{"id":267,"date":"2011-02-25T10:13:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T15:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/?p=267"},"modified":"2011-03-31T20:19:01","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T00:19:01","slug":"joeys-christmas-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/2011\/02\/old-time-trucks\/joeys-christmas-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey&#8217;s Christmas Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/FebOTT.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-268\" title=\"FebOTT\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/FebOTT-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/FebOTT-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/FebOTT-600x514.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/FebOTT.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>About nine years ago, Joey Annas of Connelly Springs, North  Carolina,  bought this 1978 Peterbilt cabover and just parked it because he  didn\u2019t  have the cash to restore it.\u00a0 The  old Peterbilt sat in his driveway  for several years until his better half, Kip,  finally told him to get  that thing out of her driveway.\u00a0 A friend took it to his shop, where it  sat  for several more years waiting its turn.\u00a0  Joey had always helped  many of his friends work on their trucks, so they  decided to turn the  tables on him.\u00a0 While  Joey and his wife were out of town for  Thanksgiving, a group of his friends  decided to get his old truck out  of the weeds and start restoring it.\u00a0 They worked hard to have it  completed before  Christmas and keep it a secret from Joey.\u00a0  The crew  went to work installing new batteries, sandblasting the truck,  and  painting it red.\u00a0 Then they repaired  the upholstery, put on new tires,  wheels and exhaust, polished everything up,  and added many new  accessories.\u00a0 They  also replaced the bumper, quarter fenders and more \u2013  and they did it all in  just four weeks!\u00a0 Joey\u2019s friends  surprised him  at a Christmas party where he was the unsuspecting guest of honor  \u2013 he  was speechless when he saw his \u201cnew\u201d truck pull into the driveway.\u00a0 His  friends had even documented the  restoration with a photo album, which  Joey slept with for days.\u00a0 Every morning, Joey looks out his window   first thing, just to gaze at his truck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About nine years ago, Joey Annas of Connelly Springs, North Carolina, bought this 1978 Peterbilt cabover and just parked it because he didn\u2019t have the cash to restore it.\u00a0 The old Peterbilt sat in his driveway for several years until his better half, Kip, finally told him to get that thing out of her 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