There are some people that have this drive in them to finish what they start, in this case I’m talking about finishing a vehicle “rebuild” that has been in the works for 7 or so years. This whole shoot came about when I missed yet ANOTHER local car show going on, and searched the Instagram tags to see if I missed much- so I could later kick my own ass over not attending. After going over a few horrible cell phone shots, I saw that I didn’t miss much…then I spotted this ridiculously clean Grand National sitting on some CCWs. So the most logical thing for me to do was send the owner a message, this was months ago- and as small as the valley is, I realized I had drooled over this car in person months back while shooting the Harley that was worked on ESG Kustoms – this feature was meant to be.

People from the south and lifted trucks go together like lamb and tuna fish -it’s just something that’s been a part of living out here in the rough terrain. Having a vehicle that can take a beating, something to be used for tough work, something that can not be limited to driving on a paved road is simply not for the faint of heart. It takes a certain kind of person that decides to turn their truck into a vehicle that has no limitations as far as the roads, or lack of roads, it can drive down. Where most of the automotive community all wants to get a lower center of gravity, this usually means sticking to the best roads in the town and having to map out a very safe route to get to our destination because “crap that one road is total shit and full of pot holes”.