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Let me start this month’s Editor’s Note by stating the obvious; diesel enthusiasts love performance. We push these machines to the brink of failure and respect them all the more when they don’t. We attend events to watch other owners’ trucks do the same. Diesel events are unlike any other kind of automotive gathering. Heavy-duty diesel trucks come with a lineage born from industry and farming. Diesel events are a straight-up competition. Unlike weekend car show attendees who like to graze on static vehicles, diesel enthusiasts who go to events are there for the action. Whether you’re a spectator, a competitor, or the casually curious, there is no doubt that diesel events offer a whole lot of excitement. What’s awesome about diesel events is you get so many kinds of rigs represented. From…

RIDE OF THE WEEK STAINLESS DIESEL’S PRO MOD IS JUST ABOUT READY FOR RACE SEASON It won’t be long now… With Stainless Diesel’s split window Pro Mod Corvette in the highly capable hands of HammerTech Racecars, look for driver Johnny Gilbert and his team to be out in force at the ODSS season opener, Rudy’s, on April 21. If you recall, Johnny took a wild ride into the sand pit at the Scheid Diesel Extravaganza back in August, with the car sustaining extensive body damage in the process. However, the chassis was deemed salvageable at the time and is now in the final stages of its resurrection—along with a few updates. The Stainless crew will see you in North Carolina! SOURCE: HTTPS://WWW.STAINLESSDIESEL.COM/ WILD P-PUMPED 7.3L POWER STROKE PULLER Leave it to Tommy Hassler, builder and…

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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. With an insane 20 inches of lift, six doors, and wild amounts of chrome and powder coating, this 2016 “Excursion” is a truck like no other. But the question remains, how did they build it? It all started with two bare cabs and an idea. Shop owner Trevor Lima and the team at DPS wanted to build a flagship of a shop truck, but they didn’t want to build something cookie cutter. So the idea came about to build the SUV Ford didn’t--a 2016 take on a Ford excursion. Thus begun…

This month’s Shell Rotella Truck Of The Month hails from Alberta. As you’ll read, the rig has been painstakingly reborn. Like so many automotive projects, it has taken years. In this case, there have been many hands guiding it to its current restoration. But unlike any similar project, this one was rebuilt by students at the Sexsmith Secondary School. Their Auto Tech teacher, Clinton Brundige entered the 1986 Dodge Ramcharger on his students’ behalf. They were thrilled to learn that their labour of love had won. Clinton shares how this rig was resurrected over many years by many students. It’s an inspired story of learning, persistence, and pride. I took over the Auto Tech program at Sexsmith Secondary School 7 years ago. When I first arrived, the biggest obstacle was rebuilding the…