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 two feet (0.6 meters) narrower, the potato truck will be able to operate without wide-load restrictions, permitting it to drive at night so the glow-in-the-dark spud can shine during nighttime parades, Idaho Potato Commission President and CEO Frank Muir said.</p><div id="gmail-newsletter-signUpWidget" style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:Lyon,Georgia,serif;font-size:17px">Officials intend to make the new model look almost identical to the current one and keep it at 27 feet (8.2 meters) long.</p><div class="gmail-inform-embed gmail-ndn_embed gmail-ndn_embedding gmail-ndn_embedContainer gmail-ndn-widget-embed-1 gmail-ndn_embedded" id="gmail-ndn-widget-embed-1" style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><div id="gmail-perfectpixeltop-target" style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;line-height:1.5;font-family:Lyon,Georgia,serif;font-size:17px">"The potato will look like it magically is glowing, and people will absolutely love it," Muir said, while announcing the plans during the Idaho Grower Shippers Association's 89th Annual Convention last month.</p></div><br></div></div></div></div>