I like your handle, reminds me of an apropos joke...
Old truckers never die, they just get a new Peterbilt.
But mine is because instead of being a motor head in high school, I bought an old '65 KW and did a complete restoration on it.
Since then I've built 5 others from salvages and wrecks.
This is one of my favorites, an old oil field tanker that I made into a 850 hp, 2,000 ft lb. of torque, 130 mph road cruiser...
and my name is Rob so it all seemed appropriate