As they did last year, the guys at Holley shot a series of documentary style shorts at the 2013 NHRA Holley National Hot Rod Reunion. The first one they rolled out features a totally killer 1941 Ford COE truck that is a whole lot more than that. Built over the span of eight years by Bruce Winters and his wife, this thing is designed and executed to be a cruiser par excellence…and it is. The couple has racked up more than 75,000 miles on the truck since it was finished and while you may be wincing about doing all those miles in a cramped COE, don’t because Bruce handled that.

By removing the huge dog house from the cab, it opened up a ton of foot room. By taking an old sleeper from a big rig and chopping it down, adding actual doors, and attaching it to the cab, it allowed Bruce and his wife to move the seats back and stretch out a bit. Instead of a tired flathead for power, Winters added a 12-valve Cummins that has been tuned up to make some 400hp and loaf the truck down the road getting stupid crazy mileage we bet. The best part for us is the stance, which was achieved by putting the whole works down on top of a GM motorhome chassis. Because of the dead straight frame rails, it allowed Bruce to have the way low flatbed look that we really dig. The couple pulls a trailer and a Harley with the truck and they have been from Florida to Bakersfield to Bowling Green this year with all kinds of stops in the middle.

Pugly is one awesome truck and this is one neat film from the Holley TV crew featuring it and the builder!

PRESS PLAY BELOW TO WATCH THE STORY OF PUGLY, A SERIOUSLY COOL 1941 FORD COE TRUCK!