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<p>[QUOTE="SmallPackage, post: 12059786, member: 290219"] <ul> <li>Peterbilt had an in house factory rebuild program in the early days. For instance you could take in your 10 year old ‘62 and have it completely rebuilt factory fresh new with new cab and it would still be a ‘62 but just as new as a ‘72. They would even convert a conventional to cab over or vise versa. Dealers would send back trade-ins and have them rebuilt and sell them much cheaper then new. A factory glider. Thats what the “G” added to the end of the serial number meant back then. When they closed Oakland and opened Denton they discontinued this option. That’s were Fitzgerald and others took over. <br /> </li> <li>Many other manufactures did the same thing but I know only of Peterbilt’s history. </li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SmallPackage, post: 12059786, member: 290219"][LIST] [*]Peterbilt had an in house factory rebuild program in the early days. For instance you could take in your 10 year old ‘62 and have it completely rebuilt factory fresh new with new cab and it would still be a ‘62 but just as new as a ‘72. They would even convert a conventional to cab over or vise versa. Dealers would send back trade-ins and have them rebuilt and sell them much cheaper then new. A factory glider. Thats what the “G” added to the end of the serial number meant back then. When they closed Oakland and opened Denton they discontinued this option. That’s were Fitzgerald and others took over. [*]Many other manufactures did the same thing but I know only of Peterbilt’s history. [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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