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Friday, August 29 

Interview With Stacey David
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I've been a huge fan of Stacey David's since the "Trucks!" TV show started in 1999, which coincided with the time in my life when I got my first truck and kick-started my automotive career. Every weekend I was an avid viewer of the show, learning as much as I could to help me build up my own truck and teach others what I had learned through my websites, print magazines, and now, my own show, MOTORZ. The reason why Stacey David is so appealing to so many people is because he is the "real deal".

He talks like an enthusiast while still being super entertaining, he's got a crazy imagination for building vehicles, and he does all of his own work on the show. During his career hosting "Trucks!" the show had the highest ratings of any how-to automotive show and was also Spike TV's highest rated show on their weekend line-up. I was fortunate to have met Stacey three years ago at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. A few weeks ago I got the opportunity to sit down with Stacey and interview him... find out what makes him tick, learn what happened with his "Trucks!" departure, and get the latest on his new show, GearZ.

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Friday, August 3 

Truck Jam Plus 2007 Event Photos and Video
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This past Sunday, the Truckblog crew went to Truck Jam Plus, an extension of the Truck Jam series, featuring hot rods, classic cars, late models, bikes and more. The show was a blast and we got some killer coverage of the event. The Shocker monster truck was wreaking havoc again, there was a cool street bike stunt show, live music from Limelife, and a lot of awesome vehicles. Check out the links to pictures and video below.

Click to view our 400 event photos

Click to watch the first video of the event (a second is in production)

Click to see the trophy results...


Tuesday, September 26 

Red Ballin' - Brian Olhausen's 1999 Ford F-150
More in: Ford, Sport Trucks | Comments | Permalink | 120,253 Views

Red BallinBrian Olhausen is best known for his last name. Few would walk up to this descendant of the Olhausen Billiards family and ask him about trucks. Yet that is exactly what he loves to talk about most, besides of course, his family's world-renowned pool tables. We caught up with Brian recently in his hometown of Poway, California, to cover his truck for Truckblog.com and have him teach us some trick shots.

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Tuesday, June 20 

Truckblog Tours US WHEEL Factory
More in: Wheels | Comments | Permalink | 69,618 Views

US WheelFor the past 100 years, the assembly line has been the most effective way of producing products and goods throughout our country. US Wheel in Huntington Beach, California has mastered this technique marvelously. Currently producing over 600 forged wheels alone per month (and steadily growing), US Wheels offer 9 different brands ranging from their high-end Bonspeed line of 1 piece & 2 piece designs & USW Forged series created from a solid block of metal, to their commercial truck series steel wheels that you can find everywhere on delivery trucks. They were kind enough to let us take a tour of their large facility and provide excellent coverage of their wheel creation process.

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Wednesday, December 14 

The Banks D-Max Type-R
More in: Diesel, GMC, Performance, Racing | Comments | Permalink | 192,876 Views

A couple of years ago, Gale Banks Engineering debuted their Project Sidewinder, a 220+ mph Dodge Dakota outfitted with a heavily modified Cummins turbo diesel. This little beauty ran over 220 mph on the Bonneville salt flats and pulled it's own trailer getting there. Banks Engineering, not being able to rest on their laurels, invites you to take an in-depth look at the build up of their latest diesel rocket - The Banks D-Max Type-R.

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Monday, March 21 

 
Feature: Project Responder
More in: Ford | Comments | Permalink | 223,788 Views

After a quarter of a million miles and years of hard work, Michael Netherton, owner of Project Responder, decided that it was time to do an extreme makeover on his old 1987 Ford F-250 truck.

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Wednesday, January 26 

 
Stuck? Snow Problem!
More in: Ford | Comments | Permalink | 159,507 Views

Dave Anderson, a Washington State native now relocated to Hebron, Kentucky can't recall the last time he saw as much snow as they got the other day. As much of the nation is cooled by snow from an artic cold front the sheer amount of snow is causing areas that don't normally see as much as 16 inches of snow, to have trouble removing it from the road ways. Traversing the snow has proven to be an issue for some of the residents of Hebron, but not Dave.

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Tuesday, January 4 

 
Feature: Godzilla
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Truckblog features Kevin Benfield's 97 Ford Expedition 4x4 appropriately named Godzilla This bad-to-the-bone green monster sports a wicked themed paint job, 11 inches of lift and 40 inch tires on 22 inch rims which qualifies it as one of the coolest modified pickups or SUV's that we have seen in a while. Read the feature and check out the pictures in the gallery...

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Monday, December 20 

 
Feature: Old Red
More in: Ford | Comments | Permalink | 170,953 Views


Truckblog features Rodney Reprogle's fully restored and customized 53 Ford F-100 truck. We have the story and the pictures right here so check out the feature.

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Feature: 2004 Ford Frightning
More in: Ford, SEMA, Sport Trucks | Comments | Permalink | 198,056 Views


Truckblog recently got a chance to take a look at a crazy new concept from IDA Automotive called the "Frightning", a 2004 Ford F-150. We've got photos, and all the gory details. Don't be afraid... check it out.

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Thursday, November 11 

 
Shockwave: 3 G Vertical Truckin'
More in: Performance | Comments | Permalink | 156,322 Views

A couple months ago we did a feature on the worlds fastest diesel truck, this time we are bringing you the worlds fastest full size truck, Les Shockley's Shockwave. Les Shockly has been in the business of racing cars in 1960 when he was just 16 years old, by age 19 he was racing a fully sponsored super stocker, racing for the Milne Bros.

Les, over a course of 5 years, went on to build his dream. A jet-powered dragster which would ultimately be the beginning of Les Shockley's Shockwave Dragsters. In the mid 70's Les's Shockwave dragsters were already running speeds in excess of 350 mph and making 5-second standing quarter mile times. A feat that had not yet been done until the Shockwaves hit.

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Thursday, September 2 

 
Stopping Doesn't Have to Brake the Bank
More in: Brakes | Comments | Permalink | 70,690 Views

If you have a jacked up off-road rig sporting huge wheels and tires or maybe a lowered truck running huge 24 inch rims, you have undoubtedly noticed the decreased performance afforded by your stock brakes. Upgrading the stock brakes to a set of six piston calipers and larger vented discs by Wilwood performance is probably the best thing you could do to optimize your vehicles braking power, but it's not always possible to pry open your wallet as far as would be needed to dish out the dough for those incredible brakes. Other alternatives in the disc brake upgrade arena are Statix, Stainless Steel and Baer. The replacement brake systems are ideal and they look and perfom great but the downside is that a full brake replacement kit can be very costly.

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Thursday, August 12 

 
The Phoenix - The Fastest Diesel Truck
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The fastest diesel vehicle on land setting a record of 272+ mph at the Bonneville Speed Trials 2003

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Monday, August 2 

 
Diesel Racing - Clash of the Titans
More in: Ford, Performance, Racing | Comments | Permalink | 110,449 Views

So, you see all these little ricers running the street zipping in and out of traffic. Usually they have their oversized wing on the back and at a bare minimum a set of those LED windshield wiper nozzles and the big "Type R" sticker plastered down the side. These cars are phenomenal because they are cheap to buy and easy to add an additional 150 horse power with some easy bolt on upgrades but face it, even if you add 150 ponies to these engines, your still only sitting at around 265 hp and that's at the flywheel. No for serious power and serious torque you have to have a serious platform to start out with.

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