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Chevrolet YU from Jeepers Creepers

Chevrolet YU "Jeepers Creepers"

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Chevrolet YU from Jeepers Creepers

2001 - 2001

A brother and sister driving home for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature in the isolated countryside that is on the last day of its ritualistic eating spree. As they drive through the Ocala, Florida countryside in their 1960 Chevrolet Impala, a mysterious driver in a modified 1941 Chevrolet YU COE aggressively tries to run them off the road.

After letting the vehicle pass them, they were clearly shaken up but gets over it quickly, they later see the same truck parked outside an old abandoned church. In the churchyard a hulking man with his face hidden is sliding what appears to be bodies covered with blood stained sheets into a large pipe sticking out of the ground.

The driver, taking note that they have seen him, catches up to them and succeeds in running them off the road… The movie has been shown in 2001. There were three trucks made for the movie. The vehicles were made in the production studio in Orlando, Florida in 2001.

In September of 2008, the first of 3 prototype trucks went up for sale on eBay. One month later it was bought at $4559. The second prototype now belongs to Tim Glace. The third truck created for the movie was updated with a newer Chevy V8 and automatic transmission. It was used for most of the stunt shots and chase scenes. The location of it is unknown.

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