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Accuride Corporation, Chrome Shop Mafia, and Navistar Unveil "Serious Bizness".


EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Today Accuride Corporation (NYSE NYSE

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), along with Chrome Shop Mafia and Navistar (NYSE: NAV See navigation system and navigation bar. ), unveiled "Serious Bizness" at the Great American Trucking Show (GATS GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATS Great American Trucking Show
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) in Dallas.

"Serious Bizness," a 2005 International CXT CXT Crazy Town (band)
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 4 x 4, was provided by Navistar and customized by Chrome Shop Mafia for Accuride. Chrome Shop Mafia's (CSM CSM - ["CSM - A Distributed Programming Language", S. Zhongxiu et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(4):497-500 (Apr 1987)]. ) latest tricked out truck features:

* A custom exterior clad with custom camouflage paint, roof rack, lights, side steps, Accuride Duplex[R] aluminum wheels, and off-road tires

* A diamond plate interior with Bostrom CSM logo seats

* A 4,500 watt sound system

"We greatly appreciate the generosity of Navistar and the creativity and skills of Chrome Shop Mafia," said Rick Schomer, Accuride's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "This is a great example of how our products can be retrofit onto a vehicle to offer a truly custom look."

"We had a lot of fun working on 'Serious Bizness,'" said Bryan Martin of CSM. "The truck came off looking powerful, aggressive, and is a real off-roaders' dream."

Immediately following GATS, "Serious Bizness" will begin a 15-month tour with stops at the industry's major trucking and trade shows. At the conclusion of the tour, "Serious Bizness" will be auctioned-off for charity.

"We were excited with the opportunity to have one of our CXTs customized by Chrome Shop Mafia," said Randy Oetting, Navistar Truck Group's Director, Pricing and Product Strategy. "I think 'Serious Bizness' is going to generate some serious excitement and will ultimately provide a great benefit for a charitable organization This article is about charitable organizations. For other uses of the word charity, see Charity.
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Accuride Corporation is one of the largest and most diversified manufacturers and suppliers of commercial vehicle components in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Accuride's products include commercial vehicle wheels, wheel-end components and assemblies, truck body and chassis parts, seating assemblies and other commercial vehicle components. Accuride's products are marketed under its brand names, which include Accuride, Gunite gun·ite  
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, Imperial, Bostrom, Fabco, and Brillion. For more information, visit Accuride's website at http://www.accuridecorp.com.

Chrome Shop Mafia (CSM) was started in 2003, as a club for owners of the rigs 4 State Trucks had customized over the years. 4 State Trucks, Inc., a family-owned and operated chrome and accessories "super store" is located in Joplin, Missouri. Opened in 1986, 4 State Trucks has evolved from truck repair and salvage sales, to a full-line accessories, installation and truck customization at its finest! 4 State Trucks and CSM are noted for the most innovative and highest quality truck accessories at competitive prices. For more information visit 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Missouri or http://www.chromeshopmafia.com.

Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) is a holding company whose wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

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 produce International[R] brand commercial and military trucks, MaxxForce[TM] brand diesel engines, IC brand school and commercial buses, and Workhorse brand chassis for motor homes and step vans. It also is a private-label designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck, van and SUV markets. The company also provides truck and diesel engine parts and service. Another affiliate offers financing services. Additional information is available at www.Navistar.com.
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