If you’re a producer of heavy-duty commercial vehicles, you’ll want to build a rig that truckers love. Key elements of that recipe include durability and engineering ingenuity, two qualities this 1950 Kenworth Bull Nose sleeper cab here on eBay possesses in spades. This is clearly a project, but I think it’s more a case of well-aged cosmetics that makes this truck look rougher than it is. There’s a reserve number and an opening bid of $4,500 with no action at the moment.

The seller bought the truck from the original owner, but due to health problems, cannot complete the restoration. The Cummins powerplant was a trusty stead to the former 80-year-old prior owner, who used it to haul chickens weekly to Dallas. The seller has never actually heard the truck run but claims it isn’t stuck. It also comes with the original fifth wheel and features a 5 + 3 transmission. The 200,000 mile odometer reading is likely very low compared to what these trucks are expected to do over their lifetime.

There’s nothing pretty in the interior, but I suppose hauling chickens can be a messy job, so why risk ruining wood trim and high-grade vinyl? Of course, those features were likely never options to begin with when spec’ing out trucks like these in the 1950s. Today, there’s no shortage of luxuries you can add in to tractors made by the likes of Volvo, Peterbilt and Freightliner. The fact that this Bull Nose came with sleeping quarters was probably considered more than enough luxury when new!

When we’ve featured trucks in the past, our readers have shown themselves to be quite well-versed in the specifications, models and history of various tractor cabs. While this Bull Nose looks like a great foundation to me, we’ll look forward to your comments either supporting or debunking that theory! Of course, the bidders will also have a say in whether this Kenworth returns to the highways and byways – maybe there’s a chicken farm in need of a new hauler?