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First Peterbilt model line with current hood ornament design 289 348 (1967-1987) (Not the New 348) 353 359. 359X 1967-1987 Conventional Replaced 281/351 Distinguished by wider grille for larger radiator The 353 is the heavy duty version of the 359 The 359X is the limited edition version of the 359, only 2000 of them were made Replaced by 379 CB300
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.
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-First National Bank headquarters and to build Seattle's Space Needle in 1961.
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.
The XS-code 389 was still rated at 360 bhp at 5,200 rpm, same as the more common WS-coded Tri-Power 389, but performance was noticeably improved on acceleration runs. Pontiac engine production records report that 190 XS-code 389 engines were built during the 1966 model year. Whether all were installed in GTOs is unknown.
With the Revised Motor Vehicle Law (Act No. 3992) introduced in 1933, second-generation Philippine license plates were introduced; they can be in the format of "A-B" or "P-B", where A is an area code number (used until 1960), P is a vehicle classification prefix, and B is a 3 to 6-digit number.
MRR's first diesel-powered and GE-built locomotives. Units 8584–89 were sold to Japan in 1946 and unit 8589 were returned to the Philippines in 1966. Nos. 8790 and 8791 continued in Philippine service until it served Panay Railways until their scrapping by around 1990. [36] 630 STE 53 85 1948 2 2-8-2 WAA MRR