- May 06, 2012
The aerosol wheel paint delivers long-lasting finish in four colors: steel, semi-gloss black, silver argent and charcoal gray metallic. The paint features a resin system and works for tires, hub caps, auto trim and grilles. The paint is tarnish, weather and rust- and scratch-resistant, the company says. PLASTIKOTE, plastikote.com, 866-222-8714
- April 26, 2012
Free gear, a chrome shop, a game room, food and a host of decked out custom trucks mark the beginning of the 2012 show season in Wildwood, Fla., Friday through Sunday at the 75 Chrome Shop show. The annual event hosts a preliminary round of the 2012 Custom Rigs Pride & Polish National Championship, and the four Best of Show winners crowned Sunday will qualify for the championship judging round in Dallas in August at the Great ...
- April 21, 2012
California all-star customizer Jeff Botelho’s show truck and working rig, 5150, inspired by grief of father’s passing by Todd Dills “Up until recently,” says Jeff Botelho, customizing trucks was more a highly advanced hobby than anything else for himself and crew at the Botelho’s Custom Trucks shop in Los Banos, Calif. He runs his family’s Botelho Bros. Trucking business and custom shop out of the same facility, from which the shop’s unofficial name, Tin Can Customs, comes. “My shop’s kind of like a tin ...
- February 19, 2012
Demolition work doesn’t keep the Lindamoods from refashioning an award winner repeatedly By Max Kvidera Most truck customizers aren’t satisfied with a one-time pass at performing their magic. They keep finding new ways to transform their vehicles. Such is the case with Jake Lindamood and his 2007 Peterbilt 379. Lindamood and the crew at Lindamood Demolition in Irving, Texas, customized the truck when it was new, anda year after running the truck in their demolition operation, they stripped itapart and rebuilt it again.. ...
- February 03, 2012
One of the most wicked ash haulers on the road is a rare 2005 Peterbilt 379X called Haulin’ Ash, owned by Burningham Enterprises of American Fork, Utah, located about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City.
- January 06, 2012
By Lanier Norville (Photos by Paul Hartley) He had always wanted a custom truck. But co-owning and running Southern Transport, a 20-truck fleet that hauls frac sand in Texas and three other states, left Thomas Ivy little time for side projects. When Southern Transport driver Bruce Smith entered a company truck in Overdrive’s Pride and Polish truck beauty competition in 2008, Ivy’s eyes were opened to a world of possibility. Their customized 2009 Peterbilt 389, Few Dollars More, took home Fourth in ...
- September 13, 2011
The Joplin show will have a truck show, live music, good food and shop tours.
- July 06, 2011
The Iowa 80 Truckstop will host the 32nd Annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree July 14 and 15.
- June 07, 2011
At its annual SuperRigs show, held last week, Shell named the twelve trucks that will be featured in its 2012 Shell Rotella SuperRigs calendar.
