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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

Custom Rigs

Yellow fever: Camaro and Pete, looking sweet

Outside of artsy graphics, it’s hard to make a distinctive mark with a customized big rig, but Camille Carnaggio Jr. found a way. He brought a matching yellow ’95 379 and a Camaro to the 2005 Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.

April 3, 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

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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

Pride & Polish

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