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One of the biggest challenges MAR-K wood finish with a custom- what the truck was.” Adams said he
Adams faced while building the mixed stain and hidden fasteners on always wants to build more and will
K10 was the truck’s 4x4 technology. the stainless strips. The truck also probably take the next project in a
“There was a lot to learn compared features MAR-K side trim. different direction or focus on other
to a two-wheel-drive truck.” According to Adams, the only work truck model years.
Under the hood of the truck is a he did not perform on the truck For Adams, the choice to sell his
new GM Connect & Cruise 420hp himself was installing the dual K10 at Barrett-Jackson was a simple
crate LS3 engine and 6L80E 2.5-inch stainless mandrel-bent one. “The four-wheel-drive market
transmission backed by a rebuilt TIG-welded Borla exhaust and is pretty strong, but it can be hard
NP205 transfer case. One of the upholstering the seats, which were finding the right high-end clientele
most eye-catching elements of the retrofitted with bolstered Snowden locally. It’s kind of a slim market,
build is the completely shaved foam and wrapped in black leather but a lot of people come in for
engine bay, lacking any visible with Relicate plaid inserts. Barrett-Jackson, and I just felt like
holes, and all the wiring was hidden “I have always had different trucks, that’s where the truck needed to go,”
for a clean look. Adams moved the and I have always built them in Adams said. He added, “Barrett-
gas tank to the rear using a Boyd different ways,” Adams said. He Jackson made selling the truck easy.”
Welding aluminum tank and a added, “I liked how this one came Adams considers himself a Barrett-
custom-built hidden LED taillight together with the colors, and I feel Jackson SuperFan and has attended
filler door. Inside the bed is a new
like the interior complemented the Scottsdale Auction many times.
“It’s always fun to see everything,
and there’s a lot of adrenaline when
your truck is on the block,” Adams
said of his experience selling his
K10 with No Reserve. He added that
he plans to sell more vehicles at
Barrett-Jackson in the future.

For other people interested in
building trucks, Adams said that
while it is not easy, “you really can
do anything you want to do.” He
pointed out that the biggest excuse
he has heard is that a lot of space
and a shop is a requirement to build
vehicles. “A larger space makes it a
bit easier, and I have that at home
in Tucson (Arizona) at my parent’s
house, but while I am at school, I
just have this one-car garage, and it’s
just a place to work essentially.”
- - -
IT’S ALWAYS FUN TO SEE EVERYTHING, Adams has already started on his
next build: a 1967 Chevrolet C10
AND THERE’S A LOT OF ADRENALINE - and shared that he loves building
WHEN YOUR TRUCK IS ON THE BLOCK. trucks - it’s something he will always
- - - continue to do throughout his life.

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