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Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 19: ‘Blood, Sweat and Gass’ 389
Up this week at No. 19 is Tomah, Wisconsin-based Bill Rethwisch’s 2013 Peterbilt 389, Blood, Sweat and Gass. The truck won the 2013-2014 Pride & Polish National Championship in the Working Combo class.
April 21, 2020
Pride & Polish
Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 20: Dean Jay’s ‘Cream Puff’ 379
Up this week at No. 20 is Dean Jay’s 2007 Peterbilt 379 and 2013 MAC flatbed, “Cream Puff.” The truck took home three awards from the 2014 Pride & Polish at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas: Working Combo, OEM Sleeper and Custom Paint Combo.
April 13, 2020
Pride & Polish
Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 21: ‘California Dreamin’ Pete 379 and Great Dane reefer
Up this week at No. 21 is California Dreamin’, a 2003 Peterbilt 379 and Great Dane reefer owned by Freddy Velasco, of Como, Texas. It underwent a complete overhaul, which included a custom purple and “Creme Brulee” paint scheme. The truck won Working Combo Best of Show at the 2016 GATS Pride & Polish.
April 6, 2020
Pride & Polish
After 30 years of show truck evolution, Pride & Polish still boasts ‘best of our industry’
Pride & Polish competitors throughout the years weigh in on the show's 30 years of success in the trucking industry. Click for more details here on Overdrive.
April 2, 2020
Pride & Polish
Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 22: Clark Freight Lines’ 1985 Kenworth K100
Up this week at No. 22 is a 1985 Kenworth K100 owned by Clark Freight Lines and David Schnautz. Schnautz bought the truck in 1995 and worked it until around 2014 when he took it off the road and restored it. Clark driver Geo Cuellar gives a rundown in the video of the restoration project.
March 30, 2020
Pride & Polish
Pete 359: ‘A little bit of new mixed in with the old’
Thornhill had restored the Pete with a 550-hp 3406 E-Model Caterpillar. The special touches included two transmission sticks and larger headlights.
March 27, 2020
Pride & Polish
Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 23: Kenneth Fisher’s 1997 Peterbilt 379
Up this week at No. 23 is Kenneth Fisher’s 1997 Peterbilt 379 with green flame graphics. Fisher, who was a firefighter, wanted fire on his truck, so he added the dark green and lime green flames to the mocha pearl paint scheme.
March 23, 2020
Pride & Polish
Antique Pete boasted an extra-shiny sleeper
1949 Pete 350 with aluminum sleeper
March 20, 2020
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Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 24: Mike Manuel’s ‘Custombilt 359’
Up this week at No. 24 is Virginia-based fleet owner Mike Manuel’s “Custombilt 359,” a 1984 Peterbilt and 2003 Benson flatbed. Manuel built the truck to match the color scheme of his son’s 2008 105th-anniversary Harley.
March 16, 2020
Pride & Polish
An antique Mack visits a high-flying classic
Overdrive’s 2008 Pride & Polish calendar featured this restored 1967 Mack B-61 wreck, the first show truck for Philip Donaldson of U.S. Truck Parts. It’s photographed next to a Lockheed T-33, a stretched training version of the P-80 fighter aircraft.
March 12, 2020
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Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 25: ’07 Pete needs a ‘Double Take’
Up this week is Austin Ashley’s 2007 Peterbilt 379, “Double Take.” Ashley, out of Raleigh, Mississippi, showed the truck at the 2014 Pride & Polish event in Crossville, Tennessee. The truck’s name stems from various features on the rig being doubled, including the stripes, lights and more.
March 9, 2020
Pride & Polish
‘Mob Sled’ becomes iconic for 4 State Trucks
The truck is now pole-mounted outside 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Missouri, and is featured on a 4 State T-shirt.
March 6, 2020
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Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 26: ‘Super Freak’ 2005 Pete daycab
Up this week at No. 26 is Davis Bros. 2005 Peterbilt 379 daycab, “Super Freak,” which was shown at the June 2013 Fitzgerald Pride & Polish event.
March 2, 2020
Pride & Polish
Custom Pete shows former cowboy’s change of saddles
John Schmitz’s “Saddle Up,” a 2000 Peterbilt 379, appeared in the 2006 Overdrive’s Pride & Polish calendar.
February 28, 2020
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Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 27: Doug Fisher’s 2007 Pete, ‘The Gambler’
Up this week is Doug Fisher’s 2007 Peterbilt 379 EXHD Legacy Edition, “The Gambler.” The rig’s paint job is a nod to the 1980 film by the same name starring Kenny Rogers.
February 24, 2020
Pride & Polish
‘Zigs Pig’ put W9 owner in hog heaven
This Kenworth photo is part of a weekly retrospective of show trucks posed in scenic Dallas locations for one of Overdrive’s Pride & Polish calendars. The show truck competition celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.
February 21, 2020
Pride & Polish
Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 28: Dean Bugg’s ‘Low-N-Long’ Pete 359
Up this week at No. 28 is Dean Bugg’s “Low-N-Long” Peterbilt 359 from the 2009 Pride & Polish event at the Mid-America Trucking Show. The rig features suicide doors, 10-inch stacks, a 339-inch wheelbase and more.
February 17, 2020
Pride & Polish
No complaints here
Sleek ’07 379 flattop calendar shot
February 13, 2020
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