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discussion in the December issue: I am currently the caretaker of a 1-ton, 4WD, crew cab, 8-foot bed, diesel bro-dozer full of work dings and what they call around here, “desert stripes.” It is the undisputed master of everything I throw at it, and I expect to let my children decide its future. However, for me, the idea of the most beautiful truck is heavily weighted by nostalgia. In my case it would be an Air Force blue 1960s Dodge 100. That truck had an automatic transmission and one of those Slant Sixes that the guys claim is worth no more than the sound it could make hitting

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