First Peterbilt 589 custom builds: Twin 2024 models from custom shop Semi Casual

From the site of the Large Cars & Guitars truck show in Kodak, Tennessee, early in May, Brian Bourke of the Fitzgerald Peterbilt-affiliated custom shop Semi Casual walked Overdrive through these twin builds meant to showcase "the new 589 and the possibilities with them," he said, when it comes to customization.
It's a brand-new model, of course, with the first units rolling out of the Peterbilt factory in the last year and replacing the now-retired classic that is the Model 389. Among custom rig enthusiasts and diehard Peterbilt fans, "everybody's like, 'Oh no, they changed the truck,'" Bourke said. Yet with this pair, Semi Casual he feels offers examples of "two different styles," routes future 589 owners might take to make the truck their own.
With the orange unit, Bourke and company focused largely outside and around the cab, to mimic in some ways the more classic look of a flattop 389. It's powered by a 565-hp Cummins with an 18 speed, and extensive exterior mods here include a hidden DEF tank, sleeper bags and shocks hidden at the back of the flattop and a custom-built deckplate "so the back's real clean looking," he said. "We actually lowered the fuel tanks down an inch just to make the truck look a little bit lower," and shortened the width of the steps, putting "the air tanks on top of them like the traditional 389 would have."
The visor, hinged at the center, nods to the old two-piece windshield, now a piece of history.
With the black truck, exterior mods were much less extensive, and the visor follows the curve of the new 589's windshield. It's powered by a 605-hp Cummins with 2,050 lb.-ft. of torque and an 18 speed, and was a stand-up cab, or Ultra Cab, when Semi Casual took delivery of it. Bourke and company chopped the cab for a real hot rod sort of look, leaving the stand-up sleeper roof at regular height. "For the longest time I always wanted to build ... a flattop-cab, standup-sleeper 389," Bourke said. This 589 version might well be the "first one in the country that's done that way."
And the standout feature of the black 589? Well, wait till you see the interior. Catch more in this video and in a Semi Casual video of the truck in this story: www.overdriveo...
Final motivation for Semi Casual with the builds? Developing parts that the company could duplicate for new owners and offer for sale, of course, in support of customers' own projects. Browse those and much more via the Semi Casual website: semicasualshow...
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[@KennethHolmes-sk2dg]

2 very beautiful trucks. The black truck is one of my favorites that y’all have done. Y’all do incredible work and have fun doing.

[@boatbound3300]

Looks great from the stacks to the tail lights

[@scottycollins1829]

Not badd,,,,, except the ALIEN HEADLITES

[@1tuffzx10]

Not bad 🤨, what's the cost 4 something like that? Can a working man afford it

[@scottycollins1829]

Custom Rigs are not cheap!!!!!!!! EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE

[@derekduchamp4603]

Don't like the curved one peice windsheild other than that👍