This is a 1976 White Western Star 4800 from Stephen King’s only directed movie,Maximum Overdrive (1986). It’s engine was a Detroit 8V-71 (9.3L) and its transmission was a 10-speed. It’s horsepower and torque numbers are currently unknown as the truck was scrapped after filming and its not determined yet if it’s a 4800 or a 4900 as we don’t get to see the hood length. The only time we get a decent look is when Billy Robinson (played by Emilio Estevez) uses a grenade to blow up the 1966 Willys M274 Mechanical Mule ½-ton Platform Truck armed with an M60. It’s only seen in the background in this scene and its pretty hard to tell. I don’t know how they would name this truck as it goes by it’s truck name,Green Goblin truck or Happy Toyz Truck (the fictional company on it’s trailer).
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That Goblin’s chin tho
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this is a cool idea
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Here’s the 1966 Willys M274 Mechanical Mule ½-ton Platform Truck I was mentioning earlier. This was also the best shot of the 1980 GMC Astro,which was barely used. The 1972 Brockway 457TL was a background truck for most of the movie but it had a tiny role at one point.
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“WUT DA HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLL OH MAH GAD NO WAAAY”- the slvsoundss guy
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But it blown up by bill when it tried to go after him and curtis after they rescued deke(Son of Duncan who was killed by the Autocar)
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