PPG announces show truck tour dates

PPG announces show truck tour dates

PPG Automotive Refinish announced its 2015 show truck tour schedule. The show truck this year is a 75-ft. 2007 Coronado Freightliner tractor-trailer rig. The Freightliner sports a new paint scheme that highlights the colors, graphics and special effects that PPG’s advanced PPG refinish products allow, according to the company.

Again this year, veteran PPG driver Chad Hook will steer the truck across the country to major custom car and truck shows sponsored by the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association, the National Street Rod Association (NSRA) and other automotive enthusiast groups.

Hook has been driving the PPG show truck since 1999. He will begin his annual expedition on April 24 with the Goodguys 2nd Florida Nationals and move on to Nashville, Indianapolis and other destinations across the nation. He will make a total of 14 stops and end the season with the Goodguys 18th Southwest Nationals in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Nov. 20.

The show truck is an opportunity for professional and amateur custom car painters and builders to learn more about PPG products, according to the company.

The complete tour schedule is below:

Kissimmee, Fla.
4/24 – 4/26
Goodguys 2nd Florida Nationals

Nashville
5/15 – 5/17
Goodguys 10th Nashville Nationals

Indianapolis
6/5 – 6/7
Goodguys 2nd Indy Nationals

West Springfield, Mass.
6/12 – 6/14
Goodguys 23rd East Coast Nationals

St. Paul, Minn.
6/19 – 6/21
Back to the ’50s

Des Moines, Iowa
7/3 – 7/5
Goodguys 24th Heartland Nationals

Columbus, Ohio
7/10 – 7/12
Goodguys 18th PPG Nationals

Syracuse, N.Y.
7/17 – 7/19
Syracuse Nationals

Louisville, Ky.
8/6 – 8/9
NSRA Street Rod Nationals

West Valley, Utah
9/10 – 9/12
Ultimate Air Affair

Englishtown, N.J.
9/19
Diesel Nationals

Fort Worth, Texas
10/2 – 10/4
Goodguys 23rd Lone Star Nationals

Biloxi, Miss.
10/8 – 10/10
Cruisin’ the Coast

Scottsdale, Ariz.
11/20 – 11/22
Goodguys 18th Southwest Nationals

For more information about the 2015 appearances of the PPG show truck, visit PPG’s website.

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