Contraband Customs

Contraband Customs Serving NH-VT-MA-RI-CT and beyond. Custom trucks, sales and installation of high end truck accessories . Frame refinishing, truck restoration and more.

Official Shift Products dealer among other vendors.

Andy dropped his cool Western-Star off to have some extra cab lights installed.
08/30/2026

Andy dropped his cool Western-Star off to have some extra cab lights installed.

48” stand up sleeper completely restored for Rhys Gaudet. This sleeper came in for a back panel with a back window and w...
08/30/2026

48” stand up sleeper completely restored for Rhys Gaudet.

This sleeper came in for a back panel with a back window and we found body filler and damage in every single panel so it got everything.

Once Tyke stripped the panels the frame was media blasted by M&J. The frame was then epoxy primed.

Not all panels were available so Greg Crispell made the passenger side panel for us.

The roof cap was a disaster with many coats of paint and years of body work but between Tyke and Tim they got it looking new again.

The new panels were installed and Tim laid down some beautiful Merca blue paint to top it off.

Bus glass rear window.

New sleeper vent assemblies, new polished door hinge, new door handle, new door seal, new shocks, new air bags.

Another cool truck left the hill even cooler last week. Thanks to Ryan Wheeler for trusting us with this project because...
08/15/2026

Another cool truck left the hill even cooler last week.

Thanks to Ryan Wheeler for trusting us with this project because him and his friends are more than capable of doing this so I really appreciate the opportunity.

We sold Ryan a 42” bunk, replaced the damaged rear panel with a cool pleated back panel with four lights and a factory back window. Swapped the bottom doors out for some newer style doors to match the truck. Big holed the bunk, body worked and painted it to match the truck.

Ryan dropped the truck off and we got the truck big holed, bunk mounted, new glass cab lights, new loli pop blinkers with our diamond block off plates, added work lights, fixed some leaks on the cab and had it out the door in a week.

Shout out to the new guy Tim for all the hours he put in bringing this 28 year old bunk back to life with the new panels, body work and great paint work. He’s been a huge asset in the shop and has been busy on some other projects as well.

Thanks to Burt at Rydemore for the support in the used parts department per usual.

Thanks to Pro-Fab for making the back panel for us a few months back.

Sparetime Fab for the boot cover and bunk floor mats.

R&S dropped off their 1979 359 V8 truck for some cab repair from an overhead crane hitting the stack and twisting the ca...
06/21/2026

R&S dropped off their 1979 359 V8 truck for some cab repair from an overhead crane hitting the stack and twisting the cab up. My good friend Greg came and spent the week and got the interior gutted, cleaned and repaired everything that needed fixing. Started with straightening the cab structure, replacing the wood floor, fabbed up new metal pieces for the floor and last but not least, on the outside Greg made some sweet stainless cowl panels for both sides and also the stainless pieces for the floor. Then I fixed some leaks in the roof, did 3 layers of sound deadening mat, installed a new interior that Ray supplied, installed a SpareTimeFab carpet, and new seats. We also slid the fuel tank back from under the cab on the passenger side and installed a tool box step under the cab. I look forward to having this one back for some more odds and ends in the future. Happy Fathers Day everyone.

Another brand new one suited up and put to work for Cunningham Logging & Excavation. A 2026 Kenworth W900L straight fr...
06/14/2026

Another brand new one suited up and put to work for Cunningham Logging & Excavation.

A 2026 Kenworth W900L straight from New England Kenworth.

This truck got a two line hydraulic system to run a walking floor and lowbed.

Removed the horns and replaced the factory cablights with LED bullet style lights.

Stainless drop visor.

Side windows tinted by Sheaded Tint

20” mitered end chrome bumper with watermelon lights.

Air cleaner light brackets with one single watermelon light.

Shift Products | Fenders & Truck Lights poly fenders on the rear.

Shift Products | Fenders & Truck Lights rock light underglow kit.

Dual revolution lights in the back of the bunk that switch from amber to white.

Thanks to both of the Freds and Tyler for your patience with me squeezing this job in.

Matt and Conner from Forbes transportation dropped off their W9 for a new windshield gasket, painted color matched drop ...
05/31/2026

Matt and Conner from Forbes transportation dropped off their W9 for a new windshield gasket, painted color matched drop visor and some new bullet style cab lights. Thanks guys.

Just wrapped up Buds Truck and Diesel Service’s 2016 W9. This truck got a big hole conversion with brand new black butto...
05/24/2026

Just wrapped up Buds Truck and Diesel Service’s 2016 W9.

This truck got a big hole conversion with brand new black button tuck with purple buttons interior, new reupholstered to match mid back seats, poly floor painted plum crazy purple with some heavy flake, and all purple watermelon interior lights.

On the outside I replaced the back panel of the sleeper with a custom starburst pattern panel with three diamond widows and a few glass lights for a nice and clean look.
I made new kick panels out of aluminum for under the cab and painted them black to replace the factory stainless ones and added a few more glass lights to them as well as 2” stainless cab and sleeper panels with a bead roll.
A stainless light box with five glass watermelons was also added to the deck plate.

Cleaned up some corrosion issues along the way to prevent future damage.

Big thanks to Charlie and Mikey at Buds for being patient and understanding the process. Everyone told me these guys are great and they lived upto that.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen and for supplying me with high end truck accessories/parts.

Rear sleeper panel and deck plate light box: Pro Fab Associates

All interior parts: SpareTimeFab

Diamond windows: Jim’s custom iron works

Cab and sleeper panels: Greg Crispell

Thanks Ben DuBois and MDR Construction for letting me do my thing on Ben’s daily this winter. This 2018 389 Pete got bus...
04/19/2026

Thanks Ben DuBois and MDR Construction for letting me do my thing on Ben’s daily this winter.

This 2018 389 Pete got bus glass, double round headlights on JJ brackets and old school loli pop light blinkers on the fenders.

Recently wrapped up a job for my friend Mike Shutts. Mike dropped off the chassis for his 1986 double bunk Kenworth K-10...
04/13/2026

Recently wrapped up a job for my friend Mike Shutts. Mike dropped off the chassis for his 1986 double bunk Kenworth K-100. Big thanks to Matt from M&J Media Blasting for all his help getting this project done. We started by stripping just about everything but the steer axle out and spot blasted and epoxy primed between all the pieces that bolt to the rails. The rear section of the frame was set up as ramps for a detach trailer so Matt cut all that mess off and we tapered the rear section for a more practical and factory look. I rebushed the AG -100 suspension along with updating the suspension wishbones to new cast aluminum ones. Thanks to Twin State Truck service for helping me get the sway bars re bushed. We also rebuilt the entire cab-mate air ride cab suspension replacing the old cobbled together stuff from years of service. Then we blasted the frame, epoxy primed and skimmed it to fill in any pits and then laid down the beautiful blue topcoat that my buddy Gary at Sanels in Keene absolutely nailed to match the cab from the original cab paint code. Thanks to J&J towing for carefully towing the finished product over to my buddy Dave’s to use his loading dock to get it on Mikes step deck.
Big thanks to all involved that help me weekly. Especially Matt on this one for working in the shop with me on it. I can’t imagine working for me, I drive myself crazy.

Thanks to Baker Excavating and Construction Services for letting me get this nice old CH looking cool. Randy asked me to...
12/07/2025

Thanks to Baker Excavating and Construction Services for letting me get this nice old CH looking cool. Randy asked me to clean up the back of the cab and make it look better. I took all the stock frame mounted exhaust off and made a much cleaner cab mounted exhaust system work. All the parts are serviceable incase of wear or damage in the future. Big shoutout to for all the help with the design and fab work on the exhaust brackets and custom blind mount full fender brackets. Also added a bunch of glass lights, mudflap weights and a custom 18” chrome bumper.

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Swanzey, NH

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
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