Smokey and the Bandit W925

[Chris guthro]

Heres a Kenworth W925 Ive Recieved in a Trade. will be Built Like Smokey and The Bandits. I have pics of it as a Daycab At first because that was My original Intention. But yeterday Ive watched the Movie and Changed my Mind! LOL. Still needs to be sanded and Painted. Maybe a CAT goin in her. But most likly a Twin Turbo Cummins!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me know what you think so far!!

[mackinac359]

Looks like you're off to a good start!

Tim

[Chris guthro]

The Truck Is Being Sanded Some More Tonight, Than Tomorrow Morning Ill Get Some Gloss Black On it. Than Later On Ill mask it Off And Paint the Gold Stripes On. Im Thinkin Cummins Right Now. What you think? Cummins Or Cat?

[mackinac359]

How about a Cat for something different in the W900?

Tim

[Chris guthro]

Yeah, the Cummins Ive Kinda Used In too Many Projects. The Cat Will Proabaly Go In her!

[67PontiacGTO]

Yeah, the Cummins Ive Kinda Used In too Many Projects. The Cat Will Proabaly Go In her!

Chris,

The original snowman's rig used a cat!

Clutch

[Jim B]

Any idea which one?

[ABC Auto Industry]

Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when someone built a model of the original Smokey & the Bandit rig! Good luck on this project!

One note: Don't forget to paint the Kenworth logo gold, just like the movie truck (though I think in some shots, it was regular silver).

[Jim B]

Dylan,

There were three trucks used in the filming of Smokey & the Bandit: (1) 1973 W900, and (2) 1974 W900s. The 1973 W900 had the gold emblem in recognition of Kenworth's 50th anniversary.

Here are some decent references:

http://www.smokeyandthebanditmodels.com/Home_Page.php

And here are the stripes:

http://www.modeltruckin.com/movie.html

[SpreadAxle]

Dylan,

There were three trucks used in the filming of Smokey & the Bandit: (1) 1973 W900, and (2) 1974 W900s. The 1973 W900 had the gold emblem in recognition of Kenworth's 50th anniversary.

Here are some decent references:

http://www.smokeyandthebanditmodels.com/Home_Page.php

And here are the stripes:

http://www.modeltruckin.com/movie.html

Hey Jim, where did you get the info regarding the tractors? I didn't see it in the links. I would be curious to see how these were set up, etc.

[Jim B]

Right here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_%26_the_Bandit

Look in the Production section. It talks about the truck there. It references a thread over at Hank's Truck Pictures.

[Old Albion]

Ray,

I searched for "Smokey and the Bandit Kenworth" and found a forum just on that. One of the contributors said that there were 4 trucks. One was powered by a Detroit. On the ATHS web site they were discussing a while back the passing of Jerry Reed and the discussion got onto the trucks in the movie. Apparently one of the Kenworths had a KT 450 with an RTO 12513 transmission and I think it was a 1973 model with the gold emblem. Not to sure of my facts as I'm not an expert on Kenworths. Does anyone know which paint scheme the movie truck was?

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_10238-Kenworth-W-900-1973.html

http://forums.aths.org/InstantForum414/Top...ight=jerry+reed

Must have been quite a challange to get that KT under the short hood. This would be a great project truck.

Best Wishes

Dave Bates

[Jim B]

According to the Wikipeda site, the color was Coffee Brown with Gold trim.

[Old Albion]

I've tried to search through the ATHS web site for the paint scheme. I think I have found it. I reckon that it is the seminole. Look through the thread below and make up your own mind.

http://forums.aths.org/InstantForum414/Topic4655-4-1.aspx

Go to the bottom and look for the posts by John Costley.

Best Wishes

Dave Bates

[MyBradKeselowski]

R U putting Bandit's 77 Trans Am with it?