The Legendary Firebird... Next Chapter

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No matter what you called it, Firebird,Thunder Chicken or maybe THAT long blue cabover. If you ever saw it on the road, you never forgot it! And now after all these years it's been rescued.
Steve Ford had three dreams in his young life.
Number one: to produce a magazine for working show trucks... He has
Number Two: to marry a wonderful woman that would understand his obsession with trucks... He did!
Number three: to OWN Firebird someday. And Now, HE DOES!!!!!!!!
Legands only live in the dreams of people!
Steve Ford is a Legand Maker!!
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And VERY Special Thank You to ALL the members of LargeCarMag that donated pictures to this project!!
Rate it, comment, After all these years, Firebird and Steve Ford deserve it!

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@kevinrichards3288 2 года назад

Seeing a cabover just brings back memories. Back in the 1980s there was a mix of cabovers & conventional cabs on the roads here in the USA, & back in the 1970s & down when the length limit was shorter, cabovers were real common. Today the only cabovers I see around are fire trucks, garbage trucks, yard trucks, & non semi box trucks.

@scottberry5266 Год назад

I remember this truck back in the 80’s around Chicago. Parked next to him at jewel foods in Melrose park, I was in a old transtar international. I was young and would have paid the owner to have a chance to drive it. Nice to see it out again!!

@johnhymen 11 лет назад

I drove this truck for almost a year while working for Steve Blunt. It's without a doubt the best driving cabover I've ever driven and I thank Steve for the opportunity to drive such a fine ride. It's great to see it back on the road and doing what it was designed to do.

@schoonymopar Год назад

My wife's cousin Steve was the original owner they just ran across old photos of him and the truck . While moving her mother her brother also owned a trucking company here in il.

@lenamoore7432 2 года назад

Love this ride

@chadbabcock3003 10 лет назад

My father drove the firebird for Steve Blunt and I spent many summers going from DesMoines,IA to Texas.

@goodfellas9511 5 лет назад

Miss this man every day. Worked for him and his wife many years. RIP good buddy! Steve Blunt

@Flatbedkw 12 лет назад

I remember seeing that truck sitting along US 50 in Kansas. It looks sweet with the trailer.

@alicecagnoni9199 10 лет назад

AS I am Steve Blunt's daughter, I have to say thank you for taking the truck to the public again. Although I have never seen it so rough, you can polish it back to it's glory. You may be the next chapter but Steve Blunt IS the Firebird and the legend. But, I do thank you for taking her to a new chapter.... PEACE OUT---- 'middlebird' Alice Blunt Cagnoni-

@rippersix293 5 лет назад

Alice Cagnoni your father was one hell of a trucker, I had the honor of sharing many conversations with him over a cup of coffee at the bandit Truck Stop in Whitehaven, Pa. back in the late ‘80’s and early ‘90’s.

@717weston 3 года назад

New owner is lame still can’t drive the truck, Steve’s an assclown

@skullripper5767 8 лет назад

Love that song At the end of the nineties was the last you'll see aerodynes in long Beach, if you where lucky to ever ridden in one you'll remember the awsoness it carries in you

@patrickmcgoldrick8234 10 месяцев назад

I miss cabovers,why are they not around anymore?

@OxDarlingx 2 года назад

Joya pa

@carlosalbertocedenoguerra7398 5 лет назад

Congratulations nice truck

@patb20civic 14 лет назад

glad to be back!! you rock Donna!!!

@dankinusmc1 11 лет назад

Just seen this truck a week ago. It is sitting just around the corner from New Holland, PA.

@upscountryboy 14 лет назад

Good Job Granny!! See you Saturday! ....CountryBoy

@chrspappas3612 Год назад

!!!" K-WHOMMPERS RULE "!!!

@littlefreddie1987 14 лет назад

What a pukka motor. That is a nice american truck. not a great fan of the hooded models. But always had a soft spot for the cabover kenny's.

@TheTate22 11 лет назад

my grandpas brother use to own that truck.

@narrybeer 14 лет назад

That Grannymozes she be a sweetheart. Keep on truckin........Bandit

@patb20civic 14 лет назад

Excellent video Granny! -pat

@MrPeterbilt1971 4 года назад

“ Inspirational “

@the.porter.productions 4 года назад

Bring on some more of this rig! Cabovers rule!😏

@truckingswe 12 лет назад

a good song:)..

@Jeff-Vader_head_of_catering 4 года назад

Wow! 4 ginormous fuel tanks! I'm extremely curious what the range is on that thing!

@evodgamehunter4290 4 года назад

Jeff Vader_Head_Of_Catering you can go from a trailer park on the east coast to one on the west coast without refuelling

@hemanthkumar-xq3vd 3 года назад

2021...still the best looking cabover ever

@717weston 3 года назад

Are u high

@leathermanfamily50 12 лет назад

way to live the dream

@jhoandelgado6748 3 года назад

1:52

@DIESELFUMESS 14 лет назад

Very Nice Job Granny !!! BTW Happy New Year

@mikeplough289 3 года назад

My dad was friend’s with the original owner Steve blunt toured this truck as a boy

@octavioverdugo1442 5 лет назад

Está chilo la chata le queda bien el aguila

@tylerbonser7686 7 лет назад

Hate to be that guy but Thunder Chicken is a nickname for Thunderbird. Was wondering how the cab and super sleeper hooked together, like the doggy door.

@bod7468 2 года назад

That thing didn't always have the bird on it did it ? I think I unloaded that truck one time when I was a kid working at Hill dept. store in Washington Pa. I think a woman was driving it at the time.

@keepontruckin7135 5 лет назад

Needs to be restored badly👍

@technicalitems731 5 лет назад

That’s a beautiful truck. What is the engine and horsepower? Cabovers are efficient in one way but not so much on the “ride quality”. It’s like a van....you are sitting over the front tires. The bumps are under you and you take a direct bounce up and down. If you were sitting between the front and rear axles yours be more centered on the see-saw. Bulldozers are the same way. The more you are in the center the better the ride(high track Cat dozers). Europe is ahead of the curve in many ways and they seems to use a lot of cabovers. Maybe they know a suspension truck in Europe? Heck...many European trucks have 750 horsepower plus in a single cabover truck. It must be technology.

@mgp870 6 месяцев назад

@technicalitems who cares about Europe and your technology? I don't! Your fellow European Klaus Schwab is ruining the world! He is a Control NAZI! Good Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jelljohnson14 10 лет назад

what was used for a boot between the cab and the big bunk?

@mikegillaspy1721 4 года назад

Interior was kinda disappointing. Any updates? Is it back in the weeds?

@keepontruckin7135 5 лет назад

I'm eating and dreaming of seeing this rig up close one day before i die. Anyone know how i could?

@mikegillaspy1721 3 года назад

This thing back on road yet

@rocketqueen7355 4 года назад

2:24 Baileys, is the owner or the driver Irish Citizen?

@mikegillaspy1721 4 года назад

Any updates for 2020??

@MichaelSmith-jb5md 7 лет назад

I just located one near me and am trading a few things for it.

@KF6LIL 13 лет назад

Why can'nt keep a kenworth original could've added the fridge in the cab

@scootdawg3535 4 года назад

i ran into this truck several times over the years along with the last Marmon and a few of these other old trucks that used to be out there. we used to get it done. didn't need no fuckin' gps.. shit... when cell phones came out we thought we was in heaven. calling s&r while you was on your way to the destination instead of finding a parking spot to call the outfit from a pay phone to get directions was a huge leap forward for drivers. They used to put the phone number of your stop on the bills .....wonder how many of these drivers today even carry b.o.l's or know what they are? Hell, do you even need to carry bills these days?

@denniswieser8139 4 года назад

2 tanks were for water

@808TheDuck 8 лет назад

@ivanwallace3296 4 года назад

444 cummins

@phillipjames2775 4 года назад

Interior could have been laid out better

@ericlakota6512 3 года назад

Id have a confy bunk over top of cab and set back up like living room sofa and lazzy boy and kitchen i see this truc inside and thoght the rea sleaper is a waist of space id have bed in real sleaper eather way