Okay, unfortunately all I have are some dimly-remebered scenes of an old A-Team-era TV show. I can’t even recall the premise, but the lead character was very Mad Max-ish; black leather “armor”, I think, and a sawed off shotgun with a switch on the side to go from “20mm” to “9mm”.
Anyway, he/they drove around in one of two (that I remember) semi-tractors. One was a tall bubble-domed thing that, with a few dropped panels and a couple of flipped switches, converted the top to a chopper which could take off on it’s own.
And then the other- or perhaps the bottom half of the first?- was a very low thing, looked for all the world like a van with a severe top-chop. Standard size Kenworth tires, but the overall height of the truck was only a little above their tops.
Does anyone have the slightest clue what I’m talking about? Mainly I’m looking for a photo of the low-slung “van” tractor.
I must now be on the lookout for the third “Highwayman” reference…strangely enough, I encountered a mention of this show yesterday while discussing Optimus Prime’s new comic book form in a different forum.
I was reminded of it by the latest issue of Street Rodder magazine. In it a guy has an old “tudor” style rod- the 1920’s version of a 4-door stationwagon. Anyway, they don’t give many details, but it seems the dude put a fifth-wheel trailer hitch on the roof of this thing, and built a trailer to match.
It’s almost more an articulated bus than a true truck-and-trailer combo. And that reminded me of the old show, and it was annoying to recall certain scenes clearly, but not have a clue what it was, who the players were or whatever. I do recall thinking that a lo-slung truck like that would be cool, but I wonder how steering felt with the wheels entirely behind the driver…
Get hold of an old Volkswagen bus and find out. The only time you really notice it is in parking lots. When you find a space, it feels like you drive a little bit past it, then crank the steering wheel and it’s a perfect fit.