Truck art polishes image in Thailand

Paint-jobs veer from wacky to traditional in 'fancy' scene

BANGKOK - Music pounds from the speakers and LED lights ripple across the customized cabs at a "truck party" hosted by proud Thai drivers showing off their lorries with swag.

They own 20-wheeler behemoths that turn heads on the roads with lurid graphics and paint-jobs of everything from unicorns to Transformers and Disney characters on their cabs and containers - while large Michelin Man dolls often add to the visual assault.