The '08 San Francisco Rod, Custom & Motorcycle Show rolled into
the Cow Palace up in the Bay Area January 11-13. But since we
run a truck magazine and the show's headline doesn't mention
trucks, we were a bit torn. On the one hand it sounded like it
wasn't a truck show, yet on the other hand the building is
called the Cow Palace, famous for its rodeos, horse shows, and
more since 1941. It's only fitting that a building of that
nature would be surrounded by vintage trucks. So we took our
chances and headed up.  As it turned out, it didn't take but 50
paces from the front door into the main arena to notice haulers
blended in between roadsters, customs, and commercial spaces.
And when we say noticed, it wasn't like we found a few sparingly
placed throughout the show--we found trucks by the dozens
scattered throughout the nine buildings of show space. From
restos, to customs, to hot rods, traditional, and even all-out
show trucks, the Cow Palace had all breeds of trucks housed
under its roof. It even had an old h