Tow Mater!!!!

[thedahmer]

I was watching the movies CARS=== the Mater the tow truck has a Bulls EYE headlight-- only one though--

[greg g]

Which gene pool is he from Chebbie or International Harvester????

I'm thinking 55/6 Chebbie, some folks think his mamma was a Dodge but I don't think so.

[48mirage]

This truck/charachter is based on a guy in Riverton Kansas, about 20 minutes from here (wife went to school there). I'll see if I can find out.

[T.Tom Meshingear]

If this story is true

http://rwarn17588.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/four-wheeled-inspiration-for-mater-is-found/

then the official inspiration is IH.

But his face looks more like a Dodge or this International

T.Tom

[BobT-47P15]

This item was in the Carthage, MO paper recently. It does say a movie person spotted an old International wrecker at an abandoned service station in Galena, Kansas.

Now, to me, he looks like a little bit newer International. I found a picture of one that was just about his twin, with the opposite headlight out.....I posted it a while back. But now I don't recall where I found it. Ah--ha, found that pic. 1956 IH.

[greg g]

Fender lines, headlight surrounds, door creases, still scream Chebbie at me, the vent windows and windshield look IH in the animation cell. I think Mater maybe a Bowtie with an IH roof transplant.

[Guest Roadrunner]

I read in a paper that the insperation for Mater was a 1958 IHC Towtruck in poor repair. The movie portrayed him as a mid 50s chev.

[De Soto Frank]

Blakeslee ?? !

Hiya, heighbor !

I think I concur with Greg's take on 'Mater... below the belt-line he sure looks like a Task-Force Chevy, but upper cab looks either Dodg-y or IHC-ish...

When I saw the movie the first two times, I was convinced that he was a '55-'57 Dodge, but the last time this topic came up, Bob T posted that newspaper article and a picture of the R-series IHC...

Whatever his origins, he's about the funniest darn thing in a long time !

[Guest mikeys toy]

well, dad-gum!!