The Walton is a pickup truck featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Influence[]
Throughout its appearances, the Walton resembles a 1955 Chevrolet Task Force with the front of a 1954/1955 Chevrolet Advance Design.
Design[]
The Walton features a small stake bed, which provides a decent sized flat surface area, making it a suitable sniper platform.
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Walton often spawns with random cargo in the bed, such as wooden crates, cardboard boxes, or Carcer Gas propane tanks (which do not explode when shot). Occasionally the bed is empty. These items remain in the bed and will not fall out if driving off-road or if the player crashes. The GTA San Andreas rendition of the Walton features a tailgate, which the GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories renditions do not. There is also a wrecked Walton in front of Catalina's hideout in Fern Ridge, Red County, San Andreas.
Performance[]
The road-going capabilities of the Walton are underwhelming in most games. In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the Walton possesses below-average acceleration and speed, and sluggish controls, owing to its age, weight and size.
The engine power of the Walton is even worse in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, where the truck often struggles to climb steep inclines. Despite being under-powered, it has decent off-roading capabilities, typical of any pickup truck in the game. It is also very sturdy and can withstand a lot of damage. It has the same engine sound as the Tractor and the Dozer.
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the performance of the Walton is enhanced. The vehicle has more gears than its other counterparts (5 instead of 4), has a higher top speed and is lighter in mass.
Overview[]
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 93 / 150 (GTA Vice City & GTA San Andreas)
103 / 165 (GTA Vice City Stories) |
4 (GTA Vice City & GTA San Andreas)
5 (GTA Vice City Stories) |
Diesel | AWD | 1850 / 4079 (GTA Vice City & GTA San Andreas)
1700 / 3748 (GTA Vice City Stories) |
| N/A | N/A | 4 (GTA Vice City & GTA San Andreas)
5 (GTA Vice City Stories) |
N/A | AWD | Cannot be observed |
Special Variants[]
In both Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the color white is not normally available on any Walton, except during missions.
- In GTA Vice City, four white Waltons will appear during "Gun Runner" as transport vehicles for a gang of gun runners which the player must eliminate. While the player can in fact the kill the driver of any of the Waltons with a sniper rifle and commandeer one, the player must destroy all the Waltons as well to complete the mission. A workaround to this is simple; the player will simply need to collect all of the weapons, then place the last working Walton in a garage and destroy it (thereby passing the mission). After the garage door is closed, the wrecked Walton will reappear in working order when the garage is reopened.
- For Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, a white Walton plays a crucial role during "Madd Dogg", when the player must save a drunken Madd Dogg from falling to his death by taking the truck parked nearby and aligning the truck's box-filled bed with Madd Dogg as he is about to jump from a ledge. Once Madd Dogg lands on the bed, the player must then drive him to a rehabilitation clinic, completing the mission. The player may then store the truck in a garage. Alternately, the player can also fail the mission by opting not to save Madd Dogg and still acquire the truck nevertheless. The truck is also bullet-proof and melee-proof.
Modifications[]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
- The Walton can be modified in any TransFender garage.
| Type | Upgrade | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Color | Car Color 1 (64 different colors) | $ 150 |
| Hood | Fury Scoop | $ 150 |
| Champ Scoop | $ 100 | |
| Worx | $ 250 | |
| Exhausts | Large Exhaust | $ 250 |
| Medium Exhaust | $ 200 | |
| Small Exhaust | $ 150 | |
| Lights | Round Fog Lamp | $ 100 |
| Square Fog Lamp | $ 50 | |
| Nitro | 2x Nitrous | $ 200 |
| 5x Nitrous | $ 500 | |
| 10x Nitrous | $ 1000 | |
| Wheels | Import | $ 820 |
| Atomic | $ 770 | |
| Ahab | $ 1000 | |
| Virtual | $ 620 | |
| Access | $ 1140 | |
| Off Road Wheel | $ 1000 | |
| Mega | $ 1030 | |
| Grove | $ 1230 | |
| Twist | $ 1200 | |
| Wires | $ 1560 | |
| Car Stereo | Bass Boost | $ 100 |
| Hydraulics | Hydraulics | $ 1500 |
Gallery[]
Design[]
Images[]
Locations[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- Spawns randomly in Viceport and Escobar International Airport.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
- Beside the wooden bridge that connects the dirt road that connects Back o Beyond and Whetstone.
- In the intersection of dirt roads, under some trees, southeast of the brown lake in Back o' Beyond.
- Behind the Angel Pine Sawmill.
- In Leafy Hollow (The Truth's farm) in Flint County.
- Around the Flint County Safehouse.
- On the outskirts of Fort Carson in Bone County.
- Spawns randomly in the countryside areas of Red County, Flint County and Whetstone and desert area of Tierra Robada and Bone County.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- Parked at Phil Cassidy's Depot in Viceport.
- Near Auntie Poulet's home in Little Haiti.
- At Escobar International Airport.
- Near an alley opposite Links Bridge.
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- Gun Runner – Several unique white Waltons will spawn loaded with some guns that Phil wants. Also, in the opening cutscene, a Walton is caught in the explosion and destroyed.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
- Body Harvest – One Walton will block the way of the harvester exiting the farm. In the streets, another one comes, now with a redneck standing on the compartment and shooting with his rifle.
- Wu Zi Mu – A Walton is an obstacle while crossing the dirty roads at The Panopticon.
- Photo Opportunity – A Walton spawns at Angel Pine gas station after the final cutscene instead a petrol trailer.
- Lure – A few Waltons can be seen parked around the woods while collecting checkpoints.
- Don Peyote – Two can be seen during the cutscene at Snake Farm, both used later to chase the trio until they reach Caligula's Palace.
- Madd Dogg – A white Walton is used to transport Madd Dogg to the hospital.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- Cleaning House – Vic drives Phil's Walton to his house in Viceport to retrieve Martinez's money.
- Cholo Victory – Vic and Phil chase one of the Cholos using the Walton.
- Boomshine Blowout – Vic needs to load the Boomshine from the burning warehouse onto Phil's Walton.
- Marked Men – Vic and Phil use the Walton loaded with Boomshine in the back to check out Martinez's merchandise from a warehouse. However, they are later ambushed by Martinez's men, forcing them to flee back to the depot.
- Say Cheese – Several Waltons are used by the cameramen to film the cheese commercial directed by Reni.
- Over the Top – Phil's Walton is used for the last time loaded with Boomshine in the back. It later explodes when Phil drives it into the gate of the Fort Baxter to help Vic avenge his sister's death.
Notable Owners[]
- Pedro Garcia
- Survivalists
- Phil Cassidy owned one during the events of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. The same is destroyed during the events of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, as Phil replaced it with a Patriot.
Radio Stations[]
- In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Walton plays K-Rose.
Trivia[]
General[]
- The vehicle's name may be a reference to the 1970s television show, The Waltons.
- A static version of the Walton model from Xbox version of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was cut from Manhunt 2. The model was originally used in the removed ending cutscene of Altered State, replaced by a pre-rendered cutscene video in the final version.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- Phil Cassidy claims that the truck has a manual transmission after crashing it into a wall during the mission "Cholo Victory".
See Also[]
- Pickup – Grand Theft Auto equivalent, with the Liberty City version having an old design.
- Rat-Loader and Rat-Truck – Similarly designed vehicles featured in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online.