If you spot this eye-catching Peterbilt on the highway, you might think, “What a great-looking 379!” Well, you wouldn’t be right … but you wouldn’t be entirely wrong.
When Conrad Shada, owner of Anamosa, Iowa-based Conrad Shada Trucking Inc., was just a kid, he fell in love with the classic ’80s-era Peterbilt 379s. In 2019, he bought a 2020 Peterbilt 389 glider kit — and immediately set out to transform it into a replica of a 379.
Three-and-a-half years later, with a little ingenuity, a lot of elbow grease and more than a few late nights in the shop, he has the truck of his dreams…