• TRUCKIN.COM [2 2 ] OCTOBER 2019 -

BY PHIL GORDON

PHOTOGRAPHY: PHIL GORDON

EVOL

E

volution is defined as the gradual development of

something from a simple form to a more complex form.

For Mook Templet of New Orleans, Louisiana, evolution

hasn’t halted. When he was a young boy, his father owned

a Toyota mini-truck in which they used to cruise up and down their

lakefront. During his youth, Mook began playing with toy trucks—

until he transitioned to model trucks. On Mook’s 16th birthday, his

father told him to start looking for his first vehicle. Of course, it was a

custom truck: a neon green Nissan Hardbody.

EVOLVED

WITH AN

EVIL TWIST