1951 ford F1 rat rod military custom hot rod

1951 Ford Other Pickups Description

51’ FORD f1 Custom

-Completely built from ground up

-2x4 hand build frame. Jig built

-Cab is a 51' ford F1 pick up The entire bottom foot, firewall, and floor is custom made

-Front suspension is original early ford I beam and wishbone.

-Wishbone has been split and frame mounted

-Original ford fluid filled friction shocks dampen the leaf spring suspension

-Four piston wilwood brakes on front end.

-All new original brakes on dually rear. -Wilwood master cylinder

-Hand made rear swing arm suspension with coil over shocks

-Dana 70rear end 4.56 ratio. Milled aluminum housing cover

-All new steel wheels.

-All new military non directional tred tires

-Custom fuel cell build from two GI cans pushed with electric fuel pump

-All lighting is n.o.s. Military converted to 12 volt. Blackout lights still work

-Battery box is converted military ammo can

-Windows covers,air cleaner cover and interior finished with military OD green canvas

-New steel radiator with customized Massey Harris tractor grill with hand made copper insert

-Air cleaner is 1954 Mercury oil bath converted to hold paper element

-Visor and copper accents are hand built from .052 pure solid copper with brass rivets to secure

-Ford 302 small block. Complete rebuild. Stock bore. Thumper cam. Holley 4 barrel carb. Aluminum Offey valve covers. Mallory ignition.

-Ford C4 trans completely rebuilt with shift kit and custom servo.

-Open header. Heat wrapped

-Stuart warner gauge set

-Custom covered pleated seats

-Shaved door handles

-Custom OD green weathered paint on body

-Pinstriped by some of the best guys at the Syracuse nationals

-Full documentation and pictures to go along with build

-Every piece of frame and suspension is hand made. Hundreds of hours of fabricating. Definitely will draw crowd.

-Picked as top 12 at Syracuse nationals out of 8000 cars

-Picked as old school round up winner at Syracuse nationals

-Featured spread in old school rodz magazine

-There are no weak points on this truck. Built right and attention to detail is everywhere you look. If you paid the have this built it would be double or triple this price

-Registered as 51' Ford F1

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