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2016 Pride & Polish National Champion, Working Combo: Joe Regalado’s 2000 Pete doubles up

Regalado has only entered two shows — last year’s GATS and this year’s. “I showed it last year for the first time, and we won Best of Show. I go back this year to the nationals and win. I’m spoiled now,” he says. Profiling the winners of 2016’s Great American Trucking Show Pride & Polish…

September 21, 2016

“Blue” — a 2000 Peterbilt 379 owned by small fleet owner Joe Regalado — picked up the 2016 Pride & Polish National Champion on the Working Combo category.

Ruling the roost: ‘Chicken Thang’ and its one-off yellow paint make for a stand-out rig

Eye-catching working show truck

September 20, 2016

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Melvin Adams’ 2015 Peterbilt 389 Pride & Class

Melvin Adams purchased this 2015 Peterbilt 389 Pride & Class Edition to celebrate 50 years of his family’s company being in business.

September 20, 2016

David Fulks’ 2016 International Lonestar

David Fulks, who’s leased to Celadon’s flatbed division, owns this 2016 International Lonestar powered by a Cummins ISX15 with an Eaton-Fuller 13-speed and 3:55 rears.

September 16, 2016

One legend to another

Final touches on the truck under way: “I feel like we may tear a hole in the space-time continuum of truck awesomeness if Evan Steger [metal work] and Greg Stahl [paint] ever get together in the same room.”

September 16, 2016

Owner-operator J.D. Terry and the ‘Driveway Dream’ 1995 KW — The Rolling CB Interview

Video: Run through Big Rig Videos’ Chris Fiffie’s Rolling CB Interview with independent owner-operator J.D. “Birdman” Terry and his 1995 KW, likewise Overdrive’s own talk with Terry about the rig two months back.

September 15, 2016

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Von Harris’ 1990 Peterbilt 379

The truck is powered by a 1,000-horsepower Cat C15 with a 13-speed main transmission, 4-speed auxiliary transmission and 4:63 rears.

September 13, 2016

Erick Engbarth’s 2009 Kenworth W900L

This 2009 Kenworth W900L is owned by Erick Engbarth and has more than 1 million miles.

September 9, 2016

360-degree views of custom truck interiors from GATS Pride & Polish

Interactive videos showing 360-degree views of some of the most unique and customized truck interiors shown at the Great American Trucking Show last month.

September 9, 2016

Overdrive Extra

Rearview: Covering custom

Workhorses increasingly became show horses in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with style-minded owner-operators turning to aftermarket lights, chrome, graphics, paint and more to convert their rigs into things of beauty. Overdrive began covering the trend and started the first major truck beauty show, Overdrive’s Pride & Polish, in 1991.

September 8, 2016

One of the biggest repeat winners in Pride & Polish’s early years was Darian Stephens, who showed a bevy of trucks in the 1990s and early 2000s. His 1995 Freightliner Classic XL, shown here, won Best of Show, Bobtail, at the 1998 Mid-America Trucking Show.

Volvo fans, this one’s for you: Trux’ custom ’06 VNL 670

This 2006 VNL 670 might well be the only Volvo with eight-inch straight pipes, builder Josh Foster says. Take a video run through the numerous custom mods Foster took the truck through his his employer, Trux Accessories.

September 6, 2016

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Josh and Katie Roberts’ 2014 Peterbilt 389 glider

Nicknamed the “Green Monster,” this 2014 Peterbilt 389 is powered by a 550-horsepower Detroit, a 13-speed and 3:42 rears. Are you proud of your rig? Show us by submitting it at the link in this post.

September 6, 2016

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