Sometimes people say they have trucks that aren't trucks.

The same people who bought big Fleetwoods and Continentals when I was a kid are the same folks who buy big, fancy, fully-loaded trucks now.

I see a well-dressed person climb down from a fancy monster truck without a spot of dirt on them or the truck, and I think:

"The biggest cargo that truck's ever gonna carry is a five-pound wheel of artisan cheese..."

HAHAHA

It's like people driving completely immaculate G-Klasse Mercedes. It makes absolute no sense!

Oh my... I remember that movie...

Vix

It's a classic of its type.
Even then, Spielberg was a director to watch. In fact, I think that "Duel" was his directorial debut in the world of cinema.

Now that’s interesting…

Vix

Not near enough rust to be from the movie though.

Haha true! The one in the movie had some serious patina.

Nice angle, you captured this perfectly!

Thank you! That's a nice compliment. ^__^

Possessed by the spirit of a dead technician from the factory...

It occurs to me that "Dead Technicians" would be a great name for a band... ;)

(* nods, nods *)
I borrowed the idea from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Galápagos. Kilgore Trout's son Leon Trotsky Trout dies during the construction of a ship he continues to haunt for millennia.

"Duel" was a great film. It was made for TV and I recall seeing it on broadcast television when it premiered. Nobody knew Stephen Spielberg at the time. Dennis Weaver (of McCloud fame) starred in the principal role. He squeezed every drop out of that role. I was stoked to find it on home video.

Movie Nerd Trivia: The sound that the truck makes as it plummets down the cliff was repurposed by Speilberg as the dying sound of the shark in "Jaws".

Spielberg got off to an auspicious beginning with this movie; it's a great study in dramatic tension.

I agree that Dennis Weaver played the part beautifully. His performance is understated and intense in equal measure.

Now that's a neat bit of trivia; I've seen both movies many times, and I never noticed that. I love learning things like this.

The next truck I hope to see officially in Truck Simulator.

Yeah, that would be neat.