From time to time, people talk about building cabover expediter trucks. Custom built cabovers have been done. This is a photo of a custom-built cabover truck Glen Rice built in 1985.
It is a 1985 Kenworth K100E. He bought the cab new for $81,000. The sleeper conversion cost $19,900. It is a 120 inch sleeper behind the cabover bunk. By design, the roof lines and sleeper rivits line up perfectly with those on the cab. Glen bought a K100E roof section off a wrecked truck in a junk yard. The sleeper builder used the roof section as a mold template for the sleeper sections. The sleeper connected to the cab bunk section with a boot that was sealed with snaps. The ability to unsnap the boot was needed to raise the cab and get at the engine.
It is easy to imagine an expediter truck body behind the sleeper instead of the fifth wheel shown in the photo.
It is a 1985 Kenworth K100E. He bought the cab new for $81,000. The sleeper conversion cost $19,900. It is a 120 inch sleeper behind the cabover bunk. By design, the roof lines and sleeper rivits line up perfectly with those on the cab. Glen bought a K100E roof section off a wrecked truck in a junk yard. The sleeper builder used the roof section as a mold template for the sleeper sections. The sleeper connected to the cab bunk section with a boot that was sealed with snaps. The ability to unsnap the boot was needed to raise the cab and get at the engine.
It is easy to imagine an expediter truck body behind the sleeper instead of the fifth wheel shown in the photo.
