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[mackinac359]

Classic interior that the kit has - seen here in Oxblood red with the metal parts painted red. Seat bases would be black along with the top of the instrument panel against the glass.

[mackinac359]

I'm just gettin' started !!! (Can you tell I LOVE 352's?)

Tim

thanks for the lesson on Pete 352's!

[bandit1]

I'm just gettin' started !!! (Can you tell I LOVE 352's?)

Tim

I'm just gettin' started !!! (Can you tell I LOVE 352's?)

Tim

YEP! & Your not the ONLY ONE!

[lapazleo]

Great info Tim , many thanks. Now all those 352s I want to build.

One of my favorite coes.

[mackinac359]

Identical 352's - just the paint is different - yet they look completely different.

[mackinac359]

This photo of a calender (difficult to unroll a 35 year old calender and take a pic with one hand) shows the changes to 352.
Note the larger front nameplate.
Larger grab handles than the kit (AMT must have though truckers had tiny hands)
Low profile air conditioner.
Long grab handle
Low mount door handle
Round top battery box with 2 air tanks
Sleeper vent is moved rearward.
Baggage door is a handle rather than a lockable T handle (door locks from the inside).

[bandit1]

HUMINA, HUMINA, HUMINA, AM I IN HEAVEN?

[Badluck 13]

Tim,thank yo for the schooling!!!!,you mentioned that you was just getting started,all I can say to that is I have a seat in the front of the class for more!!!!,thanks for the awesome references!!!

[Rich_S]

Classic interior that the kit has - seen here in Oxblood red with the metal parts painted red. Seat bases would be black along with the top of the instrument panel against the glass.

WOW Tim, your photos are really bringing back the memories This photo reminds me of the Pete cabover I drove. If I remember correctly, the truck I drove had a Roadranger 13 with a Cummins 350, but for some reason I'm thinking it didn't have the suspended clutch, but the old memory is a little fuzzy at times Those were the days, thanks for posting the pic's

[catd11rpusher]

Tim when is this truck coming out from round two,also thank you for the usfull information. you really know you red oval.

[truckman1981]

Tim,

What year model would you say this one is? My dad drove this one. Was there a name for this paint scheme from Peterbilt?This is what I plan to build with a reissue.

Edited by truckman1981, 20 June 2012 - 05:20 PM.

[mackinac359]

Chris, The Pete in your photo is a '76 or newer. Lower door handles, rounded top battery box, 2 air tanks under the box, longer grab handle.

The paint scheme has no name (Peterbilt used numbers), but this design was drawn by Winslow Moore for a factory show truck back in '72/74. It also became "The Patriot" paintscheme for the Peterbilt bicentenial package - in red white and blue, of course. Check with Jerry at www.modeltruckin.com for this stripe.

Tim

Tim,

What year model would you say this one is? My dad drove this one. Was there a name for this paint scheme from Peterbilt?This is what I plan to build with a reissue.

October is the current information.


Tim

Tim when is this truck coming out from round two,also thank you for the usfull information. you really know you red oval.

[jacobus]

hallo is this the one whit a white and blue peterbilt [box] i think on that one was st....int..tim you know that company from this one i have 1.5year a go buying 2 boxes whit the peterbilt 352
ore a old box from amt have also the budweiser and the normal one
and 2 pikers
jacobus

[Jim B]

This thread is good information! I'll probably pick up a couple of these. I want to do one as a Spector tractor,

[clayton]

The orange and white,looks real close too the one we had back in the 70'S??. Been working on the paint for a year now,,one day..

[lapazleo]

Here's the same engine that is in the kit, the Detroit Diesel 8v71. This one even has the chrome plated valve covers that the kit has.
Note the "Eiffel Tower" exhaust mounts. The engineer who designed this retired from Peterbilt in '06. You've seen a lot of his designs and group projects over the years.. everything from the 1100 cab, round-door sleepers, Dash of Class, Unibilt sleepers, etc..

I noticed this 8v71 has a turbo (8v71t) most likely a 350great pic!

[borz666]

Please Tim, don't stop with the pictures and lesson. This is one of the best threads ever!!! My favorite Pete!

Chris

[mackinac359]

The reissue will be similar to the Stevens International reissue from about 10 years ago with a new decal sheet (lots of good stuff on the sheet) and the classic AMT orange/blue/white box art.

Tim

hallo is this the one whit a white and blue peterbilt [box] i think on that one was st....int..tim you know that company from this one i have 1.5year a go buying 2 boxes whit the peterbilt 352
ore a old box from amt have also the budweiser and the normal one
and 2 pikers
jacobus

[lapazleo]

AMT used to have the best box art, I wander who did it?

[truckabilly]

Great schooling, really! This goes beyond your Spotters Guide, Tim. I wouldn´t mind seeing something like this for some other old Peterbilt types as well. The Bubble Nose Pete, the 351, the 372... I know that no mainstream kits are available for these types. But I would still like to know something more about them.