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TFM has spun a wonderful Holiday yarn around a perfectly wonderful little 1950 GMC pickup truck. They’ve decorated it for Christmas with a merry paint scheme and hung wreaths for full effect. The tale stems from the magically mythical town of Franklin. They purport that each year at Christmastime, the town’s local brewery whips up a special blend of Christmas tidings in the form of full-bodied beer. The town’s beverage maker is the one and only, “Franklin Brewery and Ice House”. The special result is called, “St. Nick’s Stout”. This is a limited edition of 2500 and the edition, according to TFM, closes at midnight on December 25th, 2007.
Franklin took the terrific little long bed truck that they have used as a special platform for events in the past, and transformed it into the Holiday beer hauler. The paint is beautiful and cheery in red and beige. The graphics are some of the better ones I have seen used and the originality of the design was very well thought out. They hung Christmas greenery on the wooden stake-sides and tied red ribbons accordingly. There is a cool little miniature beer keg topping the hood as an ornament and chrome hub caps on whitewall tires for the special season.
The model has a utilitarian interior but boasts a really nice working suspension, opening tailgate with chain tethers and a fully wired and plumbed engine. TFM supplies fantastic little niceties in the way of two beer kegs, three blocks of ice, one large and two smaller, on set of industrial sized ice tongs and a separate wreath. The wreath attaches to the grille. I can just see this little bundle of joy on the mantelpiece at Christmas lighting up the festivities with good looks and a seasonal bit of whimsy. Job done excellently FM, Merry Christmas to you!
(09/28/2007)
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