People wanted to know if he had bought the truck in Kentucky or West Virginia. Taking the truck to Jerry Howard’s annual spring truck show in Ohio, it generated a lot of questions. He also removed the truck’s black plastic fenders and replaced them with a set of Hogebuilt stainless steel full fenders. Joey saw that the frame was painted red while cleaning the truck, so he matched the color as best as he could and painted it. The frame was originally red, but someone at some point painted it black. After taking the truck home, with the help of some friends, they fixed the seeping head on the motor, cleaned it up and painted the frame. Joey found out later that one of the previous owners had taken it back to the dealer to make the sleeper a Unibilt system. The truck is a 1987 Peterbilt 359 with a 425 Cat and a 15-speed, with the big hole up against the dash, sitting on a 260” wheelbase. The truck went home with Joey that day and, along with it, he had a grin from ear to ear, as well. The truck didn’t look as good as it did on the ad because the pictures posted were taken two years before, it was really dirty from sitting in that barn and a few things were wrong with it, but Joey and the seller were able to strike a deal. The following Monday, Joey and his partner Deon Parravano drove southeast of Columbus to a farm where the truck was located. After explaining how his phone didn’t work well, they arranged a meeting. Just to try something different, Joey used his wife’s phone to call the guy selling the truck and he finally answered.
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