Will is taking a shortcut through the country when he spots fresh skid marks leading off the road to a bullet-riddled car. He and Sonny soon learn why the car is there.
... June 14th, 1975 i was in Markham, Illinois at the KENWORTH dealer. The Sonny Pruitt truck was there; had my picture taken while i sat in the drivers seat. When i got home, my grandmother had passed away . The KENWORTH had a 903 V-8 Cummins engine. Started trucking in May, 1976, still out here ... .. ...... .. .
Yup, one of my favorite shows also as a kid. I was about 10 years old when this was on. I built lot of model cars as a kid, and I Remember building a model of this truck.. Also around the same time, CB radios were all the rage. I have to say if I could go back and be a kid again , I would certainly do it. Good memories for sure.
GREAT series from the mid-'70s. It was made for intelligent people that could pay attention to the story, and to details. It would/could NEVER be made today, just for those reasons alone.
Used to watch this TV series when it first aired on TV. I became a truck driver when I grewup. I had to retire for health reasons I drove for 20 years.
I wanted to be a truck driver after watching this show as a kid, but sadly I never became one. Its nice to hear the stories of people who actually did pursue a truck driving career because of Will and Sonny :)
Back then, this was one of my favorite shows. I was 14. My friend Jimmy and I were going to be truckers. As kids, we were both heavily influenced by the show. I'm a trucker. I moved away and I have no idea what ever happened to Jimmy.
In my teens watching this show. , and fifty years later I’m still driving truck and watching the replays that influenced me. Three semis I have at work, the old 1979 Kenworth is my favourite and the most reliable, built in the same year as I started driving.
I used to watch this when I was a kid . My step-dad drove for Reichmann out of Alhambra Illinois back then . He drove a 1968 Autocar then . This show and my step-dad is why I wanted to be a trucker . I started when I was 18 September 1983 still trucking I'm 58 now be 59 this year . Now I drive for Bullfrog. Drove for Big R . This is my second time driving for Bullfrog . I drove for some of the Best Companies on the road
It Was Past My Curfew When We Were Living In Granada Hills. Tuesday Nights At 10:00 PM. (My Curfew Was 9:00 PM) I Watched Charlie's Angel's After Curfew Also. Had To Wait Until Mother Went To Bed, lol.
I grew up with this show and loved it, no wonder the repo man was after them they never hauled a load to make the payments, and I ve been a trucker for 29 years now
How About B.J. MacKAY? And His Best Friend BEAR? He Never Hauled A Load To Stay Ahead Of The Repo Man. I Betcha They Had A Thing For That Red KENWORTH K-100 AERODYNE VIT CABOVER! ANOTHER SWEET RIDE!!
In 1973 and 74 we would go out to my friend's dad's Ford F-250 with a construction rack he was a concrete construction man. In that pick up it was like the most awesome world it had optional air conditioning that was down below the dash, he had a CB radio that really worked set 📐 up swr , the only mobile telephone that we of would get on the CB radio & "the mobile " and make prank calls a few times 🙄 .. For quite a few years a good majority of people in our town had CB radios you would communicate that way quite often and apparently as night went on the more people got on the CB too.
Holy crap ! Here it is ! I loved that Tv séries when I was a kid 😎 I Wanted to become a truck driver but US truck like this one that we never saw here in France in the 70’s . In French the title of the show was L’aventure est au bout de la route You know what I mean So thanks guy to share it I appreciate 😎👍
This show is why I became a mechanic and truck driver. Years later I hauled cement tankers and had a KW just like this but it was red. Loved that truck! 400 NTC and a 13 speed
My Uncle Bill Sergeant (RIP) Had 1973 KENWORTH WIDENOSE CONVENTIONAL And 1971 WHITE FREIGHTLINER COE! Both Had 1693 CATERPILLAR And Spicer 5X4 Twinstick!
Everyone in my family drives truck, myself included. This was a great TV series. I never missed an episode I was just a kid when it was on television. Still trucking and will keep on movin on.
@@sonnypruitttrucking trucking has been very good to me . Not only has it given me everything I have, but provided everyone else with everything they have or need. Thank you for bringing back a good memory of the 70's
In '75 or so one of the Pruitt Kenworths was on display in OKC at a shopping center called Windsor Hills Mall. Like others here they let me hop up in the sleeper and behind the wheel for some photos. Makes a little kid feel 10 feet tall. Wasn't long before AMT came out with the Movin' On model kit and I bought it from that same mall, either at the hobby shop or the ol' TG&Y. I looked it up and there were only 4 Kenworths used in filming the show, maybe I sat in the one starring in this episode?!
There was several different trucks in the show,a company I leased on to in Denver the other person that had truck's leased on also had one of the trucks,had a big cam Cummins and a Allison automatic trans,that was in the 90's
Two awsome guest stars in this episode before they reached stardom... James Keach and Marilyn Hasset.... Marilyn stared in the breakout movie my side of the mountain about a woman who has a skiing accident and becomes paralyzed... a much talked about and critically acclaimed movie in 75
Ya I was watching this cool video about it and was shocked lol , pretty cool video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Tuy3TXzYKwo.htmlsi=9jUqHaq0iXdThxlQ
