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Junior Elmore’s 1975 Diamond Reo cabover No. 12, or: The corn-fed kid in Nebraska
Don Christner takes you inside Junior Elmore's 1975 Diamond Reo cabover. From the two-cycle V8 Detroit Diesel engine to its dual stacks, take a look today.
August 13, 2018
Custom Rigs
From the cabover collection: Bevy of new photos of classics by Don Christner
Reader and sometime Overdrive content contributor Don Christner, based in Wyoming, took all of the photos in the post at a military-supply store called Supply Sargent in Cheyenne.
October 20, 2016
Channel 19
13 reasons you hang on to that old truck
Having a truck paid off makes for a boost in versatility in decisions about the business — in a variety of ways, too, many associated with outright ownership of specifically older equipment, experienced truck owner-operators note.
August 17, 2016
Channel 19
Meet Leon ‘Butch’ Mueller and his 1971 Pete 358
Yesterday at Roehl Transport, after a day of talking with TCA/Truckers News Company Driver of the Year John Moeller (pictured here behind me in one of his Roehl Freightliner Coronado’s drives’ hubs), Roehl President and COO Rick Roehl and I were talking about owner-operator Bryan Dax as I prepared to head off to Two Rivers, […]
March 21, 2012
Channel 19
VID: Cracking Evel’s safe with Robb Mariani, Brad Wike
And, most importantly, small fleet owner Wike’s lead mechanic Frank Phipps (pictured), who did the vast majority of the heavy lifting with a blow torch and drill, Wike himself with the plasma cutter, at Wike’s place of business in Lincolnton, N.C., on Saturday. As with many such endeavors, the process of it all was much […]
February 20, 2012
Channel 19
Safe-cracking time: The Evel Knievel haul rig restore-in-progress
If all goes well, says American Trucker host Robb Mariani, tomorrow he, North Carolina-based Brad Wike and the rig’s owner will at least attempt to crack a gallon-size safe found under a cabinet in the floor of the Evel Knievel haul rig Mariani located and featured on his show last year (check out the “Finding […]
February 17, 2012
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