Brett Akey’s 1978 352 Peterbilt Cabover Truck Tour - Beautiful Blend of Original & Modern

[@LucLauzon-dz6wg]

Congratulation !! That is a gorgeous peice of real iron

[@dwightcorbett8889]

Totally gorgeous rig, the chrome trim and silver and black paint is awesome!

[@MissFlatbedRed]

Helps when you own a chrome shop too!

[@dwightcorbett8889]

For sure.@@MissFlatbedRed

[@robertdickerson4460]

​@@MissFlatbedRed update on your own Peterbilt Boxtruck ?

[@НеизвестныйАвтор-м6с]

Это классика, металл, хром, кожа, кабина на заклёпках, настоящая Американская мечта 👍

[@lornperkins4270]

Oh MY goodness this is THE cleanest 352 I ve ever seen

[@berulatruckinginc591]

Wow ❤❤❤❤❤❤keep it coming …thank you

[@jeffproctor1273]

The 352 is by far the best looking Cabover in my opinion. You did a awesome job restoring it.

[@nelsonmattoon150]

Beautiful Peterbilt

[@paulnewsome4203]

Absolute Class, a credit to you. UK Trucker showing appreciation 👍🏻🇬🇧

[@kevinmcmahon7182]

I miss cabovers

[@jopete681]

Mee too!!

[@nicks7768]

Spotless. That thing is like a mirror.

[@JensSchraeder]

That has got to be the most beautiful cabover build I’ve ever seen

[@lovetrain442]

King of the road!! Love it!!

[@finalizedtrains]

This thing is unbelievable. Wow! He did an awsome job on it. Great tour!

[@williamfritts441]

That is one awesome ol school cabover... excellent job.. back when real iron run the big roads... excellent job sir!!!!! 💯 %

[@onepanther69]

i loved these when i was a kid and i agree always loved the cabovers

[@kman-mi7su]

Beautiful restoration and modification job! I'm still a huge fan of survivors and old iron still wearing their "work clothes" like that one Mack F Western that was featured a few weeks ago. But dang that is one beauty of a Pete.

[@kevinmurphy3464]

Wow! What a rig. She’s beautiful.😊

[@vincebowling1778]

Every little detail on this truck is absolutely perfect. Congrats to the owner for such a beautiful build!

[@A.D.R.J.Coleman]

Love the cabovers, i grew up with the old man in a Late 70's Peterbuilt cabover

[@gtr1952]

That is just amazing and beautiful! I only drove for 15 years when I was very young, all long/wide/tall/heavy, some with an escort, and/or 2- man 24 hour. About half in a 352. This truck just brought back so many memories. I could sit in a bar and tell stories, mostly funny ones, about our adventures. LOL Congrats on just an awesome build!! Peace --gary, 72 and going semi-strong. LOL 8)

[@MissFlatbedRed]

You’ve found the right channel!! 😊

[@curtekstrom9531]

The Paint Colors are perfect, and a Very good job at keeping to the OEM details, but with a Personal Touch!

[@lisakigar4432]

Great looking ❤😊. I Drove Cabovers For 15 years. Loved Driving Them.❤

[@williamkirkland7002]

Cabovers where always my favorite trucks. As a kid growing up in the 60's & 70's; I would build 1/25 scale models from AMT; I built Peterbuilt,Kenworth,Mack,GMc, International conventional and cabovers. My uncle drove for PepsiCola in Tampa Florida and drove a very narrow cabover; it looked like a phone booth on wheels. He hauled Pepsi products to Miami from Tampa Florida.USA 🇺🇸 That Pepsi Rig was approx. 60 Foot Long bumper to bumper. It was a slide door trailer both sides and hauled empty bottles from Miami to Tampa for processing and full bottles of Pepsi from Tampa to Miami for distribution. I road one trip in that long Pepsi truck to Miami and back to Tampa. As a young 12yr old boy I was in trucker heaven. I miss my uncle and those rides in his trucks along the many years of trucking. Thanks Flat Bed Red for taking me along on your truck shows. That black and grey color combo is stunning.

[@silviomotorcycle9966]

So beautiful truck Peterbilt

[@MissFlatbedRed]

Check out the Kenworth I posted today too!!

[@joemac3118]

Red. I have to say that I enjoyed this video so much because that truck brought a flood memories. Best showing yet in my book. Thank you little lady 👍😉

[@robertbraun7155]

I am 50 now. My dad drove for an equipment company in Palmdale California called Northridge Equipment rental. His truck was an emerald green classic cabover Peterbilt. I would get so excited when I was 9 to 13 years old when I would see that truck parked on the street early morning because I knew whether I was a school day or not, I was going with him. He loved that truck. I love that almost everyone that has one now that they have kept that same pattern. I would get in and I just remember to this day it always smelled of leather, grease, and an extremely hard working man.. Wish I could find one close enough to drive to so at the very least just walk around and just look at and maybe open the door and peek in.. My father was my hero. How he left us and this world was to abrupt and not fair. But I have learned thats exactly how it goes. He passed 4 years ago and every time I got to sit and see him that green Pete would always come up.. Anyhow, Sorry these cabover petes were beautiful and I rarely see the emerald green, but any of them hold a massive gift of a great part of my childhood.. Especially today.. Thank you for sharing. Makes me feel my dad is with me. I was and always will be his eternal copilot..

[@StevenGeier-tj3qk]

Jesus man! This is the most tasteful restoration on the planet! Good job guy!

[@technomonkey9529]

Work of art, the attention to detail shines...hats off to you, every where you look it's immaculate.

[@TachiTekmo]

Damn. That is art, manno! The pinstripe is gorgeous! Well done!

[@bobme2787]

That truck is very fortunate to have had people took great care of it.

[@jaredmoore5991]

That was totally Awesome!! You are also right in having him come down to the States for shows👍I would love to see it up close 😊

[@johnvellis5148]

Beautiful truck greeting from Athens Greece

[@bodieb1233]

I am BLOWN AWAY..... Words cannot come close to the beauty of that Cab-Over. My goodness is all I can say. I evokes so many emotions. All Good Ones. Thanks for sharing.

[@MissFlatbedRed]

Thank you very much for a meaningful heartfelt comment! ❤️

[@woodfordreserve6673]

Back when Jim Palmer trucking out of Missoula, Montana was an all flatbed fleet, before he went to reefers, I drove his last cab over before he became an all “hood” fleet. It was just like this one, just different colors. This video brought back many good memories of those days. I think if he’d stayed flatbeds, I’d probably still be there. Best boss I ever had.

[@MissFlatbedRed]

Glad to be able to help bring back memories with these videos! ❤️

[@steelcity41236]

My Dad owned a Cabover Peterbilt when I was a kid in Ellwood City Pa. He bought it off my Best Friend Grandfather Smitty. I was So exited the day he brought it home. Two tone Green. Me and my brothers called it the Green Machine. One of my Favorite Trucks my Dad drove. My all time favorite he drove was a Candy apple Red Cabover Brockway and I know for a fact it had a Detroit in it cause when he fired that engine up reffed the engine it scared me. But the Cabover Peterbilt was one I can remember and went for plenty of rides in.

[@relaxing_white_noises_by_j1980]

Straight up gorgeous!!! I'd love to get a 352 or 362 Pete and throw a 605 Cummins in it. 250wb, 4.11 rears, 18 speed ultrashift, dual vertical air cleaners just like this, 7" dual turnback exhaust, 24.5 wheels with milled out larger holes, low low air leaf rear suspension, disc brakes all around, firewire replacement headlights, and all the chicken lights in LED. Power steering included too.

[@DefendTheStar]

No matching trailer?

[@freighthauler7642]

Ultrashift......🤣🤣😂 Ok truck driver 😂 10-4 Good Buddy

[@DuaneWilson-ro1pn]

4.11 sure a gear bound big truck

[@derylsanders307]

Beautiful rig. Such great attention to detail. Very nice

[@frankrendon9577]

Wow! Beautiful! I love the Peterbilt 362!

[@priztucker]

Just imagine, a hundred years from now these trucks could still be standing.

[@vernfrederick5025]

She is a beautiful ride absolutely beautiful

[@davepelfrey3958]

Dang, what a Gorgeous cab over. Wow!

[@monica93304]

Truly impressive

[@nigelgranville9539]

That's a beautiful cab over. The chrome on this truck looks amazing, it's like having mirrors on parts on this truck. 😃😃🙂🙂

[@MissFlatbedRed]

If it’s not obvious, he owns a chrome shop!

[@freighthauler7642]

Don't forget, he also has those round thingies on the front that help him see in the dark.

[@TimBullins-f6r]

Man that is one of the best looking cab overs I have ever seen 😊

[@greatkingrat]

Absolutely spotless and perfect truck. My fav Cabovers are this and the 362 and I think this is the nicest 352 I have ever seen.

[@christopherstacy9375]

Very nice looking truck.i love the color on it

[@danielhofer7386]

That truck is way longer than 165" wheelbase. It's a double bunk with 4 foot of frame behind the fuel tanks to the first set of drive tires. 205" at the very least wheelbase.

[@MissFlatbedRed]

I think he may have misspoken and meant it started at that. I misspoke in my own video of my own truck, it happens.

[@197robust]

I was thinking the same thing. I have a 160"wb cabover. It has a shorty single bunk 86" cab and there's hardly room for fenders between the fuel tanks and the drive tires. my guess on this truck would be around 220"

[@Greg-ji5zh]

If that’s 165 inches, I’m 8ft tall !

[@rev.randall2292]

Beautiful.

[@glennoliphint8691]

I learned to drive truck in a 1978 Peterbilt Cabover 352 with a 8V92 and a 13 speed. My dad taught me to drive truck in that truck. I have great memories going with my dad. I drove trucks around the yard when i was 12 or 13 years old but i didn't start driving out on the road until about 17 years old and i didn't even have a car license then and he would lay back in the sleeper and get a nap!

[@toddewire13]

Man that's absolutely a beautiful Coe

[@keith3328]

Brett has one very Beautiful 352-110. Stands out from the crowd. Very awesome video Miss Flatbed Red

[@jamesfarley3006]

I'm in love Red,beautiful truck

[@MissFlatbedRed]

I left an hour later than I planned because I spent so much time looking at this and taking with Brett!

[@randallbyrd2458]

That is a beautiful truck I have a 1997 362. I love it. Thank you for sharing

[@jameshowe5051]

Beautiful rig!!! Great story, thank you for sharing.

[@jackdaniel7465]

What a beautiful "Pete" love those cabovers!!

[@Ooooouggg]

Beautiful. My 1st truck was a 1989 Peterbilt cabover orange

[@williamjesse8357]

Thank you for sharing this video as this 352 is stunning love the truck ... from an old school real country cowboy trucker 46 years and thank you again .. Will

[@MissFlatbedRed]

Thank tour for watching! My truck tours playlist has about 225 different rigs on it, mostly older ones. I’m sure you’ll find some more you’ll enjoy!

[@bradrook3919]

Absolutely Beautiful! I drove two different cab overs for a construction company converted from Safeway trucks to ramp trucks longer rails...the Kenworth was a 82' standard cab..but my Baby was the Freightliner with a single sleeper..both 10 speeds...what made them perfect was the fact they had no nose to them...as I had very tight places to get into hauling my little cat dozer..with pintle hitchs on both sometimes used the three axle trailking to export excavators with the dozer...after the owner sold the company I bought the Freightliner its still in the shop and slowly going through a rebuild...I love the cab over...miss seeing them on the roads...

[@uliwehner]

very cool. this is a nice truck. new rails are just piece of mind. nice blend of original and modern

[@MissFlatbedRed]

Isn’t it a great mix? What’s your favorite part?

[@7viewerlogic670]

Great idea on rear fender mounts!

[@MissFlatbedRed]

That made me look more closely at trucks at the show I attended today!

[@edwinrivera3834]

Super badass 352 ..thanks for the vid

[@MissFlatbedRed]

Thank you for watching!

[@meatman3042]

I dont think it could be any more perfect . Thanks great video

[@MissFlatbedRed]

Thanks for watching! I’m thinking most folks who appreciate this one will also like the one I posted today: Brooks Cook’s Peterbilt kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHbZpnWFoLarpNk

[@davidbradley5969]

That is one beautiful rig! I mean, my gosh!

[@SmokeyA55]

I always like the cab overs my cousin use to drive one when I was a kid it was a green an yellow one

[@curtisdowling3773]

Beautiful!!!

[@edwinraimundi3973]

LITERALLY ..... THE NICEST CAB OVER TRUCK !!!!!!!!

[@toddreinauer4222]

I was able to drive this truck around before Brett bought it. It was an amazing truck to drive. It drove as nice as my ‘22 389 Pete. I think it only had like 545k original miles on it.

[@joey5588]

unbelievably gorgeous

[@gordonmeredith4774]

Wow beautiful 👏 👏 👏

[@kennethsulzen7694]

The BEST, MAGNIFICENT PETE. ✌️

[@harveyhagar]

THAT is gorgeous. ❤

[@joemac3118]

That is a super gem 💎👍

[@mrold_6973]

What a beauty🥰

[@russellhalleran9080]

Great looking Cabover Pete! My own choice for a Great Ride. 👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@domcummins4148]

Awesome video from start to finish!!

[@MissFlatbedRed]

Thanks! Brett’s truck is awesome.

[@domcummins4148]

@@MissFlatbedRed No doubt!!

[@maestrovso]

I have watched countless cabover trucks on KZbin. The best restored ones are all in Canada, especially those not have the typically worn and trashed interiors. I am not a trucker but just an enthusiastic ICE vehicles of all forms. Soon I will own one of the most elegant Freightliner Argosy.

[@MissFlatbedRed]

Plenty of impeccable ones south of the border, too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoOXg32gi96Ja8U

[@7viewerlogic670]

Glitter knobs for the win!

[@MattHupp]

Wow that's awesome Nice job!!

[@rev.randall2292]

Now theres a Big Truck , a Beautiful Big Truck that screams O/Op in the height of Truckin in the seventys. A friend of mine had a Big Bunk Pete with all the goods , and another buddy of his had a Big Bunk K Whopper . Both were running swingin at the time , turn and burn as many possible while the getting was good. They didnt have to worry about them Orange & White Colorado trucks. He had a couple pics of em together. The KW was actualy still with the owner by time I was hanging around and starting , an older guy headed to Co with a load of shingles , a mechanic and rusty driving , ran her off the road in snow and totaled her out. The Pete had lost the engine , and was sold to a guy out of the area. Love em.

[@Imintune...]

Extreme clean

[@oldmanvic]

Beautiful truck. Nothing better like American trucks

[@normanott644]

Got a new 352 1980, always liked that truck wish I had it today. You have to put your pants on laying down in a Cab Over

[@kennethperian4370]

Nice I got a 352 cabover 1994 with a 3406b cat restoring all of it but the inside a little inside not much. It only had 700.000 miles on it. But your truck looks better than better nice nice job you did on that 1978 truck. Wish me luck on my 1994 Peter build 352 , if you want to fix up my 1978 Astro GMC I’ve had it since 1989 still runs. Well have a good one see ya later and great video of your great looking peterbilt see ya bye.

[@lanceluxton-jh9mh]

Beautiful pete period or not ,! The blk and grey my fav color

[@JasonSmith-vd1sz]

Beautiful truck!!!

[@clidefisher6924]

Lovely unit Mr. Nottingham back home had one it only had a 360 cat 13 speed

[@flights47]

Beautiful cab over

[@towncoupe]

Gorgeous Stunning

[@dan-fr9dn]

One beautiful Truck Brett.

[@dandersonjr]

I believe this is the nicest 352 I've ever seen. Just enough but not too much.

[@MissFlatbedRed]

He did an amazing & tasteful job!

[@ckelley63]

Man what a beauty!!

[@MrCtsSteve]

Man ..that's a beautiful Pete

[@gordonmeredith4774]

Very very beautiful

[@ericdeziel4771]

Super nice truck Great job Brett

[@BeNiceorBeQuiet]

Beautiful

[@grindpivot5165]

MY LORD~. SALUTE !!! UNREAL

[@bill4942]

Beautiful Pete awesome job 👍

[@MissFlatbedRed]

What do you like most about it? :)

[@bill4942]

The color the paint scheme, wheel base, stainless, interior, everything about it👍

[@byronmoon8351]

Cool. Beautiful truck. Love it

[@vitovitale8098]

Beautiful Truck.

[@TimBullins-f6r]

Beautiful ❤

[@rob3732]

I agree with Bill’s comment … take it to MATS and / or the Chrome Shop show. I am in Toronto and I would drive to the show to see this beautiful Pete!

[@MissFlatbedRed]

I’m trying to talk him into MATS :)

[@bush600r2]

Beautiful looking classic👍