My friend who did the build on my 55' and hopefully will do my 56' has just finished his 56' BW cab with a Lightning Engine. Him and his mom are finishing up the interior. It is a beautiful HOMEBUILT truck. Here is the prototype he built to use for reference:



THE CAB HE STARTED WITH









THE ENGINE
03 Lightning



SHEETMETAL PARTS








NOS Running Boards bought new in 1976 by my friends Dad. $44 each



BodyWORK






















More to come

 

The Mockup and Assembly

Front Suspension, Rear Axle, Frame and Exhaust




























DRIVETRAIN - 03 5.4 Lightning and 4R100 Tranny

 

Great build thread, definately a lot of work went into it. What front suspension is that he is using?

 

Interior, Paint, and Final Assembly













EXTERIOR











You might notice the helper to the right in this picture.

 

The cab prepaint



THE FINAL PRODUCT. Interior still to be finished





THE BUILD SHEET

Front suspension: 95 Crown Vic Police complete rebuild
Rear suspension: 76 Ford Thunderbird 9" disc brake 3.50:1 ratio w/ custom 31 spline axles positraction, 3/4" sway bar
Modifications to the frame: Completely boxed, front clip welded in, rear spring front hanger raised to top of frame, 2" lowering shackles on rear. Stock rear springs modified with removed leaves.
Brake lines: Stainless w/ stainless braided flex hoses
Wheels: Rocket Booster Front 18x8 - Rear 18x9
Tires: Firestone Firehawk Wide Oval Indy 500 Anniversary Front P245/45R18 Rear P275/40R18
Gas tank: 77-82 Short wheel base Chevy/GMC van.
Motor & Trans: 03 Ford F-150 Lightning 5.4L Supercharged / 4R100
Fuel pumps/sending unit: Stock unit from 03 Lightning custom fit into Chevy tank.
Radiator: New stock replacement - Intercooler: stock 03 Lightning.
Exhaust: 2.5" diameter Stainless custom kit - Mufflers: Flowmaster Hushpower II
Modifications to body: HID headlights & driving lights, rounded corners on the doors, 3" wider rear fenders, exhaust exit through roll pan, LED parking and tail/brake lights, fresh air vents removed, gas fill through bed wood, reverse tilt hood, recess in the firewall moved out to clear heads on motor.
Paint: PPG Concept, Black, Grabber Blue, Performance White, and Sublime Green pinstripe
Steering column: 89 Ford F-150
Seats: 97 Mercury Cougar 30 anniversary
Gauges: Speedhut custom gauges. GPS speedometer
Radio: Clairon head unit. 2 6x9 speakers, 2 4.5" speakers, JL amp, JL 10" subwoofer
Power windows: custom made using stock regulators & parts from 97 cougar windows


Hope you all enjoy the pictures

 

Wow! Very nice truck.

 

Well it took me 10 minutes to get past the pictures. Great build. I love looking at build pictures.

 

incredible build

 

Nice truck! I like how you took alot of pics will the build was going!!

 

Sweet project! a ton of hours and cash and sweat right there!
I love the color combo!
Thanks for taking the time to post all those pics! and info. I know that takes alot of time.

 

1995 Ford Crown Victoria with P71 Package(Police Car which has a bigger sway bar).

My friend and his folks have done an incredible job on the truck.

 

Incredible is an under statement, give your friend a well deserved pat on the back for me. He's got one beautiful truck.

 

Hey Donald -
Is that you off to the side in that one pic? What work did you help out your buddy with? This is a very nice build thanks again for posting it!

Ben in Austin

 

Please post pics of the interior when it's done.

 

Yeah that is the skinner version of me. Since that time a lot of my shirts have gotten smaller it seems! ha ha. We traded some parts for work. I had a Vintage Air evaporator, a new gravel pan, and some front suspension parts. I was there that Saturday as he was laying in the front end. He lives 150 miles away from me. So I wasnt out there often. I was happy for how it turned out and thought other might like to see the build. Maybe get some ideas or something. Shoot might even motivate somebody