Re: "Duel"

VW Beetles were enormously popular in 1970 and as I recall they did not have
V8 engines.

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> Was that guy the only person in 1970 who didn't own a car
> with a V8 engine?
> -Rich

David Z

On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 03:03:03 GMT, "David Z" <> wrote:

>VW Beetles were enormously popular in 1970 and as I recall they did not have
>V8 engines.
>
><> wrote in message
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>> Was that guy the only person in 1970 who didn't own a car
>> with a V8 engine?
>> -Rich
>

The comment was partly sarcastic. In reality, the car Weaver drove
(a Dodge) was available at the time with a base 6 cylinder, a 318ci
V8 and a high power 340ci V8. But if Weaver had had the 340, there
wouldn't have been any movie.
-Rich

rander3127@rogers.com

On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 04:43:06 GMT, wrote:

>On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 03:03:03 GMT, "David Z" <> wrote:
>
>>VW Beetles were enormously popular in 1970 and as I recall they did not have
>>V8 engines.
>>
>><> wrote in message
>>news:. ..
>>> Was that guy the only person in 1970 who didn't own a car
>>> with a V8 engine?
>>> -Rich
>>
>
>The comment was partly sarcastic. In reality, the car Weaver drove
>(a Dodge) was available at the time with a base 6 cylinder, a 318ci
>V8 and a high power 340ci V8. But if Weaver had had the 340, there
>wouldn't have been any movie.
>-Rich


I duno. That truck was pretty fast!

Jerk & Jerk-OFF

The Jerks

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> On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 03:03:03 GMT, "David Z" <> wrote:
>
> >VW Beetles were enormously popular in 1970 and as I recall they did not
have
> >V8 engines.
> >
> ><> wrote in message
> >news:.. .
> >> Was that guy the only person in 1970 who didn't own a car
> >> with a V8 engine?
> >> -Rich
> >
>
> The comment was partly sarcastic. In reality, the car Weaver drove
> (a Dodge) was available at the time with a base 6 cylinder, a 318ci

318ci? Is that a BMW of some sort?

David Z

"Steve Knoblock" <> wrote in message
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> You can find more than you want to know, scroll down to 318 5.2 liter. '67
> was the first year.

Sorry,
forgot the link

http://www.allpar.com/mopar/318.html

Steve Knoblock

In article <3f2cc88d$0$242$>, says...
> Can anyone provide a link to a phto of Cary Loftin who played the truck
> driver?
>
> IMDB and Google images has nothing.

http://62.188.32.182:1453/~rid/CaryLoftin1.jpg
http://62.188.32.182:1453/~rid/CaryLoftin2.jpg

I took the stills from the 'definitely worth a watch' 36min interview
with Steven Spielberg on the Duel DVD.


--
Rid

Ridwan Hughes

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 09:32:13 +0100, "Allan" <> wrote:

>Can anyone provide a link to a phto of Cary Loftin who played the truck
>driver?
>
>IMDB and Google images has nothing.
>
>
>Allan
>
>
Why? does he turn you on ? LOL!!!!

Jerk & Jerk-OFF

The Jerks

"Steve Knoblock" <> wrote in message
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> > 318ci? Is that a BMW of some sort?
>
> No, it's the 318 cubic inch V8 Chrysler fitted to many makes from the
> 60's on to today. My '67 Belvedere had a 318 combined with the
> excellent Torqueflite.
>
> You can find more than you want to know, scroll down to 318 5.2 liter.
> '67 was the first year.
>
> Steve


A 318 jet-propelled my 1961 Plymouth Fury 2-door hardtop coupe. What a
car that was, with all of the Chrysler "innovations" of the 1950's in
one car:

A clear plastic rectangular steering wheel, with reflective glitter
sprinkled inside.

A dash-mount rear view mirror.

A tower-back front seat

A pushbutton Torqueflite automatic transmission, with no "park"
setting. (If the emergency brake failed, the car would roll. There
was a park-lock on the 1961 Belvedere, but not on the Fury.)

A rear window that extended so far into the roofline that rear seat
passengers got sunburned.

A torsion bar front suspension, for incredible cornering.

A unique rolling-drum speedometer which created a progressive red
line in 5-mile per hour increments.

An emergency brake which applied a tourniquet-like clamp to the
driveshaft, instead of engaging the rear brakes.

If Dennis Weaver had been driving a '61 Fury with a 318, he would have
left that big rig two states behind.


http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/5961/Picture.htm

Scot Gardner

> >Can anyone provide a link to a phto of Cary Loftin who played the truck
> >driver?

> Why? does he turn you on ? LOL!!!!

Don't be an idiot, I just wanted to know what the Demon Truck Driver looked
like and if he really was in the bar when Weaver thinks he's found him.

Allan

"Steve Knoblock" <> writes:

>"Scot Gardner" <> wrote in message
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>> "Steve Knoblock" <> wrote in message

>To keep this on topic, it amazes me how things can turn around with muscle
>cars being bad guys and tuners the good guys in these new films. But then
>its Hondas and Toyotas these days for us, so not surprising. The Best Buy
>here has tuners in the parking lot all the time.

>Those 50's models had some fabulous dashes. Torsion bars were very advanced
>for US cars then, very European and sporty, maybe a someone should convert a
>60's Dart/Vailiant HT V8 into a tuner. The used to win all the drag races,
>even with the auto transmission. Love those push button shifters.

Er. Umn. The car in Duel was a 68 Valiant. (Maybe 67 or 69).
I used to own one.

One of the requirments for the film was that it needed
a heat gauge. Most US cars had the time had idiot lights
for heat, but the Valiant had a gauge.

Also, they didn't have push button "transmissions."

Chrysler/Plymouth etc circa 1956/57 had push buttons.

Bob Morris

Bob Morris