"Duel" Plymouth Valiant
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At one point he said to himself that "I'll never make that appointment now", so why didn't he turn back and head back to the city?
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Or maybe a weeping head gasket. Saw a 350 cummins once in a Freightliner cabover and you could daylight between the block and head with the motor running. The head was bouncing up and down like a trampoline.
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Two things: Part of the reason the truck moves out so fast is it's tank trailer is empty. Also it hits the high speeds on the downgrades. This wouldn't be much of a race bucking a 50 MPH headwind on I-80 coming across Nebraska on level ground. Also many older people from the eastern half of the US think the truck is a Mack because back when this movie came out people east of Kansas City had never seen a KW or Pete. They think any big truck is a Mack. But Macks were slow and heavy. All fer
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I know a bone stock six cylinder Valiant has a rather small performance envelope but I still think he should have been able to lose that truck
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camera shot at 2:18 brilliant
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cool truck
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oic thanks
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they sprayed water into the exhaust to make it smoke and look more dramatic
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i dont know much about diesels but why is it billowing white smoke not black at the 2:18 area
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If he had been driving a "no go" Nova the movie would have been over in 5 minutes and he'd be dead.
That's the point. Weaver's character is supposed to be a wuss who's scared, and the car is meant to not quite be fast enough to lose the souped up Pete. It wouldn't exactly have the same effect if Clint Eastwood was driving the Plymouth - or if the Plymouth was a 'Vette.
MisterMasterShafter 3 years ago 13
Is it true that Dennis Weavers' character was a wimp, or that his wife was a total flippin' shrew who wouldn't be happy if she had a four-foot, twelve cylinder vibrator and ten million dollars? Weavers' character was just a regular guy trying to support a family and make it through his day, with no appreciation at home. Just my opinion.
gazork123 3 years ago 6