check out this old school trucking music video

if you wanted cruise control, you pulled the throttle all the way out and locked it...

 

Great old Tune

 

Never drove an Autocar or a 359.
But the GMC was one of my worst trucks, felt like you were sitting on the floor and couldn't see anything over that hood.
I did local ltl, so visibility was important.

The other two were kinda cool,

318 Detroit with a 13sp in an old Ford L9000. It was fun, but loud, barely could hear the radio in that truck. And hot as hell in the summer.

Then my dads 1992 KW T800 day cab with the 3406b, 9 sp.
Ran Edison to Carlisle, nobody passed my on the flats, but lost it all on the hills. Must have been the gear ratio.. That was a good motor, we got around 6.2 mpg, and always passed the NJ emission test with flying colors. Had over 700K when he was done, never opened the engine. All local NJ,NY,PA.