<P> Greg Evigan stars as Billie Joe `` B.J. '' McKay , a professional freelance itinerant trucker who travels the country 's highways in a red and white Kenworth K - 100 Aerodyne ( a COE semi truck ) with his pet chimpanzee Bear ( named after Bear Bryant , the famed football coach for the University of Alabama ) . In the pilot movie , it is stated that he had spent two years in Vietnam as a medical helicopter pilot , had been a captain and earned a distinguished service cross . He was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam at the Hanoi Hilton for four months in 1973 after his helicopter went down over the DMZ . Episodes typically deal with B.J. uncovering or getting mixed up with crime in the area he 's traveling through , and a local resident -- usually , a young , beautiful woman -- appealing to him for help . </P>
<P> Greg Evigan stars as Billie Joe `` B.J. '' McKay , a professional freelance itinerant trucker who travels the country 's highways in a red and white Kenworth K - 100 Aerodyne ( a COE semi truck ) with his pet chimpanzee Bear ( named after Bear Bryant , the famed football coach for the University of Alabama ) . In the pilot movie , it is stated that he had spent two years in Vietnam as a medical helicopter pilot , had been a captain and earned a distinguished service cross . He was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam at the Hanoi Hilton for four months in 1973 after his helicopter went down over the DMZ . Episodes typically deal with B.J. uncovering or getting mixed up with crime in the area he 's traveling through , and a local resident -- usually , a young , beautiful woman -- appealing to him for help . </P>
what kind of truck was in bj and the bear
what kind of truck was in bj and the bear
a red and white Kenworth K - 100 Aerodyne
a red and white Kenworth K - 100 Aerodyne