Carl & Pete Caporal’s 1979 Western Star Cabover Truck Tour

Filmed at the Upper Canada Chapter ACTA’s 2022 truck show in Athens, Ontario.
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[@rickcarter4417]

The perfect trailer choice. 42’ of stainless steel with a subtle blue trim job really makes this combo aesthetically pleasing. An outstanding tractor trailer combo.

[@tracyknox7915]

Super nice truck and trailer thank you for bringing it back to life

[@379pete8]

Another beautiful truck. Gotta love the sound of an A model kitty cat. Very nice job on the restoration.

[@philosophyoftrucking]

Incredible. I’d have no problem driving one of these back in the day.

[@jimmymiller7256]

I like how ya'll keep tractor and trailer like it was when it was manufacturing no put a long wheel base no straight stack what beautiful tractor

[@joegavalis2746]

The wife & I always look forward to seeing the brothers at the truck shows. Just a beautiful truck !

[@patrickmcgoldrick8234]

What a work of art,sharp tractor,and the trailer is just beautiful.I was sorry to hear the Astro was trashed,I have always been a fan of the Titan, Astro cab overs a body style that time hasn't aged.

[@dennisrichardville4988]

Man that is a first-class restoration !

[@deweythowe6270]

I've seen this truck!!! Parked in Glen NY. LEGEND!!! Beautiful restoration guys!!

[@rev.randall2292]

Very Nice Star Car.

[@johncoaker4952]

Nice story and a nice restoration.

[@FierroDuroRails]

Man that is a a awesome truck and trailer combo

[@nelsonmattoon150]

Beautiful Western Star

[@PP-ob8zr]

Beaautiful job! Gorgious! 😊👍🏻

[@jirreld.warrenjr.2615]

Doggone good looking combination! Keep her clean and upright, fellas. SWEET!!!!!

[@Jonahs_Trucks_And_More]

Saw them rolling up I-81 Northbound. Sounded amazing, such a cool rig

[@pcap2700]

thanks for the compliment C&C TRUCKING !!!

[@Jonahs_Trucks_And_More]

@@pcap2700 No problem guys!

[@daveweaver8557]

Beautiful Star ! 💯👍

[@valentindesign702]

What a Beauty! Lovely Western Star COE

[@stevenwallace5990]

Beautiful paint work on that outstanding truck!!!!!!......and the trailer is beautiful as well!!!!!!!........that has to be one of my favorite trucks that I have come across in a extremely long time!!!!!!!!.......and the owners of this rolling ART work seem like very very nice people!!!!!!!!......and as usual thank you for your outstanding content and channel!!!!!!!!!...... please keep up the outstanding job!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊

[@darylthisdelle7702]

I loved driving my Western Star COE…..

[@djgrumpygeezer1194]

Just had a wicked brain freeze looking at that dash. Drove truck for 15 years BITD and now I can’t recall what the blue button was for!

[@onentc-pt5go]

That was the parking brake for the tractor only.

[@shellyweiers121]

that is one beautiful ride guys I love the way the trailer matches the tractor awesome from the word go

[@ElvinLeadfoot]

Cool Guys and a cool Rig :)

[@happydays8171]

Thanks for posting. Brings back memories of my '82 Western Star cabover. Beautifully over engineered truck, so simple, built to last. Volvo-White ruined it, cut every corner to make it cheaper.

[@chrismckell5353]

I have only ever seen one of these. It was red in colour towing an equally neat red flatbed powered by a Silver 8V92 Detroit. I think it was privately imported to Australia as I have seen no other since.

[@boatbound3300]

A real true head turner👍

[@Freesavh1776]

God I miss cab overs being everywhere.

[@RMTTR640]

Awesome video Fantastic piece i am impressed what a unique truck you don't see them very often

[@louiskats5116]

Goodday from Melbourne, Australia. This is such a beautiful combination, you thoroughly deserve all the accolades that come your way. Back in the late 90's early 2000's I worked at a Western Star / Isuzu dealership selling Isuzu trucks but always loved checking out the new Western Star Constellations. Western Star also bought out for a brief period a Western Star Cabover with either Caterpillar Detroit Cummins. It was s British ERF Cab with Western Star badging. Comfortable all that but not in the same league as Kenworth Cabover's. Back then there was a booming market for high power Cabover's with sleepers because everyone was going from single trailer to 25 metres B Doubles. To get the maximum cargo space you needed a Cabover prime mover. The Western Star Cabover's didn't sell well & always had electrical problems. 24 volt prime mover with a 12 volt engine too many mismatch. Now 20 & a bit years later you just don't see them anywhere not even as old farm trucks. Worth checking out I think they were designated Western Star 5864 if my memory is okay. Cheers Louis Kats 👍

[@truckerray7533]

Whattuh absolute beautiful combination setup! It has been a very, very, long time since I've seen a COE Western Star! Thankya for sharingthis videow!!!

[@neilperone9854]

Love these guys the truck too! Missed taking to them this year at Macungie

[@neilperone9854]

That is talking

[@b4rtmod]

That a amazing truck model for sure, i was trying to replicate in 3d model but I was with lack of good resourses, and now you come with this video, Just up my love for this truck!!! Amazing!

[@vernfrederick5025]

Beautiful Rig

[@singhdhaliwal6483]

Beautiful 😍

[@raymondvigeant1805]

A beauty of a truck!

[@bush600r2]

That is absolutely awesome. Such a cool truck. I'm sure these guys have made a great investment with that beauty. Looks and runs mint. 👌👍

[@maxpuppy96]

I am with you I am a Cummins man, Western Stars were made by White motor corp originally, not sure if that one was but it does have a White Road Commander Cab with smaller windows.

[@pcap2700]

This westernstar cabover was built by the white motor Corp in Cleveland Ohio in February of 1979 and actually the road commander cab may look similar to the westernstar but they are 2 different cab designs.

[@brianfalzon6739]

Very nice job well done!

[@jameswhite2198]

Looking good

[@choochoowillie4146]

That is a sweet setup

[@matthewkabanuk443]

What makes that truck even more unique is that factory 3406 PCTA. A little odd hearing a clattery growl.

[@johnmcdowell9059]

great video what a gorgous white western star cabover carl and pete have and there aint many of them left out of 620 theres is 475 off the assembly line mine is # 4 off the assembly line

[@bush600r2]

Do you by any chance have any videos or pics you could put up of it? No matter what condition it's in I'm sure alot of people including myself would love to see it?

[@bobbydean6661]

And I've got a 1979 WS COE.

[@davidallen3873]

Man it's even cooler than I originally first stated it's got an A model kitty cat the only cat motor I've ever liked man that was a cool star car

[@josephcox4319]

Come on now, Western Star and a Caterpillar engine is a perfect combination, nothing like a caterpillar my friend. Ive ran all engines and i always go back to a cat motor.

[@charleydaniels6563]

I love it she is beautiful 😍

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Nice!!!! 👍👍

[@llg3pe]

Wow!

[@KinggDawgg]

Yes sir!

[@bricebeaulac]

Brooklyn, CT!!!

[@opendecklyfe8248]

Nice

[@charlesferebee263]

Great Looking Hot Rod. That is one Fine Unit. Wash that guy's mouth out for not loving Caterpillars. Back in the 70s. Caterpillar was way more dependable than Cummins. That even sounded like a 3406 PC motor. Great Video. 👍 Stay Safe out There 🇺🇸

[@pcap2700]

It is a 3406A PCTA rated a 375 hp!

[@charlesferebee263]

I thought so. We bought a brand new 78 359 Pete with a PC motor 13sp. That was the best truck ever. The only thing that we did was 370s and go from manual to power steering. It was Kool to fool people into thinking it was a 1693TA back in the Day. Real Cat Guys knew the difference though. LMAO. Good luck with your project. Great Looking Hot Rod. Stay Safe. TRUCKEM EASY. ! 👍🇺🇸

[@jopete681]

@@charlesferebee263 my dad drove a 359 short hood 75 or a 76 Pete back in the day with a 380hp cat and that was a great truck!! And thank God he is still trucking with a freshly redone95 model 9300 international. But I must say I have 2 big cam Cummins and s n14 celery plus and love all 3 but I still would love to have a cat one day!

[@r.j.standridge8411]

Awesome truck. Does it have air ride suspension?

[@pcap2700]

The truck does not have air ride it's a factory 176" wheelbase on reyco 101 suspension with 4:33 rears rated at 38,000 lbs. 13 spd. Sitting on tall rubber!

[@E.C.2]

Cabovers are cool to see but not good drive in for years at a time. Would be nice to see at night w the marker lights on.

[@MissFlatbedRed]

There are nighttime views in the full video.

[@rce8540]

That’s a beauty.

[@caleblane7619]

Western Star Cabover- Extremely Rare.

[@mikehiggins5233]

Very nice 👌 👍

[@tonytusk5524]

Total sweetass, original Western Star cab over!! Kickass rig from a couple of yankees.