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Designed for cement mixers and dump trucks First Peterbilt with a sloped fiberglass hood 353 1973-1987 Conventional Designed for construction applications, flat steel fenders Used grille of 359 (radiator) with butterfly hood Replaced 341 and 351 vocational trucks 381 c.1975 Conventional Severe-service truck, 6x6 drive configuration [31]
1946 Peterbilt flatbed 1939 Peterbilt Model 334 (1 of 2 built 1939). In 1939, the Fageol plant in Oakland opened for business as Peterbilt Motors Company. As part of the design process, Peterman and his company engineers sought input from truck owners and drivers on how to develop trucks; [10] [11] initially planning to develop chain-drive trucks for the logging industry, the company ...
The Peterbilt 379 is a model line of Class 8 trucks that was produced by the Peterbilt division of PACCAR from 1987 to 2007. Serving as the successor to the 359, the 379 was a conventional-cab truck configured primarily for highway use, serving as the flagship of the Peterbilt model line.
The Peterbilt 281/351 is a line of tractor units built by Peterbilt between 1954 and 1976. The 281 series had a single drive axle, the 351 two. The 281 series had a single drive axle, the 351 two. It was very popular with truckers, with the 351 series outlasting the 281.
Peterbilt had been a major competitor with Kenworth, producing many kinds of trucks and buses. Peterbilt operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Car until 1960, following which it was dissolved and made a division of the company. [19] [20] [21] Pacific Car's structural steel division made the steel used to build the 50-story Seattle ...
The Autocar Company is an American specialist manufacturer of severe-duty, Class 7 and Class 8 vocational trucks, with its headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.Started in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in October 1897 as a manufacturer of early Brass Era automobiles, and trucks from 1899, Autocar is the oldest surviving motor vehicle brand in the Western Hemisphere.