OT (slightly) American trucks

Mar 03, 2007 13 Replies

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Enzo Matrix 19 years ago

Over in another group, I have become involved in a discussion about the lyrics to the song "Convoy" by CW McCall

"It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June In a Kenworth, hauling logs. Cabover Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy, hauling hogs."

We know that Kenworth is a make of truck.

A "Cabover Pete" is a Peterbilt truck with the cab over the engine, while a "reefer" is a refridgeration unit.

However, there has been some disagreement about a "Jimmy". One poster claims it is a Mack truck, taken from the song "Jimmy Mack". Another claims that a Jimmy is a truck built by GM.

Which is correct?

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noddy 19 years ago

Another is correct .

noddy

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Mark M 19 years ago

As I recall a Jimmy has always been a GMC, I could be wrong, but that's what I always thought.

Mark

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noddy 19 years ago

Unless , of course James is driving the Mack .

noddy

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e 19 years ago

general motors. jimmy mack was motown and truckers do not listen to motown. unless the driver is afram.

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noddy 19 years ago

e wrote unless the driver is afram.

Then he probably stole the truck .

noddy

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e 19 years ago

i had forgotten why you were out of my killfile. back you go.

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noddy 19 years ago

I was never in your killfile , remember , last week I was your bestest (and only , need I remind you) buddie ?

noddy

It's the 'others' that don't like reality . :0

heh heh

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Hawkeye 19 years ago

Back in the day...Chevy/GMC had a series of cabovers...Astro 95. The USAF had a ton of the slim cabs, in which I learned to drive semis. The were okay, lacked amenities and legroom, performance was fair. If we wanted a rig with power we ran older Internationals, they screamed down the road regardless of what we were hauling. AMT has recently re- released their Astro 95w/full sleeper. They were relatively inexpensive rigs, so many start up trucking fleets bought them.

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Rufus 19 years ago

Yes, it is a light duty GMC SUV...I own one, a '92.

It's nowhere close to strong enough to haul hogs with...unless you're talking about trailering a couple of Harleys...

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Hawkeye 19 years ago

I think you have your vehicles confused. GM recycles names from time to time. The Chevy Astro/GMC Safari your talking about no way compares to the Astro 95 which was a semi tractor. Coupled to a trailer...an 18 wheeler. Chevy Titan/GMC Astro 95 if you google it you'll find several still around that are for sale. This one on eBay has a good picture of what they looked like.

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I owned a 1994 GMC Safari EXT AWD, we loved it!

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