The Joker — a Thorpe custom Kenworth T950 pictorial
Rear Vision
A pictorial look at the 1997 Kenworth T950 originally customised by Thorpe Custom Trucks.
Original ACT archive feature. Photography by Chris Smith.
Heath Ledger died in 2008 after his anarchistic portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight.
It was a real credit to Thorpe Custom Trucks to create such an extraordinary work of art encapsulating that raw character played by Heath Ledger in his final performance.
Frankly the truck is cool. After working it for years, the Thorpe’s sold it sometime last year and it has since been de-registered.
However, it is a great opportunity to put the 1997 Kenworth 950 in the magazine as a pictorial.
Rear Vision: where are they now?
Do you know where this truck is today, or have an update on its story? Tell ACT what happened next. We will verify current updates before adding them to the archive.