I'm 47 years old I remember seeing those old cabovers running the roads all the time, seeing that one just brings back so many memories. When I grew up I wanted to drive a cab over but I never did, spent 20 years over the road and never drove a cab over, the oldest truck I ever drove was a 79 W900 with a 13 speed and a big cam Cummins
I ran a couple COEs one Freightliner and a KW new trucks, they dominated the roads in early 90s. Back before you could stretch them length restrictions. A dream parking and turning in tight places. One thing I thought about was head on crashes. I knew drivers that would walk if a company put them in a COE. The two I ran rode good. Had conventional trucks that rode worse. I worked for my Family company. I ran whatever truck my brother told me to run. I know for a fact drivers damaged the COEs intentionally, had to be careful who you hired. I liked the COEs been on little roads before GPS . I was so happy I wasn't driving a big conventional, that needed a football field to turn😊
My Dad had a 1979 352 Peterbilt that he drove back in the 70s, during summer he would take us kids on long hauls to LA. A lot of good memories in that Old truck. Back in those days truckers were the heros. Miss those days.
The only thing I didn’t like was the exhaust was bolted to the cab. When you tipped the can there was a big “bell” connection that was a pain to realign when lowering the cab back down
I had the same truck, and I do believe you have a 76 there, not a 78. It steers easy enough, you Do Not need power steering!! Great video, this retired old driver appreciates it. I drove from 1974 until 2004.
I put power steering on my 1977 352. I used a power steering box from a Freightliner cab over. I made an adapter plate to bolt the box to the frame, so it looked nice in factory. Use the standard power steering pump and mounted the power steering reservoir in the back Behind the cab where the original would be
I started in 1-1970, retired 1-2021, 51 years w/o a chargeable accident, had a few COEs. Once you get used to them, they are great, just watch out for the pot holes or divets in the road, they'll jar your preserves for sure. With the right insulation the cab is really quiet. Just a classic look and ride. One other thing, passengers or co-drivers have a hard time watching how close the items seem to be on that side.
Starting to see these old trucks in beautiful shape on the 401 in Canada , the ones I’ve seen are absolutely beautiful , much much respect these brokers bringing these old trucks back to life
I would keep the exhaust on that it has . And fresh paint. And definitely do those personal touches you listed .It’s definitely a sweet truck. Ryan is learning so don’t be to rough on him . He’s a good young man.
As someone who drives a 1997 International cabover all the time, I wish I had one that old and nice, especially for playing my 8 track collection again.
What a nice time capsule cab! Would be moderate with the changes so the outside still match the original inside. There is plenty of modern around, this feels more special and reminds of the simple old days..
@@ww2dogfighter1944 what i mean in pieces is that he's going to start dismentling it to put new part on it and just never finish it just like the whote scania
I know of an transtar that was owned by a county here in Canada , with only a few thousand miles on , it was bought by tackaberry construction in Ontario , it’s now living its life under cover in a heated shop , it’s absolutely in mint condition , all original , it’s quite the sight
I've seen this Pete sitting there for some time. It was just north of Ft Payne on Hwy 11. I've always loved that body style. Round headlights and the air intake coming thru the sleeper. I always thought that thing needs to be out making money. A beautiful classic. And this from a career Volvo trucks partsman.
Forget the power steering. Leave the stacks alone. No pre trip It is a beautiful rig. Hard to believe it is so old. I would love to have it. Congratulations.
That is a honey of a classic truck. Used to drive a cab over White. It had the same instant old time air con and a massive steering wheel. Watching in New Zealand.
That is a really nice Cabover Bruce. I hope you keep it. Good old trucks are hard to come by these days. Especially ones in mint condition like that one.👍
I was a mechanic for a fleet of 45 of those when they were brand new. I know just about every nut and bolt. 2 things.... Always use the safety bar when you jack the cab up. The jack handle should be in the passengers side door under the sleeper hanging on 2 brackets. Those cab jack pumps used to leak oil so always carry a little extra transmission oil for that because it sucks when you have to jack the cab up and it won't go up. Another thing to check is the battery box for cracks. They are aluminum and were known to break, especially with the shock from leaf spring suspension. I noticed that truck has 2 straps to hold the door from opening too much. The earlier models only had one and the screws that hold it on would rip out from the weight of the door opening when the cab was tilted. I used to connect a bungee cord from the door to the door striker to take the weight off of the straps.
I posted my comment before the video was over. I see you found the cab jack. Lol! It looks like the battery box was repaired already and that's a good thing. It really makes a mess when the batteries and air tanks leave the scene. Please don't get under that cab without the safety bar in place, especially with a truck that old. One blown hydraulic line and you've bought the farm. One more thing. When you lower the cab, make sure the shifter is sliding up in the slot in the floor. When they get a little worn they get sloppy and may not line up. As far as power steering goes, They also made a "power steering assist" which was a hydraulic cylinder attached to the center link activated by tension placed on the drag link. It's an alternative to changing out the box. If you change the box, you'll have to get the bracket that goes with it.
Air ride the front end, full size 24’s on the rear, 22’s in the front, new box bumper and new stainless deck cover and rear bumper. 6” straight pipes and few other odd and ends and let the classicness shine 👌
Congratulations on the new rig. Looks like the Winnebago of Peterbilts, LOL. Ok Bruce, & The Cameraman Randy Savage,yall take it easy, have a good one and #StayFosty my friends.
In my travels i have been seeing more and more of these oder trucks that have been restored and put into service. Im sure eventually laws will restrict this but for now i will enjoy the sight and sounds of these beauty's!!!
In Ontario there’s talk about any truck over 12 years old has to be taken off the road , hope not cause mine is 15 years old , it’s absolutely mint condition , all trucks have to have annual safety inspection so it doesn’t make any sense , they have to be in great condition or they are taken off the road . Just another white collar talking about something that he has no clue about , costing the working man big time !
In 1988 I drove a 1975 Pete, it had 400 Cummins, 13 speed , it had 4:33 rears. I think it was a 362 model. At 2100 it tops out at 65 mph, no power steering.
That is one handsome brute of a truck, I dont understand why you would want to change anything on these classic vehicles!! As for the cabover style, there are nothing but cabovers here in the UK and Europe, most of the roads we negotiated you needed a close coupled trailer with the axles set forward. You would never get a US style rig around narrow country lanes and densely packed city streets, so its horses for courses ! Apart from British trucks like the ERF that were fitted with 350bhp Big Cam Cummings that I loved, I have spent my 46 year commercial driving lifetime sat in a Volvo's F88 like the one in my Avatar from the late 1970's or or F10/12's and the later Volvo FH Globetrotters, or right up to my recent retirement in Scanias, the last one being one of the new generation type.
See my avtar, my 1976 f88, i always fancied an american truck, looked at loads over the years, in uk and usa, petes/kw's/whites/freightliners but non came close to the F88,.
now that's a very cool looking truck , Bruce Wilson. i would keep the radio with the 8 track for sure you might meet a old retired trucker who used to work the truck that your in and it could be his last request to go for a drive in it, and give you some of it's secret's too.
Nice example of 352. I purchased 352 new in 1974, steering wheel looks after market, speedometer is wrong, hope you can source a Peterbilt one somewhere. Mine was 1674 CAT, 13 speed , Pete 4 leaf. Price new was$26,600. Congrats on a good find!
We used to call those steering knobs wrist breakers with no power steering you get the steers off angle or run over something it will yank that wheel right out of you hands! Cool ass truck i would love it to haul my 5th wheel rv!
I have a 79 352 (in awesome condition) for sale as we speak. It originally came out of California. 27' hay hauler bed. 400 BC 13 sp. Power steering. 😁👍🏻
I like it. I reckon that just needs a polish & a mattress in the sleeper and keep it largely as it is. I remember when I was a kid seeing in the airport shop those clear epoxy resin toilet seats with money & barbed wire inside them, that dollar deck plate has style.
Leave the exhaust alone find a good dent wizard to massage that dent out of the front of the cab then cut and buff out that original paint job that trucks beautiful
I drive one to this day on the farm 78 factory air ride red frame. Occasionally. Pride of the fleet. Definitely gets more attention than I want lol. Cool tho 😎
Bruce, fix it up, don’t paint it! Put a badass sound system in it, keep the 8 track, clean it and make it clean, throw on a pearl snap and some wranglers, son be ready to go
There used to be an "air assist" power steering kit for those years ago, and a front steer blowout arrest kit, supposed to stop the blowout snatching the wheel out of your hands, those stack heat shields aren't pretty either, i prefer the original peterbilt shields, maybe try and fit a clutch fan to it also,. Leave the big fuel tanks on it to, jakes would be nice to, and a pair centre loaded twin truckers cb antennas, that trucks just missing a 110" sleeper "big bunk" cheers,..
Perfect truck to have at classic truck show i,d keep it as it is original , clean up what its got, polish paint and chrome wheels tank mirrors and stacks and bumper, get bumper wrapped with polished stainless
As a 21 year old when i went to US in 1987 could not believe how dated and crude America trucks were. They looked fabulous from outside, but that 78 interior was more 1958 European interior back then. No power streering and front brakes were common on US trucks, when cars had everything. Park a 1978 Volvo F10 next to it and the interior difference is 40 years apart. The only British truck in sixties without power streering standard from memory was late 60s tk Bedford, maybe some early 60s Leylands.
That Volvo interior is now an irreparable mess of broken plastic, whereas the 50 year old Peterbilt interior can be completely renewed with only a couple of days in a good Mexican upholstery shop! 🤠 You Europeans don't really have too many Mexicans, though, do you??? 🤔 If you want us to, we can send you some of our extras! 😃
Nice truck ! Go easy on Ryan lol. He should have told you but I'm sure you noticed as well.. Most American LaFrance firetrucks where built here in hamburg ny . HQ out of SC. They shut down unfortunately but now E-ONE firetruck are made here.
Fill in frame, keep the huge fuel tanks, move forward, green APU system, old school rear Peterbilt mud flaps. Sh tube shifter and rear light box, ( HANK ) change over to disc brakes and complete wheels / tires from electric trucks. Keep it looking 1976 as much as possible, but underneath its safety features are 2024.
I'm 47 years old I remember seeing those old cabovers running the roads all the time, seeing that one just brings back so many memories. When I grew up I wanted to drive a cab over but I never did, spent 20 years over the road and never drove a cab over, the oldest truck I ever drove was a 79 W900 with a 13 speed and a big cam Cummins
I ran a couple COEs one Freightliner and a KW new trucks, they dominated the roads in early 90s. Back before you could stretch them length restrictions. A dream parking and turning in tight places. One thing I thought about was head on crashes. I knew drivers that would walk if a company put them in a COE. The two I ran rode good. Had conventional trucks that rode worse. I worked for my Family company. I ran whatever truck my brother told me to run. I know for a fact drivers damaged the COEs intentionally, had to be careful who you hired. I liked the COEs been on little roads before GPS . I was so happy I wasn't driving a big conventional, that needed a football field to turn😊
My Dad had a 1979 352 Peterbilt that he drove back in the 70s, during summer he would take us kids on long hauls to LA. A lot of good memories in that Old truck. Back in those days truckers were the heros. Miss those days.
Best Buy is the vent windows in each drivers door. They should have them a new cars today. Those were the bomb.
I bought a new 1978 352 with a 1693T Cat and 13 speed. Was a great truck!
The only thing I didn’t like was the exhaust was bolted to the cab. When you tipped the can there was a big “bell” connection that was a pain to realign when lowering the cab back down
That would've been so sweet picking that up mate.
Can’t blame Ryan for that one Bruce, operator is responsible for the rig. Sweet truck
Blaming his ignorance on someone else in perfect Bruce style. Where was your pre trip Bruce!
Because he always shows every second of everything he does he made a fuck up they had a joke no body got but hurt about it but you
“No wonder I kept smelling rubber smoke” probably would have been a good time to pull over and check it out
@@madmarty21 and yet you're the only one cussing and throwing a fit about it like a 2 yr old. SMFH 😒🙄🤦
Bruce tried to do the same when he was arrested in Pasco County, FL for running a chop shop and insurance fraud.
I had the same truck, and I do believe you have a 76 there, not a 78. It steers easy enough, you Do Not need
power steering!! Great video, this retired old driver appreciates it. I drove from 1974 until 2004.
Yeah he later realized in the video its a 76
I was a kid in the 1970s and remember seeing all these cabovers on the Ohio Turnpike, on our drive to Cedar Point each year! Sweet truck!
… And ride the blue streak with extra play on the seat lap restraining bar!
In the 70s 90 plus percent of trucks on hwy were tilt cabs
I put power steering on my 1977 352. I used a power steering box from a Freightliner cab over. I made an adapter plate to bolt the box to the frame, so it looked nice in factory. Use the standard power steering pump and mounted the power steering reservoir in the back Behind the cab where the original would be
Ask him why he didn’t do his pre-trip Ryan. Hold your ground, I think you can take him…😉😉😆😆
Has he ever done any kind of pre trip on any truck ?
You'd better look in your damn mirrors instead of blaming the guy behind you for smoking the tires from fenders rubbing.
Tells ya he didn't do a pretrip at all or even looked over the truck before buying it
I agree totally, A wannabe driver
I can say that 21 yrs otr o/o
Retired. Ms T Ellis
I agree totally, A wannabe driver
I can say that 21 yrs otr o/o
Retired. Ms T Ellis
Ya don't blame the 🤡 filming it
Ya don't blame the 🤡 filming it.
I started in 1-1970, retired 1-2021, 51 years w/o a chargeable accident, had a few COEs. Once you get used to them, they are great, just watch out for the pot holes or divets in the road, they'll jar your preserves for sure. With the right insulation the cab is really quiet. Just a classic look and ride. One other thing, passengers or co-drivers have a hard time watching how close the items seem to be on that side.
My dad drove a Peterbilt 352 for many years until he turned 70. He loved "Old Green" he was so sad giving her up.
I was raised in an Ole Green 352 as well. Sad day to see it go too.
Thanks for purchasing this from my Dad . Glad to add you and watch what you do with it !
What did he pay for it?..just curious
@@wilE6764
I doubt anyone is going to tell that.
Great looking truck!!!
He Bought this cab over out of my home town!
@@kylecarden6000
Where is that?
Congratulations, Bruce, on your purchase of a Cabover!
That Truck is Awesome try not to overkill it w the Add ons Bruce love the Old school trucks !!! Take care Bud ....
I'm old and these were new when I started running big loads. Good catch 😊
I bet you've got a few big loads to catch
You should keep the stacks it looks better with the stacks
About time. Keep the old cabovers coming. This rig is so badass
Starting to see these old trucks in beautiful shape on the 401 in Canada , the ones I’ve seen are absolutely beautiful , much much respect these brokers bringing these old trucks back to life
I would keep the exhaust on that it has . And fresh paint. And definitely do those personal touches you listed .It’s definitely a sweet truck. Ryan is learning so don’t be to rough on him . He’s a good young man.
This truck is super clean,excellent condition wouldn’t mind owning it just love it🙏🏻👌💯❤️try n keep it as original as you can.
As someone who drives a 1997 International cabover all the time, I wish I had one that old and nice, especially for playing my 8 track collection again.
That's a Sweet Time Capsule of a Truck, I've driven several non power steering Trucks!!! I'd Love To Own That Thang!!!! Good Job buying it!!!
If it’s got deep reduction on the dash usually it’s a 15 speed if you shift from 3rd to 4 with a u shit it’s a 15 overdrive
Now that's the rig style I grew up with. 👌😁👍
That truck is bad ass,when I was kid my uncle used to drive one just like that one
Wow Bruce nice re trip 😂, hammering the young dude for your non existent pre trip, bad Bruce 😂😂
Bruce done run through daddy’s money and shop, now he’s in TN using Fitzgeralds shop and spending his money. He sure knows how to hustle!
What a nice time capsule cab! Would be moderate with the changes so the outside still match the original inside. There is plenty of modern around, this feels more special and reminds of the simple old days..
Back in the day, my Dad drove a Diamond Rio. Loved riding with him. Good memories.
What a nice cab over!! I like these longer videos personally. Can't wait to see the work get done
Wow that thing is awesome! Love the colors and just everything except the money deck! Put a dance pole on it! Haha
For almost a 50 year old truck, it's a nice time capsule. 💪
Glad to see a genuine smile on you bro💯 excited to see where this truck goes
In pieces sadly, like à all thr project he buy
@@lionelchartrand2829He loves peterbilt so probably not
@@ww2dogfighter1944 what i mean in pieces is that he's going to start dismentling it to put new part on it and just never finish it just like the whote scania
@@lionelchartrand2829 ok
I’ve been driving OTR since 1980 this all we had back then paper logs stick transmissions and not a flip flop in sight ❤
I love the little things like the headlight shields.
Great truck!
I know of an transtar that was owned by a county here in Canada , with only a few thousand miles on , it was bought by tackaberry construction in Ontario , it’s now living its life under cover in a heated shop , it’s absolutely in mint condition , all original , it’s quite the sight
I've seen this Pete sitting there for some time. It was just north of Ft Payne on Hwy 11. I've always loved that body style. Round headlights and the air intake coming thru the sleeper. I always thought that thing needs to be out making money. A beautiful classic. And this from a career Volvo trucks partsman.
You always thought it needs to be out making money, but as long as it was someone else buying it and spending theirs to do it huh
Always loved those old Semi Trucks, better then the ones we have in today's culture
This is going to make me and a lot of other people happy!👍👌
Looking forward to this content
Forget the power steering.
Leave the stacks alone.
No pre trip
It is a beautiful rig.
Hard to believe it is so old.
I would love to have it.
Congratulations.
That is a honey of a classic truck. Used to drive a cab over White.
It had the same instant old time air con and a massive steering wheel.
Watching in New Zealand.
Get with Rob at S H tube and get some custom stuff made for Hank. Like a custom deck plate and a custom light box.
Nice old school Cabover
Ryan’s brain is like an unused satellite, just up there floating in space😂
Lol
Hahaha.. Space Cadet hard at work!!
Straight pipes all the way. Love this Pete absolute Classic and its clean!!!
Without Jake brakes, is there a real need for straight pipes? Afterall, it is a classic basically unmolested truck with a classic look.
That is a really nice Cabover Bruce. I hope you keep it. Good old trucks are hard to come by these days. Especially ones in mint condition like that one.👍
wow, a rolling museum with some modern details.😁Nice
I was a mechanic for a fleet of 45 of those when they were brand new. I know just about every nut and bolt. 2 things.... Always use the safety bar when you jack the cab up. The jack handle should be in the passengers side door under the sleeper hanging on 2 brackets. Those cab jack pumps used to leak oil so always carry a little extra transmission oil for that because it sucks when you have to jack the cab up and it won't go up. Another thing to check is the battery box for cracks. They are aluminum and were known to break, especially with the shock from leaf spring suspension. I noticed that truck has 2 straps to hold the door from opening too much. The earlier models only had one and the screws that hold it on would rip out from the weight of the door opening when the cab was tilted. I used to connect a bungee cord from the door to the door striker to take the weight off of the straps.
I posted my comment before the video was over. I see you found the cab jack. Lol! It looks like the battery box was repaired already and that's a good thing. It really makes a mess when the batteries and air tanks leave the scene. Please don't get under that cab without the safety bar in place, especially with a truck that old. One blown hydraulic line and you've bought the farm. One more thing. When you lower the cab, make sure the shifter is sliding up in the slot in the floor. When they get a little worn they get sloppy and may not line up.
As far as power steering goes, They also made a "power steering assist" which was a hydraulic cylinder attached to the center link activated by tension placed on the drag link. It's an alternative to changing out the box. If you change the box, you'll have to get the bracket that goes with it.
Air ride the front end, full size 24’s on the rear, 22’s in the front, new box bumper and new stainless deck cover and rear bumper. 6” straight pipes and few other odd and ends and let the classicness shine 👌
Hi Aaron. I am father and son in joplin on the Harley springers. You were going to send photos. See you around
Very nice.
It is good seeing you so happy with your new project
Ryan, tell him if he’d done his pre-trip he should have seen the fender/tire issue.
I have driven them old cabovers back in the day. A MUST IS A JAKE BRAKE!!!!!!
Same and I hated them..best one I drove was a Mack
Congratulations on the new rig. Looks like the Winnebago of Peterbilts, LOL.
Ok Bruce, & The Cameraman Randy Savage,yall take it easy, have a good one and #StayFosty my friends.
In my travels i have been seeing more and more of these oder trucks that have been restored and put into service. Im sure eventually laws will restrict this but for now i will enjoy the sight and sounds of these beauty's!!!
In Ontario there’s talk about any truck over 12 years old has to be taken off the road , hope not cause mine is 15 years old , it’s absolutely mint condition , all trucks have to have annual safety inspection so it doesn’t make any sense , they have to be in great condition or they are taken off the road . Just another white collar talking about something that he has no clue about , costing the working man big time !
@@glenalguire6960
I have no doubt that they will do that and America will soon follow. They will cram that emissions nonsense down everyone's throats.
Very cool . Can't wait for these upgrades. At least you can use the tires again.
In 1988 I drove a 1975 Pete, it had 400 Cummins, 13 speed , it had 4:33 rears. I think it was a 362 model. At 2100 it tops out at 65 mph, no power steering.
What a nice specimen! All that wood grain and Naugahyde in excellent shape. .
Nice truck, Bruce. I appreciate you sharing, buddy 👍
you should come up to the Large cars and Guitars truck show at the Smokies Stadium
On the right hand side cab cylinder there should be a latch that will catch when you get it far enough over.
That is one handsome brute of a truck, I dont understand why you would want to change anything on these classic vehicles!! As for the cabover style, there are nothing but cabovers here in the UK and Europe, most of the roads we negotiated you needed a close coupled trailer with the axles set forward. You would never get a US style rig around narrow country lanes and densely packed city streets, so its horses for courses ! Apart from British trucks like the ERF that were fitted with 350bhp Big Cam Cummings that I loved, I have spent my 46 year commercial driving lifetime sat in a Volvo's F88 like the one in my Avatar from the late 1970's or or F10/12's and the later Volvo FH Globetrotters, or right up to my recent retirement in Scanias, the last one being one of the new generation type.
See my avtar, my 1976 f88, i always fancied an american truck, looked at loads over the years, in uk and usa, petes/kw's/whites/freightliners but non came close to the F88,.
now that's a very cool looking truck , Bruce Wilson. i would keep the radio with the 8 track for sure you might meet a old retired trucker who used to work the truck that your in and it could be his last request to go for a drive in it, and give you some of it's secret's too.
Very cool! The very 1st truck I drove was a 1992 Freightliner 712 Satellite. I love me some cab overs!
Nice example of 352. I purchased 352 new in 1974, steering wheel looks after market, speedometer is wrong, hope you can source a Peterbilt one somewhere. Mine was 1674 CAT, 13 speed , Pete 4 leaf. Price new was$26,600. Congrats on a good find!
Double breathers new stacks get the seats covered to match the brown keep it simple with the glass lens lights
We used to call those steering knobs wrist breakers with no power steering you get the steers off angle or run over something it will yank that wheel right out of you hands! Cool ass truck i would love it to haul my 5th wheel rv!
If Bruce is true to form, in about a week he will change everything on this truck. Take a good look at this truck. You will not see it the same.
I have a 79 352 (in awesome condition) for sale as we speak. It originally came out of California. 27' hay hauler bed. 400 BC 13 sp. Power steering. 😁👍🏻
I like it. I reckon that just needs a polish & a mattress in the sleeper and keep it largely as it is. I remember when I was a kid seeing in the airport shop those clear epoxy resin toilet seats with money & barbed wire inside them, that dollar deck plate has style.
Bruce you definitely need to keep this cab over because we all miss blue collar
Name it, Waylon Jennings. The late 70's was his time. I'm sure he even rode in one of them old cabover Pete's
Leave the exhaust alone find a good dent wizard to massage that dent out of the front of the cab then cut and buff out that original paint job that trucks beautiful
I drove a 1978 Pete just like HANK IN WASHINGTON for years great memories
I drive one to this day on the farm 78 factory air ride red frame. Occasionally. Pride of the fleet. Definitely gets more attention than I want lol. Cool tho 😎
About time you got another cabover
Sweet lookin 352...power steering and air ride behind the cab is a must😎👍
Get some more neck chains, chicago and Detroit will up your views. Holy mackerel Der andy.
That thing is incredible
Take very good carefully of that one because that's a classic cabover
Bruce, fix it up, don’t paint it! Put a badass sound system in it, keep the 8 track, clean it and make it clean, throw on a pearl snap and some wranglers, son be ready to go
I drove Transtar cabover International, and I can say, I did not care for them but that's all we had to drive. So we drove them
Oh good another project !
He will announce that this classic cabover Peterbilt will be for sale in 5...,4...,3...,2.... I am sure you get the idea!
that brown feux leather reminds me of the old chevy kodiak school bus I used to ride in growing up.
SH Tube makes some killer light box set ups for the rear of the truck
That thing is freaking awesome!
There used to be an "air assist" power steering kit for those years ago, and a front steer blowout arrest kit, supposed to stop the blowout snatching the wheel out of your hands, those stack heat shields aren't pretty either, i prefer the original peterbilt shields, maybe try and fit a clutch fan to it also,. Leave the big fuel tanks on it to, jakes would be nice to, and a pair centre loaded twin truckers cb antennas, that trucks just missing a 110" sleeper "big bunk" cheers,..
I don't think any of them could have made it as a truck driver back in the sixties and seventies
I drove C.O.E.s for 20 yrs. With no complaints . I prefer them over Longnose tractors that I drove for another 20 yrs. Dave
I once had an 1986 chevette. Drove the wheels off it in college, sold it with 19600 km on it it rolled over . Haha
Change the heat shields for round one but otherwise I like your plan especially the quilted fenders
Perfect truck to have at classic truck show i,d keep it as it is original , clean up what its got, polish paint and chrome wheels tank mirrors and stacks and bumper, get bumper wrapped with polished stainless
I put over 250k miles on my 1978 pete in about a year and a half lol when I bought it new😊
As a 21 year old when i went to US in 1987 could not believe how dated and crude America trucks were. They looked fabulous from outside, but that 78 interior was more 1958 European interior back then.
No power streering and front brakes were common on US trucks, when cars had everything.
Park a 1978 Volvo F10 next to it and the interior difference is 40 years apart.
The only British truck in sixties without power streering standard from memory was late 60s tk Bedford, maybe some early 60s Leylands.
Till today it has not changed much. There still way behind. Kinda sad that even a 3rd wold country like China past them.
That Volvo interior is now an irreparable mess of broken plastic, whereas the 50 year old Peterbilt interior can be completely renewed with only a couple of days in a good Mexican upholstery shop! 🤠
You Europeans don't really have too many Mexicans, though, do you??? 🤔
If you want us to, we can send you some of our extras! 😃
British trucks won't hold a candle to us trucks !!!😂
You're a uppity joke
Funny how they remove reactions saying us trucks are still behind but let anything the other way stay.
Nice truck ! Go easy on Ryan lol. He should have told you but I'm sure you noticed as well.. Most American LaFrance firetrucks where built here in hamburg ny . HQ out of SC. They shut down unfortunately but now E-ONE firetruck are made here.
Fill in frame, keep the huge fuel tanks, move forward, green APU system, old school rear Peterbilt mud flaps. Sh tube shifter and rear light box, ( HANK ) change over to disc brakes and complete wheels / tires from electric trucks. Keep it looking 1976 as much as possible, but underneath its safety features are 2024.
FLAT NOSES forever!!!!!!!!!!!! The hell with aerodynamics! If you have enough torque you can make anything move down the highway!!!!!!!!!
No mugfler I'll look around for a power steering thing for you I have the word out on the highways and byways
...also I would relocate air filter cannister and put chrome air cleaner intake tube and cap up behind cab.