“Originally the Ford came from Texas to Michigan for a transmission swap,” jokes truck builder Gerry Hilder. “It got the nickname ‘The Texas Snowball’ for what happened next.”
There are just some rides you can’t walk past without doing a double, or even triple-take. Diesel Performance Specialties (DPS) has built just such a vehicle by seamlessly mating a 6.7L King Ranch truck and a Ford Excursion SUV.
“If you would have told me this is where I would be, and this is what I’d own a few years ago, I never would have believed you,” said Cameron Guernsey, of Jamestown, Indiana. Cameron was a full-time student at Purdue University at the time, and trucks were just sort of a hobby.
In a day and age where it seems like just about everything has a little extra to go along with it, a vehicle that is purpose-built and sticks to the basics is a welcome change of pace.
When it comes to spinning some tires, a show truck isn’t usually the first thing that comes to mind. After owning more than 15 different cars and trucks over the past decade, Nick Mofford of Draper, Utah, wanted something different.
When retired nine-time UFC Welterweight champion Matt Hughes wanted a custom old school truck with a diesel power plant, he turned to David Timm and his friends at 2 Brothers Custom Trucks (The shop has since changed its name to Timm Built Customs) in Springfield, Illinois, for the job.
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