"It was the year 2001 I decided to check out a Chevy/GMC show that was about 1 ½ hour drive. I couldn’t stop taking pictures of all
the great trucks. As I walked around, there it was. A 59 GMC 4x4. It was awesome! I was hooked and I had to find one. I looked for
about 1yr and saw one in the Hemmings Motor News. The year 2002, I drove to Pennsylvania with friends to a VW auto show and told them
I am going to look at the truck. Little did I know about these trucks, I just had to have it. That following weekend I planned to
bring it home. I called the local U-haul dealer to rent a trailer. Left at 3am Saturday morning and 6 hours later to pick up the trailer.
Told the guy who I am, tells me someone overnight took the wrong trailer, my trailer. I wasn‘t happy! Told him to find me one. Ended
up almost ½ hour away from where I should of been. Get the truck and it barely fit on the trailer. My truck is a 1959 GMC ½ ton with
a factory installed NAPCO Powr-Pak 4x4 Conversion. It was built in Oakland California and later it went to a farm in Oregon. Over
time I have found out about my truck, what Napco was all about and how rare they are. It has a 270 which I have spent a lot of time
researching what went where and detailing it. I wanted to restore it to look like it did 50yrs ago. Dirtiest job was sandblasting,
most challenged the motor, and the most fun, driving it down the road.
Thank you again,
Bob Reil."
