Residents of Flint, Michigan, are certainly used to being near the center of the U.S. auto industry, but even the most longtime citizens may not have been prepared for what they saw last week. Steve Braithwaite drove into town with his customized pick-up truck, which was made to look exactly like a gigantic banana.

According to The Flint Journal, Braithwaite has no agenda for driving the fruit-like ride, it just seemed like the right thing to do. His quest started two years ago when he purchased a Ford F-150 from a Michigan junkyard and had to return to show off the finished product.

"He told me about his pipe dream and I thought that I'd never see it," the junkyard owner Robert Cole told the news source. "And now I'm 74 years old and I did see it and I'm thrilled half to death."

Though he has no affiliation with any company or politician, the news provider reports that Braithwaite does hope to raise awareness for deep vein thrombosis, and has its own website to further the cause.