You might not want to get this truck dirty!
Mike Rowe of “Dirty Jobs” fame has teamed up with “Survivor” star and Axis Design owner Colby Donaldson to build a custom truck that will be auctioned at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale event in January.
It is called Project S.W.E.A.T. (Skill and Work Ethic Aren’t Taboo) and is being sold to raise money for the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, which supports skilled trades training and education.
The work was done by Ohio’s SugarCreek custom shop, who started with a two-door 1962 Power Wagon panel wagon truck.
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The cab was chopped and turned into a four-door with coach doors that was attached to a 2008 Ram chassis. It has a custom flat bed with integrated work boxes and a steel front bumper with a winch. All told, five vehicles donated parts to its creation, which took 9,000 hours over 14 months to complete.
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The truck is powered by a supercharged 426-cubic-inch Mopar Hellephant crate engine rated at 1,000 hp and 950 lb-ft of torque that breathes through a hood equipped with Ram 1500 TRX-style vents. Eighteen-inch Black Rhino wheels with 37-inch tires driven by solid axles attached to a Carli Dominator suspension with 3.0-inch King shocks.
The interior features modern leather upholstered bucket seats plus Dakota Digital gauges and a Pioneer infotainment system incorporated into the original dash. The glovebox door is signed “Mike Rowe Was Here!”
The truck was unveiled at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas and the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction runs from January 18-26, 2025, and Project S.W.E.A.T. will be one of the featured lots.