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Truck of the Day ; May 22, 2013; Matchbox '81 Peterbilt 359 Conventional
Topic Started: May 26 2013, 07:38 PM (720 Views)
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The truck for today is the Matchbox 1981 Peterbilt 359 Conventional.

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Peterbilt Motors Company, founded in 1939, is an American manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty Class 5 through Class 8 trucks headquartered in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1939 Peterbilt operates manufacturing facilities in Denton, Texas (1980), and Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec. From the early 1960s until the mid-1980s, the company was based in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, with its headquarters, and main plant all in Newark, California. The Newark plant closed in 1986 and consolidated manufacturing at its facilities in Denton, TX and Madison, TN. In 1993 headquarters and engineering also moved to Denton. The Nashville plant was closed in 2009.


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359: Introduced 1967 this was the first long-nosed conventional Peterbilt. (289 single drive). 1967–1972 it had the small-windowed "Unilite" cab. The first 359 was spec'd as a wrecker and sold to Coast Counties Peterbilt. In 1973, the 1100 series cab with bulkhead-style doors debuted (late 1972) Distinctive "Corvette" dash added 1977. Formal name "Dash of Class." The 359 was in production until 1987, when it was replaced by its successor the model "379." 1987 Peterbilt produced the "359 Classic," a limited run of 359 trucks with numbered dash plaques. The bulkhead style doors of the 1100 series cab are still used today.


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Check out Wikipedia.com to learn more on the Peterbuilt 359.

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This Lesney issue was made in England and offers up nice usage of the 8 spoke industrial wheels.

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Christian has a nice listing of variations for this casting. http://www.mboxcommunity.com/cfalkens/Matchbox/Catalog/MI/MI001-200/MI106/ChF-MI106.htm

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Stampede
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Very nice! I might have this one, but in a dump truck form!
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juantoo3
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OK, the package *does* say Peterbilt. I would have guessed International, maybe GMC, or even Autocar...but not Pete.
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Back in the days when Matchbox made nice looking truck models!!!
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Stampede
May 26 2013, 08:00 PM
Very nice! I might have this one, but in a dump truck form!
Very cool! I think Matchbox also used this cab for a tank truck and a cement mixer. I remember having a milk version with cow spots all over it!

I really love Matchbox rigs in the mainline, and I hope that for 2014 we can have another licensed rig, like a Mack Titan or Freightliner Cascadia. That would be the day!
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Based on the overstock of some of the big rigs this past year, they may not be too anxious to issue new ones. Some stores like WM's here clearanced out a lot of the Working Rigs
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