What model Kenworth might this old dog be?

**xTHANATOPSISx** · 08.13.2012

Spotted this oldy near where I used to live in Ohio. Its just sitting, and has been for a while, near as I can tell. Never have seen another like it, so I'm curious as to what it might be.

If I get by there again and have some time, I might try to track down an owner. Looks like it'd make a neat yard dog type thig to shag empty trailers across town. Certainly gonna be manuverable...

**pilottravel2002** · 08.13.2012

Originally Posted by xTHANATOPSISx

Spotted this oldy near where I used to live in Ohio. Its just sitting, and has been for a while, near as I can tell. Never have seen another like it, so I'm curious as to what it might be.

If I get by there again and have some time, I might try to track down an owner. Looks like it'd make a neat yard dog type thig to shag empty trailers across town. Certainly gonna be manuverable...

to me looks like the 2013 kenworth limited edition.

**chalupa** · 08.13.2012

Found you a relic huh? #### thing probably has air wipers and a wig wag along with a super 250 and wedge brakes.

Might even have armstrong steering!

Good luck!

**bender** · 08.13.2012

Just one week of patching and herding that truck and then it would be parked in your yard for the mud dobbers!

**flc120** · 08.13.2012

that thing is bad arse.... i wanna know what model it is to. Short nose forward axle,you know how bad that thing would look with dual pipes and a front bumper with polished wheels. im in love looks to be 50's era i could be wrong.

and HEY whats wrong with air wipers i still have them on my truck

**tank4life** · 08.13.2012

That is an "S" Model KW, there was a company in Cleveland called Lakeshore Cartage that was a flatbed company that had a fleet of them. There were several in the truck boneyard on South Waterloo Rd between E 152nd St and E 185th St for years. They had 238 Detroits with 3 speed rear diffs. They looked like an early version of an "Anteater". By looking closer at the pics that you posted it appears that it has the original style torsion bar suspension on the rear.

**tank4life** · 08.13.2012

Where in Ohio did you see this one? There was a guy who owned a company called Wahl Rigging also on South Waterloo Rd in Cleveland that had one that looks just like this one. Wahl Rigging has since gone out of business and I always wondered what happened to that "S" model that he had.

**flc120** · 08.13.2012

tank what year you think that puppy is

**tank4life** · 08.13.2012

If memory serves me correctly (absolutley no guarantee on that) I believe they were early 1960's thru maybe 1965. Lakeshore Cartage had a huge fleet of them that I can remember as a kid. They were a dark maroon color.