Anthony Cobb Just Felt Like…M8KNLUV

“MY LOVE FOR THE LOWERED SCENE STARTED WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD AND HELPED MY COUSIN DROP HIS NISSAN HARDBODY. As soon as I saw it hit the ground, I was hooked! After that, I scraped up every dime I could to build model trucks and lowriders and buy magazines. It was my life.”

- MIKE SELF

And so begins the story of Anthony Cobb and his ’73 Chevy LUV.

Things were never easy for Anthony. In fact, he had a lot of struggles during his journey to build his truck.

“Growing up in a less-than-fortunate situation, the reality of having anything remotely close to these trucks and truck clubs I idolized was pretty much non-existent,” he says. “But I knew all I wanted was to build something that was nice enough to grace the pages of a magazine—to be one of the elite few like the rides I watched being built in Negative Camber, Severed Ties, Pebble Pushers and all the other clubs that were ruling the scene at the time.”

With plenty of inspiration, young Anthony decided to set himself up for success by investing in a quality education— one that would put him right in the thick of working on customizing trucks!

“I enrolled in college for collision repair and refinishing,” he says. “As I’m standing out front of the classroom for the first time, four ’bagged trucks pulled up and aired out right in front of me. All of the guys were coming to the same class! For the next two years, all we did was ’bag trucks and lay down paint. We even body dropped one of them. Every morning, I was happy to go to school!”

It was obvious that Anthony had found his passion, and he was happy to lend a hand with friends’ trucks whenever he could. Things were looking up, and Anthony even got married and became a father just before finishing school. But then came a tragedy we all know too well…