Re: Woodward Dream Cruise - Tow Mater


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Posted by Chris Lube Lublin on Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 14:21:40 :

In Reply to: Re: Woodward Dream Cruise - Tow Mater posted by MoparNorm on Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 00:12:46 :

Honestly, in the movie cars, Mater actually looked like either a '57 Dodge truck, or a 57-60 IHC truck. I can see how they modified a Sweptline in this picture to make it, and it looks good, but not the true 'Mater. The '57 Dodge D-400 I parted down a few years ago, looked an aweful lot like Mater to me. There is a local Junkyard that had a late 50's 2 ton 4X4 tow truck sitting outfront, a late 50's IHC truck that they had put the teeth in the grille, and the eyes on it to make it look like Mater, and it was very close.

Sharp eye tractor folks will notice the tractors in the 'tractor tipping' scene of the movie look like a cross between a Farmall H and M and Massey Harris 33-44 tractors.



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