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'!