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Once again we've traveled halfway around the world to Japan so we could attend the 22nd annual Yokohama Hot Rod and Custom Show presented by Mooneyes. Mr. Shige Suganuma, the owner of Mooneyes, is a gracious host. He and his crew worked very hard to make sure that all show attendees enjoyed the event.

So you just bought a new truck and you're rolling hard down the streets thinking you're the boss. Then all of a sudden some fool rolls up on you with the exact same truck. Suddenly you don't look so tough, and you don't want to fall short again.

We all know that diesel trucks are designed to be strong and capable of pulling heavy loads. That doesn't mean that they can't look good doing so or even be customized for show. We've all heard or have seen in print all the smack talk on the Internet about how trucks that are modified to sit on the ground are useless.

Turn back the calendar to the August 2008 issue of Street Trucks and Chas Nichols' stunning '96 Chevy C-1500 lying flat out across the cover. Basecoated in charcoal, smothered with gold flames and sitting flat on the tarmac over B.A.D. billets, Chas' truck pushed the custom envelope on every surface. As a proud member of Negative Camber, Chas has always rolled to shows with his extended truck club family.

Rodney "Smoke" Christine of York, Pennsylvania, has always been a motorhead. He campaigned a late model dirt car locally for years. To haul his dirt racers, he bought a 2006 Ram 3500 dually, and not being one to leave anything stock for long, he and his wife Julie, along with plenty of help from Young's Diesel Performance and Smokey Hollow Performance, started to customize the truck to fit their needs and wants.

Like Chuck Norris dressed in a suit, this '14 GMC Sierra looks fancy but is ready for a throw down at any moment. A lot of full custom trucks are built with an in-your-face look, but what if you want a lifted truck and don't want to stand out too much?

The tradition of indoor car shows throughout the country highlights the best hot rods, muscle cars and classics around, but recently, more and more shows known for their hot rod heritage have been hosting plenty of truck entries as well.

Evan Balderama, better known as "Pono," grew up on the west side of Oahu near Honolulu. Like most in the area, he spent his younger years surfing and cruising around town in custom vehicles with his friends. That close-knit group later turned into a truck club, and to celebrate their love of custom Chevy trucks they called themselves the Bowtie Boyz.

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Sam Castronova has a philosophy about building custom trucks: "It has to look cool, it has to sit cool and I've got to be able to drive it." After taking one look at Sam's '57 GMC stretched across these pages, we'd have to say Sam's philosophy works as this classic clearly fits all three requirements.

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One of life's greatest challenges is fear, and the best way overcome it is to arm yourself with knowledge. Fear can take any shape depending on the individual, but the most common form I've encountered(and even suffered from myself) is with computers and technology when it comes to building custom trucks.

Most custom truck enthusiasts have a list of trucks they have owned and a list they have yet to own. The pictures and magazine feature plaques line the garage walls of enthusiasts across the country and tell a story about individual style and brand loyalty.

You would think that a bright red Dodge Mega Cab 4×4 diesel would attract plenty of attention on its own. But give it 14 inches of lift, wide 40-inch tires and custom touches both inside and out and you end up with a truck that REALLY stands out in a crowd.

More than 15 years ago, the crew at Assorted Minis starting putting on ShowFest to bring together custom vehicles from all over the South. The event soon became better known as Greenville for the location that turned a car and truck show into a full weekend event that had enthusiasts organizing cruises to the show from all over, including California.

To help keep the transmission cool, PPE offers this upgraded Setrab transmission cooler with custom brackets to install it in the stock location on your Duramax truck. It's common knowledge that heat is the number one worst enemy for an automatic transmission.

Trying to be a little different, Paul Wheeler of Ohio traded his custom '94 Silverado for this '84 Suburban that already had some work done to it. He started reworking the frame and suspension at his friend Jason Freeman's barn and his parent's garage with help from Jason Burkett and Freeman.

Kenny Caskey had every intention of building a custom '53 Plymouth he would purchase someday with his son Kole. Unfortunately, that someday would never come. Kole passed away peacefully in his sleep when he was only 2 years old. In tribute to his son, Kenny built this beautiful '96 Tacoma. Kenny's two daughters, Ellie and Matt, are the legal owners of the Tacoma.

Kenny Caskey had every intention of building a custom '53 Plymouth he would purchase someday with his son Kole. Unfortunately, that someday would never come. Kole passed away peacefully in his sleep when he was only 2 years old. In tribute to his son, Kenny built this beautiful '96 Tacoma. Kenny's two daughters, Ellie and Matt, are the legal owners of the Tacoma.