If 80s, it's early 80s as this was big in the late 70s. First one I saw was a mini truck abomination. Man those were everywhere Datsun, Toyotas. Jacked way up on 33s.
great call! My father had that truck. He bought it new in 1979, the year I was born. I think Dodge called it the "Honcho package"? The truck was honestly a lemon...something was always wrong with it.
its funny to watch this because when i was a child watching The Fall Guy i always thought the truck was blue.... then it dawned on me. We had a black and white tv. lol. thanks for the history.
That truck started my love for jacked up rigs and it has cost me a lot of money over the decades! I am sure I am not the only one. As a kid of 10 when this show first televised, I was so mad they crashed so many trucks.....same with Dukes!
I loved this show as a kid and if I had been fortunate enough to be wealthy as an adult, a mockup of the Fall Guy truck would be in my car collection along with the A Team Van, General Lee, BJ & The Bear Kenworth & Crockett's Ferrari Testarossa...
Loved this show as a youngster and later owned a 1980 GMC High Sierra PU and did a lift kit ,roll bar, 36''wheel/tires, front griil guard etc etc, Those long wheel base trucks rode great even with the stiffer susp.
John Baker had a pretty nice blue step side GMC on CHIPS. Ponch an early 70's Firebird saved from a fire. You might do a dual episode on them. John raced the truck in a BAJA type race and jumped it.
Reminds me of Burt Reynolds in the movie Hooper did the same DAMN thing and notice the front axle is mounted from the bed and the rear axle mounted under the front.
I loved this show as a kid. My parents bought me a 1/24 AMC model kit of the truck which I built and promptly jumped off the stairs… it didn’t end well (it didn’t have the reinforced axles 🤪). Today that kit unopened is worth some good coin 😅
I am pretty sure I built no less than 5 of those same models, most (all) of which met that same fate. Possibly with the help of some “black cats” . I guess I learned at an early age that few issues in life can’t be solved with a suitable application of explosives.
@@ScottCormell LOL, indeed most of my models were imperfect enough that they met a similar fate; I'm just glad I didn't discover sparkler bombs until I was an adult or I probably wouldn't have enough fingers left to be able to type this right now! 😁
They do. I bought one a few years back. . It cost rather alot. But never mind I allways wanted on to go with all the other movie cars I have. Wasn't as expensive as the 1,24 convoy mack tho.
I remember making a model of that truck when I was like 12 or so. Parked it right next to the General Lee model,and later the Hardcastle and McCormick Coyote. Excellent video
The good old days are over, that is what I thought. Back in the day when these shows went off the air, who would have thought we would be able to see these shows on dvd and all the streaming stuff today. I thought I would never see these great shows again. Vehicles from these shows were the best.
Good video. It was short, to the point, and accurate in both having the dialogue match the pictures. So many videos today would have had dialogue about a 1984 GMC truck and shown at new Ford or old Dodge about that time. Aircraft videos typically are horrible, often showing planes not even around at the time of the subject of the video.
Just goes to show the power of American TV... The two vehicles I would most love to own would be The Fall Guy Truck and The Bandit car...God bless you America ❤ from the UK 🇬🇧
Awesome thank you, the Fall Guy is my all time favourite tv series I’ve watched the original run in the early 80’s and it’s the greatest tv series in my heart ❤
As a child, one of my favorite TV shows! I remember having a Matchbox version of this pickup. (no idea if Matchbox cars were a thing anywhere else in the world, today i think there's only "Hot-Wheels" left and Matchbox went out of business long ago)
Fact # something: The doors on the sides of the bed were for access to the engine on the mid engine stunt trucks, and were written in as tool/gear boxes to explain them in the show.
Not true, as the one and only mid-engine truck did not appear until the end of Season 2, long after the compartment truck had already been in use on the series for almost two seasons. And as already stated, none of the stunt trucks ever had compartments. There were a couple trucks that did have a steel panel to simulate the compartment, but it was in no way a real compartment.
@@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus it happens. They may have just worded it weird in the magazine and confused people. The engine actually sits under the cab on the mid-engine truck and there is a little "doghouse" covering it between the driver and passenger seat.
I allways loved the little head wobble they did when landing a huge jump. A little back and forwards in the seat and a head shake. Specially the one after jumping over the porsche .
The big rivalry where I grew up was the GMC Sierra and the Power Wagon. The Ramcharger, Silverado and Bronco were also mixed into the fray, but those two were mainly it.
LOL! @7:45-7:46, you KNOW that was a mannequin of some kind in the passenger seat. I loved the way it just slammed into the dash when the truck landed!
Thanks for this. Me and my friends at primary school liked the show that much we called our playground gang the Fall Guy Gang and our mothers embroidered those words in red cotton on the back of our jackets. So glad I didn’t achieve my 9 year old dreams and become a stuntman.
I'm surprised that the producers didn't consult the desert off-road racers for suspension modifications. The trucks back then were a lot more stock than they are now. I was a huge fan of SCORE.
Indeed and they even had a class for those style of trucks back then too. My guess is that they just wanted to keep everything as cheap as possible and try doing everything themselves and their way. It all worked out fine though for sure :-)
The show's creator Glen A. Larson also co-wrote the theme song, simply titled "The Unknown Stuntman". I read somewhere that when he went to pitch the show to ABC, all he did was play them the theme song.
Some other trivial facts: 1) Lee Majors swore he would never do another TV serine's again after the Six Million Dollar Man. Glen Larson promised he would have fun doing this one and he reluctantly agreed. 2) Lee Majors sings the theme song on the intro. 3) The intro song was also a sarcastic slap in the face to his ex wife when he sings "I'm not the kind to kiss and tell but I've been seen with Farrah"
Thank you CarStarz!! I’m 100% with you on the possible Blu-ray/DVD release!! Had no idea The Fall Guy used miniatures as well, at some point. Now I want to see those episodes!! Especially since Markie Post joined the cast in the later seasons!! 👏😎🙏
Loved this show as a kid and still do. I always wanted a model of Colt's truck but the original model kits on a certain selling site were way too expensive until one day I saw a video for the Deserter truck model kit. On closer inspection it turned out that it can be built as Colt's truck. Of course I had to get aftermarket decals but at least I can now add it to the collection
This series is available now on Amazon Prime video. I loved this show as a kid and I just started watching it again. I think that's why this video showed up on my news feed.
Problem is Amazon doesn't have all of them, it's missing the last two seasons and also they are not 1080P either; this show REALLY needs that full proper release treatment just like the rest of the great car shows from that era have already. I really hope that new movie next year at least helps to perpetuate that too happen!
@@CarStarz42 cool story but true .. i shoufferd my deacon (Eddie)down to that cruise in /car show that day in his 67 mustang that him and I built together .. we got there and got set up and about 10 min later that truck came rolling in .. from about 75 yards it was just another ole clapped out square body chevy rolling in . I turned to Eddie n told him hey kookie aire !! Airs tge fall guy truck !!! ( u know im full blooded redneck n stuff so thats exactly the way it went down !! He said surenuff is aint it !!! Little did i know when i walked over to it i wqs about 30 yards from it and i knew it had to be the real deal … once i got to it i knew what i was looking at … it brought back so many memories of my child hood i came close yo getting emotional !!!
My GF owns a 1981 in factory blue that I've been repairing since december. In fact, her father purchased it for her right before her 16th birthday. Needless to say, it's her baby. Although, hers is factory blue and I've had everything down to the rims, bumpers, running boards, roll bar and anything else you can think of powder coated black. At the moment, it runs and looks better than new. It's an iconic truck and deserves no less.
@@CarStarz42 What's really cool is the new stroked up small block 350 crate motor that I just installed. The original small block only put out about 160 horsepower. Conversely, this cranks out over 300. In other words, bigger brakes and a hydroboost. LOL
The dual square headlight was the base design. The fancier trucks had the quad headlights. My 82 GMC had the dual headlights along with rubber floor, no headliner or pillar trim, plastic door trim, and crank windows.
True, you could get the base model trucks after 1980 with dual headlights, but the pilot episode is definitely a pre 1981. It has a different grill shell and more squared off front edge of the fenders and hood.
@@chadkimmel8957 Agreed. Every squarebody guy (& gal) simply refers to the 73-80 trucks as a "round-eye". I had a '81 C10 like your '82 - 250 inline 6 - 3-on-the-tree -manual steering - manual brakes - no "vent", only defrost and heat (floor) As well as having a rubber floor matt, it also had no headliner, and was factory radio delete truck.
A local station has done a Fall Guy marathon a few times in the past few years. One of my favorites along with the Dukes of Hazard and Knight Rider. I always liked that truck. Plenty of 2 wheel drives versions around me and used to own one but I've never seen a 4x4 that I recall.
You're very welcome and glad you enjoyed it. One of my favorite TV vehicles too, which is probably why this video ended up being longer than all my others, lol 😁
Imagine! You find out as a 40 year old man the original title of "Ein Colt für alle Fälle" Thanks for the thumbnail, otherwise I wouldn´t have noticed. And great video by the way
great video and I love that truck! I was a young boy when this show aired and loved it. I had no idea they're in the process of remaking it into a movie...kinda disappointing they couldn't find a guy less "pretty" than Ryan Gosling... Lee Majors always played such a rugged tough guy...a far cry from a guy who plays Ken in the new Barbie movie!
