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a copper bar that runs along the all weekend to complete
length of the wooden bed, giving the hauler. It was done in a
it the appearance of, well – a rat two-car garage without any
trap. Mike’s ’40 Chevy pickup fancy tools – not even a drill
(previously featured in RRM press. The fi nal touches
#29) serves as the rat in the trap, were applied the night
apparently coaxed by a bottle before the 2016 RatCity
labeled, ‘NITRO’ in place of the Rukkus, where it took not
proverbial cheese. A hidden 12-ton only the RRM Choice award,
winch does the grunt work. One but also Best in Show. Mike
more thing about the bed - there are never refers to the hauler as
not one, but two built-in barbeques, “my truck.” It’s always “our truck”
each built out of a repurposed keg. You never because it would be an injustice to not
know how big of a crowd you have to feed while give proper credit to the team that made this
they’re ogling your truck. The bottle, along with the build possible. Biggest thanks go to Dave Coursey,
rest of the truck was lettered by Las Vegas legend, who was there every weekend. Thanks also to
Frank Magoo, who’s been striping and painting hot Dave’s daughter Kayla, Helmut and his nephew TJ,
rods seemingly since the city’s inception. Norm, Charlie, Chris, Jeremie, Matt, Eddie, Wally,
It took nine months of working every weekend, and Tim.
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