10-4 Magazine February 2024

tried his hand at pinstriping and lettering, learning on his own. He said he had seen enough bad work to know that he could do better, so he set out to do his own paint designs, utilizing what colors worked and what didn’t. On June 25, 2019, Keith married his wife Candie, and our friend and July 2019 cover trucker Jake Bast was the one to marry them at his home (at the time) in Wells, NV. Later in 2019, Keith was told by his friend Aaron Smith about an old worn-down truck in the weeds located in Akron, CO. In November, Keith went to look at it, purchased it (his very first truck), got a wrecker, and then dragged it home. This truck was once owned by Jerry Weber (previously mentioned who Keith used to work for) and still had the original mural on it. All of Jerry’s trucks had something similar on them, based on the old B.C. comic strip by Johnny Hart, which featured humorous cavemen. The original goal for this truck was to just have it for fun and take it to shows once he had it finished – or so he thought. The pictured truck, which is unique in so many ways, is a 1962 Kenworth 925. When Keith bought the truck, it had no engine in it. Eventually, he took the truck down to the frame rails and, piece by piece, found the needed items, and then started putting it all back together. Buying a 1982 chassis from Gregg Shupe, which he repainted, Keith used it as the foundation of this truck. The transmission is a 5+4 Spicer, which is what came with the truck when it was purchased. The truck also has 3.55 rears and a 252-inch wheelbase. When you look at this truck, you must look closely at the little details 10-4 Magazine / February 2024 11 Before Rebuild