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DEEP-ROOTED DODGE

Some trucks, like some people, live lives that might not be thrilling, but are definitely interesting.

“The story behind the truck is that it started off in Theresa, New York,” explained Jim Brown who, with his wife, Marcy, was showing their 1962 Dodge C900 at Das Awkscht Fescht in Macungie, Pa. “They bought it new as a fire truck and I believe it was a tanker; I’ve been looking for old pictures of it when it had all the equipment on it. There was another department from Louisville (New York) that caught on fire. They lost some of their equipment and so this fire department donated it to them. They used it for several years and

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