Stuart Reimann

- Carly Dale

STUART Reimann is a perfectionist and all-round good bloke whose upbringing had equal doses of hot roddin’ and truckin’. That’s left Stu with a healthy love of both disciplines, culminating in his current build – a blown and turboed Detroit Diesel-powered ’40 Ford pick-up.

This sure isn’t your usual combo, what inspired you to do it?

Dad had an 8V92 Detroit Diesel-powered Kenworth truck when I was young. I always loved it, especially the sound of the motor. When I started driving trucks myself that really cemented it, so I looked up forums in the States where people were doing this sort of thing.

What’s the motor?