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Pride & Polish
2019 GATS Best of Show, Builders Class: A ‘Foolish Habit’ pays off
The complete teardown and rebuild of the 2000 Peterbilt 379 included installing late-model doors and mirrors and replacing all wearable parts. The sleeper now features a couch and large sound system instead of a bunk, since the truck is used only for show.
October 11, 2019
Custom Rigs
Retired owner-op’s ‘Spice of Life’ Pete 379
The truck's moniker is in honor of the owner's late wife, Joan, who used the phrase as her CB handle. She was his co-driver when they hauled van freight together before he bought this truck. She passed away in 2010.
August 13, 2019
Custom Rigs
Trucker’s ‘Excessive Behavior’ yields one-of-a-kind 1999 Peterbilt 379
Lawson, Missouri-based owner-operator Gary Jones wanted to do something with his 1999 Peterbilt 379 EXHD that hasn’t been done before. That desire resulted in the airbrushed smoky flames that cover his rig and trailer.
May 23, 2019
Custom Rigs
Custom 379 not your average work truck
Owned by Caldwell, Texas-based Equipment Express, this custom Peterbilt 379 features 389-style headlights, cab-mounted mirrors, chopped breathers and more. Check it out!
August 9, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Trucking needs the ‘brotherhood virus’ to come alive, spread
Listen to Overdrive Radio's podcast to hear what owner-operator Jim Bardsley has to say about his 30+ year trucking career, the trucking industry, and more.
May 11, 2018
Custom Rigs
Like father, like son: ’95 Pete 379 unconventionally passed to new generation
Jerry Ward bought the rig around the year 2000 and drove it for about 10 years before selling it to a local fleet. In 2014, his son, Jeremy – who always loved the truck – bought the truck back through a lease-purchase program and has been working on improving it since then.
March 1, 2018
Business
Peterbilt’s no-idle heater system now available in 579, 567 models with 44-inch sleepers
With this addition, the heaters can now be spec’d in the full range of Peterbilt sleepers: 44-, 58-, 72- and 80-inch.
September 21, 2016
Custom Rigs
Ruling the roost: ‘Chicken Thang’ and its one-off yellow paint make for a stand-out rig
Eye-catching working show truck
September 20, 2016
Custom Rigs
California Dreamin’: Freddy Velasco’s custom 2003 Peterbilt 379
Stretched frame. Check. Custom paint, interior? Check. Pride & Polish trophies? Oh yes. Catch this video interview with and plenty of views of Freddy Velasco’s 2003 Pete from GATS 2015.
September 10, 2015
Custom Rigs
‘I just like the clean look and old school’
Owner-operator Sam Redmon has run this 2007 Peterbilt 379 since he purchased it in 2010.
May 29, 2015
Channel 19
SuperRigs 2013 calendar: Familiar face in an unfamiliar place
Sneak peak at familiar faces in the Shell SuperRigs 2013 calendar, now available with an oil change at participating locations. And: Vid from the 2012 30th anniversary show in Joplin, Mo., highlighting the city’s rebuilding efforts.
November 8, 2012
Life
Back ‘On the Road’
Driver and songwriter Tony Justice’s trucking CD is back on the truckstop racks, blazing new trails for independent artists — and benefiting a good cause.
October 18, 2012
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