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What we have here is stainless steel panels. Polished stainless steel panels. Looks like a lot of chrome. The owner, Canadian Philip Langevin, replaced all the panels with this.
The customization of this Freightliner took 3 months. As you see it (though I don’t know if it still looks like this, customizations change a lot, it seems) this 1980 big rig has a dual stainless steel air intake system, suicide doors, which Langevin, who undertook this first customization of a first-rate rig for himself, mounted with airplane door hinges. It also has a 244-inch wheelbase, a full-length smooth deck plate, WTI fenders, and other custom features selected by Langevin.
The semi and the owner are out of Carleton Place, Ontario, and the shop is Valley Custom Trucks. Reportedly, all the trucks from PA. Langevin (PAL) Transport are decked out.
The truck as you see it was entered in the 2nd Annual Big-Rig Build-Off at the 35th Annual Mid-American Trucking Show (MATS) that took place in March, 2006 in Louisville, Kentucky, which was notable for breaking a ton of truck show records, including attendance (over 80,000 from all 50 US states and 59 countries were there).
This 1980 Freightliner cabover didn’t take a first at the event, though. That award went to a 1998 Peterbilt by Adrian Rocamontes from Texas. A truck called “Sledgehammer.”
From what I can find online, the version of this cabover with the motorhome added to it was taken by Sean Repka. Mr. Repka, if you see this let us know. What does that thing look like inside?
