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Did Greg Evigan drive the truck in BJ & The Bear?
BJ and the Bear, TV series from 1979-81 starring Greg Evigan: Greg Evigan did most of his own stunts for the show as well as the truck driving after a three-week driving course.
Who drove the truck in BJ and the Bear?
Greg Evigan stars as Billie Joe “B.J.” McKay, a professional freelance itinerant trucker who travels the country’s highways in a red and white Kenworth K-100 Aerodyne (a COE semi truck) with his pet chimpanzee Bear (named after Bear Bryant, the famed football coach for the University of Alabama).
Was BJ and the Bear a movie?
B.J. and the Bear (1978) – Turner Classic Movies.
What model truck was BJ and the Bear?
Kenworth K100C Aerodyne
Two K100C Aerodynes were built for the show, the first in 1978 and the second in 1980. Paul Sagehorn and his son Craig are the proud owners of the 1980 model year Kenworth K100C Aerodyne that was used in the 1980 and 1981 seasons.
Did Greg Evigan drive the truck?
The newly released Kenworth video stars Greg Evigan and the “Everyday Heroes” T680 Next Gen. Evigan is well-known for his starring role in the 1979-1981 television series “B.J. and the Bear.” The series was especially popular among truckers as Evigan played truck driver B.J. McKay and drove an iconic Kenworth K100.
What truck was used in Smokey and the Bandit?
1974 Kenworth W900 Model
The truck in Smokey and the Bandit (1977) that Cledus ‘Snowman’ Snow drove was a black and gold 1974 Kenworth W900 Model. Here, he drives a silver and blue 1980 GMC General.
Where is Greg Evigan now?
Evigan has his own recording studio in Woodland Hills, California where he produced and sang on his pop-album, “Slow Down” featuring ten of his original songs. He plays the piano, guitar, drums, and saxophone, and writes in a variety of different styles of music and is now mixing his new CD, with more original pieces.
What happened to Moe the chimp?
A 42-year-old pet chimpanzee named Moe has been missing from an exotic pet sanctuary in San Bernadino County, east of Los Angeles. The chimp lived for 30 years with a couple in suburban Los Angeles but was removed after he attacked two people. ROBERT SIEGEL, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
What kind of truck was in BJ and the Bear?
Paul Sagehorn and his son Craig are the proud owners of the 1980 model year Kenworth K100C Aerodyne that was used in the 1980 and 1981 seasons. For many of us(including this author) as a child growing up in the 1980s and fascinated by trucks, we dreamed of having a truck like B.J. McKay.
Who owns the Kenworth from Smokey and the Bandit?
trucker Neil Ashworth
Seems trucker Neil Ashworth of Huddersfield, England, is now the owner of a 1985 Kenworth W900B he purchased from another U.K.-based owner. After researching the vehicle’s history here in the U.S., he realized the truck had in fact been part of the Burt Reynolds co-owned Skoal Bandit NASCAR team back in the late 1980s.
What was Snowmans truck?
Kenworth is a make of medium and heavy-duty Class 8 trucks. Snowman drove one in the 1977 feature film Smokey and the Bandit and its sequel, Smokey and the Bandit II.