The image of barrels on the door paid tribute to the family business. The photo by Paul Hartley/ADD Media appeared in the 2006 Pride & Polish calendar, sponsored by Mobil Delvac.Outside of artsy graphics, it’s hard to make a distinctive mark with a customized big rig, but Camille Carnaggio Jr. found a way. He brought a matching yellow truck and Camaro to the 2005 Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.
“I used to race in the ‘70s, and I quit,” he said at the time. He’d bought the 1985 Camaro – “just a toy” – three years earlier.
See all of the 30th anniversary coverage for Overdrive‘s Pride & Polish here.Carnaggio never placed first at the quarter-mile drag races near his home in Hester, Louisiana, but he made up for that at the 2005 Overdrive’s Pride & Polish with his 1995 Peterbilt 379. He received the Charity’s Choice award and firsts in the Specialty category and the Peterbilt Council of Class.
The Pete’s graphics paid homage to the family business, Belmont Lumber, established in 1950 by Camille Carnaggio Sr. The image on the door shows barrels and other wooden objects. “We used to make bushel baskets and hampers,” Eric Carnaggio said of his grandfather’s business. “That was his logo.”
