Volume 1, Catalog Series #15

Beau Hanson and “The Pickle”, a 1964 Ford F100

A Texan can move to California but often still yearns for something to remind him of home. For Beau Hanson, freelance creative director (beauhanson.com) and mango farmer, that thing was an old truck.

Right after his son was born and living in Larkspur, CA, he found a listing for a 1964 Ford F100 on Craigslist. Owned by a man with a fitting name of Kazz, he had put a late 80’s mustang engine in it but being an old truck at a time when old trucks were just old and not cool, Beau paid a cool $1800 and left with “The Pickle” aptly named for the color which remains to the day.

The Pickle made many a parade, was featured on greeting cards, was used in weddings and was generally a reliable gal other than the time the brakes failed and ended up on a dentist’s front lawn.

She now resides in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on the garden isle of Kauai. Far from retirement, she is now a full on farm truck, hauling green debris weekly to various green waste stations on the island. Although more often than not, you’ll likely spot her on the sand at Kealia, with dad, son and a surf break.

No matter when she travels on the cool island, she’s often spotted and often elicits a sent text message of “saw ‘The Pickle’ today.”