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DBLSPRT68 · 11-01-2008, 12:30 AM

Hey all, I don't post here a lot now a days, but still check in to see whats going on. I found this on Youtube. Very cool assortment of the truck jumping things. I watched Fall Guy as a kid, but don't remember seeing this truck do all of this.... THIS IS ONE TUFF TRUCK!!!! Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=...ns&view=videos

68c10owner · 11-01-2008, 01:09 AM

I loved that show when I was a kid. I even had a Fall Guy hotwheel toy truck. I don`t think it was a real hotwheel but some brand. I didn`t know anything about these old trucks then which were actually new then. I just noticed after watching the video that some of those trucks were pre 81. They have the squared off fenders instead of the sloped frontends. I wonder how many trucks they actually went through while making that show.

1badgmc · 06-04-2010, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 68c10owner

I loved that show when I was a kid. I even had a Fall Guy hotwheel toy truck. I don`t think it was a real hotwheel but some brand.

Yeah, it wasn't Hot Wheels. It was Ertl. I still have mine parked on a shelf behind my computer desk. Mine probably has more miles on it than any of the real trucks seen in the show ever got, but it's a survivor. lol

jrsmith_2010 · 11-01-2008, 01:14 AM

id like to see a ford do that and keep on driving!!

wait that will never happen!

cool video

ChaseDale3and8 · 11-01-2008, 07:26 AM

The Fall guy TV show season 1 is available on DVD. It came out in June of 2007. I bought it the day that it came out! I was 15 when the show first aired and I still love it! Don't forget about Heather Thomas guys. She's as awesome as the truck! ...Joe

**N2TRUX** · 11-01-2008, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jrsmith_2010

id like to see a ford do that and keep on driving!!

Better review those vids again. I don't think that GMC got up and drove away unscathed either.

Cool link guys.

msgross · 11-01-2008, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by N2TRUX

Better review those vids again. I don't think that GMC got up and drove away unscathed either.

Cool link guys.

Yeah, I think that this one would have sent it back to the alignment shop!

msgross · 11-01-2008, 08:49 AM

Here's a direct link... The General Lee has nothing on him... Someone needs to recreate the Fall Guy Truck.... hmm, that's a good idea...

YouTube - Ein Colt für alle Fälle, Fall Guy -...

robertspangler · 11-01-2008, 09:54 AM

here ya go for anybody that wants to watch.

here is 22 free episodes you can watch online.
http://www.hulu.com/the-fall-guy

*87 chevy silverado* · 06-04-2010, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by robertspangler

here ya go for anybody that wants to watch.

here is 22 free episodes you can watch online.
http://www.hulu.com/the-fall-guy

i know this is an old thread but thank you the link still works

evenmadderdawg · 11-01-2008, 01:01 PM

The sequence starting at 1:16 with the rocket in the bed is soooo cheesy and bad. I loved that show so much, I remember thinking in elementary school that there was no problem in the world that couldn't be solved by jumping that truck over it!

ChaseDale3and8 · 11-01-2008, 01:16 PM

Hey guys if you buy or rent the season 1 DVD set Lee Majors talks about how much they had to modify those trucks to make them jump like they did. They moved the engines back into the cab, removed the front driveshaft, removed the axles and gears from the front differential to lighten the front end as much as they could so that it wouldn't land so hard on the front to try to keep them from breaking parts quite as often.

They had GM engineers helping them out along the way. The DVD that talks about the making of the show was quite informative and very interesting. They made a very heavy and fairly tall for it's time truck do things that it was never designed to do. They eventually went from the actual trucks for the jump scenes to models, but it was a good entertaining show anyway in my opinion. If you get a chance, check out the season 1 DVD box set, it's worth the price of admission! Can't wait until they put the other seasons of the Fall Guy on DVD! ...Joe

bigblock73 · 11-01-2008, 03:38 PM

What year was that truck again?? I saw everything from what appears to be a 79 all the way to a mid 80's truck. Hahah, still fun to watch.

ChaseDale3and8 · 11-01-2008, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bigblock73

What year was that truck again?? I saw everything from what appears to be a 79 all the way to a mid 80's truck. Hahah, still fun to watch.

They used quite a few model years of the trucks for the stunts all right! The show ran from 1981-1986 so it had a lot of different years of GMCs in it. The first one was a 1980 with square headlights. This show was kind of like the Dukes Of Hazzard in a way, since it sent a lot of GMC 4x4s, and a few 2wds that they had lifted with 1 ton front springs and body lifts straight to GM heaven! Good thing that GM made as many of these trucks as they did! ...Joe

*78 Chevyrado* · 11-01-2008, 06:59 PM

I've logged on to the forums and this thread was at the top and I had to watch the video again, 5 times now...

I loved that show!

bw4sale · 11-01-2008, 04:13 PM

Thanks for posting that. I loved that show as a little kid and it was mainly due to that truck...ok, I liked the girl, too. I think my not quite 2 year old son liked the video, too. Everytime the truck would come crashing through something he would go, "Ohhhhhhhh!" and then clap. That's my boy!!

nutsforchevys · 11-01-2008, 04:46 PM

I remember watching that show when I was a kid. I do recall one time the truck was jumping a canyon or something and you could see Tonka stamped on the tailgate LOL. Oh well it was still one of my favorite shows.

nuke1 · 11-01-2008, 05:32 PM

i miss that show so much, my wife does not know that show wish that she did to understand it, oh well

ChaseDale3and8 · 11-01-2008, 09:03 PM

On a Fall Guy truck related note I found this. ...Joe

http://community-2.webtv.net/mikecat...ICS/page3.html

Ds86C10 · 11-02-2008, 05:53 AM

looks like i found what i want for x-mas! even tho im watchin them for nothing on hulu

rod86 · 11-02-2008, 06:55 AM

haha thats the first time ive seen anything about the fall guy. looks like it was a great series....

ChaseDale3and8 · 11-02-2008, 12:17 PM

If you notice when the truck is jumping through that construction zone you can clearly see that from the side view they show that the engine isn't where it's supposed to be.

I also noticed the Tonka truck in another jump. Things I didn't notice when the show first aired many years ago, but find interesting now since I know how they did a lot of stuff with the trucks. Kind of makes me cringe everytime I see one of those trucks get destroyed, but it was great TV for it's time, and I still enjoy watching it! ...Joe

79Silv4x4 · 11-02-2008, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaseDale3and8

If you notice when the truck is jumping through that construction zone you can clearly see that from the side view they show that the engine isn't where it's supposed to be.

Yeah, later in the series they made a custom 'jump truck' with a mid-mounted engine. . .

D-Day · 11-02-2008, 02:52 PM

Back later...jumping railroad tracks.

1LoC10 · 06-04-2010, 11:21 AM

Truck is like NightRider, no matter what it hits or busts through, its still straight as an arrow

11-01-2008, 12:30 AM	#1
DBLSPRT68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Ft. Mill, SC USA Posts: 931	Found Fall Guy truck jumping video Hey all, I don't post here a lot now a days, but still check in to see whats going on. I found this on Youtube. Very cool assortment of the truck jumping things. I watched Fall Guy as a kid, but don't remember seeing this truck do all of this.... THIS IS ONE TUFF TRUCK!!!! Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=...ns&view=videos __________________ PROJECT TRUCK: 1985 SWB C10 Silverado Black/Charcoal, 1990 V2500 Suburban, 2018 Suburban, 2005 GMC 2500HD CCSB, 2014 Toyota Camry SE, HAD.....1968 Camaro RS/SS Family owned since new; 350 3 speed SOLD

11-01-2008, 01:09 AM	#2
68c10owner Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Carmichael, California Posts: 3,005	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video I loved that show when I was a kid. I even had a Fall Guy hotwheel toy truck. I don`t think it was a real hotwheel but some brand. I didn`t know anything about these old trucks then which were actually new then. I just noticed after watching the video that some of those trucks were pre 81. They have the squared off fenders instead of the sloped frontends. I wonder how many trucks they actually went through while making that show. __________________ Anthony

11-01-2008, 01:14 AM	#4
jrsmith_2010 I like turtles... Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 993	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video id like to see a ford do that and keep on driving!! wait that will never happen! cool video __________________ 1979 Silverado- lowered 5/7, 20 inch Boss rims, everything shaved, caddy lights, billet interior, UP FOR SALE! 1983 Scottsdale-on the back burner...SOLD!!! 1992 Silverado- extended cab, stock for now, but no promises SOLD!!! 2006 Chevy Cobalt-college car, staying stock Whatever can't get fixed with a hammer, a roll of duct tape, a clothes hanger, a tube of glue, and a case of beer, can wait until tomorrow.

11-01-2008, 07:26 AM	#5
ChaseDale3and8 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Springfield Mo. Posts: 1,086	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video The Fall guy TV show season 1 is available on DVD. It came out in June of 2007. I bought it the day that it came out! I was 15 when the show first aired and I still love it! Don't forget about Heather Thomas guys. She's as awesome as the truck! ...Joe __________________ I'm not speedin'! I'm qualifyin'!

11-01-2008, 09:54 AM	#9
robertspangler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Archbold Ohio Posts: 42	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video here ya go for anybody that wants to watch. here is 22 free episodes you can watch online. http://www.hulu.com/the-fall-guy

11-01-2008, 01:01 PM	#11
evenmadderdawg Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: N.O.La. Posts: 26	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video The sequence starting at 1:16 with the rocket in the bed is soooo cheesy and bad. I loved that show so much, I remember thinking in elementary school that there was no problem in the world that couldn't be solved by jumping that truck over it!

11-01-2008, 01:16 PM	#12
ChaseDale3and8 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Springfield Mo. Posts: 1,086	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video Hey guys if you buy or rent the season 1 DVD set Lee Majors talks about how much they had to modify those trucks to make them jump like they did. They moved the engines back into the cab, removed the front driveshaft, removed the axles and gears from the front differential to lighten the front end as much as they could so that it wouldn't land so hard on the front to try to keep them from breaking parts quite as often. They had GM engineers helping them out along the way. The DVD that talks about the making of the show was quite informative and very interesting. They made a very heavy and fairly tall for it's time truck do things that it was never designed to do. They eventually went from the actual trucks for the jump scenes to models, but it was a good entertaining show anyway in my opinion. If you get a chance, check out the season 1 DVD box set, it's worth the price of admission! Can't wait until they put the other seasons of the Fall Guy on DVD! ...Joe __________________ I'm not speedin'! I'm qualifyin'!

11-01-2008, 03:38 PM	#13
bigblock73 yeller Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 13,824	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video What year was that truck again?? I saw everything from what appears to be a 79 all the way to a mid 80's truck. Hahah, still fun to watch. __________________ Jeff 73-87.com 73-87.com Facebook page 73-87 cab corner 6x9 speaker brackets for sale 67-72 cab corner speaker brackets for sale 47-54 cab corner speaker brackets for sale

11-01-2008, 06:59 PM	#15
78 Chevyrado Account Suspended Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Unnapreciative, Trollville Posts: 2,079	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video I've logged on to the forums and this thread was at the top and I had to watch the video again, 5 times now... I loved that show!

11-01-2008, 04:13 PM	#16
bw4sale Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hendersonville, TN Posts: 1,528	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video Thanks for posting that. I loved that show as a little kid and it was mainly due to that truck...ok, I liked the girl, too. I think my not quite 2 year old son liked the video, too. Everytime the truck would come crashing through something he would go, "Ohhhhhhhh!" and then clap. That's my boy!! __________________ BRENT -'68 Stepside Project -'98 Z71 Daily Driver -Enough extra parts to build another truck and a half

11-01-2008, 04:46 PM	#17
nutsforchevys Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Stephenville, Texas Posts: 420	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video I remember watching that show when I was a kid. I do recall one time the truck was jumping a canyon or something and you could see Tonka stamped on the tailgate LOL. Oh well it was still one of my favorite shows. __________________ 72 Super Cheyenne lwb 4X4 Ocra / White 88 Chevy 1 ton Dumptruck 88 Chevy 1ton Flat bed 4X4 white

11-01-2008, 05:32 PM	#18
nuke1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,: Posts: 2,901	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video i miss that show so much, my wife does not know that show wish that she did to understand it, oh well __________________ James 1968 GMC "HAVOC" 1986 GMC "Frank" J.J.R.H. Design & Consulting My 68`Rebuild "HAVOC": http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=316300 A 58' chev build thread: http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=311238 1969 Camaro Pro Touring http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...61#post3513361 Swiss Cheese: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=384390 Adjustable Trailing Arm How-To: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=321100 1968 Ford Farm Truck: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post6555587

11-01-2008, 09:03 PM	#19
ChaseDale3and8 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Springfield Mo. Posts: 1,086	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video On a Fall Guy truck related note I found this. ...Joe http://community-2.webtv.net/mikecat...ICS/page3.html __________________ I'm not speedin'! I'm qualifyin'!

11-02-2008, 05:53 AM	#20
Ds86C10 2WD 4 Life Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Coon Rapids, MN Posts: 169	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video looks like i found what i want for x-mas! even tho im watchin them for nothing on hulu __________________ Big D 1969 c10 1960 cadillac 1978 king cobra

11-02-2008, 06:55 AM	#21
rod86 great southern land Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: perth - australia Posts: 6,194	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video haha thats the first time ive seen anything about the fall guy. looks like it was a great series.... __________________ rod 86 chevy c10 silverado



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11-02-2008, 12:17 PM	#22
ChaseDale3and8 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Springfield Mo. Posts: 1,086	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video If you notice when the truck is jumping through that construction zone you can clearly see that from the side view they show that the engine isn't where it's supposed to be. I also noticed the Tonka truck in another jump. Things I didn't notice when the show first aired many years ago, but find interesting now since I know how they did a lot of stuff with the trucks. Kind of makes me cringe everytime I see one of those trucks get destroyed, but it was great TV for it's time, and I still enjoy watching it! ...Joe __________________ I'm not speedin'! I'm qualifyin'!

11-02-2008, 02:52 PM	#24
D-Day Live fast, die young Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northwest Ohio Posts: 293	Re: Found Fall Guy truck jumping video Back later...jumping railroad tracks.

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