Rubber Duck Truck Convoy

The main character in convoy is martin rubber duck penwald who is the driver of the famous truck.

Rubber duck truck convoy. Lyrics to convoy by c w. By golly it s clean clear to flag town c mon. You gotta copy on me pig pen c mon. After rubber duck and pig pen s trucks crash through jail the grill guard on rubber duck s truck is missing.

However most people don t realize that there were actually four different trucks used throughout the movie although there is one that was used for most of the promotional photos which was the 1977 mack rs 712lst. Yeah that big 10 4 there pig pen yeah we definitely got the front door good buddy. This is video of the surviving rubber duck s truck from the 1977 sam peckinpah movie convoy. Rubber duck s truck is generally represented in the film as a 1977 mack rs712lst although several other mack rs700l series trucks were used as a double and as stationary props.

While driving through the arizona desert albuquerque based independent trucker martin penwald who goes by the handle rubber duck along with his fellow truckers pig pen and spider mike are entrapped by unscrupulous sheriff lyle cottonmouth wallace using a key tool of the trucker s trade the citizens band cb radio. Showcasing 20 truck tanker fleet owner anthony fox of rome ga proud owner and caretaker of the piece of history that is one of the original 1970 macks used in the classic convoy trucking. Mercy sakes alive looks like we got us a convoy. Convoy was released in 1978 and was directed by the acclaimed director sam peckinpah.

Ah yeah 10 4 pig pen fer shure fer shure. For more information please visit our website at www stlouisd. Trucker convoys were created due to the 55 mph speed limit that was enforced on us highways which made the truckers schedules very difficult to keep up. It was quickly heralded as a cult classic among truckers and propelled the acting career of kris kristofferson martin rubber duck penwald the star of the film.

Following the rubber duck is an unnamed trucker in a cab over pete with a reefer on a refrigerated trailer hauled by a peterbilt truck. Ah breaker one nine this here s the rubber duck.