2002 Peterbilt 379 by Stretch Customs: A zero-miles 'time capsule'

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]All right, it's Kevin Love with Stretch Customs at Lubbock Texas. We got an '02 379 glider here that was never put together. It was delivered from the factory with just a bare frame rails out the back, no motor transmission, and like I said, it's still got zero miles on it.

[00:00:18]The story behind the truck was the guy that bought it, he had a friend who helped him build stuff and that, and his friend passed away. So, he was a trucker, so he kept driving his other truck. Never got Never got around to putting this one together.

[00:00:33]And then he passed away in a car accident as well.

[00:00:36]So, we found it from his wife and bought it, and we were going to fix it all up and everything, and then a friend of ours, Gary Neil, he wanted to buy it and fix it up, so uh that's what we do. We restore these trucks, so I was already doing this '87 for Gary's son, Matt, and uh it just worked out that we ended up doing this, so it was It was pretty cool build putting it together, you know, it's something you don't find every day a 2002 that still has a plastic on the on the carpet, you know. So, he had a brand new uh twin turbo A cert motor cat we put in it with an 18-speed. We put all new drive lines in it. We put a low air leaf suspension on the back. It's 330 wheel base.

[00:01:17]And like I said, it's still got zero miles on it.

[00:01:20]Um first time it's ever rolled out of a shop on its own power was just a couple days ago to get on the float here to come here, so Yeah, how do you preserve it at zero miles? You know, load it onto That's it.

[00:01:31]>> a trick to it.

[00:01:32]>> Yeah, I mean, we We're just not going to plug in the speed sensor. Yeah. You know, it Yeah, because you It's just driving it around the yard and stuff, it'd turn over to one eventually, right?

[00:01:41]But, it's never been driven on the road.

[00:01:44]Uh it's just a time capsule. It's a bed and breakfast sleeper with a table that folds down. It's something that uh is very rare. I was just talking to the guy from Peterbilt here, he helped design these bunks Really?

[00:01:53]>> [music] >> back in the day, and he said they were lucky to build one a week cuz they were so intricate that everything that's inside of them with the bed that folds down. It was always my favorite sleeper, too, so.

[00:02:04]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:02:05]It's pretty cool. Yeah. So, what was um you know, taking on a a pretty much a brand new truck, what's the build process like on something like that?

[00:02:12]>> This one actually came together really quick because, you know, we we just took the cab and sleeper off, set it down.

[00:02:18]Unfortunately, it was really faded from the sun really bad, so we had to repaint it. But uh as far as putting it back together, I mean, everything's still there. You just plug and play, turn the power on, all the lights work inside.

[00:02:29]The interior was, you know, pristine. We didn't have to do anything to the interior, just clean it up, so.

[00:02:34]>> Yeah. Uh it was really neat and uh really fortunate to meet somebody like Gary Neal and his son Matt. I mean, super nice people. You know, what custom additions did you make to it? I know you didn't want to do too much to it.

[00:02:45]>> Yeah. Really, I mean, other than the CAT engine, it's longer like it So, it was factory It was ordered factory 336 wheelbase with a Neway air ride cuz the guy was a heavy hauler. So, it just had the bare stubs out at the back, so nobody wants Neway and you know, unless you're working it with a purpose, and Gary just wanted to show it, so we put a low air leaf on the back and that's where it ended up.

[00:03:07]330 wheelbase, so.

[00:03:09]Yeah. All right.