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in trade or as payment. Such was also
the case with his front axle, steering box,
and steering column. They came from a
stock truck in which he had just installed
a Mustang II front suspension. Now those
pieces reside on the front of his truck.
Other cool touches are the
steering wheel that was made
because he didn’t happen to
have one lying around. But he
did have some railroad spikes,
some motorcycle chain, and the
outer ring of an old flywheel,
and they went together very
nicely. There’s a beer keg that
now holds fuel instead of brew.
And it’s thirstier than any frat
party it ever attended as Josh’s
truck gets a whole 7 MPG. The front
grille is from an International Harvester, as
noted by the letters ‘IH’. But in your rear
view mirror, it reads as a friendly, ‘HI’. And if
he’s close enough for you to read that, you
may want to merge right.
Without seeing it in person, it’s
difficult to appreciate just how big this
truck is. It’s not until it’s parked next to
a garden-variety hot rod when it’s really
noticeable. “When you see pictures of it
alone it looks normal,” says Josh. “No. It’s
three feet longer.”
Not wanting to take all the credit
himself, Josh wanted to give thanks to,
“anybody that handed me a bolt.” That
would be Roger Thompson, Charles
Williams, Butch Tyson, Justin Burgess,
Lee Clarkson, and his wife Lorraine.

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