727K views · 10K reactions | The Norwegian film THE ARCTIC CONVOY will be released in the U.S. on July 26. Based on true events, the film follows a cargo ship that is part of the ill-fated Convoy PQ 17 in 1942. Scenes were shot on the 1911 coal ship D/S Hestmanden which served in convoys during WWI and WWII. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

Anthony Fox has been caretaker of this piece of history — one of the original 1970 Mack trucks driven by the Rubber Duck character in Sam Peckinpah's 1970s "Convoy" film — for the last few years. And it's not just the truck. The 5,800-gallon shell of a Trailmobile tanker, used for asphalt at some point in its life, is also an original from the movie, bearing the scars of some of the high-action shoot. http://bit.ly/2hSR42k | Overdrive Magazine

After building his Smokey and the Bandit Kenworth W900 and trailer in 2018, George Matthews knew what he had to do next - a replica of the Rubber Duck's Mack from Convoy! Starting from scratch with a only day cab tractor unit, he's fabricated everything from the sleeper pod to the bull bar and to top it all off there's even a matching tanker trailer which he fitted with a tandem axle bogie. You can read the full story in our new October 2020 magazine which is on sale NOW! | Truck & Driver

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