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A beauty, tough but beautiful. Tim

Cool idea! Tim

Really nice! Tim

Great detail work as always. Tim

I like how I was on the nay-sayer bandwagon then.. Tim

I always like those little L700's. Tim

Nice clean build you have there. Tim

Nice indeed! Tim

Dave Mamoo didn't have an official companion, but that 352H beside it shares the colors and similar paint scheme. Mamoo's missing snow cap on the horn must have occurred in transit to the dealer. The air cleaners are just chromed small tanks with big caps on them. The same caps in the Revell/Monogram 359. The windshield wipers are simply parked "wrong." You could park the air operated wipers anywhere you wanted. Typically Peterbilt will find a customer before creating a custom truck. The customer or dealer might have been the one to wanted the big sleeper, so they designed it. Early production of the 63" roof had a molded in Peterbilt logo at the center of the sides of the roof. This only lasted for a short time as the mold created problems for the fiberglass and required extra time to clean up and smooth the logo. This feature was removed from the mold. Tim

Les, I don't have the proper hat or boots. Big Mamoo - Note: Big Mamoo (engineering dep't nickname) was the 1st with a 63" sleeper and the only one with a suicide right hand door. When Mamoo was sold to Denver Peterbilt, the rectangular headlamps were removed and quad rounds were installed. Tim

Peterbilt used a chromed wire mesh for the grilles until 1972. Then the punched aluminum screen was used. Around 2003 the stainless punched oval hole grille was developed for the 379X. This grille screen became an option across the board eventually replacing the squared punched screen. The 320 COE still uses the punched squared screen. The headlamps: Standard: single rounds from the beginning until 1986. Quad rounds became available in the 1960s as an option. The quad rounds remained optional until 1986. The quad rectangular headlamp debuted on "Big Mamoo," the truck seen in the Peterbilt brochure "Rest In Class." The 359 sported the 127" BBC long hood, the first "Dash of Class" (aka: Corvette Dash), and the first 63" walk through sleeper. This was in late 1977. The first published option of the rectangular headlamps was in 1979/80. The Successors/379 family debuted in late '86 with their own quad rectangular lamps with the turn signal molded on, along with their own large rectangular single lamps. The only round lamps available were for the 6x6 357/378 that had the FEPTO bumper option. Those lamps were available until '07, being replaced with recessed into the bumper quad rectangular lamps. The AMT Peterbilt 359 current reissue dates to 1975/76. The kit represents a 1975 359. The Revell/Monogram 359 is no older than 1981/82. The Revell of Germany 359 is no older than an '82. Tim

A new tool kit would be cool. 1/25 or 1/24th. If they make it in a smaller or larger scale I don't think it would sell as well. Tim

Built in '83 and still looks like a great build! I like the cab modifications. Tim

Now that I'm back from vacation.. Go to www.timstrucks.com/PB.htm and then click on the link for 359 conventionals and the link for interiors. I have most years of Peterbilt 359 shown. Tim

Kostas Yes! I need a truck room that is the size of the rest of the house. Tim

Trailers and I don't get along.. they take up too much shelf space. Tim

First - Sublime 389 The real truck is owned by JADE Transport from Winnipeg,MB. Next - Heavy Hauling 378 This started as a "lets see where this leads to" build. No real plan - just parts and imagination. All the pics are on This Page Thanks for looking! Tim

Yeah, me too. I think I've done maybe six or seven builds with straight pipes over the years. Tim

I Like It! Tim

PERFECT! Snowman would be proud. Tim

Mike The short wheelbase and the lack of a cab crossmember told me "COE." Tim

Cool! Welcome back. Nice clean California Hauler and trailers. Looks like you have a 352 in the works too? Tim

Nicely done! Tim

A small amount of rubbing alcohol removes the wax. Tim

Progress update October 2, 2009 I decided not to modify the dash to the newer style, instead just painted the face of the dash lime green. The chassis ready to start accepting body parts. Plenty of Bare Metal Foil applied to the door jambs, air cleaner mounts and other bits. The grille screen will have Plano Model Products Oval Mesh. The JADE door sign was printed by BrandYou Graphics of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Tim