1969 Peterbilt 352 \m/ CABOVERS RULE \m/ 

Nice truck. Brings back memories of the 1970 Pete Cabover that I learned to drive. I love them old cabovers. Hope this one is still in running condition.

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MuttModeler It's because no one manufactures cabovers anymore and the big companies all have trucks with 500,000 miles or less on them then they sell them. I work for a small company that has 2 cabovers that are used as yard dogs. I crawled in one last night, seemed really strange.

Also the fact that they are not areodynamic at all. You notice that most large fleet trucks today are ridiculously areodynamic.

Cabovers were used in the days of shorter length laws especially in states east of the Mississippi. After length laws were changed,they were no longer practical.

So clean

Could be a 290,but aftercoolers could be installed on 335's which became a 350.

I agree. Small cam FFC ( Full Flow Cooling ). NTC 350. That would make it a very early 350. 335's are a totally different engine. They had a taper nose crank, not a " billet " nose. Could not accommodate that style of after cooler, different water pump etc. I'd need to look at the video again to see if it has an anaroid or AFC diaphragm built into the back of the fuel pump. Did I see it's a 5 x4 ? Notice both corners of the cab have cutaways for the exhaust, and the classic air intake passing through the roof and bunk. Very Pete ! I drove one of these new in 77. That's when Peterbilt came to Canada. KW was on strike in Montreal. People in the know think that Pacar kept the workers out to get Pete's in the door. We had two K-100 's on order that they couldn't deliver so boss bought two 352's. I'd heard they where the Cadillac of trucks. Not so, though the Pete Air- Trac suspension was one of the best. Especially for hauling hanging beef. Very stable. Now the double doughnut suspension seen on this truck I think came off a later Freightliner. That where as harsh as the Hendrickson concrete block suspension. I've driven cabovers with extended leaf Hendrickson that road better than the double doughnut. Thanks for the video. The memories are still fresh. That would have been top gear equipment back in the day. KW K-100's where always my favourite except in winter.

@@georgerenton965 Great info!

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4x4 refers to the twin stick trans, not the axles

If it refers to it's twin stick trans, then it does not confer to the universal concept of 4x4, which refers to 4 wheel configuration, 4 wheel drive.

If the video was about a 4 wheel drive truck I'd agree. We're talking about something entirely different here though. 4x4 here refer to the 4 speed main and 4 speed auxiliary transmissions in the truck.