No more spuds

Local man refurbishes old potato truck

  • Alan Harry showed off his refurbished 1958 F-600 truck at the June Classics at the Classic gathering in town. He bought the vehicle from a southern Idaho farmer who used it to haul potatoes. COURTESY PHOTO
    Alan Harry showed off his refurbished 1958 F-600 truck at the June Classics at the Classic gathering in town. He bought the vehicle from a southern Idaho farmer who used it to haul potatoes. COURTESY PHOTO
The Ore-Ida frozen foods company often runs TV commercials seeking leads on its “missing” potato truck. Don’t let the food giant know about the refurbished truck spotted in Lampasas County. Auto hobbyist Alan Harry – whose venture to help a friend from Spain refurbish a 1966 Ford Mustang was featured in a 2017 Dispatch Record story – now has rebuilt an old potato truck. He brought his truck to a…

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