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Country Acres Saturday, April 6, 2024
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Volume 11, Edition 04
Colfax Custom
RENOVATIONS ON DISPLAY across the country
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This 1946 Chevrolet is used as a Pizza Genius food truck in Reno, Nevada. The restoration was completed by Colfax Custom of New London.
food trucks that hail from Minnesota. “Two years of PHOTO SUBMIT TED blood, sweat owner Palm (from left), Colfax Custom raise a rk Ma ner and tears ow s sion ces Con n to e Chameleo e Palm and Jason Gravley prepar went into Derek Otteson, Jake Wangen, Lukble bus and red double-decker London tour Flxi 7 194 nd pou in this build,” 000 202 12,0 ber 35-foot, at Capital One Center in Novem said Derek bus 11 stories up to The Perch used as food trucks at the rooftop destination. Otteson, Tysons, Virginia. The vehicles are owner of Colfax Custom. “The full restoration and conversion of two 70-year-old buses and a vintage Airstream is no small task. There were times when the boys and I were ready BY SARA EISINGER One Center. to pull the plug on these old STAFF WRITER Centered in the heart of girls, but we all dug deep and Tysons, Virginia, The Perch’s made it happen. It’s all worth it when the customer is blown NEW LONDON — Hav- 2.5-acre rooftop destination is complete with the three away by how good they ing traveled approximately renovated vehicles turned look.” 12,000 miles from Colfax Custom in New London, a red double-decker London tour PHOTO SUBMITTED This 1985 Chevrolet P30 van sits in 2022 at Legends Bay Casino bus, silver vintage Airstream in Nevada. Many of the trucks renovated and customized by and 35-foot 1947 Flxible bus Colfax Custom go to new food vendors. sit atop The Perch at Capital
Vintage vehicles turned food trucks hail from Minnesota
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Going strong since 2018, nearly 40% of the vehicles restored by Colfax Custom become food trucks. Others are displayed at facilities like Legends Bay Casino in Nevada, where a red 1955 Ford Vanette and blue 1950 White 3000 service customers. A black double-decker from England was transformed into a food truck in 2020 to service customers at Soaky Mountain Waterpark in Sevierville, Tennessee. A purple and white 1962 lowrider Volkswagen
services a coffee shop in Minneapolis. “We do everything from food trucks and big bus renovations down to small repairs and restorations,” Otteson said. In a single year, the Colfax Custom crew can fix up around two dozen collector cars, double-decker buses, trailers or large buses.
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