
1953 Ford F-100
Owner/Builder
Specs
ENGINE
- Ford 5.0 Coyote V-8
- 412 hp, 390 ft-lbs of torque
- Digital Guard Dawg keyless ignition
- SPAL 16-inch cooling fan
- Custom painted valve covers
- Painted and pinstriped engine compartment.
- 5-inch exhaust, Hush Power dual mufflers
- Shop: Joe and Ryan Collins Automotive, Scio, New York
- 4R70W automatic overdrive transmission
- Shop: Phoenix Transmission, Weatherford, Texas
CHASSIS & SUSPENSION
- Boxed frame with Mustang II front end
- Parallel leaf springs in the rear
- 5-inch wheel tubs
- Lincoln Versailles 8.8 rear with 3:50 gears
- Four-wheel Wilwood disc brakes
INTERIOR
- Shop: Tom Kolivoski, Smethport, Pennsylvania
- Chrysler 300 bucket seats covered in Macaroon and Sultry Chocolate leather
- Leather and wood accents on the dash with Dakota Digital HDX instruments
- Vintage Air with custom panel under the dash for vents left and right
- Wood-rimmed Banjo wheel on a GM adjustable column.
- Waterfall center console with matching wood and leather trim
- Overhead console holding the JVC stereo head unit
- Four Pioneer speakers, two in the headliner and two behind the seats.
- Custom Macaroon leather headliner with wood trim
- Custom door panels with wood accents and chrome Ford side trim
- Custom floor mats with 50th anniversary logo.
WHEELS & TIRES
- 18 x 7.5 Borghini front
- 18 x 8.5 Borghini Rear
- 225/50ZR18 Continental front
- 245/45ZR18 Continental rear
BODY & PAINT
- Shop: Brett Barry at 6-Star Auto, Eldred, Pennsylvania
- Four-inch top chop
- Shaved door handles and emblems
- Side scoops cut into the tilt forward hood
- Grille fitted with ’08 Dodge Challenger headlights
- Running boards blended into the body
- Taillights from a ’13 Nissan Sentra
- Bumpers eliminated front and back
- Custom roll pans added
- Ford Fiesta side mirrors
- Bed fitted with Bubinga wood planks and stainlesssteel strips
- Pro’s Pick aluminum tonneau cover, raised and lowered with linear actuators.
- Graphics on both sides of the tonneau match the rest of the truck.
- Custom mixed PPG “Bell Brown” paint accented with gold graphics.
- Paint by Dave Ayers of Ayers Auto Body in Allegany, New York
- Von Dutch-style pinstriping by Dick Briggs, Cattaraugus, New York