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Pride & Polish: A photo gallery to end all galleries
If you’ve missed it as yet, check out the 400-plus photo gallery from the Pride & Polish event a few weeks gone in Wildwood, Fla., over on the P&P website.
May 17, 2014
Custom Rigs
Photo gallery: Working show trucks and more from SuperRigs
Here’s another sampling of the trucks (along with some other sights) competing at Shell Rotella’s SuperRigs show at the zMax Dragway this weekend.
May 16, 2014
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Photo gallery: Trucks under the sun on day 2 of SuperRigs
It’s early yet on the second day of Shell Rotella’s SuperRigs competition, but trucks are rolling through the judging line and lots of others are staging themselves on the lot at the zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C. Here’s a quick peak at some of the trucks on hand this morning.
May 16, 2014
Custom Rigs
Custom ’95 Pete 379 showing at SuperRigs
Brian Babcock, owner of Automotive Additions, brought his ’95 Pete to Shell Rotella’s SuperRigs show at the zMax Dragway May 15, 2014. In this interview, he talks about some of the truck’s features and why he enjoys showing it.
May 15, 2014
Custom Rigs
Photo gallery: SuperRigs competitors brave the rain on Day 1
Shell Rotella’s annual SuperRigs show began this morning at the zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C., to an uncooperative line of thunderstorms. Competitors, however, haven’t been bashful, showing up to brave the conditions.
May 15, 2014
Custom Rigs
Shell’s SuperRigs show takes place this week in Charlotte, N.C.
The annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition will be held May 15-17 at the zMax Dragway adjacent to the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
May 13, 2014
Custom Rigs
Rod Hannifey’s Australian ‘Industry Vehicle’
Australian owner-operator Rod Hannifey and his Kenworth K200 cabover and double curtainside flats run the roads down under hauling freight and promoting share-the-road-type initiatives as well as driver-advocacy over parking and other issues there.
May 12, 2014
Custom Rigs
Long Haul Survivor benefit rig goes to Michigan-based driver Brittany Dunigan
Twenty-one-year-old Dunigan got the call the evening of May 4 in Michigan and “her first comment was ‘are you telling me I won that Purple Peterbilt?’”
May 8, 2014
Custom Rigs
Picture perfect: Show hauling ’99 Kenworth
Owner-operator Dale Burke of Strongsville, Ohio, snapped this picture of his rig while at a show at the Hilton at Universal Studios, Fla.
May 8, 2014
Custom Rigs
Award-winning ’88 Pete sports racing green stripes, chrome, 312-in. wheelbase
Joel Dawes, owner and operator of the small reefer fleet Dawes Contractor Carriers out of Waterford, Wis., has been toting this 1988 Peterbilt 379 around the show circuit the last two seasons.
May 5, 2014
Custom Rigs
A rebuilding success story that gets 8.3 mpg
If you say you’re not mechanically inclined, I’ll tell you that you’re never too old to learn, and you can save yourself thousands of dollars by doing some of your own work and repairs. Here’s one such success story.
May 2, 2014
Pride & Polish
Reigning national champs continue victory streak at 75 Chrome Shop Pride & Polish
Familiar faces earned the top spots at the 75 Chrome Shop Pride & Polish show in Wildwood, Fla., this weekend.
April 28, 2014
Pride & Polish
PHOTOS: Show trucks shining in Wildwood at 2014’s first Pride & Polish stop
In the gallery above are some of the show trucks on display this weekend at the 75 Chrome Shop Pride & Polish show in Wildwood, Fla.
April 25, 2014
Custom Rigs
Anthony Fischkelta’s 2014 custom KW, done for now
Done and done — for now. Fischkelta’s put his custom 2014 KW to work hauling reefer freight between New Jersey and Boston. Photos of the 331-inch wheelbase beauty here. More work on the interior to come…
April 24, 2014
Custom Rigs
2014 Pride & Polish shows kick off this week in Wildwood, Fla.
The 2014 Pride & Polish National Championship series continues in Wildwood, Fla., at the end of the month where the 75 Chrome Shop will play host to the calendar year’s first Pride & Polish show and the third qualifying event for the year’s Pride & Polish National Championship.
April 23, 2014
Custom Rigs
New project truck for owner-operator Rick Weisheit: ’78 KW
Bouncing back from a severe case of psoriasis, Rick Weisheit Jr. embarks on a custom build with a 1978 Kenworth W900.
April 19, 2014
Custom Rigs
‘Danger’ — Highly customized ’97 Pete 379
[youtube C4wkHmlWdns nolink] In the video above, Mirielys Hernandez talks about her husband’s custom 1997 Peterbilt 379, which they’ve dubbed “Danger”. The truck was built by A&A Stainless Steel Plus in Miami, a shop run by Alex and Armando Garcia.
April 18, 2014
Custom Rigs
Melvin Davis’ new ‘Hillbilly Hilton’ fresh out of the body shop
The 2000 Freightliner Classic’s 163-inch custom-built sleeper now comes equipped with a full-size shower and bed, easy chair, table, a full closet and a kitchen counter with a sink, refrigerator, microwave and cook stove.
April 16, 2014
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