Truckin' USA Typhoon Review

[W1CK3D SAINT]

I apologize if this is a re-post, but I've never seen it before and thought it was kind of retro-cool.:tup:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=43415844

 

[Daron]

Re: Truckin' USA Typhoon Review

I apologize if this is a re-post, but I've never seen it before and thought it was kind of retro-cool.:tup:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=43415844

Damn I remember that gay show. Never saw the Typhoon episode though! Thanks for the link.

 

[Sean Krupa]

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Hey thats my myspace. I like how that guy can barely fit in the seat.:rotf:

 

[W1CK3D SAINT]

Re: Truckin' USA Typhoon Review

Yes, Sean. I did borrow this from your myspace video post. It's nice to see you're on Syty as well. Did you ever post this here? If not, why?
From One Shawn To another (Sean), good clip, man!!!

 

[AWDcameoLSX]

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wow alot of body roll

 

[warmpancakes]

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did anyboby else catch the challange trucks in the opening credits

 

[Captain Morgan]

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I have that episode on VHS unfortunately i recorded it on the crappy level so it doesnt look any better than the clip, lol.

that show is what made me what to get a Typhoon............ i should kill them all

 

[spooldup]

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wow that was really cool to watch. Thanks for the link.

 

[oboym]

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Cool video thanks for posting.

 

[Jimmy]

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Contrary to some beliefs, I've always maintained that the drive-train was installed and complete at GM, not PAS. But it appears that a lot more parts are on the truck than I thought when it leaves Pontiac Assembly: Seats, wheels, cladding buttons. The host is a douchenozzle, but that was very interesting stuff. Thanks for the link.

John Koss told me that the "Typhoon" package was just a RPO on the Jimmy assembly line.

If the Jimmy was a Typhoon,all the parts would arrive there to make it one.

PAS designed the conversion,PWA built it.

Did not ask what was put on @ PAS,but IMO the trucks were 95% complete coming off the line.

He said the turbo was disabled for the dyno testing at the end of the line because early in production one "got away and smashed into a girder "

I picked dudes brain for 2 hours(dude is a helluva nice guy BTW)

He loves them,answered all my questions,and totally enjoyed the free cold beer,as did I. :tup:

 

[mattw]

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Cool vid.. i hadn't seen that one before.

 

[turbodig]

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It would be interesting to find out what the actual process was.

The differences in GM ship date to PAS (final)ship date vary wildly, from 1 to more than 20. The final QC was done at PAS, apparently.

I remember the Truckin' USA episode from the air date.... man, it's been a long time.

The fact that they had such a big segment on what was a bit of a hayseed truck show, kinda shows the lackluster marketing attention that was given. Ed Bruce (A Country singer of the time) didn't exactly fit the Syclone/Typhoon image.

 

[Aeroking]

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did anyboby else catch the challange trucks in the opening credits

when they showed the white Ty body coming down the conveyor, there was a white Sy ahead of it.

 

[Jimmy]

Re: Truckin' USA Typhoon Review

when they showed the white Ty body coming down the conveyor, there was a white Sy ahead of it.

That's just a Sonoma. The Challenge trucks both started off black,so did the PPG.