How fast does one have to be going in a truck stop to pull this off?

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1514224610071924&set=pcb.1514224630071922

cool heads up on corporate Peterbilt Canada and a favorite Facebook poster... Bam Bam the Trucker. Peterbilt Canada (not Peterbilt Winnipeg or any of the dealerships… this goes right to Peterbilt Canada themselves

Peterbilt Canada… like actual head office level Peterbilt Canada… reached out to the head of the company Bam Bam works for. Not to complain. Not to ask questions. But to tell Reg, the president of Qline, that he needed to call Bam Bam and thank him. Thank him… for his facebook page. 

For the stories. For the chaos. For the humor. For somehow being a bright light in an industry that can chew people up and spit them out on a bad day.

https://www.facebook.com/bambamthetrucker/posts/pfbid0WFZLpCnc7Rt2WU2xoKAKHW1sA7piM7DfDZ93yxjsDDNf3yckAUHtdpX98dM9TfTl

the early 50s were a time for experimenting on semis, for various reasons, and Peterbilt made some unusual things that didn't catch on, like the Bubble Nose and the Dromedary (thanks Gregg!)

https://1-87vehicles.org/photo434/fl8664_drom_pie.php

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/46/36/f5/4636f51d0ae39a1d5ccbfa4738d6da09.png

The Peterbilt tow truck from Hobbs and Shaw is up for sale

This truck was built specifically for the movie, and even through it’s a prop vehicle it’s 100% functional and road-legal in California.

The truck is built on a 1983 Chevrolet Suburban chassis which has been fitted with a highly-modified 1966 Peterbilt truck body, a multi-link suspension system, King adjustable remote-reservoir coilover shock absorbers, and a Lee power steering gearbox.

The 6.2 liter Chevrolet LS3 V8 crate engine is good for 525 bhp at 5,900 rpm and 425 lb ft of torque at 4,600 rpm, it’s equipped with electronic fuel injection, an alloy radiator, and a dual exhaust system.

https://silodrome.com/peterbilt-tow-truck-fast-furious-hobbs-shaw/

truck driver reuinted with his grandpas '72 Peterbilt!

Johnny Cash filled in an order form for a 1985 Peterbilt 359 extended hood, but never took delivery. He did spec it out though, but the factory didn't build it how he ordered it, they left off the deflector where his company name would be

https://www.hotcars.com/johnny-cash-ordered-peterbilt-truck-original-el-dorado-vip-seat/

odd looking

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/page-6024#post-12914991

it was finally brought into a warehouse for a professional photo shoot, and featured in Hot Rod

and they have a couple dozen photos, and a full write up, well, onl5 5 months after I scooped them (ha!)  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/06/so-after-9-years-of-waiting-to-see-if.html

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/24-cylinders-12-blowers-power-peterbilt

so after 9 years of waiting to see if the 24 cylinder diesel with 8 superchargers was ever going to get completed, I'm surprised to say it has. But no one seems to have seen it.... the guy wants to sell dvds of it instead of drive it or bring it to shows is what I'm thinking

http://thor2471.com/

so, looks like he took it out for one video shoot with a few still photos, and that's it. The video is a waste of time, but if you want to watch someone's ode to how great they are, that's fine by me, but
I'm not going to host a minute of really bad home made chrome porn. This just is worth a look, and that's about it, it's not worth trying to avoid noticing how many times they bolted little skulls, and nameplates but there must be a couple dozen of each because this guy wasn't satisfied until he achieved some mental orgasm of how incredibly amazing his truck was.

This is just the narcissistic trucker version of a useless mall crawler, imho, or Michael Bay's acid trip version of Optimus Prime

This all started back in 2013 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/12/update-on-mike-harrahs-detroit-diesel.html
and finally in Nov 2019 it was photographed professionally in a studio
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/24-cylinders-12-blowers-power-peterbilt/

getting a '77 Pete 359 off the cemetery(place where the dead reside), and back on the road

1954 Pete Bubble Nose Wrecker.... I've never heard of, or seen, a bubble nose Pete before

Peterbilt 350 of the early 1950's was similar to the Kenworth Bullnose, the International DC 405, Dodge Series B and some others developed to meet the strict overall length laws some states had back in those days. Wasn't uncommon for them to have a Dromedary behind the cab also then the trailer.  (Thanks to Gary for the info!)

http://forum.aths.org/PrintTopic86631.aspx
Thanks Dennis! 

1/2 scale Peterbilt cab-over made by Pacific Intermountain Express

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-1170#post-14038426

https://66.media.tumblr.com/54be3656cf2eb5b22e76267c9b5acd0a/tumblr_pslfv0DVrg1ubz8gq_1280.jpg

Steve noticed this little Mighty Mite in the video I posted today http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/06/wheels-of-progress-cool-old-50s-movie.html

This was the second incarnation of a Peterbilt-built vehicle that started off as a 1/2 scale 1947 Model 344 was actually built by PIE to honor Peterbilts' contribution to PIE, as the majority of PIE trucks at the time were Petes.

The 47 was built in the PIE shop in Salt Lake City and served as am ambassador for PIE and Peterebilt until the early 50's. In 1952, the 47 Conventional was put up for sale by PIE, fortunately there were no takers so PIE had Peterbilt make modifications to the 47 Conventional. Peterbilt lengthened the chassis keeping the original drive train, built a 1/2 scale Peterbilt 350 and added a drom unit to represent the current PIE configuration of truck and trailer. Latter, this same truck would go through another configuration with removal of the drom unit and lengthening of the cab by addition of a mock sleeper (this to give the driver of these small units more room).

The Mighty Mite is a half-scale model of the standard twin trailer linehaul truck used by Southeastern Freight Lines. It was custom built in 1965 to tour the US in the promotion of highway safety. The Mighty Mite is the second of two units built by Peterbilt. The first miniature truck was built in 1947 and is currently owned by Allen Koenig, President and CEO of Midwest Specialized Transportation.

The tractor and two trailers of the Mighty Mite are 32 feet, 6 inches long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet 6.5 inches high. The unit is fitted with a Mercedes-Benz diesel engine with a top speed of 60 mph. Ninety-five percent of the Mighty Mite’s parts are exactly half scale and must be handmade, therefore costing twice as much as a standard SEFL rig. The two trailers combined have one-eighth the volume of a standard set of twins. Each of the two trailers can carry 5,000 lbs.

http://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?topic=43078.0

cool bbq

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/1544973089111718/

I just learned that Blastolene Brother Rodney Rucker's Peterbilt was in the 2011 Great Race

https://www.facebook.com/whatguysreallylike/
http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=173002
http://partywave.deviantart.com/art/The-Great-Race-Peterbilt-Detroit-Diesel-BADASS-328008970
http://www.pbase.com/rach1966/2011_june_11_the_great_race

For the Peterbilt trucker that has everything

Found on https://www.facebook.com/pages/White-Trucking/164064040275794

The Rush truck center (repairs etc) in Fontana... has a full size Peterbilt 60 feet in the air... wow

cool rig! Called "Danger" by the creators at AA Stainless in Miami-Opa Locka Fla

I say thanks to Mark for sending me the link to the 2nd and 3rd photos, and the info as to who made it

http://aastainless.com/?wpsc_product_category=peterbilt-trucks

Dispatch: "duck tape that shit and deliver that load!!! No excuses!"

Found on a great source of all things Peterbilt: https://www.facebook.com/groups/344388945604739/?fref=nf

Austin Bretzel’s one-of-a-kind headboard

1996 Peterbilt 379 tractor – Austin’s first truck as an owner-operator – and yes, the headlamps really do work (though the wattage is a LOT lower than when they operated out on the highway

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/344388945604739/

Gizmoness the Peterbuilt tagged custom

I just finished reading the Hot Rod magazine... and I bet you did too. I took these photos at the Del Mar Goodguys in late March. The Hot Rod article link is at the end of this gallery

These two photos are included in this gallery 'cause I dig the front rims relections

Notice the ID tag doesn't yet have the weight painted over and corrected like the photo in Hot Rod... http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0910_custom_peterbilt_rod/photo_11.html

And like the article says, the word Gizmoness was in a phrase Indian Larry used to describe a favorite bike as having ... "A lot of Gizmoness"

Here's the article from Hot Rod: http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0910_custom_peterbilt_rod/index.html