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Transplanted to the Desert

In 2018 my wife Dana and I were living in a small town just outside of Atlanta, GA, when we spotted a young couple driving a 50's era pickup truck. It was then that my wife made a comment that took me by complete surprise. She announced out of the clear blue sky that she had always wanted an old truck. First, I remember thinking, “Who is this woman, and what have you done with my wife?” Then my next thought was, “How cool is she?” That sentence sparked the idea of making her dream come true and surprising her with a truck for a milestone birthday she had coming up in a couple of years.

I knew it would probably take at least that long to find one, let alone

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