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Ok, this truck almost doesn’t even look real in these photos against the corn fields and trees of Wisconsin, partly due the the great truck beauty shots by photographer (and writer/editor Daniel J Linss). These photos really are something.
Now on to the truck. This truck was built by the owner, not by a shop (not to take away from the shops, who provide us with most of the show trucks we enjoy all the time, but it is interesting and commendable for an owner to take on the work of a project him or herself). The owners are Kenneth and Barb Fisher of Muscoda. This truck didn’t break the bank, either, like a lot of the ones we feature. This is what can be done by any owner-operator on a budget with a bit of ingenuity and I bed a good deal of hard work.
This 1997 Peterbilt 379 as it is now started when it got wrecked (the hood) and the Fishers started to get a few things done to it while getting the re-spray.
As Ten Four Magazine’s Daniel J Linss reported,
“Since they were going to re-spray the paint anyway, they had the air horns removed from the roof, added Fibertech cab and sleeper extensions, and prepped the tanks for paint, too.” They had intended to go with mocha pearl paint stripes of green, but the son of the owner wanted to add “read fire” flames to the custom semi paint job. Although they were not sure at first, after seeing the green fire with the stripes, the parents liked the paint addition, and even went so far as to add more to other parts of the Peterbilt.
Ten Four outlined the custom work done to the truck, listing all the companies responsible for the work:
“In addition to everything else that has been done to this truck over the years, it also has custom mirror brackets from the Victory Lane Chrome Shop in Westminster, MD; a custom shock box from Valley Chrome; window “chops” from RoadWorks; an oval-punched grille from Big Rig Chrome Shop in Oshkosh, WI; stainless steel step boxes from Elizabeth Truck Center in Elizabeth, NJ,” a company that did the custom work on several trucks we have here on Blogunity vehicles.
One thing: the truck still has its factory wheels. But most of it does change. “Ken and Barb don’t want people to get bored with their rig,” Ten Four wrote, ?so they try to change things as often as possible, when they can, to keep it fresh and new.”
With a few more touches, the Fisher team was ready to enter their Peterbilt 379 green corn-land beaut in shows, contests, and get featured in magazines and online blogs and sites.
Some other modifications over 13 years of ownership:
- Polished aluminum fifth wheel and painted visor
- nine bullet cab lights
- flip-up bumper kit
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