Feb 01, 2021
Robb Mariani near the beginning (left) and end of an almost five year period as he helped spearhead and promote the restoration of the 1974 Mack that was daredevil Evel Knievel's last tour truck.
There is no pairing of photos I could come up with that better exemplifies the years-long restoration of the piece of history that is Evel Knievel's former Mack haul rig than the two above. I took both, the first (left) on the occasion of the rig's arrival at the small fleet and sometime custom shop of BPW Transport owner-operator Brad Wike in Lincolnton, N.C., in February 2012, the second upon unveiling of the resto job at the Great American Trucking Show in August of 2015.