Custom Semi [Hardcover]

Bette S. Garber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 2005

It seems like everything is being customized these days, but one type of vehicle in particular is making a large impact on the customizing world. Semi trucks have been painted and adorned with every bell and whistle imaginable. These spectacular trucks cruise the interstates and draw huge crowds of fans wherever they roll.

Custom Semi features some of the most spectacular examples of customized semi trucks. The book profiles who drives the trucks and families who are in the trucking business, and showcases entire fleets that are customized. Customized trucks that were completely stripped down and recustomized are also included. Spectacular examples of customizations, such as wood, metal, lights, etching, and interior, are showed in exquisite detail, and what's on the cutting edge of semi truck customization is also featured.

The next time you roll down the highway, keep your eyes open for these masterpieces. The hard work, dedication, and love of the highway are conveyed in these rolling works of art.

Editorial Reviews

Review

RPM Magazine May 2006 (circ.: 150,000 )

“Bette gives her audience both top quality photos as well as top quality writing that transforms the images into living subjects to study. If you want more than just pictures of fancy trucks, if you want to see the soul of trucking, this is the one and only book you need in your library.”

Trucking April 2006 (circ. unavailable)

“Fans of American Iron will love this one. Bette Garber writes with a passion for her subject and the people involved in the U.S. trucking industry.”

Newport’s roadster, December 2005 (circ. unavailable)

“Photographer captures the heart of show trucks – and their owners.”

About the Author

Bette S. Garber has been writing about and taking photos of semi trucks for over 25 years. She is the author of Custom Semi Trucks, Custom Semi Trucks 2, Big Rigs, and Custom Semi. She lives in Thorndale, Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; 1st edition (November 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760321337
• ISBN-13: 978-0760321331
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 10.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,597,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bette Goes One Better for Peterbilt Fans, January 14, 2006

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S. Jones (MOTUEKA, NELSON New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Custom Semi (Hardcover)

Hot on the heels of her previous excellent work comes this full-on hard cover show truck expose. Mostly modern trucks dominate this book, and inevitably, it is almost wall to wall Peterbilt, because of the high number of heavily customised to extreme radical Peterbilts out there today. If you prefer the older show trucks , or Macks, Kenworths, etc, you may feel a bit starved for action.

Superb color photography, lengthy text and glossy paper all combine to provide a comprehensive expose of both truck and owner.

5.0 out of 5 stars Bette Garber 2009 calendar, March 16, 2009

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June McCann - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Custom Semi 2009 Calendar (Calendar)

As always Bette's photos are excellent ! I'm sure, since her demise ,her calendars & books will become collectibles. She initiated a new form of documenting a period in our history which may be not be with us much longer.