 Scooter was ready for a rebuild with some fresh paint and interior. He called upon the help of some friends to knock out a bodydrop to lay the rockers flat on the pavement, simply for the fact that he wanted to hear body panels drag off over the sound of the frame. Not really, but that's what he does every time Bessie's body kisses the road. In no time the body was planted firmly on the pavement. He also completely changed up the color with a two-tone paint job with graphics, added some 18/20" Centerlines to update the wheels, and suicided the driver side door. He kept the truck this way for about a year and it could be seen at all of the shows and in MiniTruckin' last year. Yet again, he was happy with the truck for a little while, but it didn't stop there.
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 He felt the need to change the truck up again and hurricane Ike in 2008 made sure that happened. He had a mandatory evacuation in his town and made sure to take Bessie with him but left his other truck (stock s-10) at home. His house took almost 4 feet of water and the insurance company totaled the s-10. Even though he took Bessie with him she still took on a bit more water than she could handle. As Scooter and his family were getting back to normal after the hurricane he got the truck back up and running right quickly. He made a decision at that time to refuse to quit on Bessie after she made it through Ike. At this point she had suffered some minor body scrapes and scratches all self inflicted due to the hundreds of miles the truck has been railing down the highways. The wounds needed to be fixed so he decided to completely change the color again this time to Ford Crown Vic blue. His rebuild list includes adding his a/c back into the truck, added a turbo to his 2.2L, new bench seat to replace the buckets he had, new body mods, exhaust, and also a new set of 18/20" charcoal MB wheels. All these changes gave it a more hotrodish look and feel. And that brings us to the present, but does it stop there?
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