to see someone about this business contract so he knew where he would be on the road and then he just decided to make Davids life hell with a view to eventually killing him off but in a way that it would look like an accident, he would then go off with Davids wife who was obviously bored with David anyway because he was too nice, she made that clear, look at the way she belittled him for not wanting to 'get into a fight', perhaps Davids wife and the truck driver might have even planned it together?, that's how he would have found out where David would be on the road, how's that ? Lol.
DUEL was IMO, the most terrifying film ever made. Beginning in 1990 I began flying Chicago to Orlando on vacation, in 1992 I decided to drive to see what I'd been flying over. Visions of 'dueling banjos' and insane truck drivers filled my mind as I left home for the first drive south.
I missed an I75 sign in Chattanooga Tennessee and ended up off the highway. The banjos were playing in my head as I searched for an entry ramp back onto the highway. I found the entry but realized I was being followed by a 'cab over' 18 wheeler. I know I didn't cut a truck driver off, I just didn't know where the truck came from. I sped up, the driver of the truck sped up and at 80 MPH, in 9 PM traffic I finally lost him/her.
I agree with your theory about Mann's wife, as I recall, she was a self-centered bitch.
I read somewhere on the web some years ago that the truck driver was a psychopath who regularly killed people by running them off the road since if you look at the back of the truck you'll see( I haven't noticed but this is what I read) different number plates impyling that after he kills someone he takes their number plates as some king of morbid souvenir collection! At least this was a possibilty, and no more than that, put forward! Steven Spielberg never gave a clear explanation either and the film was based on a short story! The fact that there is no eplanation is what makes the story so scary in the first place and also why people are still talking about it over 40 years later. To think this was a tv film which was later rereleased in cinemas but extra footage had to be filmed to give it cinema lengh time! The extra scenes filmed were David talking with his wife over the phone where she berates him for not standing up for himself and also the scene where he drives out of his garage at the begining!
nicky29031977 I never noticed the license plate thing but I have seen 2 versions of the film, one with the ultra bitch wife and one without.
For me the scariest part is that we never saw the truck driver or learned why he was tormenting David and of course the truck looked as if it had been to Hell and came back possessed.
***** the version with the wife is the cinema version with added scenes...the one without is the tv version! As for why the truck driver is trying to kill David and his face never being shown...no clear explantion is given and shouldn't be either since that would make the film less scary! It should be left up to our own imagination!
nicky29031977 I saw the original cut on TV years ago and saw the version with the wife years later on TV, it may have been a rented VHS or on HBO. The later is far better because it's a better portrayal of David and his personality flaws and explains his exuberance in the end of the film. But OMG that truck!
The truck duel its mi faborit
uuii in the rear window i can see the snowman !
The Peterbilt That Got Destroyed at the end Was a 1955 and the One With The train phone and school bus scenes is a 1960.
also the original was a 281 the two others were 351's
Its a truck, you drive around, it delivering stuff.
@clodoalzer The locomotive-style handle? I think so, but for trailer only.
And all these years I thought that box on the back of the cab had an air conditioner in it.
Nope
@devildoc225 oh yeah i know that i used to in an 81 a model KW 2 years ago its just wierd to think about how much has changed
@kaitlynmarie104 I told him not to speak when I was recording ^^;
@Pershingtank Yup, you got it. Real handy on the ice.
True, but it almost certainly was built with a 2-stick originally.
stand da grad der bandit im hintergrund rechts?
There's a video on youtube of one of the surviving trucks and trailer of the movie.
The one in the movie didnt have a browning (aux trans)
yes thats the trailer brake.
@Mayala285 Like Duel? I love Duel. The only thing it needs are bugs all over the windshield.
What's the price on it nowadays?
I wonder how a 350hp truck could go 95mph... Did the trailer weigh like nothing?
+Joshua Peterson Trailer was empty and the studio modified the engine to boost its performance
So did that result in the truck overheating quicker?
+Joshua Peterson it's a fucking movie... you idiot! why ask stupid questions?
Uh cause the truck during the movie suffered many problems and at the end of the movie, the engine was about to give out so they decided to do the cliff scene.
I remember reading an article that said they sped up some of the footage slightly so it looked as if the truck was moving faster than it actually was. It also stated that it's top speed was around 55-60mph with the trailer attached.
In movie crash it was just normal 13 speed though
That truck was the star, it did a majority of the chasing and they took all of the sound bites from it, you could hear the overdrive section of the 13 speed when it was in high range. This particular truck was an extra it pushed the school bus and it also tried to push the valiant onto the tracks when the train was going by.
@@sabbath7081 interesting, thank you!
what about the wrecked version
Old school tri-plex gear box.
yeah thats a trailer brake. all big rigs have em
claudio bagagli painting - look at his art
This could be very true. Originally it might have been a 4 speed main and 4 speed aux.
Good beary good
nice truck
For anyone interested we are making a documentary about Duel and why it is so important
www.thedevilonwheelsmovie.com
Inside the Duel Fuck :-D .. I love duel Truck :-D
Is that pipe a break control?
The twin gear stick appears in a wikipedia image lol
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:5x3_Twin_stick.JPG
I want to drive that truck!!
This truck is confusing because of all the buttons and livers
Even though it was only a movie, if I saw that truck behind me, I would haul ass!
In 1981 I was delivering a new car from Atlanta to New Orleans. This very thing happened to me. I was on I 10 going westbound. A truck came up on me the same way. Now this was before cell phones. So we had no way to contact 911.
This truck kept up the cat and mouse game with me for miles. Then as in the movie he went nutso. He threw things out the window at me blew the horn. Chased me hard for miles. All I could see in mirror was a bumper and grill. I finally got to a exit. Same as the movie I went inside a dinner and washed my face and looked myself in the mirror and said. Dam I've seen this before on TV. Yes I remembered it was dual
@@intuitive7274 cool story bruh
are you the owner of the truck now? If now, any idea where it is located?
Brad Wike owns it now in South Carolina.
As FAST as the truck was able to go in the movie I assume it was EMPTY...
Low shots of the truck gave it that illusion of it going fast in some scenes
@Haffschlappe We all do -w-
I saw that movie and. I have a pair of wingtip boots I love sitting in side. That truck beware. I'm. The duel cowboy
Actually these trucks were used on one of the movie lots bringing fuel they never went cross country
+Donnie Greenway Where do you get your info? That original truck worked every day all it's 16 years of life, till Universal bought it to make Duel. I hauled a load of gas into Universal for their company vehicles, someone saw it, and they owned it about 2 days later. Your info is a bit off--
How hard is it to drive that
Not bad downhill.
What year is the truck made?
1955 - 1960
The Duel truck was destroyed for the movie!
Trolley Brake
what is the lever at 0:29 for?
trailer brake control
trailer brake control
very old truck
I would like to Report a Truck Driver that has been endangering my life Operator:: whats your name sir David Mann :: David Mann
The killer driver in the movie of this truck was actually meant to be played by the truck itself. It was a "ghost truck" But funny thing in parts of the movie you see a guy's boot tap the gas tank and also you see an arm waving and a man's head in the cab at certain points too. Weird huh ? "creep comes around and knocks my sandwich" -says the fat trucker from Chuck's Cafe. LOL
Archmetal06 l.p.
Funny seeing you here
He wasn't fat. Husky maybe. Guy was just trying to enjoy his sandwich with a brew.
@culayta '60
Wow!!! Crazy mascine.
Awesome.