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  • Pedal to the metal
    January 2010
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    Being in the magazine biz is just like the trucking biz: If you slack off even for a moment the bills don’t get paid and your competitors get the upper hand. Not going to happen around here. Its peddle to the metal!

  • Starting a new year
    January 2010
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    Rolling Into 2010
    It seems the older I get the faster a year goes by. I’m sitting here in my office looking at a 2010 Custom Rigs wall calendar (right) and wonder where in the world 2009 went. I’m glad it did, though; the economy the way it was and the jobs lost across the country [...]

  • Frenchman still rollin’ ‘em out
    November 2009
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    Cool custom rig models
    In our Fall ‘09 issue Lucinda Coulter, managing editor of our sister magazine, Overdrive,  did a nice article on a Frenchman who builds replica scale models of all types of big-rigs as a hobby. His favorite trucks are American custom rigs.

    The twist is Christian Chapson is literally an ocean away from our [...]

  • WINTER ISSUE OUT
    October 2009
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    CUSTOM RIGS WINTER ISSUE OUT
    Get your copy while they last!
    If you are a subscriber to Custom Rigs, then you’ve probably already read our Winter issue from cover to cover. My copy arrived yesterday.

    Those of you who aren’t subscribers better hoof it down to your local Petros or one of our Preferred Partner chrome shops who [...]

  • Making the photo grade
    July 2009
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    Aim high, shoot big
    Larger images better your chance of getting in the magazine pages
    We get a number of truck owners submitting their rig’s photos into our Reader Gallery every week. At the end of each month we look at each entry so we can choose a few to show in the pages of our parent [...]

  • MAY ISSUE ARRIVING SOON!
    May 2009
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    The Summer (May) issue of Custom Rigs is ready to come off the press, so be looking out for it at your favorite chrome shops and Petros truck stops. Subscribers should be seeing it in mailboxes any day now.

  • What I know about you
    April 2009
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    A couple times every year our research department sends out surveys to readers in an effort to help us editors figure out who’s reading our magazines. When I first came on-board back in October they came to me and said it was time to find out who was reading Custom Rigs. So we sat down [...]

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Buyer’s Guide: Steering Wheels Image with no title

Thinking of adding a custom steering wheel? Then our steering wheel buyer’s guide is a must-read. Few items on a custom rig makes as much of a statement to the owner about their truck than the steering wheel. It’s what the owner hold’s on to day in and day out and casts an eye toward innumerable times during a driving stint. It’s also the one singular item that catches the attention of all those who peek inside the cab. So making the right choice is…

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