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TOTW 15/08: Confetti Quiz
belbbmfan:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on May 02, 2008, 11:52:42 am ---A: A Kenworth.
That was a hard one for someone living in Europe (and apparently not only for me, since the question remained unanswered for two days).
I'll go with something easier:
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Very true. I tried to find an answer but I just gave up. Chrissi, you know your American trucks! ;D
--- Quote from: broketrash on May 02, 2008, 02:25:06 pm ---very good, yes the truck is a "KW" by Kenworth, or a "K-Whopper" as it is affectionately known by those who drive them. A bit of further trivia. the KW truck pictured in the film was not in use on the roads until the mid to late 1970's. So, using this truck in the section of the film set in 1963 is a error on the part of the crew in the film. It still looks good anyway! ;)
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Well, that was new to me. But you're right, the truck looks good. I guess when us Europeans think about an American truck, this is what comes to mind.
What made you think it's a cattle truck? I looked at some stills but I couldn't figure it out. ???
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: belbbmfan on May 02, 2008, 02:37:02 pm ---Very true. I tried to find an answer but I just gave up. Chrissi, you know your American trucks! ;D
Well, that was new to me. But you're right, the truck looks good. I guess when us Europeans think about an American truck, this is what comes to mind.
What made you think it's a cattle truck? I looked at some stills but I couldn't figure it out. ???
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the trailer on the back appears to be designed for hauling livestock - multiple siding holes for vents, and what appears to be a collapsable side. it could be a sheep truck as well, but it just looked to me like it was designed with one level for cattle, rather than two levels for sheep. :)
are Kenworth trucks not sold in the European market?
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: broketrash on May 02, 2008, 02:53:58 pm ---the trailer on the back appears to be designed for hauling livestock - multiple siding holes for vents, and what appears to be a collapsable side. it could be a sheep truck as well, but it just looked to me like it was designed with one level for cattle, rather than two levels for sheep. :)
are Kenworth trucks not sold in the European market?
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Nope. They do have a manufactory in Australia, but nothing in Europe. Would be too expensive to ship them.
I had never heard of KW before. I found a list of important truck manufactorers in the US on wikipedia and recognizeed the KW sign.
I agree about the truck probably being a cattle truck. On the side sticks something out what appears to be straw, but it gets too blurred when you zoom in, so I'm not sure.
belbbmfan:
--- Quote from: broketrash on May 02, 2008, 02:53:58 pm ---the trailer on the back appears to be designed for hauling livestock - multiple siding holes for vents, and what appears to be a collapsable side. it could be a sheep truck as well, but it just looked to me like it was designed with one level for cattle, rather than two levels for sheep. :)
are Kenworth trucks not sold in the European market?
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I don't know if you can buy them here, but I've never seen one. A 'normal' European truck would look something like this:
In fact, when I saw one of those big 'American' trucks in Canada last year I couldn't help but take a picture. ;D
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: belbbmfan on May 02, 2008, 03:29:15 pm ---In fact, when I saw one of those big 'American' trucks in Canada last year I couldn't help but take a picture. ;D
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;D Yup. It's the "snout" (however you call it) what makes the American trucks so different from ours.
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