Early in the 60's Bill Adams took this 1956 GMC Model 100 Pickup in on trade at his Studebaker dealership. After finding no interest in the truck from customers he decided to have some fun. By removing and reversing the rear fenders he found that he could chop the bed and shorten the truck by several feet. The story goes that he then looked through his leftover car paints and mixed several together (he was color blind) with the result being this orange. It soon gathered lots of attention and many people wanted to buy it.

Mr. Adams decided to hang onto his creation (now dubbed 'The Punkin') when he found out how well it could climb mountains. The rear end was a little light so he added part of a railroad rail as the rear bumper. When it wasn't being used as a deer-hunting vehicle it doubled nicely as a shop truck. It was retired from all duties in the early 90's and fully restored.

Now with more chrome than it ever had when new, it stands as a great reminder of the history Mr. Adams began in his very first shop in Mexico in 1947.

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