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The convoy begins at night on June 6 on "I-one-oh" just outside "Shakeytown" (Los Angeles, California), as the Rubber Duck informs the two trucks that "it's clean clear to Flagtown" (Flagstaff, Arizona) and that he is going to "put the hammer down" ("hammer" being the accelerator pedal) as the convoy plans to "cross the USA".
Rubber Duck's truck is generally represented in the film as a 1977 Mack RS712LST, although several other Mack RS700L–series trucks were used as a double and as stationary props. [13] The restored 'Second Unit' 1970 Mack RS731LST on-camera–double truck tractor and the only original remaining tank trailer were to return in late 2023 to be on ...
After reaching the New Jersey shore, the convoy from "Convoy" finds itself cornered, when the Rubber Duck has an idea: place the friends of Jesus in the front door and cross the Atlantic Ocean the way Jesus walked on water. Though half the convoy is lost at sea (from lack of faith), the rest arrives in England.
The original song begins with a Kenworth carrying timber, a refrigerated cab-over Peterbilt, and a GMC carrying live pigs (Pig Pen). "Rubber Duck" is driving either the Kenworth or the Peterbilt. There is no Mack at the beginning; in fact I do not remember a Mack being mentioned anywhere in the song.
A dozen C.W. McCall songs appeared on Billboard ' s Hot Country Singles chart, including the sentimental "Roses for Mama" (1977). [2] "Classified" and "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck" (a pirate-flavored sequel to "Convoy") bubbled under the Hot 100. In 1978, the movie Convoy was released, based on the C. W. McCall song. [2]
Among others, the album contains the song "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck", a sequel to McCall's earlier wildly popular hit "Convoy", with many humorous and absurd elements added. "Audubon" is a quasi-autobiographical song, while "Ratchetjaw" is a take on trucker slang, with a multitude of CB-related terminology included in the lyrics.
"Rubber Duckie", a song by the Sesame Street character Ernie "Rubber Ducky", a song by Quincy Jones on the Dollar$ soundtrack; Rubber Duck, a character in the 1976 novelty single "Convoy" by C. W. McCall and related media; Rubberduck, a DC Comics character; Rubber Duck (sculpture), a floating sculpture by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman
Five 1970s Mack RS700 series trucks and one Cruise Liner COE were used in the motion picture Convoy [57] starring Kris Kristofferson as Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald and Ali MacGraw as Melissa. A 1970s Mack R-600 truck with a "coolpower" engine setup is used to haul an oil tanker in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.