Hull, Iowa-based Van Der Zwaag Customs currently uses this custom 1995 Peterbilt 379 as the shop’s rolling billboard. It competes at truck shows and also runs out West weekly.
VDZ Customs Shop Foreman Jeremy Darnell showed the truck at the Shell Rotella SuperRigs working truck show in June, where the truck placed fifth in the Tractor Division.
"This is our rolling billboard for now, and every couple years we’ll swap it out for another one a little bit better," Darnell said.
The "Spare Parts" 379 in the video up top came out of Texas and was "just a pile of parts when we bought it," Darnell said. It was basically just a frame and an empty cab at the time. VDZ Customs bought another truck that had been rolled over to pull out the interior.
Much of the interior was pulled out of a 2007 379. Everything inside the rig is painted to match the exterior, and it features a custom dash with custom gauges from NT Lites.
VDZ Customs makes most of its own parts, and what it can't make themselves, a machinist that lives nearby can make just about anything, Darnell said.
