Ancker and the Duel Truck

Ancker Visit Niel Losasso and his Duel Truck in Burbank California

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• Ancker
• Duel
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• Burbank
• California

[ShokaLion]

That is excellent...

If you don't mind my asking, how much did that piece of movie history set you back?

[templedread]

The truck is great!

[SuperOffgrid]

@brucew44guns Abolutely right. "Your" truck was wrecked for the final scene of the original made for t.v. movie. The movie was very popular in Europe, and more scenes were added to make it into a full length feature film, so another truck was needed. You can see differences in the trucks in the two hour version of the movie, and a few scenes that show the spedometer in the car have a mileage difference in the thousands.

[TERRY7560]

Love it.!

[RTD8481]

It looks like just a replica. A nice replica, but I do not believe that this is one of the trucks from the movie. So many details that do not resemble the truck in the movie.

[dalekrueger]

@brucew44guns i remember in the orgional soundtrack,you actually could her clatter to life, nothin beats the sound of an old caterpillar diesel,specially the Big old 4 cylinder used in the D-7

[brucew44guns]

The original and main truck used had a 1674 Cat, 245 horsepower, and a 13 speed Fuller. It had a fairly high rear axle ratio (it was a tag axle) and that old bea

st would sure roll in 8th overdrive.

[dalekrueger]

@brucew44guns didn't the orgional Duel truck have a 1674 caterpillar in it?

[SuperOffgrid]

@brucew44guns Thanks for the info. nevertheless, it remains the pure mechanical embodiement of evil.

[brucew44guns]

I can assure you, that the old truck Universal Studios bought from B&J Transportation, owned by Dan jackson in 1971, and that made the movie, was not this truck. The actual truck had a 13 speed Fuller tranny, this one is a 2 sticker. The original had a straight pipe as well, this one has a muffler. It's a close cousin, but not the truck, as I drove the original right up to the time it was sold to make the movie. Bruce

[64downtown]

still looks menacing

[Anonymous51365]

This is the only truck i like and its my favorite. Not just because it was in duel but because it is simple in the cab, and theres nothing realkly special about it.