Enthusiasts have tried to revive an old truck Peterbilt 359. See how they succeed.
The grass-rooted, corroding giant did not seem to feel that he could ever leave his place of rest. Eventually, however, thanks to a group of fans, and Peterbilt 359 from 1977 did not really contradict.
Peterbilt 359 Truck Photo
The enthusiast and collector has decided to revive an abandoned tractor that has not met a meter for the past 18 years. The merciless road harbor had to find the place of his last rest on the grassy grounds of the forest, but a group of enthusiasts supporting the collector had other plans with him. They bought the car from the current owner of the machine and rescued him by simply taking him to his own.
The subject of their interest was Peterbilt 359 from 1977 with the Cummins NTC-400 Big Cam 2 engine coupled with the thirteen-speed Roadranger transmission. Where he stood, he did not happen by accident. His former owner headed for a retirement, and instead of selling it, he left it as a memory. In 2000, the truck parked at the woods and left it in the middle of nature. He would have stood there today if his owner and long-time driver had not died one person two years ago, and his heir did not intend to let the machine go any further.
The supporter team responded to a long-ignored ad for the sale of the car and quickly concluded that this machine must have. And because it’s not so much for 18 years, the idea of transferring the truck on its own axis did not leave for long to wait. So they went to the place with a spare plan, but first they plugged new batteries and gave the old truck a second chance. Behind the loud crank of the smoke engine, the old diesel aggregate actually turned. Even enough fuel was left in the tanks to avoid having to delay refueling.
After a few minutes, the oil banging changed into a steady, tingling sound of a strong aggregate. The men surveyed the obsolete interior with all the souvenirs of the roads and began to rescue the drowned truck. A personal pick-up with a chain came to his aid, but it took a moment to move the dirty piece of iron. We succeeded and began another rescue phase.
There was a question of where to go home. The uninterrupted tractor was inappropriate for police exposure, so the choice was on a dazzling district road, where all the hardened mechanisms gradually moved. The journey to the new home was accompanied by smoke from both exhausts above the cabin, but the sound of the engine seemed better. The brakes were covered by hilly downhill runs, and Peterbilt 359 did not do anything. A twenty-miles-long route to the workshop took place without the slightest problems, and the new owner was allowed to take another ride to celebrate.
He sat next to one of his colleagues, and both of them went to drive out spiders from the engine. Looking at the color of the smoke, there was little, maybe another hurt was found in a cabin that had suffered from weather changes for years. Enough tellers of the wiped wipers or cobwebs around the radio. But it is an aesthetic ailment, the main part is the satisfied Cummins diesel engine and the functional mechanical parts such as the engine brake, steering or gearbox. This is called a rugged machine… a Peterbilt 359 truck.