T. A. Peterman, short for Theodore Alfred Al Peterman, was the founder of Peterbilt Motors Company. He was born on March 22, 1893, in Tacoma, Washington, and his early business career was in logging and timber in Washington state, where he owned a mill in Tacoma that produced plywood. For company use he began to invest in modifying and rebuilding surplus military vehicles and older logging trucks. In 1939, with a need to expand his timber interests and a desire to build custom logging trucks, he acquired the Fageol Truck and Coach Company of Oakland, California, from Sterling Motor Truck Co. Peterman died of cancer on November 16, 1944, in Vancouver, Washington.
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Peterman, short for Theodore Alfred "Al" Peterman, was the founder of Peterbilt Motors Company.
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Peterman, short for Theodore Alfred "Al" Peterman, was the founder of Peterbilt Motors Company.
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The namesake of company founder T. A. "Al" Peterman, it was established in 1939 from the acquisition of Fageol Truck and Motor Company, and has operated as part of PACCAR since 1958.
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