Pete Refrence Pics

[dabears]

As i was doing more research for a build im working on i came across a great number of pics that are very helpful for building a good Pete so i figured id share some of them for you all to help with some of your custom builds.

Hood open looking at firewall (no motor)


Hood open looking at radiator (no motor)


day cab side view


Front step


Hoods (showing hinges and rivet placements)





Cabs (showing mounts, and hood stops etc)




And WTF is this???? This is a little over kill on areodynamics!!!! had to share this one


Ill post more when i find them. If you have others please share!!!

[dmess62]

Thanks for the pics. That last pic....I'm not sure what to say about it.

[doodlebug]

Bat mobile's big brother! Lol!
Cheer's, Neil.

[grumpygrady]

i think the red aero will go to a race team

[Mama Sue]

Awesome research Aaron. Overkill for sure on the aerodynamics...

[Brian in PA]

Great pics Aaron! Were you at the Pete plant in Texas?

[dabears]

Originally Posted by Brian in PA

Great pics Aaron! Were you at the Pete plant in Texas?

I wish!! I belive they were taken at the TX one, One of my 1/25th scale buddies went in October and sent me a bunch of pics. Im still trying to sort thru them all so i can post the helpful ones. If i could make it out that way i might just take a trip there myself and take my own pics!

[ihbuilder]

Aaron , you realize how much help those hood pics are for me

[dabears]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

Aaron , you realize how much help those hood pics are for me

I got more let me know what else you need. Have suspension, frame, 5th wheel, quad axle, tri, double lift axles etc....

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by dabears

I got more let me know what else you need. Have suspension, frame, 5th wheel, quad axle, tri, double lift axles etc....

well maybe an air leaf suspension pic but the hood pics are perfect for that 1 little detail I've been looking all over for

[Espeefan]

Awesome photos! Thanks for sharing these, Aaron. I can definitely use these pictures for my own truck. I've looked around a lot on the web for things like these.

[TRUCKMAKER]

Hi Aaron, nice pic's, how about posting the suspension and lift axle pic's.
Thx, Kent

[dabears]

Heres a link to his gallery page There are thousands of great pictures some are copy protected but this way you can browse thru them all and see if they help you any.
http://public.fotki.com/mackinac359/...ilt-trucks-th/

[Goose19]

cool stuff aaron, i think that last one is a prototype "green" friendly crap the gov't is trying to sell......although it looks like it will perform better than the aerodynamic skirts for van trailers. but, just like the van skirts, they're only good til the first swift driver rips 'em off

[Dairyland Trucker]

Those pictures look like they were taken at the Denton TX Peterbilt plant, they have a truck show there every year and they also let you wonder around outside and take pictures of what is out there...The last pic is of a truck Peterbilt brought to the Louisville KY MATS show in March 2012, they were looking at this type of design for future trucks for better fuel economy. A rep we were speaking to told us that that test truck was averaging 15.6 miles per gallon with that set up on it very impressive but not to practical for most trucking companies to use.

[TRUCKMAKER]

Nice link Aaron, thanks for posting!

[JAMMER]

Nice job taking the pic you really get to see the J hook for the hood hing and were to place in relation to the hood an grill. Ed