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I finally had the chance to talk to my dad about the truck used in the Stephen King movie.
He told me it’s a 1977 White Western Star 4864, and that there were two of them used
in the movie’s standard film shots (The ones that were not driven hard or destroyed). He also said that it was thought that the truck portrayed in the movie was Brand-New, but that information is incorrect. The truck in the movie has round quad-headlamps, Western Star had redesigned the headlamps by the year 1986 and gave the trucks square housings instead of round housings.
I included some pictures to help explain what I was talking about…
The Yellow and Black truck is a 1974 White Western Star 4864 S.
Note: at this time White and Western Star were the same company.
The grille featured on this truck has White stamped across the hood. The large round fenders incorporate the headlamps; also note this truck is equipped with single headlamps unlike the truck in the movie that is equipped with quad-headlamps. Also note how the housing for the headlamps are round, because this is very important.
The Red truck is 1986 Western Star 4864 day-cab.
It was always thought that the truck in the movie was a New truck, but that’s not
accurate. Look closely at how the headlamp housing is now square for the 1986 models.
I hope this helps, and I expect a big thank you Neptune, because I really didn’t want to bother my dad about such information. (He thought it was stupid that I wanted to know the exact make a model of a truck that he hasn’t seen in years.)
He told me it’s a 1977 White Western Star 4864, and that there were two of them used
in the movie’s standard film shots (The ones that were not driven hard or destroyed). He also said that it was thought that the truck portrayed in the movie was Brand-New, but that information is incorrect. The truck in the movie has round quad-headlamps, Western Star had redesigned the headlamps by the year 1986 and gave the trucks square housings instead of round housings.
I included some pictures to help explain what I was talking about…
The Yellow and Black truck is a 1974 White Western Star 4864 S.
Note: at this time White and Western Star were the same company.
The grille featured on this truck has White stamped across the hood. The large round fenders incorporate the headlamps; also note this truck is equipped with single headlamps unlike the truck in the movie that is equipped with quad-headlamps. Also note how the housing for the headlamps are round, because this is very important.
The Red truck is 1986 Western Star 4864 day-cab.
It was always thought that the truck in the movie was a New truck, but that’s not
accurate. Look closely at how the headlamp housing is now square for the 1986 models.
I hope this helps, and I expect a big thank you Neptune, because I really didn’t want to bother my dad about such information. (He thought it was stupid that I wanted to know the exact make a model of a truck that he hasn’t seen in years.)