Driving the 1949 peterbilt down the road

We just pulled this thing after it sat for a good while and just drove it to a friends house. Dad was following me and our friend steve and he clocked us going 42 mph. That's the fastest it will go with mack rear ends and a direct 5 speed eaton main box. LOL. It has a 280 cummins, 5+4 transmission and mack rear ends.

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• 1949
• peterbilt
• 280
• cummins
• kenworth
• freightliner
• caterpillar
• detroit
• diesel
• old
• antique
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• rattlebox
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• twin
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• mack
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[THOMASOAKMAN]

I wanna learn this art. My VW's 5 speed is so simple compared to this.

[Hotrodx199]

@THOMASOAKMAN It's hard to learn, i drove a 13 speed my first time last weekend, it takes practice shifting. You can practice getting in gears with no clutch with your 5 speed if you're careful, i do it all the time

[ahnbra]

Why were you having so much trouble shifting? Were you not double or teipple cluching or are you that unfirmilar wiht th shifting pattern? I am just wondering why you were grinding the gears os much. I have never driven a maunual that big befor so I do not understand and want to understand please. Nice video. I am glad you guys didn't tip that tuck over after all that would have sucked. Good luck wiht the restoration.

[Hotrodx199]

@ahnbra It a non synchomesh transmission, and with 2 sticks it's rather hard to shift it double clutching or not if you're not used to driving one. And the guy driving this hasn't driven a twin stick for awhile, just a little rusty but he has it good now.

[forkdriver500]

@Hotrodx199 No point having "teeth" if you don't keep em clean! (old dad joke about grinding gears :P)

Dosen't anyone understand the term "crashbox" anymore?

[Hotrodx199]

@forkdriver500 i don't think so, i think another term is dogbox but im not sure.

[CHEVYMUDJUNKY]

If you can't Find 'Em, Grind 'Em ; )

[oltrucksrule]

It takes a driver for that truck not a steering wheel holder

[BCRification]

That was the "hot set-up" in its day.....cool video! Love the old "johnny bar" on the dash. They looked like a train throttle or something!

[hotrodZack1948]

rad!



[79tazman]

What is that big lever on the pass side is that for the fifth wheel?

[deepwoodskentuckian]

@ahnbra dude those old trucks were box gear setup. you have to keep in mind these were a pain in the kester to shift. truckers are thankful these are gone

[volkscom]

@KENWORTH8470 English Motherfucker! Do You Speak It?

[NcalBiker]

Brings back memories. First truck was a '49, 335, 5x3, 255"wb. Love the old flat dash Pete's. Have fun!

[Cscholl1982]

Looks like the guy is just trying to shift to quick for the rpm, but i would to if it had sat that long, not trying to over run a motor that sat for ever. Ive driven a few of these older style trucks, it can be a night mare if your brains not functioning or if ya didnt get a full pot of coffee in before trying to drive them lol