The "Round Nose" model of 500 series represents the beginning of the contemporary high COE configuration at Kenworth. Sharing the doors and certain roof parts with the conventional models, it also possessed a semblance of a front fender. High front...
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The first new postwar truck with cab over the engine layout was the range 500. This version used doors, roof elements and chassis from conventional models of 500 series. For the original shape of the front end the truck received nickname "Bull-Nose"....
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In 1951 was created a hybrid of a truck and bus - the CargoCoach, with the "Bruck" (Bus + tRUCK) nickname. The front part was taken from the Kenworth T126 SchoolCoach and had 17 seats. The rear part is a cargo van. Hall-Scott engine had a capacity of...
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In the 1954 Kenworth truck produced a qualitatively new design, where the cabin was located near the engine (CBE - cab-beside-engine). This half-cab provided better visibility for the driver, vehicle weight reduction and increased capacity. These trucks...
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In 1955, shortly after the releasing of the CBE model the company launched a new versions of series 500 with the cab over the engine, which replaced the popular "BullNose" (these reliable machines were permanently removed from production only in 1956),...
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