Sam Huffman, 30, a salesman from Atlanta, Georgia, on his Georgia Tech tailgating fire engine, as told to A.J. Baime.

My friends and I all went to Georgia Tech. We were moving onto different stages in our lives and we wanted something to bring us back together. We're Tech football season-ticket holders, so we had an idea to create a tailgate vehicle that would go along with the traditions of the school, celebrating engineering.

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