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IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, SPENCE MURRAY tells me how Sam Gates, Neil Emory, Clay Jensen, Gene Winfield, Dean Moon, George Barris, and Bob Metz created the original versions of the "Rod & Custom Dream Truck" !

The inspiration for the Dream Truck began in 1953 with  the humble beginnings of  Spence's "daily driver " Chevy truck.  And, since the time it was built, this iconic custom has become one of the most famous of all-time being featured & pictured in  literally hundreds of magazines and articles World-Wide.

So, I was proud to sit down with my old friend Spence, at Darryl Starbird's on a pleasant afternoon in June, and have him document the story so that all could hear it here on the Hall Of Fame Legends Series.  JK

(Above Left: Spence Murray, current Owner Kurt McCormick, and, Jonnie King at Darryl Starbird's Hall of Fame, June 5, 2004; Above Right: Spence Murray drives the "R&C  Dream Truck" at Starbird's. Photos from the Jonnie King Archives.)                                                                                        

(Above left: Dream Truck in an early paint scheme; Above right: Dream Truck with Bob Metz fins/Watson paint job.)

  (Above left & right:  Dream Truck with Bob Metz fins being worked into fenders. )

(Above: The Restored "Rod & Custom Dream Truck" In It's Best Known Version  Now In Kurt McCormick's Collection Of Fantastic Customs ! )   

NOTE: Some photos on this page courtesy of Rik Hoving, Kustomrama, and "The Man With The Camera", our friend, Dick "Fuzzy" Fuerholzer...thanks to all !