Saving a VIT K100 Kenworth. IS IT TOO FAR GONE? 

GET IT MIKE DON'T LET IT GO TO THE SCRAPYARD!!!!!!!! BET SHE RUN'S AS WELL 💯%

I grew up watching Movin On and BJ and the Bear and later when I started driving I quickly realized that Will and Sonny and BJ could'nt have made alot of money because they were screwin around all the time! lol

I am one that drove in the 70's and 80's and can tell you I hated the cabover as a driver, Now they look cool from outside but dealing with doghouse when you are trying to get up and change clothes was a pain. When I got into my first w900 the coast to coast runs became a joy and made me hate the cabover even more. Now when I see one restored it brings back memories and not all of them are good not like seeing a restored 379 or w900 or the classic freightliner. Just my thoughts of being a driver back in the cabover days.

If you can you should. Yes, she needs rescuing before she becomes permanent part of the landscape. Now or never.👍

Frame is a little too rusted, find out how much the rails are. It's doable, you will have a winter project for two winters at least. It will not be cheap, but it will be nice. Best wishes.

I own a 1994 k100E aerodyne I bought it 15 yrs ago out of a junkyard too I haven't regretted it once completely redoing it myself and yes it's royal blue ✝️🇺🇸

Definitely buy it if The price is right ,because even if you don’t do anything with it it’s a collectors item ,it’ll eventually be worth something someday

The ol' K100A (Aerodyne) I drove one in 1987-88. It was an 1980 w/ Detroit 8v92 (?) and had a 13sp. Loud too! Oh those days......

Mike, in case you haven't noticed, you have a whopping 100,000 views in only 2 weeks for your 1988 K100 Kenworth VIT video. Wow! This video is a true inspiration. Your tone is right on. Perfect balance of "you are there", discovery enthusiasm and gee whiz goofiness. The fact that you don't know everything is real. A humanity and spirit we all relate to. As you say, anyone can enjoy this, but for those of us who were either born in, or grew up in the 1970s, this video captures and celebrates that golden age in trucks. The BJ & The Bear truck idea is fantastic. Fact that none of your other videos comes close to the number of views should tell you to keep at this one. Show us more. Does not matter if someone wants to call you on the logic of buying this K100. Who cares? You are embracing every guy's mid-life crisis! Unapologetically too! Keep up the good work. We all want to see your K100 dream project happen. Your wife may not totally understand your attraction to that K100, but she sees how happy it makes you. That is priceless. Life is short. Restore that K100 in your colours -- red, black and white, not blue.

She's worth the effort, I've seen guys restore worse. There aren't many of those left out there, it's a shame you missed out on the Freight Shaker she look good.

"I absolutely loved the cabover truck", I did too until I drove a single axle sleeper Freightliner and pulled doubles from NJ to Florida to PA weekly for 6 years. Then I loved them as long as I didn't have to drive one and live in it.

You will need new frame rails and possibly diff housing(s) with rust that deep.

Get the truck out of the weeds, you can always make money on the parts, those sleepers are hard to find

It is the dream truck. You've got to buy it and fix it up!

Go for it, i love those K100 aerodyne models

Do It!!! Please give it the gull wing bumper. If you find an International cabover, let it be with the flat floor.

Mike, you are not the only truck Greek out there. I lived in Ashcroft in the early nineties. I saw that truck many times. Either pulling a mobile home or his dolly’s, with the pilot truck loaded. Thanks for reminding me I’m getting older. I’d probably buy it. Duncan

Hi, just started the show. Can't wait to finish it but...., well..., it's an Aerodyne!!. Not a VIT roof. VIT stood for " Very Important Truck", to the best of my knowledge referring to the deluxe, diamond tuck upholstery. Hope you buy it and build it. Aerodyne cabs, or sleepers on a conventional were and still are the best looking sleepers ever installed on or behind a cab. My opinion. All the best, James. Now, back to the show

Just found your channel. A classic rig is a classic rig, no matter the make or model. Ya gotta save it!

rebuilt that K100 cabover Mike...my brother say one driving on the highway in NY he said he wish they didn't stop make those trucks...i know they turn on a dime looking at it

I have rebuilt one with v8 cat in england, that 8 bag rear end is bad news particularly with all that rust. I cut mine and put pete rear half on, trans is direct, must have high rear end, you really must buy it or someone else will

I drove a K 100 with a 500hp Detroit and 12 speed Allison for a about a month in between jobs in the 70's. It was OK but my favorite was the double bunk Freightliner and Pete cabovers back then. Never drove the Pete but did the Freightliner which I liked a lot for it's dash layout and how cool it looked.

Ive always thought the IH Transtar II was one of the best lookin cabbies on the road. These k100 aerodynes are right there with em.

I remember back in the early 80s we were on our way to the beach and I saw a 70s model kenworth k100 aerodyne painted just like the bj and the bear truck except it was orange. When I saw that, I was a kid in the candy store❤️

I grew up in the 80’s I use to draw that truck that vit roof I never knew that roof was called that red and white I was in love with that when you was talking about if you grew up in the 80’s you almost brought me to tears I related to you big time good luck on your rescue document sll of it I’ll follow your progress. God bless man

Thank you for saving the k 100 I love k 100s I used to drive 3 different ones a long time back

Mike Go for it. My son and I went to Southwest Kansas 1 year ago and hauled back a 1979 Pete 359, project also, and we live in central Illinois

NEVER had an air window that worked as designed! Hold that button one thousandth of a second too long? Chiwawa! I’m subscribing because of my love for trucks. I’m starting on my next project, a ‘74 COE Pete that I cannot find out any info on. Restored a ‘71 KW conventional, a ‘72 Pete conv, a ‘62 Pete Conv, and a ‘68 Pete conv. This will be my first Cabover, but am excited to build it up to #57, from Harris Transportation from Victorville, CA. Can’t even to begin the education and love I acquired from that company in the late 60’s and into the 80’s. Hope you can get it done.

A great channel from an Albertan, who is restoring a Peterbilt and Kenworth, long nose, is Twin Stick Garage. He is also looking for a cabover to work on. Hopefully you do the same to this K100 and video your journey, doing it. I am an office jockey by trade, but find your channel, and others similar to it, very interesting and informative.

Mike there is a Peterbilt or KW on Ron Pratts site I saw this morning 09/02/2023 that you might like seeing!! It's one of those wide load trucks with 3 axles!! Beautiful Truck!!! He got his long trailer stuck!!

I drive a 2002 Kenworth K104 Aerodyne in Australia. lovely looking trucks but we call them "The Chiropractor's Best Friend"

BJ and the Bear for you. But for me it will always be Sonny and Will with that gorgeous green A model! Fueled my love for old iron. Goodluck going to need deep pockets to make it right.

Don't forget "Movin On" !!!!

Mike I would like nothing better than to be part of the team to restore that K wobbler . Yes for sure. Free labour, have tools, will travel. The old school guy.

I never understood the l9ve of cabovers (except for backing into tight spots) like driving a 4x8 piece of plywood down the road a pain to enter and exit ,big dog house in the middle, extra boxy ,not safe, and m9dern stuff is so much better.

Ah hell she’s in great shape ... I’d drag it home and restore it 😆

My last and favorite truck was a 1994 k100 with vit bunk. 265wb and drove like a cadillac. Had a drone box and pulled a 48 drop van hauling concerts on tour. That truck was the show

I bought a 1989 Kenworth cabover Aerodyne K100E. I love it and restoring it. It will be with me forever. I'm looking for a 1984 cabover Peterbilt to restore. My father had one and I wish we still had it.

If you are not pulling heavy loads with it that amount of flaking rust should not be an issue Plenty of original parent metal left. However if it’s double framed and there’s rust jacking between the frame rails then it is another issue Hope you have deep pockets. Will be a fun and challenging project regardless.

I am making allright now 1982 years truck, steel cabin. Rost both doors, both back corners of cabin, round of windshield. Maybe next spring allright.

I owned a 1972 Peterbilt 352. Detroit Diesel 8V71, 13 speed, 4.33 gears, 22" tires. Ran as an owner operator for Michigan-Nebraska Transit from 1978-1980. The K100's were ground breaking trucks 'back in the day'. Good Video!

So buy that Pete coe in the end, and have a friend buy the K100 and you can both work on your trucks at the same time. Make that friend someone with a huge shop to work in. Overhaul that big cam, it will be more dependable than any of the post emissions stuff.

If I lived in BC I would jump on that in a heartbeat, its all do able, ive tackled worse than that, go for it man, dont let it go to the scrap.

You remind me of when I was 15 and we pulled that old Chevy truck out of the fence-row...and buddy she was rough lol. I had big dreams of restoring it...took a whole summer and all my money but we got her running and driving. After two years, countless breakdowns, having to walk home all the time (before Cell phones and uber existed), we drove it back to its spot in the fence-row sometime back in 85. It's still sitting in the same spot! Wish you luck if you buy her!

She definitely needs some TLC and a good sandblasting on the frame to see how bad the rust got. In terms of the cab, paint stripping, trim and interior removal will be pretty much the only way to see how much it’s going to cost on. On the plus side, pressure in the rad means you don’t have a leaky coolant system. In terms of electrical on it, since it’s such a simple truck, you’ll ultimately spend less time doing an entire re-wire than you would trying to patch and troubleshoot down the line. If you’re going to have the cab gutted already and off the frame, then it’s well worth the time up front

Cool , I think u could stretch it while addressing the frame , Cool build to be

Cool truck dude! You and Twin Stick Garage., saving all those classics one truck at a time.

As a truck guy myself,if it were closer to me on the east coast,I'd be tempted to buy it. A K-100 Aerodyne rwith the VIT interior,as evidenced by the button tucked interior, and tilt-telescope steering wheel, hard to find,,the rusted frame is a concern definitely, as well as the JB Weld repair on the axle could be a destroyed differential, but the cab,wiring,engine,and tranny,would definitely be worth grabbing ahold of!! I was getting ready to post,for you to look on the door for the build stickers,which you found at the 30 min mark,,it ain't a Pete,but it's a good starting point for your own red and white BJ McKay K-100!! Now I'm gonna subscribe too your channel, to follow up on your adventures !! 48 years as an over the road truck driver,this is Leadfoot back at ya, 7s and 3s,8s and 6s ,you have yourself a good day today,and a better day tomorrow, catch you on the flip flops!!

Pete guy I can’t have a kenworth but they both pacar. Pacar don’t do cabovers oh wait they own DAF so they they make lots of cabovers. This guys knows his stuff

I remember Passing Len’s towing on the road in the 80’s and 90’s. I had an 86 K100 with a 475 cummins

You go ahead and buy her mike . Trucks have a soul . And she would love you forever knowing a Pete man is there to bring love to her she’s already smiling. She can hear you talking about her . And she crying to hear how they left her .

Buddy You got a Great find there. Enjoy your build and restoration.

Go for it! It will cost a small fortune to restore but vlog every step and you'll find the backing to make it worthwhile. Cut the frame and add newer rear end clip and stretch to 260" W.B. Air ride front axle while you are at it! Then keep the look as period correct to factory as possible. No snow plow front bumper or turret visor, 5 inch exhaust. Do something everyone else isn't doing!!!

Honestly you deserve more subs.

Saw a k-100 on line, forgot the year vintage,, but it was in Decent shape but NOT spectacular by any measure, & the interior really showed its' age. they are asking 💲65K US, I nearly fell over.

Moving on and convoy and BJ and the bear was my favorite shows growing up

Remember the tv show moving on in the 70s I use to like that show as a kid. The green KW with a DD

18 speed for sure. If I recall it was always the grey button on the Eaton (red was 13spd, blue could be the 15spd or the super 10 depending on the style of the button)

I in tag sticker is in the actual driver door groove right by your face as your standing on the ground

I would love to own one of these. The K100 and W900 are my two favorite trucks that I would love to own. Being a owner op with one of those trucks is the dream.

I became an Industrial Designer for my fascination for K100 BJ and the bear. I was 8 years old and using tooth-paste boxes to recreate it :)

Having done one of these projects, on a T-800. What scares me is all that rust on the frame, and the large chunks that came off the rear-end housing. And its got animals (mice) in it. So all that interior likely will smell like mouse piss. I think you're in over your head on this truck. My vote is its either a parts truck or take a pass on this one.

I heard a story once... 1979 K-100, Cat 400 w/18 speed in Arizona at 14. Ash tray allows carried a $20 bill. Dad was asleep, next to the ashtray.

I owned one of those back in the day, run away run far run fast run away. You don't have that much money, you'll be putting money in that thing for the rest of your life...

Serial number is by the drivers door. Right of the door at the bottom of the grab handle. I had a '87, just like that. I sold mine in 1995 to a Kenworth dealership in Kansas City. Traded for a W900L. I heard mine was going up north and haul mobile homes. Buy it!

the k100 is an arodyne roof with v.i.t. interior. these trucks are very rare and not many for sale . so depending on price, if u didn't want u could resale it. and in the 1970s international had the transtar II and the 1980s they had the 9670. so IH didn't have a TV or movie truck, they were the most plentiful truck on the road. IH didn't need TV or movies to sell their cabovers, the trucks sold them selves! transtar II is my favorite class 8 truck!!

Buy Her Up it would be great to see it back on the road.

YES I GREW UP IN THE 70S AND 80S I LOVE EVER MOMENT OF IT

I drove several trucks, btw. Classic xl freightliners to 9400 internationals. I would have to have this and I would prefer everything air. Wipers, windows. Dammit I miss the good old days.

I like the movie High Ballin too. Isn't that sleeper called an AERODYNE? Looks like a Cummins big cam 4

K100 the most iconic truck ever built you have to save it

As a retired OTR driver and a big fan of cabovers ( drove them for over 35 years ) I’d say buy it ! On the practical side if you get it cheap enough most of the things that’s needed is manpower and time and perhaps a few bucks and you have a plan like pulling a 5th wheel camper and retiring I’d say buy it ! Worse comes to worse you could part it out and maybe make some money ! It’s a WIN WIN situation in my mind !

Buy it, have to save the Old Trucks, some other Truck Channels, Ol2Stroker, Wayne has 73 Pete 352 , Contrylife has Pete's 65., Not for hire has Freightliner, Watching from Australia🐨

I wouldn't,that frame shortened and a set back front axle,there is much better projects out there!

Drove many miles in a 85 model. The overhead probably wet because the upper windows leaked. Always froze my feet in the sleeper because the a/c vent was at the wrong end.

Hi mike does she have a fifth wheel some where close to it that will come with the cost of your KW ? It would be great thing to have close to a original one. I think it’s awesome that you can save these old trucks and you should find an old 48 foot trailer to pull behind it . Sometimes they only cost maybe 2000,00 that’s in good shape . Your the man . Can’t wait to see all your videos of this truck as you make them .

I loved Droving Cabovers. 😍

Back in my day, it was a tv show called Canon Ball. The old school guy.

First trucks I had I made out of phillo-form plastics in the 1970's. First real trucks I ever worked on were F88/F89 and F1027's. But then, we didn't have the trucks you had.

Mike buy it dont let it die .I would like to be in the rebuild all the way,i am watching

Kenworth still makes cab overs for Australia and they are nice looking trucks.

For sure get that thing she will be a runner

Not Wild about the Short Frame BUT it's a Cool KW Truck You are all about Pete's and that's fine BUT Pete's and KW Truck are almost the same Truck's l HATE it when Pete's people want to Down play the KW Truck's personal l think the KW Truck's are a Better Truck than a Pete Awesome Video

Truck id should be just behind drivers door inside,aswell as on the drivers door. Not quite right for bj and the bear, a bit too new with square headlamps and different air fairing, but almost there,

Love the optimism ,Mike..

Cut it behind the tanks scrap all that rusted shit, stretch it and go back with a newer KW or Pete clip with suspension

All the info is on the door by the latch

All the heat and air controls are air actuated that’s why they move so freely

Hands down my favorite truck. I loved the raised roof cabovers. I drove for jb hunt when they had the flat floor units. They were so good. Trucking was still good at the time, at least I was still having fun. I haven’t driven a truck in probably 15 years and I still kind of miss it. If I could have one of these if probably hit the road as an owner for a couple years just because.

I say DO IT! If nothing else, you get it to start n move itself, even just lot drive in low gear, you've definitely made it something you wouldn't lose on. Actually looks like interior pretty complete, just a helluva cleaning job. I'd say frame condition your biggest concern really, as it looks like half a day n she'd fire up. Lol, with that short wheelbase, be an interesting ride!

My favorite truck of all times is Peterbilt

Awesome video. Hope you get the truck.

That red and white cabover belongs to my boss. We had it painted that color. But we did everything else to it. It has been for sale. We still have it. Love the channel

The mack superliner is cool. I'm looking for a old white road boss.

LOve this one. Get a frame section and bag it for your kidneys sake. Soooo cool :-))

It has the set back front axle, a little less desirable, if you can get it right buy it, $3000.

Go for it.👍🏻😀

The ones you said diff locks again t those were suspension dump and suspension slide it's also got 5th wheel dump in 5th wheel slide

That k100 was originally a 13 speed according to the plate on the door. It was probably swapped for a 18 speed later.

Do it if you got the time and money it will be great. U only live once enjoy it.Good luck.