1960s Mercedes 1113 fire truck in Talkeetna, Alaska
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The things you find in the supposed hinterlands. This is a mid-1960s Mercedes Benz 1113 cab-over fire truck I saw in front of the Fairview Inn at Talkeetna. The model 1113s were called “kurzhaubers,” which means short hood.