Rubber Duck Truck Convoy

Convoy was released in 1978 and was directed by the acclaimed director sam peckinpah.

Rubber duck truck convoy.

At the beginning of the song a kenworth pulling logs driven by rubber duck is the front door the leader of three semi trailer trucks tractor and semi trailer when he realizes they have a convoy. Yeah that big 10 4 there pig pen yeah we definitely got the front door good buddy. Lyrics to convoy by c w. 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.

By golly it s clean clear to flag town 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. For more information please visit our website at www stlouisd.

The main character in convoy is martin rubber duck penwald who is the driver of the famous truck. You gotta copy on me pig pen c mon. 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. This is video of the surviving rubber duck s truck from the 1977 sam peckinpah movie convoy.

Ah yeah 10 4 pig pen fer shure fer shure. 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. 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. 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.

Mysteriously enough it came back on for the remainder of the movie. Ah breaker one nine this here s the rubber duck.