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Article of the month provided by 10-4 Magazine

December , 2011

Steve Moss’ Old “Iron Nose” Is A Rare Breed

By Daniel J. Linss - Editor

Posted in: Cover Features

Finding a perfect truck these days is not all that rare. Finding a rare truck that is perfect, now that is a little less common – but we did. Steve Moss (36) of Colgate, Wisconsin purchased this 1952 Peterbilt 350 six years ago, and since less than 850 of them were ever produced, they are considered to be very rare finds these days. When Steve found this truck, it had been rebuilt (sort of) and the cab had been put on a newer chassis and drivetrain – Steve thought he could clean it up a bit and then use it as a spare truck. But once the “clean-up” project began, it quickly became a full frame-up restoration. Today, this perfect rig is just a “hobby truck” that Steve enjoys taking to shows from time to time, but it has a pretty colorful history.

Steve was born and raised in Wisconsin. His dad, Jack Moss, started trucking in the early 1970s, and as soon as Steve was old enough, he began going out on runs with him. Back in those days, Jack drove a cabover Kenworth for Highway Transit (Steve logged a lot of miles in the right seat of that old cabover). In 1980, Jack bought his first truck – a 1974 Pete 359 short hood with a 30” sleeper – and in 1989, he bought his first new Peterbilt from the local dealer in Green Bay. Steve remembers going to pick that new truck up with his dad. At only 13 years old, Steve drove it all the way home in the snow. His dad told him, “Put on a hat, it makes you look older!”

At 14 years old, Steve started working at a local company called Tank Transport, first just washing trucks, then eventually doing brake jobs, servicing trailers, and doing whatever else needed to be done. Steve worked there for four years. When Steve was 17, his dad dragged him out to Whitelaw, WI one night to go look at a truck – Steve just figured it was for his dad, and was not happy about having to go. But when he saw the dark green Peterbilt 359 with a small bunk and a long hood sitting there, Steve fell in love. And when his dad asked him if he wanted to buy it – for himself – Steve really went crazy.

Jack financed the truck for his son with the stipulation that he would sign on at Best Block, where he was leased to, and stay there until the truck was paid for. Steve agreed, and on his 18th birthday, got his CDL and then started trucking. Later, Steve realized that his dad, probably trying to keep him out of harm’s way, had “steered” him into trucking with this deal, because Steve had planned on joining the Marines after high school. Jack is famous for booting Steve in the butt when he feels that he is going in the wrong direction or about to make a dumb decision, but he does it without ever saying anything directly or telling him what to do. Needless to say, once Steve started trucking, he never looked back – and Jack probably knew that’s what would happen.

That first truck, a 1984 Pete 359 long hood, was a pretty cool ride – even by today’s standards. Featuring a 220-inch wheelbase, dark green paint, dual aluminum tanks, 6-inch exhaust with Pickett-style elbows, dual round headlights, all aluminum wheels, and a 36-inch sleeper with brown interior, it sounds like something straight out of today’s “old school” truck file. Signing on at Best Block like he promised, Steve began delivering concrete block locally to homes and commercial building sites with a boom trailer (so he could unload himself). Steve worked hard to pay that truck off as quickly as possible, but once he did, he just kept trucking with it.

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