A poke at Peterbilt ( A little true history)

OK Peterbilt guys...Don't get butt hurt, But facts are facts!
I was chatting with a friend today and we started talking about PACCAR and it's trucks...I mentioned that Peterbilt was always a few steps behind Kenworth when it came to introducing product innovations to the market.

Here is one example...The "Walk in Sleeper"




In 1978 4 years after Kenworth introduced the first 60" walk in sleeper Peterbilt's engineers were tasked with making a bigger sleeper. They designed the 63" sleeper with rounded doors and a walk-through from the cab. The sleeper was introduced on a 1978 359-127" (pictured above) nicknamed "Big Mamoo" by the engineers, It could also be seen in the 1978 brochure "Best in Class." This truck also featured the first set of rectangular headlamps.(Not offered in production until 1983) The first raised roof (high cube) sleeper was on a 359 in 1986, 10 years after Kenworth introduced the first raised roof walk in sleeper in 1976.

As always...Peterbilt runs a distant second to the "real deal!"

 

Just in case anyone doubts these facts...Here's a 1976 Kenworth Bicentennial edition W900A with a 60"raised roof areodyne sleeper....

 

And here's a 1974 Kenworth W900A with the first factory 60 inch walk in sleeper....

 

That's funny!

You know of course that PACCAR has been the parent company of Kenworth since 1945 and didn't aquire Peterbilt intil 1958 thereby rendering Peterbilt the rank of "afterthought"

Even though all of the facts presented are documented truth...I'm just havin' a little fun with this thread and pokin' Peterbilt for laughs and the thread isn't intended to turn into a pissing contest...Rather just a little light hearted banter regarding the two brands that are considered the flagship PACCAR trucks.