The Mid-America Trucking Show wraps up Saturday, March 28. Below is one final gallery of the show trucks competing in the trade show’s truck beauty competition. Click here to see all of Overdrive’s coverage of this year’s MATS, including several other galleries of show truck competitors.
This bulldog model knows his way around the 1979 Mack Superliner owned by truck show veteran Jerry Kissinger at the PKY Truck Beauty Championship. Kissinger and his late brother Jack started work on the truck six years ago. The truck is dedicated to Jack, who passed away a year ago.
John Jaikes of Precision Transportation, Nanticoke, Pa., installed the cool side vents that open and close on his 1999 Kenworth W900L.
Signage on this 2004 Pete indicates a number of customizers had a hand in its muscular look.
This Pete is being shown by Ace Doran Hauling & Rigging Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
J&L is cut into the grille and air cleaners of this 2015 Pete 389 by Brunner Fabrication of Joplin, Mo., to acknowledge owner J&L Contracting of Springfield, Mo.
Michael A. Manuel Trucking of White Post, Va., brought this 2014 Pete 389 Fitzgerald glider kit to compete in Louisville, Ky.
You know you’ve got some serious stainless when it casts this much reflection on the pavement. Jack C. Moss Trucking of Germantown, Wis., brought this Pete to the Mid-America Trucking Show’s PKY competition.
A few of the entries in the PKY Truck Beauty Championship have this enhanced Pete branding on the hood. It indicates a Pride & Class edition truck, which also features a special grille and custom features on the interior. This one is on a 2015 Pete 389 owned by First Class Services.
First Class Services’ Mac trailer, pulled by a 2015 Pete 389, boasts a lot of shine.
