This a V8 Superliner, started out as a 440hp custom built for Ross Douglas. Before he traded it he took the engine out to 500 and Truckstops added what is a Kenworth sleeper box on the back of what had been a logger hauling shorts with a pull trailer behind. Many years later when we brought the truck it was a short distance away from being wrecked in a small shed down a drive, rusted and a non runner. It had a tidy up after that and a motor overhaul 10 years ago with a full paint and panel just under 2 years past. It's putting out around 650 hp now, it's heavy as hell in the steering at low speed, tough on the clutch and hard to see over the bonnet in tight yards but on the highway or motorway she's a dream truck despite her 28 years. She's a truck with a few stories to tell and a mountain climber like no other.
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