10-4 Magazine - For Today's Trucker

SIMPLE & SWEET
Two Projects from Clint Moore

Many people think that you have to spend a ton of money on upgrades or pay a custom builder big bucks to get a really cool rig. Not so! The two rigs on this page are testimonies to that fact. Clint Moore might build some awesome “creations” but they don’t all cost an arm and a leg. These two latest creations were almost entirely spec’d from the factory - including the paint - and both still turn heads. Both of these trucks are owned by Steve & Donna Jordan of Clay Center, Kansas, who run a fleet of 16 trucks.

Steve hauled his first load in 1967 while still in college. After college he worked several jobs, but he always ended up driving a truck. In 1969 he got a job hauling livestock for a guy in Otoe, Nebraska, hauling pigs to Oregon and calves back. In 1972 he started pulling a flatbed for a manufacturing plant, then worked inside the plant some, and then quit and peddled freight for awhile. In 1980 he went to work for Carlson Trucking as a driver, then ended up doing some dispatching in 1986, and then ended up buying the company with a friend in 1993.

Clint and his father are both members of an antique Chevy/GMC truck club and both have classic pickups (dad has a 1953 Chevy truck and Clint has a very rare “basket case” 1956 Chevy Cameo pickup he’s been neglecting for years). Clint sort of knew Steve because he would come in to Kansas City Peterbilt from time to time to buy parts and such. When Clint found out that Steve had a 1959 Napco Chevy 4X4, he invited him to join their club. The two became friends, and when it was time for Steve to order a new big truck, he called Clint at the dealership.

The first truck Steve ordered was the Viper Red and Pepsi Blue 2005 Peterbilt 379 Extended Hood pictured here with a 63-inch flat top and a C-15 Cat. This truck was ordered from the factory almost exactly as you see it - the only thing Clint did was put a visor on it and add the “University-style” lettering. The truck is painted in the University of Kansas color scheme, so they called it the Jayhawk truck - which is the name of the school’s athletic teams and mascot.

When it came time for Steve to get another truck, he came down to see Clint. Walking the lot together, Steve said, “Any of these will do, but it sure is more fun to order one.” So that is what they did. Peterbilt invited Clint and Steve to come down to the factory and watch the truck be built, which really stood out as it went down the line.

This new truck is the Pure White and Viper Red 2008 Pete 389 also pictured here. Featuring a new-style 63-inch flat top with a fold-up bed inside, a C-15 Acert engine, a low air-leaf suspension with a car hauler front axle, polished aluminum wheels, dual stainless steel breathers, a Prestige interior (with no navigational system) and lots of chrome gauges and rocker switches, this truck is simple yet very elegant. The truck’s Seminole paint scheme was done at the factory and features a white roof for that “old school” look. Once it arrived, just like the last one, all Clint did was add a drop visor and the lettering. Once Steve got it home, he added some gold tape pinstripes because the factory refused to paint a third color.

So there you go - two fine examples of nice rigs that do not have a bunch of aftermarket stuff on them and they still turn heads. It just goes to show that you don’t have to spend $50,000 on accessories to be cool. Just be a little creative when you order your next truck and you too can have a rig that makes people stare - and you might even have a few dollars leftover, too! If you would like to order a truck from Clint Moore, contact him through Kansas City Peterbilt at (800) 489-1122 or visit his website at www.custombuiltfor.com today.