2005 Dodge Ram 1500 Hemi 5.7L
Staff Sgt. Shane Matteucci, formerly of Altoona

    Description: “My name is Shane Matteucci. I live in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., (currently deployed to Iraq right now until August), and then will be back to Fort Leavenworth until beginning of September then going to the 101st Infantry Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Ky. I am a 2003 graduate from Altoona High. I’ve been serving in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps since February 2004 and am currently a staff sergeant. I’ve ben sent to overseas conducting detainee operations twice so far, including one in Iraq and one in GITMO, Cuba. I am 25 years old and was raised mostly in Altoona.

    “I posted my truck due to me conducting work and others I had doing work for me since I had bought it brand new from Courtesy in 2005. It is raised 15 inches, with 38-inch tires and 20-inch rims. I have alot of work from the inside out in this truck to include rear differential, Diablo performance chip, upgraded brake pads, window tint, smoke color tail lights and third brakelight, gauges, Billstein shocks, Rhino lining in the bed and along bottom on the side of truck, cd/dvd player, sub woofers, 360 for my subs and amps, cold air intake, automatic steps that fold out, navigation and lots more. Someday, I will bring it to Altoona to show it.

    “I also proposed to my wife in 2005 as she was getting in the truck.’’