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“You couldn’t even pay for the headlights…”

Written by webmin

We can’t mention all the great trucking noir films like “Sorcerer,” “Hell Drivers,” or “Thieves’ Highway” without also mentioning “They Drive By Night,” the 1940 Bogart film based on “The Long Haul,” a 1938 novel by A.I. Bezzerides. Bezzerides also wrote the 1949 novel “Thieves’ Market” and adapted it for the screen that same year […]

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Tagged A.I. Bezzerides, They Drive By Night, trucks and Jeeps, videos  
 

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1965 Toyota FJ45

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We’ve featured a few FJs before here on the Hemmings Find of the Day, but none quite like this 1965 Toyota FJ45 for sale on Hemmings.com, which has been treated to a number of upgrades, including a Cummins engine swap and five-speed manual transmission. From the seller’s description: I am offering for sale my Cummins […]

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Tagged alt-power cars, Cummins, diesel, Hemmings Find of the Day, restomods, Toyota, Toyota FJ45, Toyota Land Cruiser, trucks and Jeeps  
 

“Hard men who drove by night… on the wrong side of the law!”

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In last week’s post on “Hell Drivers,” Gene Herman pointed out another postwar crime noir film that involves trucking, though this one in a more American style: “Thieves’ Highway” from 1949, which starred Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, and Lee Cobb. As with “Hell Drivers,” the trailer didn’t show much of the trucking aspect – more […]

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