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The 2003 Pete 379 EXHD pictured here stayed very basic up until the summer of 2007. Tim explained that the truck was involved in a wreck, which then allowed for modifications to begin. After the accident, the truck was taken to Mark Hollen at Denver Truck Painting. The DTP team repaired what was necessary on the truck and also began doing some modifications and adding custom touches, which included a Jones Performance fiberglass hood and fenders, shaved and painted headlight buckets, and painted Double JJ light bars for turn signals. In addition to these modifications, a pair of painted York half fenders were added over the drives with polished edges, along with painted lower cab fairings, a painted visor, and a tapered bumper. The entire truck was repainted with metallic silver and radiant red like it came from the factory. The exterior was finished with a set of 6-inch pipes with elbows and miter cut tips. In 2020 the truck made a stop at J Ferrell Custom Trucks in Gap, PA for some more changes and modifications. For star ters, the truck got a full air-ride treatment on the front end, bringing the altitude down and giving it a mean look with the air dumped, and then the breather screens were chopped and an RLK visor was installed. A custom taillight box was fabricated to match the light pattern on the back of the cab, and it was also painted to match the frame of the truck. The old Dynaflex pipes were removed and a new set of 6-inch Dynaflex pipes replaced them, this time with turnouts instead of miter tips. The truck also spor ts a mixture of glass lenses and custom aluminum Betts lights, fabricated by Tim himself. The rear of the bumper and a lot of the light mounts were powder coated to match the frame, and to help them last longer. When asked what his favorite par t on the truck is, Tim said it’s difficult to nail down just one favorite thing. “On one hand, the combination of pieces and additions that can’t be purchased at a chrome shop and slapped on the truck are definitely at the top of my list,” said Tim. These pieces are ones Tim made himself, had custom made by a local shop, and the other painted and polished pieces that might go unnoticed to other people. “But, on the other hand, I can’t think of one single piece that is as special to me as the truck as a whole,” Tim went on to say. As Tim put it, “I was happy to begin with basically a blank canvas. This allowed my creativity to flow, and I didn’t have to worry about someone else’s previous work on the truck.” Tim is proud of how the truck has come along the last few years, with changes made, and things added and taken away. Tim says he still has some things up his sleeve to add to the truck. The trailer is a 2016 Timpte, one of a few in the fleet. While Tim favors Timpte, there are two 10-4 Magazine / April 2024 11