Contributers: Rhino, Jerry Hahn, Rick Charnoski, Buddy Nichols, Mark Andersen, Sebastian Nichols, Fernando Enriquez, Rob Murphy, Markus Ryders, Jason Arnone, Mike Kruse, Dave Libhart, David Fisher, Michelle McCraney, ZT Maximus.

Special Thanks to my friends and family who let me crash with them as I put this issue together and put several thousand miles on my truck.

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