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[@donwood55]

You'd better look in your damn mirrors instead of blaming the guy behind you for smoking the tires from fenders rubbing.

[@sterlingscharmen2850]

Tells ya he didn't do a pretrip at all or even looked over the truck before buying it

[@liamterry5301]

Blaming his ignorance on someone else in perfect Bruce style. Where was your pre trip Bruce!

[@madmarty21]

Because he always shows every second of everything he does he made a fuck up they had a joke no body got but hurt about it but you

[@danwilson7776]

“No wonder I kept smelling rubber smoke” probably would have been a good time to pull over and check it out

[@liamterry5301]

@@madmarty21 and yet you're the only one cussing and throwing a fit about it like a 2 yr old. SMFH 😒🙄🤦

[@chriswyattpandemic_silvera5088]

Ask him why he didn’t do his pre-trip Ryan. Hold your ground, I think you can take him…😉😉😆😆

[@David-jz1qh]

Has he ever done any kind of pre trip on any truck ?

[@countryboy99656]

Can’t blame Ryan for that one Bruce, operator is responsible for the rig. Sweet truck

[@darylmatis4061]

I'm 47 years old I remember seeing those old cabovers running the roads all the time, seeing that one just brings back so many memories. When I grew up I wanted to drive a cab over but I never did, spent 20 years over the road and never drove a cab over, the oldest truck I ever drove was a 79 W900 with a 13 speed and a big cam Cummins

[@user-bu8bc6kg4f]

I ran a couple COEs one Freightliner and a KW new trucks, they dominated the roads in early 90s. Back before you could stretch them length restrictions. A dream parking and turning in tight places. One thing I thought about was head on crashes. I knew drivers that would walk if a company put them in a COE. The two I ran rode good. Had conventional trucks that rode worse. I worked for my Family company. I ran whatever truck my brother told me to run. I know for a fact drivers damaged the COEs intentionally, had to be careful who you hired. I liked the COEs been on little roads before GPS . I was so happy I wasn't driving a big conventional, that needed a football field to turn😊

[@christyevans5787]

Thanks for purchasing this from my Dad . Glad to add you and watch what you do with it !

[@wilE6764]

What did he pay for it?..just curious

[@jefferyepstein9210]

​@@wilE6764 I doubt anyone is going to tell that.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great looking truck!!!

[@kylecarden6000]

He Bought this cab over out of my home town!

[@jefferyepstein9210]

@@kylecarden6000 Where is that?

[@_Sykodelic_]

Always loved those old Semi Trucks, better then the ones we have in today's culture

[@banditgrizzy1955]

Now that's the rig style I grew up with. 👌😁👍

[@brycepedersen146]

Ryan’s brain is like an unused satellite, just up there floating in space😂

[@jasondrake6710]

Lol

[@yosvi85]

Hahaha.. Space Cadet hard at work!!

[@Mobilegaming0624]

Glad to see a genuine smile on you bro💯 excited to see where this truck goes

[@lionelchartrand2829]

In pieces sadly, like à all thr project he buy

[@ww2dogfighter1944]

@@lionelchartrand2829He loves peterbilt so probably not

[@frozenbits48]

I had the same truck, and I do believe you have a 76 there, not a 78. It steers easy enough, you Do Not need power steering!! Great video, this retired old driver appreciates it. I drove from 1974 until 2004.

[@randomvideokid5]

Yeah he later realized in the video its a 76

[@edwardstephens247]

Congratulations, Bruce, on your purchase of a Cabover!

[@notoriousbigdog]

bruce is a fraud listen to the truth in his anger he's no respectable business owner he ran that tractor company in to the ground note in every new video he puts out all ways mentions his wife and kids but does not say high to his mom and dad threw the camera they threw him out for bankrupting the tractor company by buying up shit they didn't need like trucks he blew threw 10,000 on blue color cab over kzbin.info/www/bejne/gajShYt8abZjoJI

[@gmcgmc9297]

You should keep the stacks it looks better with the stacks

[@dennislink9450]

At 14:30 minutes: Aah Ryan, Ryan, Ryan...😂 What are we gonna do with the boy Bruce, little oopsie😁👍🏽

[@glenalguire6960]

Starting to see these old trucks in beautiful shape on the 401 in Canada , the ones I’ve seen are absolutely beautiful , much much respect these brokers bringing these old trucks back to life

[@brocluno01]

I'm old and these were new when I started running big loads. Good catch 😊

[@thomasweida2881]

I put power steering on my 1977 352. I used a power steering box from a Freightliner cab over. I made an adapter plate to bolt the box to the frame, so it looked nice in factory. Use the standard power steering pump and mounted the power steering reservoir in the back Behind the cab where the original would be

[@JamesSmith-co8lq]

That truck is bad ass,when I was kid my uncle used to drive one just like that one

[@KevinSmith-lq4ch]

For almost a 50 year old truck, it's a nice time capsule. 💪

[@justindearborn7275]

This is going to make me and a lot of other people happy!👍👌 Looking forward to this content

[@davidsimons6881]

Nice old school Cabover

[@guyhunt2239]

That Truck is Awesome try not to overkill it w the Add ons Bruce love the Old school trucks !!! Take care Bud ....

[@benjaminstockton3917]

Nice truck, Bruce. I appreciate you sharing, buddy 👍

[@robertbrake9927]

I would keep the exhaust on that it has . And fresh paint. And definitely do those personal touches you listed .It’s definitely a sweet truck. Ryan is learning so don’t be to rough on him . He’s a good young man.

[@vickijones5648]

Back in the day, my Dad drove a Diamond Rio. Loved riding with him. Good memories.

[@robertgreuniesen4051]

About time. Keep the old cabovers coming. This rig is so badass

[@TurboTurtle205]

Wow that thing is awesome! Love the colors and just everything except the money deck! Put a dance pole on it! Haha

[@michaelbeck5567]

That thing is freaking awesome!

[@lonewolfe31619]

About time you got another cabover

[@Seventeen76]

Congratulations on the new rig. Looks like the Winnebago of Peterbilts, LOL. Ok Bruce, & The Cameraman Randy Savage,yall take it easy, have a good one and #StayFosty my friends.

[@tnolan3176]

Oh good another project !

[@jimmclaughlin9362]

He will announce that this classic cabover Peterbilt will be for sale in 5...,4...,3...,2.... I am sure you get the idea!

[@metalhead7181]

That is a really nice Cabover Bruce. I hope you keep it. Good old trucks are hard to come by these days. Especially ones in mint condition like that one.👍

[@blueonblack3971]

What a nice cab over!! I like these longer videos personally. Can't wait to see the work get done

[@chadb83731]

Straight pipes all the way. Love this Pete absolute Classic and its clean!!!

[@jimmclaughlin9362]

Without Jake brakes, is there a real need for straight pipes? Afterall, it is a classic basically unmolested truck with a classic look.

[@iain3411]

Very cool . Can't wait for these upgrades. At least you can use the tires again.

[@justtruckin3872]

I'm so excited

[@mileclaimer132]

Very cool! The very 1st truck I drove was a 1992 Freightliner 712 Satellite. I love me some cab overs!

[@wushock92]

What a nice specimen! All that wood grain and Naugahyde in excellent shape. .

[@LyfovRyan51]

That is a honey of a classic truck. Used to drive a cab over White. It had the same instant old time air con and a massive steering wheel. Watching in New Zealand.

[@PeDr0.UY131]

wow, a rolling museum with some modern details.😁Nice

[@joshgoss109]

Get with Rob at S H tube and get some custom stuff made for Hank. Like a custom deck plate and a custom light box.

[@fordtough91]

Hidden def tank we all know it got that maintenance free dpf 😂😂

[@notsostock_l5p160]

The ol hidden def tank gimmick

[@zachdial8538]

Havent u noticed Brutus blows blacks smoke and is loud he made it “maintenance free” awhile back

[@uliwehner]

@@zachdial8538 deleting is expensive nowadays. the epa charges you for every change and they go after the shop who did it.

[@glenalguire6960]

I know of an transtar that was owned by a county here in Canada , with only a few thousand miles on , it was bought by tackaberry construction in Ontario , it’s now living its life under cover in a heated shop , it’s absolutely in mint condition , all original , it’s quite the sight

[@garypiont6114]

Started right up. Nice

[@ralphups7782]

now that's a very cool looking truck , Bruce Wilson. i would keep the radio with the 8 track for sure you might meet a old retired trucker who used to work the truck that your in and it could be his last request to go for a drive in it, and give you some of it's secret's too.

[@realkilju]

That thing is incredible

[@lontrucker44]

In 1988 I drove a 1975 Pete, it had 400 Cummins, 13 speed , it had 4:33 rears. I think it was a 362 model. At 2100 it tops out at 65 mph, no power steering.

[@kylem9834]

Air ride the front end, full size 24’s on the rear, 22’s in the front, new box bumper and new stainless deck cover and rear bumper. 6” straight pipes and few other odd and ends and let the classicness shine 👌

[@williamdodd5113]

She looks great Bruce

[@liamterry5301]

I can perfectly imagine the guy driving this truck in the 80's. Marlboro red smokin with Hank Williams Jr. blaring on the radio banging gears talking dirty on the CB!

[@In-hoc-signo-vinces]

Random question from someone not from USA. What was considered the best make of truck back in the 70,80,90s? I don't know much about them, but like Mack, Peterbilt, Freightliner, GMC, Kennworth, White etc? When they were like their own companies

[@user-ty6im2sf7u]

What a nice time capsule cab! Would be moderate with the changes so the outside still match the original inside. There is plenty of modern around, this feels more special and reminds of the simple old days..

[@KevinFunk-kk4ns]

A touch of class.

[@thecurtray]

Hi Aaron. I am father and son in joplin on the Harley springers. You were going to send photos. See you around

[@KevinSmith-lq4ch]

Name it, Waylon Jennings. The late 70's was his time. I'm sure he even rode in one of them old cabover Pete's

[@donavannaidoo3289]

This truck is super clean,excellent condition wouldn’t mind owning it just love it🙏🏻👌💯❤️try n keep it as original as you can.

[@matti353]

Bruce is back in the Cabover…👍

[@notoriousbigdog]

he's full of shit if he's so done why is back to buying projects and selling them? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gajShYt8abZjoJI

[@brucesherman5625]

Forget the power steering. Leave the stacks alone. No pre trip It is a beautiful rig. Hard to believe it is so old. I would love to have it. Congratulations.

[@fadinreigne]

love the cabovers would love to drive one them again I drove many mile in one of them pete cabover too .but I would put power steering on it for sure

[@REDBIRD-95]

That's one neat sweet Pete👍

[@JS-1983]

It looks so cool, love the colours too 😎 I would leave mufflers, because those look to be nice shape, exhaust done well and look good too.

[@alexchambers7452]

I drove a 1978 Pete just like HANK IN WASHINGTON for years great memories

[@nathangibson5137]

Straight pipes for sure 👍

[@ShilohShepheard]

Very nice. It is good seeing you so happy with your new project

[@northpole77]

I love that rig 🤠👍

[@checker3694]

As a 21 year old when i went to US in 1987 could not believe how dated and crude America trucks were. They looked fabulous from outside, but that 78 interior was more 1958 European interior back then. No power streering and front brakes were common on US trucks, when cars had everything. Park a 1978 Volvo F10 next to it and the interior difference is 40 years apart. The only British truck in sixties without power streering standard from memory was late 60s tk Bedford, maybe some early 60s Leylands.

[@crazydutchbloke]

Till today it has not changed much. There still way behind. Kinda sad that even a 3rd wold country like China past them.

[@straybullitt]

That Volvo interior is now an irreparable mess of broken plastic, whereas the 50 year old Peterbilt interior can be completely renewed with only a couple of days in a good Mexican upholstery shop! 🤠 You Europeans don't really have too many Mexicans, though, do you??? 🤔 If you want us to, we can send you some of our extras! 😃

[@ruxoneto6560]

British trucks won't hold a candle to us trucks !!!😂

[@George-dy3pt]

You're a uppity joke

[@crazydutchbloke]

Funny how they remove reactions saying us trucks are still behind but let anything the other way stay.

[@jamesjournell867]

& congratulations 🎉Bruce & ur stepping in high cotton now & good 4u 😮

[@larrytengwall5989]

Super sweet Pete!

[@Hurtthenote]

you should come up to the Large cars and Guitars truck show at the Smokies Stadium

[@geeschannelyt]

Blaming Ryan... looks like a driver pre-check overlook to me!

[@okcderek]

Ryan, tell him if he’d done his pre-trip he should have seen the fender/tire issue.

[@josephfontenot2866]

Sweet truck!!

[@andrewriley4990]

HANK in dah house yeh yeh ! 👊

[@derrickmurphytruckgames2024]

I like them too, always better

[@brandoncochran3976]

I have seen that truck I go by that place all the time it's really cool

[@eriknelson45]

Beyond mint while being a time capsule of history

[@robertlemoi7919]

If Bruce is true to form, in about a week he will change everything on this truck. Take a good look at this truck. You will not see it the same.

[@willardway3037]

I have driven them old cabovers back in the day. A MUST IS A JAKE BRAKE!!!!!!

[@wilE6764]

Same and I hated them..best one I drove was a Mack

[@edwinrivera3834]

Sweet lookin 352...power steering and air ride behind the cab is a must😎👍

[@garypiont6114]

Get some more neck chains, chicago and Detroit will up your views. Holy mackerel Der andy.

[@toddclark332]

Almost like BJ & The Bear just go dude love it❤badass find Bruce ok guys have a great weekend later

[@jefferyepstein9210]

In my travels i have been seeing more and more of these oder trucks that have been restored and put into service. Im sure eventually laws will restrict this but for now i will enjoy the sight and sounds of these beauty's!!!

[@glenalguire6960]

In Ontario there’s talk about any truck over 12 years old has to be taken off the road , hope not cause mine is 15 years old , it’s absolutely mint condition , all trucks have to have annual safety inspection so it doesn’t make any sense , they have to be in great condition or they are taken off the road . Just another white collar talking about something that he has no clue about , costing the working man big time !

[@jefferyepstein9210]

@@glenalguire6960 I have no doubt that they will do that and America will soon follow. They will cram that emissions nonsense down everyone's throats.

[@user-wr6wh5jx4b]

Take very good carefully of that one because that's a classic cabover

[@paulwiser8147]

Super nice truck what a great find

[@josephfontenot2866]

Cabover always are my favorite

[@randywalker827]

On the right hand side cab cylinder there should be a latch that will catch when you get it far enough over.

[@79tazman]

WOW your film guy is a few beers shy a case sits and films the mud guard digging into the tire LOL!! talk about not paying attention. I think that's a decrease in pay right there now you got to get him to clean the rubber off everything LOL!

[@danwilson7776]

SH Tube makes some killer light box set ups for the rear of the truck

[@dustyfarmer]

I like it. I reckon that just needs a polish & a mattress in the sleeper and keep it largely as it is. I remember when I was a kid seeing in the airport shop those clear epoxy resin toilet seats with money & barbed wire inside them, that dollar deck plate has style.

[@Thomtleonard]

Do you remember JB hunt cab ove us when you opened up the door the steps came out and you walked right up in. I drove one of those for a while but I started out and your mom is still going to wait for a Mon. Th and when you saw me out of IPP at the hunt's point. New york I love it

[@jbizzy6655]

Beautiful truck.

[@Joe-hl4xi]

Only buying for KZbin then will kill it and sell it. Well it's his thing

[@cabovermike]

Like the international then airforce 1 international, the gmc, kw conventional, the red scania, the white scania, and then the black scanias been kicked to the kerb, blue collar got sold, not really a giveaway as it was a raffle, i hope this pete is safe,..

[@George-dy3pt]

​@@cabovermike go get a life

[@jimmclaughlin9362]

@@cabovermike Don't kid yourself. You know it won't be.

[@denissharp2471]

That is one handsome brute of a truck, I dont understand why you would want to change anything on these classic vehicles!! As for the cabover style, there are nothing but cabovers here in the UK and Europe, most of the roads we negotiated you needed a close coupled trailer with the axles set forward. You would never get a US style rig around narrow country lanes and densely packed city streets, so its horses for courses ! Apart from British trucks like the ERF that were fitted with 350bhp Big Cam Cummings that I loved, I have spent my 46 year commercial driving lifetime sat in a Volvo's F88 like the one in my Avatar from the late 1970's or or F10/12's and the later Volvo FH Globetrotters, or right up to my recent retirement in Scanias, the last one being one of the new generation type.

[@cabovermike]

See my avtar, my 1976 f88, i always fancied an american truck, looked at loads over the years, in uk and usa, petes/kw's/whites/freightliners but non came close to the F88,.

[@pedroperez8670]

That's sweet looking truck old school

[@JohnChryn-sn3cj]

I don't think any of them could have made it as a truck driver back in the sixties and seventies

[@PeteLamb]

That's truckin' right there.

[@DirtyMoneyPullingVideos]

Deck plate is badass!

[@WVT0587]

Bruce done run through daddy’s money and shop, now he’s in TN using Fitzgeralds shop and spending his money. He sure knows how to hustle!

[@user-vy6cb4ie9r]

Awesome cab overs, you should tell tim about that cab overs and the pete he is always looking for cab over spares

[@joshday2605]

Bruce, fix it up, don’t paint it! Put a badass sound system in it, keep the 8 track, clean it and make it clean, throw on a pearl snap and some wranglers, son be ready to go

[@kristoffermangila]

Damn, what a mint Pete! Needs some work but doable. Also, how about a power operated cab lifter, like what Australian K220 cabovers have? It'll make lifting that cab easier.