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CUSTOM RIGS 58 | Overdrive | October 2017 Shining bright in Dallas You'll find videos of Pride & Polish entrants from this year and years past at the Custom Rigs playlist at you- tube.com/OverdriveMag. Don't miss "Pride & Polish Rollout" by trucking videographer James "Tex" Crowley, a dramatic look at this year's entrants parading out of the show. Subscribe to our channel, and you'll be notified as new videos are posted. F ive trucks took home more than they came with to the Great American Trucking Show Pride & Polish in August. There are some familiar names, as well as some new faces and trucks, in the five Best of Show rigs that won hardware in Dallas. Two Best of Show winners from this year's show are repeat winners in the competition. Michael Manuel and his "Autism: One of Many" Peterbilt 389 followed a National Championship showing in 2016 with a Best of Show in the Manuel and his "Autism: One of Many" Peterbilt 389 followed a National Championship showing in 2016 with a Best of Show in the Brad Hartwick of Rosebud, Arkansas, took a 1978 Kenworth W900A and turned it into the "Patriot," an American pride-themed hotrod powered by a 1978 350-hp Cummins Big Cam. The rig's graphics include the American flag, U.S. Constitution and more. The truck was runner-up for Best of Show in the Builders Class category. Mississippi-based Danny Lea bought this 1963 Mack B-75 with the intention of rebuilding it with his grandchildren to "teach them what trucking used to be about." The work took about 18 months, which included rebuilding the engine and removing what Lea said was gallons of Bondo patching before repainting the rusted cab. The rig placed third in the Antique-Bobtail category.