# what is the truck in Jeepers Creepers the movie?

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**Created:** [August 14, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-truck-in-jeepers-creepers-the-movie/195082 "2003-08-14T04:18:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![enichols](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@enichols](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enichols)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-truck-in-jeepers-creepers-the-movie/195082/1 "2003-08-14T04:18:47Z")

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I’ve been trying to figure out what kind of truck is in Jeepers Creepers all day, can anyone give me a hand?

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**Author:** ![d1a1s1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@d1a1s1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d1a1s1)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-truck-in-jeepers-creepers-the-movie/195082/2 "2003-08-14T05:10:26Z")

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Damn man…this is tough. Sorry…Im sure you were hoping this was an answer…haha.

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-truck-in-jeepers-creepers-the-movie/195082/3 "2003-08-14T06:57:22Z")

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Here’s a link to a photo from the movie:

[http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0263488/J-36.jpg](http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0263488/J-36.jpg)

The license plate (not shown) is: **BEATNGU**

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-truck-in-jeepers-creepers-the-movie/195082/4 "2003-08-14T07:31:02Z")

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Rent the DVD. On it, there’s a documentary wherein they show the construction of the truck. It’s not any one make or model, as I recall, but pieces of many vehicles welded together.

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**Author:** ![d1a1s1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@d1a1s1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d1a1s1)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-truck-in-jeepers-creepers-the-movie/195082/5 "2003-08-14T08:05:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Max Torque \*  
> \*\*Rent the DVD. On it, there’s a documentary wherein they show the construction of the truck. It’s not any one make or model, as I recall, but pieces of many vehicles welded together. \*\*

I guess that would explain why after hours of searching I found…NOTHING! Though some of the 40s era dodges look similar.

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**Author:** ![enichols](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@enichols](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enichols)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-truck-in-jeepers-creepers-the-movie/195082/6 "2003-08-14T16:41:44Z")

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I was thinking that it might be mostly dodge power wagon, as that is the biggest and scariest 40’s era truck ever built…