Rescuing a 1977 Peterbuilt 359

Come on man. Your not serious are you. Please tell me you’re kidding
You drive an epa truck and you always have. Epa trucks are silenced buy the dpf

 

I think some would stay and some would run. The ones that stay, would get hand shake from me.Speaking to semi-retired.

 

I would very much like to drive 'er around! I hope I could handle being in it for weeks at a time since I survived a cab-over and been on a truck since I was 14!!! But, I wont be ####y, everything has it's own challenges!

 

Yeah... it sounds amazing. Simple as that

 

I know 6 other guys under 25 who would love to have that thing and drive it, a couple of them are under 20.

 

Idk if I count as a youngun at 29, but if that was gone through and restored a little I’d drive the F*** out of that truck

 

I high horse power c-18 with 18 spd manual would make it fun as all hell

 

Oh I'm sure they would enjoy driving it, but it's kind of like letting your kid drive your Ferrari.

Again, no offense to anyone, but no anti lock brakes so you actually have to know how to drive." But the computer makes sure I can stop." No automatic braking, again, you need to know how to drive. "You mean I have to actually pay attention and watch the traffic?" No computer to govern the engine, so you have to have common sense. " But the computer makes sure I won't get a ticket." You have to check the oil and water every single morning. "But the computer tells me when everything is low. Why would I have to check the water and oil every day? You are pulling my leg, right?" You have to watch your gauges because you don't have a computer to shut the engine down before it's damaged. "How am I supposed to watch the gauges and drive? That sounds dangerous to me. I don't know how anyone could do that ! The computer does all that for me. It sends off bells and whistles if I have a problem." You don't have a computer to scream at you if you over rev going down a hill. "What does over rev mean? You are really confusing me man. I'm a good driver. I just get in and go. The computer tells me what to do all the time." No automatic transmission and no cruise control, so you have to pay attention to what you're doing. "But the computer does everything for me. How can I do all this? Nobody can do all of this AND shift gears!" No computer to let the truck idle for 2 minutes before it shuts down. " "But the computer does that automatically. I always wondered why the truck keeps running. I didn't know I was supposed to let it idle..." And if you have manual slack adjusters...
"my head hurts. I don't understand what you're trying to tell me. This is all too much work. I just get in the truck and drive I don't know what you expect from me. The computer does everything I don't have to do any of this stupid stuff."

The only way any Youngun would get in the truck I had like that is if they went through MY schooling. Again, no offense to anyone, but in the end you would have some goon look at you and say, "boy that was fun to drive" as you look at your beautiful truck blown up like it was in Beirut.

Technology relieves people of skill. Like the youngn'' at the cash register. If for some reason that cash register didn't flash them the number and they had to count the change, great confusion would ensue if you were paying $0.99 and gave them a dollar.

 

You would have to teach them how to drive the thing yes, but I guarantee if you took some 20 year old and taught them to drive an old truck like that, the right way to drive it not just how to not run people over, you would have a better driver than you find in most of the mega fleet, crapomatic pieces of plastic.