Adams' fascination for automotives flourished and expanded since his teenage years. His practice grew from creating miniature models to life size sculptures and installations. In Toaster Work Wagon, 1997, Adams assembles several bicycles, a couple of lawn chairs, and parts of a 1960 Volkswagen bus. The playful aspect shown in this piece is typical of Adams’ quirky style. This is apparent again in Gift Machine, 1998, where Adams constructs an installation of an imaginary vehicle using tennis balls, a ladder, umbrellas, a couple of scooters, foldable lawn chairs, and an abundance of nylon bags. The scooters make up the ends of this vehicle, and are connected by the ladder with a variety of humdrum objects hanging from it. These totally impractical ‘machines’ that Adams creates are not supposed to be functional or logical; it is meant to be humorous and silly. By illogically compiling different things together, Adams gives new meaning and new function (even if it is unfeasible) to these everyday objects that puzzle the viewer – almost poking fun at the real purpose of these objects that we’ve become so familiar with in our lives. It is funny and refreshing to see such ordinary objects be used in such unordinary ways.