Found BJ and the Bear Truck

[WesternStar96]

Here are pictures of the two Season Three 1980 Kenworth K-100C Aerodynes that both John Amstutz and Paul Sagehorn own today 

These two trucks came out of the Ohio Kenworth Factory Truck Plant and were both built specifically for B.J. and the Bear which is why both trucks have signatures from the workers that had worked on them while they were being built at the factory although both trucks don't have the same signatures 

These two trucks are referred to as the sister trucks because they're one vin number apart from each other and initially were delivered to JT Jenkins and from there were both sent to Hollywood Universal Studio Truck Lots where the writings were added onto the two trucks and than from there the two trucks were sent on tour attending truck shows right away and than came back to Hollywood Universal Studio Truck Lots in time to film the last four episodes of Season Two that needed to be filmed which would include "Gasohol" and the three part "Run For The Money" episodes 

After that starting with the "The Fast and The Furious" two part episodes during Season Three these two trucks took their turn to be seen in almost every Season Three episode although it does appear that the Season One and vaguely Season Three 1978 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne Stunt Truck was the truck that was used for the behind the scenes pictures with the girls for Season Three along with the two part episodes "B.J. and the Seven Lady Truckers" for Season Two 

These two trucks were both sold from Hollywood Universal Studio Truck Lots in 1982 a year after the show was canceled 

The truck that Paul Sagehorn owns today ended up blowing it's motor three different times while former owner James Duncan had owned it starting in 1985 and than it was eventually parked for two years starting in 1989 and than the last year it was on the road was in 1991, But, Not for very long before the motor blew up for a fourth time 

There seems to be many picture's of John Amstutz's Truck going around the internet while his truck was working for a living throughout the 80's and throughout the 90's and even in the early 2000's between 2000 and 2003 

These two trucks featured NTC-400HP Cummins Engines with 13 Speed Transmissions 

Here are pictures of these two trucks behind the scenes 

Here are pictures of John Amstutz's Truck while it was working for a living after it's time on the show 

Here are some pictures of Paul Sagehorn's Truck after he had restored it 

[WesternStar96]

Here is a continuation post of the two Season Three sister 1980 Kenworth K-100C Aerodynes 

Edited yesterday at 02:09 AM by WesternStar96

[Brandt]

Enuff pix of the truck, where are the pix of "stacks"??

[WesternStar96]

Here's Paul Sagehorn's Season Three 1980 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne with his restored 1972 Brown Reefer Trailer 

Here's John Amstutz's Season Three 1980 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne with his 1972 Brown Reefer Trailer that are both currently under restoration right now 

Here is the only way to tell the two Season Three 1980 Sister Trucks apart from each other 

John Amstutz's Truck has the purple handle for the top bed as seen in the pictures with Bear while the handle on Paul Sagehorn's Truck is Satan Black 

John Amstutz's Truck also seemed to have had a longer more rectangular cb mic during filming while Paul Sagehorn's Truck seem to have had a regular shape cb mic 

Here are more pictures of the Season One and Season Two "beauty" and "glamorous" 1978 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne 

Here's some pictures of the Season One and vaguely Season Three 1978 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne Stunt Truck 

Here's more picture's of the Season Two 1979 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne Stunt Truck 

Here's more on the two sister Season Three 1980 Kenworth K-100C Aerodynes that both John Amstutz and Paul Sagehorn own today 

Here are some last behind the scenes pictures 

Here are some other pictures of two B.J. and the Bear Trucks together involving Paul Sagehorn's Season Three Truck

Edited 2 hours ago by WesternStar96

[WesternStar96]

56 minutes ago, Brandt said:

Enuff pix of the truck, where are the pix of "stacks"??

 

I'm not to much into pictures of Stacks, But, She's in a few of my screen shots 

My last pictures for this thread have been uploaded 

[WesternStar96]

So, I have a little bit more for this thread for one last post and than I am officially done 

Another way to tell the two Season Three Sister Trucks apart from each other is that John Amstutz's Truck got permit holders on the passenger side underneath the cab just before the exhaust's elbow not to long after it's time it was used to film some of the episodes in the series which still remain on the truck to this day 

 

Another interesting fact that previously forgot to mention about the two sister Season Three 1980 Trucks is that these were the only two trucks that we know of that were fully painted at the Kenworth Factory Truck Plant with the Salem Paint Scheme that had the top stripe reversed

The Season One and Season Two "beauty" and "glamorous" 1978 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne was only partially painted at one of the Kenworth Factory Truck Plants as previously mentioned in one of my earlier posts in this thread in which the 1978 Truck I am referring to was built at the Kansas Kenworth Factory Truck Plant 

During the Second Season Episode "Pogo Lil" both stunt trucks used in the series were used to film the beginning scene with BJ's Truck hanging off of a cliff because Greg Evigan had to be inside of one of the trucks which would of been the Season One and vaguely Season Two 1978 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne Stunt Truck while the Season Two 1979 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne Stunt Truck was the truck that most were seeing the underbelly to with the front wheels really hanging off of cliff 

The Season One and vaguely Season Three 1978 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne Stunt Truck was just driven close to the same cliff for the top views to make the truck appear as if was hanging over the cliff with it's front wheels and was also the truck that Greg Evigan was seen getting out of once his character was relieved that his truck was fully back on land which is why in that scene in some places you see convex mirrors on the truck and than in other places you don't see convex mirrors on the truck 

These two screen shots below show the Season One and vaguely Season Three 1978 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne Stunt Truck being used in that scene to show which camera angles I was talking about 

In Season Three as well as the two part B.J. and the Seven Lady Truckers episodes from Season Two the behind the scene pictures with B.J. McKay (Greg Evigan) and the girls had seemed to have been taken with the Season One and vaguely Season Three 1978 Kenworth K-100C Aerodyne Stunt Truck as I had already previously mentioned earlier in the thread 

During Season Three one of the girls characters name was Callie which was played by Linda McCullough in which her character drove a three tone brown 1981 GMC Astro Cabover 

Callie's GMC Astro was seen in a couple of episodes of Knight Rider where it actually had pulled both of BJ's 1972 Brown Reefer Trailers although I can only get a screen shot from one of the episodes so far and it isn't the best 

Now, It is time to talk about the two 1972 Brown Reefer Trailers used throughout all three seasons of the show that both John Amstutz and Paul Sagehorn own today and appearances that they had made in other productions over the years ever since being used to film B.J. and the Bear 

Both Trailers eventually had the reefers removed and had black underbelly boxes installed for storage boxes and also had a lift gate installed in the rear underneath the trailer doors going to the rear doors of the trailer and also on John Amstutz's Trailer the little black light indicator box was taken off on the drivers side corner of the trailer that was for the driver to see the lights for the reefer in the drivers side mirror