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.)

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Clampettism of the Day!

Clampettism: (1) An action, idea or object displaying Clampett-like traits or characteristics. (2) An operation undertaken in a fashion to evoke Clampett-like styles or behaviors. (3) An operation gone awry with unintended side effects resulting in a Clampett-like outcome.

Clampettism of the Day is a new feature of this blog, designed to showcase actions, ideas or objects that meet the Clampettism criteria outlined above. If you have a Clampettism you would like to share, leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

Here is the first Clampettism of the Day.


















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