Now You See Me
What do Barney the Dinosaur and Howell Industries’ newest truck have in common? They’re both large, purple and attention-grabbing.
R.J. and Rob Howell posted photos of their Arizona glass shop’s new purple Cybertruck to the Auto Glass Tech Talk Facebook group.
“[I] was sick of having to drive job to job, now it does it for us!” they joke in the caption.
The truck’s bed is stocked with glass and supplies, and Howell placed a bumper sticker on the tailgate directing people to his shop.
“We do have a van, a [regular] truck and a fully wrapped trailer, but we thought the purple cybertruck would be great for a lot of reasons,” R.J. and Rob tell AGRR. “One of them is advertising. We live in a small area, and everyone already knows that it’s us and says hello. We plan on doing more signage and using it to do easy, simple jobs out of as well as chip repairs.”
The purple Cybertruck isn’t Howell Industries’ only vehicle for transporting glass, but it is certainly their most eye-catching.
Appreciating the Classics
No aspects of Keenan Moss’ recent classic car job came from the usual source. To start with, the customer found him on Facebook Marketplace.
“I don’t really like traditional Facebook advertising, so I post on Marketplace occasionally instead,” says Moss, who runs Michigan-based Mossy Glass Company with the help of his fiancé, Lisa Cochran.
He says the customer supplied the parts for the ’65 Mustang himself, including an original back glass, an aftermarket windshield and replacement chrome parts.
“That chrome gave me some trouble,” Moss says. “The bottom went in well, and the sides fought me a bit, but doing the top was no fun at all. It didn’t want to go in right.”
Keenan Moss used a variety of aftermarket and original parts for this ’65 Mustang.
Moss says he ended up reusing the Mustang’s original chrome on the top to ensure it fit. He drove three hours to get to this job and spent most of the day completing it, Cochran adds. She said the customer was a mechanic and he was “absolutely thrilled” with Moss’ work.
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