Nice 359's

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This last pic is an inside joke that was on me. Lol... if you notice the white one with the V8 CAT doesn't have any fuel tanks but it does have a 5 gallon bucket with fuel underneath there and he did start it up. My friend said it had been a long, long time since he had heard one of those. He started driving trucks like these. I was just a 10 year old kid when they were new.

 

Man I can't believe he didn't raise THAT hood and get a pic. I know where they are at if I get through there some time I will stop myself and get some. He drives thru there a couple of days every week and a buddy he knows has been looking for a 359 as a toy so he stopped by to ask about them. The man who owns them was nice as could be and liked to show his trucks. He is about to retire. He also had a 6NZ 2001 379 that he bought brand new with 83,000 original miles which was also a garage kept tractor that looked pristine inside and out. He said he hauled a couple of loads a year in that one just for fun. Hahaha! That must be nice! There was a needle nose Kenworth. There were old restored cars. There should have been many more photos.

 

These were the trucks I remember as a 10 year old kid I would watch as we passed, or were passed, they would climb Monteagle Mountain. Back when the old eastbound side was dangerous and drivers sometimes used to die going down that side. These were the trucks I wanted to drive as a kid.

I like that white one a lot that is a sexy truck. If I were a rich man I'd have that one. I still like Kenworth better but these are cool never the less. I still pass one a couple or maybe 3 times a month going the other way. Like Largecar359 says they do turn heads, even older ones that need a little TLC. Just yesterday I saw one leased to Mercer. It was black pulling a step. Looked a little weathered but still looked great imo.