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Happy Toyz truck in Maximum Overdrive is Wstern Star 4900

[edit] Comin' in first?

"They were one of the first to come out with a cab-over-engine, or COE, model in 1957." 1957 was "one of the first"? GM, Ford, & Stude had COEs in the 1930s. Trekphiler 12:17, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't exactly call the Studebaker, Ford or GM units true cabovers, as they did have a slight protuberant nose from the front of their vehicles. When it comes down to Class 8 trucks, Kenworth was the first, and it's pretty well documented throughout the trucking industry. Srosenow 98 (talk) 09:18, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kenworth page - total rewrite anyone?!

I think it may be time to totally rewrite this page, and do a total reorganization from top to bottom. I've already began writing a major rewrite of the Kenworth history portion of my website to reflect loads of new information (verifiable in a third party publication of course), and I am going to contribute major portions of that rewrite to this page in the "Kenworth-built school buses" section when I'm finished. I've learned recently that Kenworth was a major player in the transit and school bus industry from almost the beginnings of the company (when it was known as Gerlinger Motor Car Works), up to 1957 when PACCAR sold the rights to Gillig. Srosenow 98 (talk) 09:18, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Wiki is supposed to be fact-based, leave the puffery to the company flaks. And a "Cab-Over-Engine" means that the driver's compartment is above, rather than behind, or beside, or in front of, the engine, by which definition, the trucks of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, including the Kenworth "bullnose" models, qualify. Here are some pretty compelling examples:

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/bullnose_kw.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by See2xu (talk • contribs) 18:08, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Puffery? I seriously doubt any "puffery" is going on here. I've got loads of reference materials at my fingertips in regards to Kenworth's history, and most of those were used at great lengths to add to this article.Srosenow 98 (talk) 06:41, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Logo

The first photo caption refers to the KW logo as a "bug" but there is no mention of that in the article - there probably should be to avoid confusion. Is there a history of the logo that could be added to the page?139.48.25.61 (talk) 15:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)