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T.A. Peterman, short for Theodore Alfred "Al" Peterman, was the founder of Peterbilt Motors Company.

Born on March 22, 1893, Peterman was in the logging business in the West Coast, where he modified and improved several used trucks for hauling jobs. In 1939, Peterman acquired Fageol Truck and Coach Company of Oakland California,[1] from Sterling Motor Truck Co. The first Peterbilt trucks were nearly identical in appearance to the former Fageol designs.

Peterman died of cancer on November 16, 1944, in Tacoma, Washington,USA, at the age of 51.[2]

References

  1. ^ Peterbilt Trucks - From the Chain Drive to the Peterbilt 379
  2. ^ Peterbilt Motors Co.


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