A little background on the Million Dollar Baby

A little background on the Million Dollar Baby.
The truck is a 1992 Kenworth B Model W-900. It has a 425 h.p. 3406 B-Model Caterpillar engine, a 15 speed deep-reduction transmission with 3:55 Eaton 402 rear ends. It has the V.I.T. Kenworth interior and the Aerodyne I style 60" walk in sleeper with double bunks. It had a 270 inch wheelbase before I cut it down, and I haven't measured it since.
It has approximately 1.5 million miles on it, and I drove it about 900,000 of those miles. I had an inframe rebuild done to the engine in 1999, and it's been running untouched ever since. (Same turbocharger since then too! Today's lesson is change the oil regularly!)
It's on the third clutch since new, and I put an Eaton reconditioned transmission in it at about 1.3 million miles. (It didn't need a clutch then, but I put one in it anyway since the transmission was out already.)

Friday, July 15, 2011

IT FITS! (Although I will admit, we didn't know that up front.)


It fits, but it sure is rusty.










The seal of approval from Brother Kenny.

But the bed is still rusty.








Nothing a little sandblasting won't cure!










That's Better!


This is Herculiner on the top of the bed and primer on the sides. We're going to put the Herculiner on the side as well, but we had to paint the sides of the bed to keep it from rusting. The bed needs a little fabrication in the back, so we'll put the Herculiner on it after we get the repairs done.
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