I was honored and excited to finally get Dalton Gebhardt and his Peterbilt 359 on the channel and tour the machine he & his dad built together! He works this truck every day and is constantly improving & changing it more and more into a physical representation of his personality.
The truck belonged to Dalton’s dad for years, and with the help of friends and family members, they stretched the frame with a cut-off low air leaf suspension, and did the big-hole conversion to the sleeper. Dad happens to own an upholstery business, so Dalton gets a custom-stitched interior when he later buys the rig from his father.
The entire truck; inside, outside, and underneath, have gotten the Gebhardt treatment with the motto “Built not bought”. You see, in the soul of a true hot rodder lies the mentality that something is cool if it’s not available to the public in a catalog or website. If something is repurposed, fabricated, customized, or altered, then it’s a one-off piece of functional art. (The best kind of art.)
The world needs more young men like Dalton that carry on a family legacy behind the wheel. They preserve the traditions that a trucker & hot rodder lifestyle carry with them, and calling these guys my friends is a massive honor.
Filmed by Philip West
Edited by Philip & Noah West
Music used with permission by Epidemic Sound.
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