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Photos: The Evel Knievel haul rig, finished!
Photos of the finished rig! The 1974 Mack FS cabover haul rig of legendary the daredevil will be staged as a traveling exhibition beginning July 23 at the Evel Knievel Days festival in Butte, Mont.
July 22, 2015
Overdrive Radio
The resurrection of Evel Knievelâs 1970s Mack haul rig
In this podcast with Robb Mariani, the onetime host and producer of the American Trucker show marks the beginning of the end of the story of the Evel Knievel Mack haul rig he located several years ago. The restoration is almost done.
July 7, 2015
Custom Rigs
Revisiting a long career â and two spectacular trucks
Wendy Parker with the ârest of the storyâ on Thomas Paul Kraak and his 1960 Autocar â and his sonâs efforts to return his 1952 LT Mack to him before the elder Kraak passed away after cancerâs return.
February 24, 2014
Custom Rigs
10,000th student for B.R.A.K.E.S.; Keeping up a classic 359
10,000 more teen drivers now have been trained on safety around big trucks. Also: Photos of one classic workhorse of a 359.
December 21, 2013
Channel 19
From the shop to the road: One operatorâs 359
This 1986 Peterbilt 359 is the result of a three-year project conducted from 2007-10 by owners Wayne and Kelly Ziegenfuss, today leased to Bennett Motor Express and hauling mining equipment to Arizona, coming back with copper, on a step deck from a Hendersonville, N.C., home base. I met the pair at the Southeastern Regional Truck [âŚ]
May 31, 2012
Channel 19
Two J&S Petes â views from a new custom player
The combination of the J&S Truck and Trailer Sales dealer in Knoxville, Tenn., and J&S Body Shop, run by Benny Coffey in nearby Corryton, showed these two newly restored / customized Petes at the Southeastern Regional Truck Show in Knoxville last month. Theyâre lookers, thatâs certain, and both on sale at the J&S sales installation [âŚ]
May 9, 2012
Channel 19
âOutcast Kustomsâ TV show to debut March 26
If you give a look at the March 26 schedule on Discoveryâs Velocity Channel website youâll find a listing that may well ring a bell or two for the custom-truck enthusiasts among you. Listed at 9 p.m. on that date is Episode 1 of a show called âOutcast Kustoms,â which will feature Kelvin and April [âŚ]
March 14, 2012
Channel 19
âAmerican Truckerâ premieres on SPEED channel Feb. 24 â with a familiar face
Imagine my surprise when, upon clicking over to a YouTube preview of SPEEDâs upcoming âAmerican Truckerâ series, I came upon a familiar face within the first several seconds. That face was Sparta, Wis.-based Paul Sagehorn (pictured here with his father, Craig), owner-operator of two classic pop-culture Kenworths, one employed in the filming of the Movinâ [âŚ]
January 6, 2011
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