REDFORD, MI –Western Star Trucks is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2007, and will mark the occasion at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, August 23-25. The Western Star booth (#18128) will be decked out with anniversary décor, and attendees will have the chance to enjoy giveaways, a unique sand sculpture of a Western Star truck, and more.

Western Star began with engineering and operations located in Cleveland and production in Canada. In the following years, the company was headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia. After it was acquired by Freightliner LLC in 2001, the headquarters relocated first to Cleveland and later to Redford.

One of the centerpieces of the Western Star booth will be a large sand sculpture shaped like a Western Star truck that features Western Star’s 40th Anniversary logo on the side. While checking out the sand truck, visitors can also pick up a free limited edition 40th Anniversary Western Star hat (while supplies last) and enter a giveaway for the chance to win a Visa gift card.

Attendees can check out the following Western Star trucks: 4900 EX with 82-inch Ultra High Stratosphere sleeper and Detroit Diesel Series 60 engine with custom True Fire airbrushing from Killer Paint and the 4900 SA oil field service bed truck with butterfly hood and Detroit Diesel Series 60 engine.