Yesterday I ran to Houston and bought a new truck.
It's a 94 Kenworth W900L has a 3406E and a 13 speed and rides around on 24.5's
My plan is to spend the next couple of weeks cleaning it up and getting it road ready, then I will be setting out on the road to put it to work.
The first step in this process was pulling the bird banger, I did that about 30 minutes ago.
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The next is I am going to take off the cab extensions on the sleeper because they are all beat up. Then I will remove the brackets for the bird banger and fill the holes, then touch up the paint with a rattle can. The paint on this truck is pretty dead so I am not doing anything fancy.
The long term plan is to get another sleeper that is in better shape.
Eventually I will be stripping the whole truck, blasting the frame and painting everything. This is the paint scheme I am going with:
The truck already goes down the road really nice, I am really looking forward to getting it all put together.
When I get the new sleeper I am also going to get another drom from Protech, not sure if I am going to get it as just a bang board or as a cab rack yet, we will see. Under the drom though I have room for a pair of 30" tool boxes, that with a set of full fenders I think the truck will be standing pretty tall.
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Discussion in 'Kenworth Forum' started by RenegadeTrucker, Nov 20, 2013.
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they dont make trucks like that one any more.{good find}
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Congrats on the new truck! Keep us posted as to what she looks like when you get her the way you want!
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The two other trucks I have owned were both W9's, both 2000's, they were good trucks, but they didn't have the same feel this truck does. -
(Forgot to update this here, so will be a few posts in a row)
So I have been a busy boy, cut the brackets for the bird banger off the roof, sanded em down, filled the holes with marglass, sanded it down, and painted it up with a rattle can to make it look presentable.
Pretty close to having the truck back on the road now.
In the next couple of months I am going to see if I can source another sleeper for her, there are some other things however going to need my attention first, the king pins are getting a bit of play in them, and its going to need tires on the back axle, but I am probably going to do all of them so I can have a matched set.
Took this picture Christmas Eve with the USS Lexington in the Background.
This pic is from about 5 days ago. Need to get the old signs peeled and my new ones installed. Hopefully will be back on the road by the end of the week.
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Got signs on the truck today.
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So the hood on my truck is pretty trashed, has structural integrity issues that is going to mean a lot of glass work to make it right again, I am seriously thinking about buying a Jones Performance hood, they have one that will fit my truck that has the old W900A style headlights, I really like the way it looks.
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That old style hood would look sweet, it's what I'd do. You going to put cab lights on top of the sleeper?
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I think I am going to put a mercury sleeper on it.Ruthless Thanks this. -
Is that some old school KW flattop coffin sleeper?
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