TEXT BY CHRIS HAMILTON
PHOTOS BY TUCKER HARRIS
ASK PRETTY MUCH ANYONE IN THE LOWER 48 TO NAME A TYPE OF BEAR AND YOU WILL GENERALLY GET THE SAME ANSWERS—BROWN BEARS, BLACK BEARS AND TEDDY BEARS. Then ask them to name a rare bear they wish they could see in person one day, and panda bears will probably take the top spot every time. Rare, unique and different from the rest are traits shared by the most desirable objects in existence. Pandas are lucky enough to naturally have all those boxes checked at birth, but if you want to build a truck with the same mystical qualities, you’re gonna have to step it up to a whole new level.