Saturday, November 3, 2012

Chocolate Chrome

Here's the best looking 2005 Pete 379exhd available for sale right now.  We saw the beauty in this truck and with a little faith and hard work, we transformed her into one bad mother.  We stripped her down to the bare minimum so that we could shine her up and start from the ground up. 





We installed new custom fenders and painted them mocha frost pearl to accent the brown color of the truck.  Then we added monster 8" Dynaflex stacks on it to give it the "bad Larry" look.  We put a custom drop visor, custom LVRD grill, Texas square bumper, SS hood extensions, SS cowl panels, SS breather/cab/sleeper lights, and added extra boxes behind the fuel tanks.  On the inside we chromed out the gauges, dash vents, and toggle switches, as well as putting wood door armrest/handles on it.  With the American Class interior already in it this truck is everything a true owner/operator could want. 

It's got a 475 CAT with a 13 spd behind it and it not only sounds good with the 8" pipes, but it can haul some serious you-know-what.

We're happy we've turned out another one-off hood for someone to really be proud of.  Check out www.interstate-trucks.com to get more info on this truck and some of our others. 


Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Thank you Matt w/K BAR M Company!

This morning Matt with K BAR M Company purchased a 2010 Kenworth W900L from us.  He dealt with our salesman Craig Gerdik and was an absolute pleasure to work with.  Matt had unfortunately wrecked his truck last week so he was in the need for a replacement so he could get back to work quickly. 

At the age of 30, Matt has held a CDL since he was 18 and owned his own truck for the past 5 years.  He hauls cattle and is a very successful young man and we are pleased to see guys out there working hard and making a good living for themselves. 

Thank you for the business Matt and good luck to you!  We look forward to doing business with you in the future. 

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

2007 Peterbilt 379exhd

We have taken this 2007 Pete 379exhd and put our Interstate Trucks spin on it.  It had breather/cab/sleeper lights already on it when we got it, but it needed a lot more personality to make it pop.  We believe every big hood should look like the king of the road, so that's what we did with this one. 

We added a custom blind mount drop visor, SS custom fenders, Texas square bumper, custom grill, SS hood extensions, SS cowl panels, and monster 8" stacks!  We have since also added SS window drops at the top of the cab and sleeper windows.  This truck looks tough going down the road. 

We also chromed out all the gauges and vents as well as putting custom air brake handles on it.  The Cummins underneath the hood combined with the 8" pipes gives this Pete one mean sounding growl.  The best part of this deal is that you can own this truck for yourself.  To get more information about this particular truck click on the following link:  2007 Pete 379exhd Custom.
Contact the sales staff at 615-793-7121 or 800-488-1659 for more information.  They'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Custom Long & Tall

In a truck market that has been dominated by areodynamic, fleet spec'd equipment over the past year, it's a great feeling to have a true one-off custom Peterbilt in our hands once again. We purchased this 2007 Peterbilt 379EXHD from an owner/operator in hopes to make it our next "project" truck. It was loaded to the gills with custom chrome, lights, stainless steel accents, 8" stacks, custom paint, hardwood floors, leather seats, and tons more. It was already in great shape, because the owner took excellent care of it, but we needed to put our Interstate Trucks spin on it. First thing it needed was a fresh coat of custom Hawaiin Orchid paint on the 305" wheelbase frame. So we had her steamed off, removed all the fenders, light bars, belly pan, deck plate, and anything else that lined the frame and sandblasted it down to the bare metal so we had a fresh surface to work with.














Next step was to send it to the body shop. In true Interstate Trucks fashion, what started off with just wanting to paint the frame, we kept coming up with other ways to make the truck look cooler. So we did a fresh coat of paint on the rear full fenders, as well as changing the SS grill and grill surround to match the Flame Red Effect color on the front and rear fenders. We just knew this would set the truck off. When she rolled out of the body shop with a fresh coat of paint on the frame, fenders, and grill; she looked like a brand new truck. Once the new paint was down, we needed to send the truck back to the detail shop to have her all spiffed up and looking good. To say we threatened lives if any of the fresh paint got messed up, was an understatement. Our shop complied to our demands and they did an excellent job getting her all shined up. It really was an unfortunate time to be doing it though, seeing as it happens to be pollen season!!

To go the extra mile, like we always do, we changed every single chrome light bezel on this entire truck. In case you were counting, there are over 150 lights on this thing! And all LED at that. We also had a custom frame cover made that went over the back end of the frame from the 5th wheel back.
Now you've just seen the outside of this monster, wait until you see the inside. It is completely customed out to make a guy never want to come off the road. All the trim is painted to match the exterior, it has Sears Elite leather seats, hardwood floors, tons of chrome accents, and a refrigerator.

She's already sold and gone, but we hope to have another one very soon. Until the next time, keep on truckin'!