Year 1956
Make Ford
Model F-100
Color Primer/bare steel
History
I got this truck in 1987 for $2100 at the age of 15 (40 now) and drove it all through high school. It is now in the middle of a major rebuild with many modifications. The last photo is one of my Class of '90 senior pics taken in the fall of 1989 at age 17.
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Exterior
Filling cowl vent below the windshield as well as the passenger side fresh air louvers. Bobbed frame horns 3 inches to pull front stainless bumper closer to body. Shaving all emblems, door handles, gas filler neck, and rear bumper (rolled pan). New oak bed floor, smooth running boards, forward tilt hood, eliminated vent windows in favor of one-piece door glass, hidden tailgate latches, and stainless tail light buckets.
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Interior
None yet but it has an ididit tilt column and Lokar shifter so far. Plans are for all new custom interior with power windows, new gauges, great sound system, etc.
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In-Car Entertainment
None yet...
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Under the Hood
I bored and stroked a 351W to make it a 395ci small block Ford! I copied a professional build sheet and used a Scat crank and H-beam rods, SRP forged pistons, Comp Cam stick and valvetrain, Edelbrock RPM heads and air-gap intake/carb, stainless headers, Kevko 7-quart pan, a polished aluminum serpentine system, and ARP hardware throughout. The motor from the sheet dyno'd at 457hp with 483ft/lbs of torque.
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Suspension
Front: Mustang II IFS with 2" dropped spindles, 11" LTD rotors with powder-coated calipers, tubular upper and lower arms, and power steering rack.
Rear: 9" 4-link with coil-overs, 11" Trans Am rotors w/ Cadillac calipers.
All of this is on fully boxed frame rails and tubular crossmembers.
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Wheel and Tires
The wheels are 17" & 18" Coy's. I love the Torq-Thrust II look and these were less $$$. The tires are General UHP's. These will also display the current and future brake upgrades.
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