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LH ◊ 2005-12-10 01:19	that truck looked brillunt
nickman912 ◊ 2005-12-10 20:19	This truck should have a rating as high as the Trans Am and Sheriff Justice's car. This si the Snowman's truck.
Exiv96 ◊ 2005-12-11 12:26	It's a GMC General.
Rocker B. J. ◊ 2006-02-04 01:45	1980 GMC General.
trucker ◊ 2006-05-27 04:15	There goes the snowman in his new GMC General!!! Keep on the sunny truckin' side of Georgia Snowman!!! 10-4!!!
qwerty_86 ◊ 2006-05-27 06:39	Is it me or does the aspect ratio look wrong?
antp ◊ 2006-05-27 11:35	Possible, height should be smaller
Carfan ◊ 2006-05-29 16:10	The picture was taken too narrow. That's the reason it looks funny.
trucker ◊ 2006-07-12 20:08	GMC General.
Rhino ◊ 2007-02-15 02:20	actually you worong it's a 1979 GMC General
gliffhanger ◊ 2007-03-14 22:22
srosenow_98 ◊ 2007-09-22 20:57	While that truck sure does look nice, it simply doesn't hold a candle to the truck and trailer setup used in the 1st movie.
1966 chevy panel ◊ 2007-11-06 21:55	srosenow_98 wrote While that truck sure does look nice, it simply doesn't hold a candle to the truck and trailer setup used in the 1st movie. there original truck and trailer belonged to a freind of mine and was originally painted that way although some people say it was repainted for the movie they would have used the same trailer again in #2 but in 1978 the trailer caught fire along with that awesome mural on it
Mail Mover ◊ 2008-04-10 05:11	Do you know if any of those trucks from the Smokey and the Bandit are still around today, and where they are at now? How did the original trailer catch fire Chevv, and do you know if they decided not to use the same Kenworth in part two just for the storyline, since in part 1 they said they were going to buy a new rig with the $80,000?
srosenow_98 ◊ 2008-05-01 09:45	1966 chevy panel wrote there original truck and trailer belonged to a freind of mine and was originally painted that way although some people say it was repainted for the movie they would have used the same trailer again in #2 but in 1978 the trailer caught fire along with that awesome mural on it I'd like to see proof of that. Sources I've read say that four trucks and three trailers were used for the movie, with the mural being painted by a bodyshop in Tennessee, that ultimately lost the photos in a fire, but I've never heard of the trailer itself doing such. As for the trailer, I would love to see the remaining one, if any. I'm honestly damn surprised nobody ever kept track of the whereabouts of the truck/trailer setup from the first movie after production ended. The truck and trailer from the first movie are just as much a film icon as the TransAm, and it just stuns me there's no photos of them as they sit now. I also know by secondhand reports (that are rather frequent in nature, leading me to believe it may very well be true) that one of the truck/trailer setups from SATB1 is at a semi truck dealership in Atlanta.
shuvlhd69 ◊ 2008-09-04 19:37	the KW from part one was purchased by Joe Kleco (former NFL player & "truck driver "in part two). the truck burned in a storage garage. one of the three trailers used for part two burned also. the remaining trl.s were returned to the dealer & parted out. no one knows the where abouts of the trl. from part one. this came from Hal Needham the director from the movie(s).
kw1973 ◊ 2009-01-11 03:10	there are 2 or more kws(plus trailers) in satb1. look at the different air cleaners & trailer axle placement between clean & drity trucks. not sure, but look at stacks, the dirty truck has had on tips?
srosenow_98 ◊ 2009-04-19 10:22	There were a total of four trucks and three trailers used for SATB1. That's sourced from several messageboards.
4x4 23 ◊ 2009-06-19 02:11	shuvlhd69 wrote the KW from part one was purchased by Joe Kleco (former NFL player & "truck driver "in part two). the truck burned in a storage garage. one of the three trailers used for part two burned also. the remaining trl.s were returned to the dealer & parted out. no one knows the where abouts of the trl. from part one. this came from Hal Needham the director from the movie(s). I happen to know the where abouts of the 4 KW's from SATB 1 and the 3 three trailers I gave ya all the information i knew about that I got straight from Errol Sack co-owner of Universal Studio Truck lots got check out the information I posted -- Last edit: 2009-06-19 02:12:55
4x4 23 ◊ 2009-06-19 02:14	and the KW has it's own page this page should be about the GMC Genereal not the KW if ya wanna talk about the KW go under that page talk under this page if ya wanna talk about the Gerneral
SpreadAxle ◊ 2009-09-01 04:47	Anyone ever hear what happened to the General.
scotc ◊ 2009-10-16 02:31	My guess is they went to the General because GMC thought it would help them sell trucks if they used a General instead of a W9 in the movie.

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