Holy crap. Better know your gears and better have lifted some weights. In those days it was power nothing.

This was great. And I’m glad to see that a young kid knows how to make that truck sing. And listen to that wonderful compression release! The suicide knob on the thin wheel! Look at that beautiful long, narrow, tall hood! Feel that omniscient, lofty, left seat perch!

No air conditioning. Just a fan on the right side of the meager dash.

I love the shifting of the multiple gears and the two shift levers!

Then watch the accomplished downshifting, the addition of the compression release once more. This kid knows how to work that truck. No clutch, just brilliant RPM matching.

Listen to those deep-throated pipes!

By the way, what does a 1950 Kenworth look like? This:

Ah, the days!

BZ