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Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
Well finally got a little time to get on this truck it was to be done for a show in Aug but I just did not have the time to do it but things have lightened up a little..
This is a friend of mines truck that he has had for years and it is a great looking rig so I want to copy it as close as i can with very little changes.. So here is the 1:1.. Here is the frame..Going with Freddy's frame rails and cross members.. Roller with HiTeck 645 servos.. And I have the cab some what together so i got the floor mocked up and mount too.. Bumper from HI Builder and AC's from IH Builder..
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
Thats a good looking 359 Paul! What year is it, it looks like a later one? Nice progress too!
Brian |
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
Correct me if I am wrong Wade but Brian i think it is a 75 or 78.. Thanks Much..
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
I love the old school paint scheme, going to be beautiful when you get her finished
Big John
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
That's a really nice paint job! And the 1:1 truck is awesome too. I can tell already this will be a fine truck when it's finished.
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
**** thats good work son!!
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
Looks great Paul. I drive buy a truck that looks real similar to that one evry day only real difference I can see is the blue is a little darker on yours and the bunk is a little longer. With all of these new trucks Joey is going to confiscate the orange truck and you will never notice.
Travis
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
Your off to a great start Paul!
looks like you are going to build another masterpiece I think you must have an assembly line set up in your shop or somthing! The paint looks awsome.
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
This truck is looking great already, the 1:1 is gorgeous. I'll really be watching this build. Nice work Paul.
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Thanks much Nick.. I am hoping to do the 1:1 some justice the truck is a part of there family and has even been totaled at one time I have seen the picks it was just destroyed and to see it in this shape is amazing..
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
OK we need to get this thread on the right track......
Paul had a very short time to talk to Derrel at Tracey's truck show and he has some of his facts wrong on this truck and some history so we are going to straighten some of this out because I know. I drove the truck. So here we go. The truck was built in Dec of 86 but is titled an 87 but is not a numbered classic for you at home in 87 Peterbilt built 359 numbered trucks before going to the 379 in the early summer of 87. OK the truck was speced by Michael Bennett out of Seneca KS and was bought by Derrel in early spring 90. The only truck Derrel bought brand new was an 84 which his son wrecked in Arizona in 86 and it had the paint scheme we have here. Here is what the truck looked like in 1990 when I first started driving it. The truck was not painted until the fall of 2009 to the scheme you see today and the stretch on the frame from factory 252 to 303 was not done until the spring of 2010 and this is what it looked like in the summer of 2010 I wanted to straighten things out because Paul is doing a great job on this truck and this build means a lot to me seeing I drove the truck. Paul Keep it up man Looks Awesome..... Thanks Wade
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
Wow that truck is my child hood all contained on 10 wheels. I grew up in 3 different 359 extended hood Peterbilts. I even learned to drive a manual transmission at 12yrs old on an 85 359 exhood with the same 6&4 trans as this truck. We were in a produce pier in Philadelphia with our reefer full of grapes from Chille.LOL...So let me guess its got the typical ole 425hp 3406 mechanical Cat. Just so you are all aware I'm in love with these ole Petes, if I won the lottery I would spend my days buying restoring/customizing and driving old peterbilts. Screw ferraris and lamborginis. I'm loving this build and as soon as I find all my old photo albums in storage I will post my fathers many gorgeous old school owner-operator set ups. Keep up this great build Paul.
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
Wow, that truck is a beauty. Sometimes I get the urge to buy an old Pete just to restore and fix up, but that's the last thing I need. I don't know that I could ever afford to restore one, and I don't know what I do with it afterwards!
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
does this guy pull a covered wagon i swear i see him at the mill in st. paul called ameristeel
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
Do you haul in to that mill Cory? I hate that place, stupid Gerdau Thats for the history on the truck Wade, You lucky dog. I would love to learn how to drive a twin stick
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Look'n neat with no air in the seat Last edited by petermoblin; 11-17-2011 at 08:14 PM. |
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
I drove a Mack with a twin stick for a year.... Not fun
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Re: Snow-mobile Snow Trucking Inc. 78 Ex 359 Pete
yes i haul out of that place i drive for LAP-HAM HICKEY STEEL! They sure know how to make you waite. I make appointments for 1100 am and get loaded arount 200 pm! and it just a dust hole i would hate to drive a truck i own in there. some guys drive through there like there qualifiying for a race and kick up so much dust! that truck im thinking of is a KW with same paint scheme and shorter wheel base! i swear he was in kasson for the truck show! the kenworth that is. that baby blue with white is awesome cANT WAITE TO SEE THIS DONE
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