Watch: Texomatic offers first look at George and Wendy Parker’s refab’d Coronado

Mar 26, 2018

Updated Jun 17, 2026

Former Overdrive blogger Wendy Parker and her husband George rolled out of 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Mo., and straight into the Mid-America Trucking Show with their freshly customized ’04 Freightliner Coronado. See videographer Tex Crowley’s take on the rig here.

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