Duel is on METV tonight
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Dang right!
Bigdummy
Not a Nova
I'm watching the fellas right now
I'm betting that it was a slant six in that Valiant.
if i recall if the chase seen was real the spedo was on 110 slanty cant move the spedo that quick up there sounded like 318 to me
I haven't seen it in a long time, but don't we get a look under hood because it's overheating? Planning to watch and find out for myself.
If the Valiant was a V8 model, it would have had that rectangular emblem that stated V EIGHT.
i think there is a shot of that i would have laughed if it had a slanty
Duel (1971 film) - Wikipedia
The car driven by Mann is a red Plymouth Valiant, although three cars were used in the actual production of the movie.[11]The original release of Duel featured a 1970 model with a 318 V-8 engine[12] and "Plymouth" spelled out in block letters across the hood (which was covered with aluminum foil to mask the "Plymouth" name from view), as well as trunk lid treatment characteristic of the 1970 model; a 1971 model with a 225 Slant Six was also used.[13]
Yep, just saw the V-eight emblem on the fender shortly before he crashed into the fence.
There's tape covering the Plymouth emblem and the V-eight emblem in some of the shots.
REAL easy to hear the engine in all the closeups. It's a slant 6. Although they used some 318 cars, for all the closeups with sound, it was clearly the slant 6. Also this is the Director's cut, so it has some scenes that are deleted in other versions. I have the Special edition director's cut in our collection, but we're watchin this because Svengoolie is stupid funny. lol
Demonic
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Probally the most screen time for a Valiant in one feature. Love it!
