The soundtrack as confusing as most...has the sounds of a V8 AND a six.....some movies don't care if the soundtrack doesn't match-up....V8 sounds for cars with four cylinders...and the reverse too. As both six and V8s were used I would bet the sounds are relatively accurate.
Part of the movie was filmed at a ranch on the outskirts of pueblo Colorado near Beulah Colorado. I've been there and there was a room named "Mr. Majestyk".
@gonzo8000121 I remember hearing they used two trucks but pdpicklesimer posted that the director said they used six trucks. If so then there probably were both six cylinder and V8's. Six trucks seems like too many for this movie. I just can't see that many, but who knows?
@dilsride I don't know the answer to that. If you go back to the first comments, some of those guys think it sounds like a 6 cylinder. I think it's a 360 or 390 because it looks like an F-250. So it probably would have a V-8. I paused the video when the truck is airborne to look at the exhaust to see if maybe somebody had put dual exhaust on it but it is too hard to see anything. I have nearly the same truck (but F-100) and it HAD single exhaust wIth a 390 from factory. I put headers w/dual ex.
@bbigjohnson069 You may be right but it could be an inline 6 as well. Ford did put 6 cylinders in F250s back then more often than in later years. I have been around hundreds of old Fords and to me this truck sounds exactly like a 300 inline 6.
@chakdeychar I believe that is a 1970 Dodge Polara..........toward 1970 some American makes changed completely year over year....that Polara I believe, is particular to that year only.
anyone Know "where" they filmed this movie (*Scene) New Mexico? it's beautiful. saw this flick right when it came out in about '71 or so. was 11 years old, living in Las Vegas. awesome!
I love how they're cutting through all this shit like mad but somehow the people that just drive on the fuggin' road keep managing to catch up. Rawdogging the offroads doesn't appear to be working out for them. I also have a good feeling that Bronson might have been thrown out of that truck bed. Suspension of disbelief and all, this is awesome stuff. The less realistic the better, I say. Also nice to see that the dude from Vanishing Point was still getting work.
My Papa had a 73 Ford truck with a 302 Windsor and 3 on the tree column shifter ,one of the smoothest riding old trucks I've ever been in, he was always diehard Ford, he had a 78 Ford Fairmont and it too had the 302 Windsor, for some reason he always loved 302 Ford motors,my mom and dad and cousins were always Chevy people and me too, but today's new vehicles all have that same plastic-ee look and feel, I don't prefer any brand made today,after the 80s everything had too much computer shit in it
They used at least two trucks in the movie. It has nothing to do with it being a Ford or not. They film the scenes out of sequence so that they get the footage that does the least amount of damage first and then the ones that are harder on the vehicle later on. That is why the headlight is broken and then it is not and the broken light even switches sides. I guarantee that all of the trucks were toast when they got done filming. And if the bad guys were driving Chevy's, they'd have caught them.
I drove my old 76 F150 very similar to this once, nothing broke...I was a little stupid for doing it, got some REAL air....several times. The travel on the twin I-beam is much longer than most realize!
Let's see...three years after this movie came out, Ford truck sales had reached #1, a position they still hold to this day. Coincidence?? You make the call.
they may have use 2 truck for cosmetic reasons but at the end of the day a new fender and grill and they both are just fine and useable ford tough is a under statement
Who is the blond guy in the mooovie, I mean the one who is always on Al Lettieri`s (alias Renda's) side? I tryed to get his name, but there is no information about him available.
LOL! Do you think you could make that high of jump and still be in the back of the pickup truck when it lands?? ROFL. Just imagining the impossibility of Bronson flying off the truck if that did happen...
At 3:03 you can see the "Flipping canister" still smoking. This is the device used to 'flip' a car on cue. Its' an explosive charge designed to push a car over...it is mounted underneath usually offset to "roll" a car & sometimes to flip it end over end. Most studios now edit the footage so you don't see the canister, or "clean up" the footage by the FX editing. They used such a canister to 'Wheele' the Charger in Fast & Furious.
There was more than one truck used in that movie's chase scene. Look closely and you can see the front of the truck is damaged after a jump, then later on it's fine. I remember seeing it mantioned on a show where they talked about how many cars/trucks were used in movie chase scenes, and this movie was one of them, but I don't remember how many were actually used.
Yeah around there maybe at 1:53 or 4:52, 4:56, 5:00, 5:12 or 7:07 when the Dodge gets pile driven right off the side of the mountain. This movie was on a local station here in So. Cal about a week or two ago.
i'm a bit older in my fifties but not senile yet. a bunch of us guys got together and went to see ''bullitt'' with steve mc queen at the drive-in movie. it was worth sitting through what was a fairly unexiting movie - from '68 i believe - to see the car chase at the end. those up and down chase scenes were enough to make you dizzy.
the real star of the movie wasn't mc queen, though. it was that '67 390 mustang fastback, a mild custom with cragar s/s brushed aluminum mag wheels.
Great clip. Isn't it funny how Bronson never flies out of the back of that truck? Also for all you Godfather fans out there..the bad guy in this is "Solotzzo" (you see him in the beginning of clip)
Yep..But besides that, watching that Ford barrel-ass though the boulders and dirt..and go air-born is pretty goddamn amazing. I'm in my 40's, so I grew up watching Bronson/Eastwood/McQueen flicks..and you could always count on an awesome car chase.
I did see a Ford ad where they used clips from this movie. The ad said that it had something like 40k miles and it was UNMODIFIED. Ford Tough indeed! Wish I could find the ad.
Do you think any of todays trucks could put up with this punishment?? This Ford had their twin-I beam front suspension and I know it was pretty tough. Sure was a hell of a truck that's for sure.
"Simple but great idea"? Simple and inexpensive? Yes! Great? Depends. When most other manufacturers (VW, Porsche, Mercedes, GM) were getting away from swing axle suspensions, Ford decides that it's time to put them on their trucks. The excessive camber change is not good for handling or tire wear. About 28 years later, Ford decides to go with unequal length control arms...just like GM did in '67 and Chrysler did in '71.
not sure if by "swinging axle" ur referring to twin I-beams but the twin I-beam is about as strong as suspension next to a solid axle...IFS gives a great ride but generally cant take the abuse a twin i-beam can...those same GM and chrysler products that switched to IFS typically rely on Ford Twin I-beam setups for desert racing...agreed twin I-beams arent kind to tire wear or the best handling.
@seniorcat03 Yes, the "Twin I-Beam" is a brand name for Ford's version of a swing axle. I am refering to both the Twin I-Beam and the even more horrid 4WD "Twin Traction Beam" set-ups that are found on the '80s and '90s F150s, Rangers, Broncos, Bronco IIs, and earlier Explorers. These are all simple, relatively inexpensive and strong. They're a nightmare for the ride and handling engineers, though.
issues aside the TTB-28 (Dana 28) in the Ranger and Bronco II worked quite well but the extra weight of larger vehicles like the Bronco & F-150 that used the larger TTB-44 (Dana 44) and the TTB-50 (Dana 50) in the F-250 experienced regular front end sag, leading to the premature wear issues you mentioned. only the F-350 got the solid axle Dana 60.
"a lawsuit that kills! and distribution of mechanical dream ford f-series 1968, Dodge Polara 1970, ford ltd convertible fury plymouth 1972 and 1971. barrel, falling into the precipice, jumps, a festival of the cascade redneck!"
I guess you could say it loses something in translation.
Charles- Hey ma, may I have some cookies?
Ma- No dice!
Charles- This isn't over!
tvfan103 3 weeks ago
knowing those trucks they probably only used 1, they are hard to kill
TheMustangman93 1 month ago
can you say " oooohhh my friggin back"? no way anyone could have ridden in the back of that truck and not been thrown out
sawtnpeppa 1 month ago
Dumb woman would have thrown him out of the pickup bed.
Should have left the tailgate up.
Lousy shot athe railroad tunnel.
robertgift 1 month ago
The soundtrack as confusing as most...has the sounds of a V8 AND a six.....some movies don't care if the soundtrack doesn't match-up....V8 sounds for cars with four cylinders...and the reverse too. As both six and V8s were used I would bet the sounds are relatively accurate.
RichardEllisxyz 3 months ago
A Ford Truck and Charles Bronson. How much tougher can you get?
whatuautado 4 months ago
When that car turned over I was like wait for it....... and boom. No car ever turned over in these movies without blowing up. lol
Kagaines 4 months ago
Drumdude46
Part of the movie was filmed at a ranch on the outskirts of pueblo Colorado near Beulah Colorado. I've been there and there was a room named "Mr. Majestyk".
mare22558 5 months ago
theres also a lot of reused shots too
MrWoodywoodward27 6 months ago
i'd hate to be in the back of that bed.
MrWoodywoodward27 6 months ago
Bronson's BEST movie!
quirpco 6 months ago
I dont think a 2011 Ford could take a beating like that 1968.
tubewaldo 7 months ago
It is definatly a Straight 6, either a 240 or a 300, being a F250, i would say a 300, and i really doubt it took 6 trucks to shoot this movie....
countryboy77351 8 months ago
just to say its a movie they probly had 10 trucks to make the scene so it cold be a in line 6 and a v8
gonzo8000121 9 months ago
@gonzo8000121 I remember hearing they used two trucks but pdpicklesimer posted that the director said they used six trucks. If so then there probably were both six cylinder and V8's. Six trucks seems like too many for this movie. I just can't see that many, but who knows?
bbigjohnson069 9 months ago
Rides like a car, works like a truck!
knipdlo 9 months ago
i remember when ford used this for a commercial.they said it was a slightly modified 68 ford truck.
abulakle 10 months ago
did that truck have the 390?
dilsride 11 months ago
@dilsride I don't know the answer to that. If you go back to the first comments, some of those guys think it sounds like a 6 cylinder. I think it's a 360 or 390 because it looks like an F-250. So it probably would have a V-8. I paused the video when the truck is airborne to look at the exhaust to see if maybe somebody had put dual exhaust on it but it is too hard to see anything. I have nearly the same truck (but F-100) and it HAD single exhaust wIth a 390 from factory. I put headers w/dual ex.
bbigjohnson069 10 months ago
@bbigjohnson069 You may be right but it could be an inline 6 as well. Ford did put 6 cylinders in F250s back then more often than in later years. I have been around hundreds of old Fords and to me this truck sounds exactly like a 300 inline 6.
landon460 10 months ago
women need to learn to drive
Dawmoon 1 year ago
Found
Onroad
Raping
Dodges
94f150mofo 1 year ago 5
@94f150mofo lolll
pewploid 11 months ago
Every car-chase scene in any movie uses mor than one car. In reality a car never withstands so much beatng in a chase
Denighted 1 year ago
@chakdeychar I believe that is a 1970 Dodge Polara..........toward 1970 some American makes changed completely year over year....that Polara I believe, is particular to that year only.
RichardEllisxyz 1 year ago
Great scene! The director said they went through 6 trucks to shoot it. He said each was was undrivable after any big jump. So much better than cgi.
pdpicklesimer 1 year ago
@pdpicklesimer Is that information readily accessible somewhere? How did you hear about it?
bbigjohnson069 10 months ago
Hi, anyone know what the black car is ? The one Mr. Renta rides in ? What is the make and model of black car ?
chakdeychar 1 year ago
Best model of F-series ever made. I have a '72 and its invicible
PivotVids 1 year ago
anyone Know "where" they filmed this movie (*Scene) New Mexico? it's beautiful. saw this flick right when it came out in about '71 or so. was 11 years old, living in Las Vegas. awesome!
drumdude46 1 year ago
I love how they're cutting through all this shit like mad but somehow the people that just drive on the fuggin' road keep managing to catch up. Rawdogging the offroads doesn't appear to be working out for them. I also have a good feeling that Bronson might have been thrown out of that truck bed. Suspension of disbelief and all, this is awesome stuff. The less realistic the better, I say. Also nice to see that the dude from Vanishing Point was still getting work.
Bestevus 1 year ago
I am gonna get some of those black tape letters and write Majestyk Mellons on the side of my 75 F250 highboy XD
hendo337 1 year ago
My Papa had a 73 Ford truck with a 302 Windsor and 3 on the tree column shifter ,one of the smoothest riding old trucks I've ever been in, he was always diehard Ford, he had a 78 Ford Fairmont and it too had the 302 Windsor, for some reason he always loved 302 Ford motors,my mom and dad and cousins were always Chevy people and me too, but today's new vehicles all have that same plastic-ee look and feel, I don't prefer any brand made today,after the 80s everything had too much computer shit in it
undergroundbasement 1 year ago
jesus....woman drivers still drive the same LOL but that ford truck is awesome, my dad has one just like it can't kill the thing
Z3CHYD 1 year ago
They used at least two trucks in the movie. It has nothing to do with it being a Ford or not. They film the scenes out of sequence so that they get the footage that does the least amount of damage first and then the ones that are harder on the vehicle later on. That is why the headlight is broken and then it is not and the broken light even switches sides. I guarantee that all of the trucks were toast when they got done filming. And if the bad guys were driving Chevy's, they'd have caught them.
wagonman100 1 year ago
wow..good thing they didnt use a toyota
390merc65 1 year ago
and amazingly enough its only a 2wd ha ha.
MEANGREEN4u 1 year ago
I drove my old 76 F150 very similar to this once, nothing broke...I was a little stupid for doing it, got some REAL air....several times. The travel on the twin I-beam is much longer than most realize!
RichardEllisxyz 1 year ago
charles bronson
princessnc 1 year ago
At 4:30 thru 5:00 I bet they used a chevorlet suspension.
EdgeHeadTulsa 1 year ago
@EdgeHeadTulsa Haha ya right. No Chevy could stand up to that kind of abuse!
MercuryMorrison1 1 year ago
@EdgeHeadTulsa, No, stock twin i-beam ford front end...BTW thats where pre running first got started, from fords twin i-beam suspension.
NathansBackwoods 1 year ago
Let's see...three years after this movie came out, Ford truck sales had reached #1, a position they still hold to this day. Coincidence?? You make the call.
quirpco 1 year ago
this is like the best film ever!!!
realscience1 1 year ago
Man did they beat the snot out of this truck! Definitely one of my favorite 70s movies... :)
tremoloman 1 year ago
they may have use 2 truck for cosmetic reasons but at the end of the day a new fender and grill and they both are just fine and useable ford tough is a under statement
gonzo80009871 1 year ago
That's "Built Ford Tough" if I ever saw it.
TheTerminator310 1 year ago
lol, they may have used 2 or 3 trucks in this video, but if it was the F-150 Raptor, they could do it all day! BUILT FORD TOUGH
supersnot4 1 year ago
Who is the blond guy in the mooovie, I mean the one who is always on Al Lettieri`s (alias Renda's) side? I tryed to get his name, but there is no information about him available.
Suva1987 1 year ago
@Suva1987
The name of the actor was Taylor Lacher.
captfjb 1 year ago
@Suva1987
The actor's name was Taylor Lacher.
captfjb 1 year ago
LOL! Do you think you could make that high of jump and still be in the back of the pickup truck when it lands?? ROFL. Just imagining the impossibility of Bronson flying off the truck if that did happen...
CitySkin09 1 year ago
I remember seeing the commercial that this scene was in. Bronson and Ford. Tough as nails.
1westworld 1 year ago
Pretty funny how fast it takes the jump at 4:50
f350turbodiesel 2 years ago
At 3:03 you can see the "Flipping canister" still smoking. This is the device used to 'flip' a car on cue. Its' an explosive charge designed to push a car over...it is mounted underneath usually offset to "roll" a car & sometimes to flip it end over end. Most studios now edit the footage so you don't see the canister, or "clean up" the footage by the FX editing. They used such a canister to 'Wheele' the Charger in Fast & Furious.
RichardEllisxyz 2 years ago
There was more than one truck used in that movie's chase scene. Look closely and you can see the front of the truck is damaged after a jump, then later on it's fine. I remember seeing it mantioned on a show where they talked about how many cars/trucks were used in movie chase scenes, and this movie was one of them, but I don't remember how many were actually used.
rzunig1 2 years ago
@rzunig1 I think there were two trucks used in this movie. Notice the headlight - it's broken, then fixed, then broken again.
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
@rzunig1 Or it could also be that different scenes were filmed and different times and then edited into one time line.
FelixTheHouseFreak 1 year ago
1:50 is the definition of Built Ford Tough.
MercuryMorrison1 2 years ago
Yeah around there maybe at 1:53 or 4:52, 4:56, 5:00, 5:12 or 7:07 when the Dodge gets pile driven right off the side of the mountain. This movie was on a local station here in So. Cal about a week or two ago.
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
@MercuryMorrison1 yea and they used another one after it landed. lol
EdgeHeadTulsa 1 year ago
stunt drivers back then must be sore.
tastyscabs 2 years ago
They'd be happy to be just "sore." I'm certain various bruises, lacerations and broken bones were common. I'm sure some even ended up dead.
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
I HAVE THIS TRUCK and its impossible to kick the back, you have to pull the lever to lower the pick up gate. its not a friggin gate door
tastyscabs 2 years ago 4
I concur, but It's a movie, remember?
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago 2
Wonderful !!! Great job !!!
514570HP 2 years ago
THX
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
THX!
Does the 514570HP mean a 460 cu. in. stroked and punched to 514 cu. in. making 570 hp?
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
Yes man, exactly that´s the meaning.
Your video is really good 100%.
Congratulations.
514570HP 2 years ago
Nothing like going off-roading through the desert in a vintage Ford pickup with a foreign girl in the passenger seat!
ethen24 2 years ago 11
no repairs?
f350turbodiesel 2 years ago
I don't know either way on that one. I remember hearing or reading that they used two trucks. But that's obvious to anyone looking for that.
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
ahh great clip..alot of these toyota worshipers need to see this ...i know these trucks are tuff..i had one for 13 long working years
390merc65 2 years ago
i'm a bit older in my fifties but not senile yet. a bunch of us guys got together and went to see ''bullitt'' with steve mc queen at the drive-in movie. it was worth sitting through what was a fairly unexiting movie - from '68 i believe - to see the car chase at the end. those up and down chase scenes were enough to make you dizzy.
the real star of the movie wasn't mc queen, though. it was that '67 390 mustang fastback, a mild custom with cragar s/s brushed aluminum mag wheels.
dale1966gto 2 years ago
Great clip. Isn't it funny how Bronson never flies out of the back of that truck? Also for all you Godfather fans out there..the bad guy in this is "Solotzzo" (you see him in the beginning of clip)
WiseGuy5674 2 years ago
he's near the end too when bronson is sniping at them when they're in that blue ford convertible in the canyon.
it is funny how he got a bumpy ride. in reality he would have left the bed of that truck along with the spare tire.
dale1966gto 2 years ago
Yep..But besides that, watching that Ford barrel-ass though the boulders and dirt..and go air-born is pretty goddamn amazing. I'm in my 40's, so I grew up watching Bronson/Eastwood/McQueen flicks..and you could always count on an awesome car chase.
WiseGuy5674 2 years ago
thats my truck yo!!! same color too ( i need a paint job)
pinkxstar21 2 years ago
Holy crap! i think I now understand why Ford trucks are so crazy tough then and now!
califgirl101 2 years ago
did not no the 300 i6 was out at that time i know 200 i6 was out before 1968.
mccrackenphillip 2 years ago
@mccrackenphillip If it was A 6 it was probibly the 250 or 300.
hendo337 1 year ago
they had a few differ t tucks look at the front head light after jumps there well be new light an in differ seens theres more or less damage
ford1979truck 2 years ago
on bias-ply tires no less!
seizetheweakened 2 years ago
I did see a Ford ad where they used clips from this movie. The ad said that it had something like 40k miles and it was UNMODIFIED. Ford Tough indeed! Wish I could find the ad.
0289XYZ 2 years ago
Yeah that's right they did say it was UNMODIFIED. I wish I could find that commercial too. I think it was run in the early '80's.
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
Thanks! I thought I was the only one in the world that rememebered it.
0289XYZ 2 years ago
BUILT FORD TOUGH
BIGDARYSILVA 2 years ago
that 68 ford truck sounds like a 6 cyl or maby a 289 v8
mccrackenphillip 2 years ago
Yea it's definitely a a 300 cid 6 cylinder, you can tell by the sound it makes when it revs up. Great engines that are indestructible
jensinorkt350 2 years ago
i'm almost positive it's not a v-8 of any size. they have an unmistakable rumble. the 6 doesn't. this one sounds like a 6.
dale1966gto 2 years ago
Can't beat twin I beam for this kind of high speed off road punishment. I've done high speed in dirt roads and A arm doesn't compare.
LOVE THE VIDEO!!!!!
grndiesel 2 years ago
In stock form, I'd bet you're right. Notice though how most modern racing off road independent suspensions use A-arms if they're fabbed from scratch.
snowrocket 2 years ago
yeah! thanks girl for not telling me you're going off roading while i'm loading shells into my shotgun --also 1:50-1:55.........thanks kersey1.
madtoytle 2 years ago
Yeah but he didn't care! He got mad at her when she went the wrong way though. That's why she had to go "Off Roadin."
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
Do you think any of todays trucks could put up with this punishment?? This Ford had their twin-I beam front suspension and I know it was pretty tough. Sure was a hell of a truck that's for sure.
gekko14 2 years ago
Yes, I do probably another Ford!
The "Twin-I-Beam" was a simple but great idea. The I-Beams on the older trucks were forged not stamped as they are now. A BIG difference.
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
"Simple but great idea"? Simple and inexpensive? Yes! Great? Depends. When most other manufacturers (VW, Porsche, Mercedes, GM) were getting away from swing axle suspensions, Ford decides that it's time to put them on their trucks. The excessive camber change is not good for handling or tire wear. About 28 years later, Ford decides to go with unequal length control arms...just like GM did in '67 and Chrysler did in '71.
snowrocket 2 years ago
not sure if by "swinging axle" ur referring to twin I-beams but the twin I-beam is about as strong as suspension next to a solid axle...IFS gives a great ride but generally cant take the abuse a twin i-beam can...those same GM and chrysler products that switched to IFS typically rely on Ford Twin I-beam setups for desert racing...agreed twin I-beams arent kind to tire wear or the best handling.
seniorcat03 2 years ago
@seniorcat03 Yes, the "Twin I-Beam" is a brand name for Ford's version of a swing axle. I am refering to both the Twin I-Beam and the even more horrid 4WD "Twin Traction Beam" set-ups that are found on the '80s and '90s F150s, Rangers, Broncos, Bronco IIs, and earlier Explorers. These are all simple, relatively inexpensive and strong. They're a nightmare for the ride and handling engineers, though.
snowrocket 2 years ago
issues aside the TTB-28 (Dana 28) in the Ranger and Bronco II worked quite well but the extra weight of larger vehicles like the Bronco & F-150 that used the larger TTB-44 (Dana 44) and the TTB-50 (Dana 50) in the F-250 experienced regular front end sag, leading to the premature wear issues you mentioned. only the F-350 got the solid axle Dana 60.
seniorcat03 2 years ago
1:50 - 1:55 is fucking mental!
TheKersey1 2 years ago
Quite possibly one of the CRAZIEST movie car chase scenes I've ever witnessed!
CesMan83 2 years ago
Concur. Another classic chase is in the movie "Bullitt" with Steve McQueen who did all of the driving himself.
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
If you watch that scene in an unedited version, the charger loses 5 hubcaps during the chase.
0289XYZ 2 years ago
Only five? I thought it was maybe six!
Regardless of how many it loses it always has ALL FOUR hubcaps still on on the car!
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
Truck takes a beatin and keeps on rollin! One of my favorite chase scene in this movie! Rock on Charles Bronson! Thank you my friend. :)
califgirl101 2 years ago 2
Ford tough!
GETRDUN 2 years ago
F.O.R.D.
Four-by Off Road Destroyer!
bbigjohnson069 2 years ago
une poursuite qui tue !
et une distribution mécanique de rêve : ford f-series 1968, dodge polara 1970, ford ltd convertible 1972 et plymouth fury 1971.
tonneau, chute dans le précipice, sauts, un festival de la cascade redneck !
rituel 2 years ago 2
WTF???
0289XYZ 2 years ago
This from Google Translator:
"a lawsuit that kills! and distribution of mechanical dream ford f-series 1968, Dodge Polara 1970, ford ltd convertible fury plymouth 1972 and 1971. barrel, falling into the precipice, jumps, a festival of the cascade redneck!"
I guess you could say it loses something in translation.
bbigjohnson069 9 months ago