No BS OBS Truck Show 2026: 600+ OBS Ford Trucks Take Over Oregon

If there’s one event that earns a permanent spot on the Complete Performance calendar, it’s the No BS OBS Truck Show.

 

Hosted by OBS Solutions at Powerland Heritage Park in Salem, Oregon, the No BS OBS Truck Show brings together one of the biggest concentrations of 1980–1997 Ford F-Series trucks and Broncos you’ll find anywhere. For a crew like ours that lives and breathes Ford trucks, that makes the trip from our home base in Jasper, Texas, an easy decision.

Seriously, where else are you going to find 600+ OBS trucks all in one place?

That’s why this show is more than another event on the schedule for Complete Performance. It’s a chance to catch up with old friends, meet customers face-to-face, collaborate with some of the best companies in the OBS community, check out hundreds of killer builds, and spend a weekend surrounded by people who are just as obsessed with these trucks as we are.

Texas to Oregon: Worth Every Mile

Getting from Jasper, Texas, to Salem, Oregon, isn’t exactly a quick trip down the highway. Our crew flew in for the weekend, but we weren’t about to show up without something special to put in the Complete Performance booth.

Our current F-250 Power Stroke Lightning project made the drive from Ogden, Utah, to Oregon and back, roughly 1,600 trouble-free miles, so we could have it on display throughout the show. That’s the kind of road trip we like to see. Building a truck that looks good sitting in a booth is one thing. Building one you can actually put miles on and enjoy is another, and the Power Stroke Lightning handled the trip like it was supposed to.

More Than a Truck Show

The thing that separates No BS from a lot of other shows is the atmosphere.

Yes, the trucks are obviously the main attraction. The event is open to 1980–1997 OBS Ford F-Series trucks and Broncos, which means you can walk the grounds and see just about every interpretation of an OBS imaginable.

There are immaculate restorations that look like they just rolled off a Ford dealership lot, slammed street trucks, lifted 4x4s, diesel builds, engine swaps, custom suspension setups, survivors, daily drivers and works in progress.

That variety is what makes walking the show so much fun.

We spent plenty of time strolling through the Show N’ Shine, checking out trucks and talking with their owners. The official Show N’ Shine gives attendees the opportunity to put their trucks up for people’s-choice voting, but you definitely don’t need a trophy build to belong at No BS. The event embraces everything from full custom trucks to originals and ongoing projects.

That’s exactly how an OBS gathering should be.

Rolling Out With the OBS Community

One of the highlights for us is getting up in the morning and joining the OBS Truck Cruise.

There’s something different about seeing hundreds of these trucks parked together and then watching a line of them hit the road. The No BS cruise gathers trucks before rolling toward the show, turning the drive itself into part of the weekend.

Naturally, we had to be part of it.

The cruise is one of those experiences that’s hard to capture in pictures. You’ve got OBS Fords in front of you, OBS Fords in the mirrors, and people lining up shots of trucks rolling down the road. For a few miles, it feels like somebody turned the clock back 30 years. Except the trucks now have modern suspension, big brakes, custom wheels, Power Strokes, engine swaps and considerably more horsepower.

Vendor Row Is Where Ideas Turn Into Builds

Another major reason No BS is a can’t-miss event for us, is the opportunity to spend time with other companies in the industry.

Companies like Desolate Motorsports, Sky’s Offroad Design, Carrick Customs, Trinity Wheel and many more bring an incredible amount of knowledge, engineering and creativity to the old Ford truck world.

At most events, it’s easy to think of Vendor Row as simply a place to sell parts. No BS feels different.

We get to talk shop. We compare ideas. We see new products in person. We talk about problems customers are trying to solve and where these trucks are headed next. Most importantly, we get to strengthen relationships with other businesses that are pushing the OBS platform forward.

The show itself encourages exactly that kind of interaction. Vendor Row is designed to let attendees see new products and builds, meet the people behind the brands, catch demonstrations and participate in giveaways. For us, those conversations are just as valuable as anything happening out on the show field.

Gumbo, Friends and the Part You Don’t See on the Show Flyer

When the official show activities wrapped up Friday, the party migrated back to the hotel parking lot, where the formula was pretty simple: friends, trucks, drinks and pizza.

No awards. No booths. No schedules. Just a parking lot full of people from across the country hanging out because OBS Fords brought everybody to the same place.

Of course, anyone who knows our crew knows we aren’t traveling halfway across the country without finding a way to turn it into a good time. We decided Oregon needed a little taste of Southeast Texas, so we made a big batch of gumbo and shared it with some of our closest friends after the show ended Saturday.

Truck events are supposed to be about community, and sometimes community looks less like a perfectly polished truck and more like a group of friends standing around a pot of gumbo telling stories.

Those are usually the moments you remember the most.

Powerland Is the Perfect Backdrop

Powerland Heritage Park also gives No BS a setting unlike your typical fairground truck show.

The Salem-area venue is home to museums and attractions centered around machinery, transportation and mechanical history. The No BS organizers encourage attendees to explore those attractions and support the volunteer-operated museums while they’re on the property.

Put hundreds of old Ford trucks into a place dedicated to preserving mechanical history, and it just works.

Between the trucks, Vendor Row, Show N’ Shine, swap meet, raffles, cruise and everything else happening throughout the weekend, there’s always something worth checking out. The event’s sponsor raffle alone has grown into a major part of the weekend, with vendors contributing a huge selection of products for attendees.

But even with everything going on, the event still manages to feel like a gathering of friends rather than some massive corporate production.

That’s a big part of why we keep coming back.

Until Next Time, Oregon

By the end of the weekend, we’d walked more rows of OBS trucks than we could count, caught up with friends from across the industry, made the morning cruise, talked trucks with customers, served a pot of gumbo, emptied a few pizza boxes and put another successful No BS weekend in the books.

A huge thank-you goes to OBS Solutions, Powerland Heritage Park, the vendors, sponsors, builders and everyone else who puts the work in to make the No BS OBS Truck Show happen. Events like this are important because they keep the OBS Ford community connected and they give all of us an excuse to keep building, driving and improving these trucks.

For Complete Performance, the No BS OBS Truck Show isn’t just another booth on another show field. It’s a reunion. It’s a chance to see what everyone has been building since last year. It’s an opportunity to put faces to names and online conversations. And, most importantly, it’s a weekend dedicated to the trucks we love.

Yeah, we’ll be back.