Peterbilt Trucks of the 1960s

by Ron Adams

T. A. Peterman needed a better truck to haul logs in the northwest, so after experimenting and then acquiring Fageol Motors, he came up with a formula to create rugged, tough trucks to battle curvaceous, undependable mountain roads, earning the nickname 'betterbuilt' trucks. Peterman died in 1945, but management helped make Peterbilt a serious producer of heavy-duty trucks up to its sale to PACCAR in the late 1950s. In August 1960 Peterbilt moved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583882782
• ISBN13: 9781583882788
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Enthusiast Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.1"