Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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58 | Overdrive | September 2014 O wner-operator Charles Timbrook of Martinsburg, W.Va., sent in these pic- tures of his 265-inch wheelbase 1999 Freightliner Classic – a rolling project under way, he says. When Timbrook Back in Black 1999 Freightliner an explosive 'Black Out' BY TODD DILLS is finished with "Black Out," he says he'll have a complete set of train horns to announce its debut. "I'll have eight horns on the back behind the cab," he says, with 60 pounds of air delivering the "full train sound." It'll undoubtedly be something to see – and hear. Owner-operator Charles Timbrook's 1999 Freightliner Classic, dubbed "Black Out," is powered by a 550-hp Series 60 Detroit. Mods in the works include a custom deck plate in the top frame extending "from cab to end of frame," Timbrook says, and tear-drop covers over the rear wheels. Timbrook will replace the current eight-inch stacks with 10-inch versions, and then he "will repaint the whole truck," he says. Black Out "works three to four days a week" at this point, Timbrook says, running van freight mostly for Rustoleum and Quad/Graphics. Custom Rigs