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Old 01-12-2016, 03:03 PM
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1959 f100 build

This build has taken 3 years so far and has been upgraded from my original plan
You can see I originally had the crown Vic front suspension but it was a little too wide for the truck so I switched to a mustang 2 ifs setup it has a 5.3 turbo ls motor should be around 650 wheel horse I also put an 8.8 rear axle with triangulated 4 link
 
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Nice first post. Can't believe there's no pics of the motor!
 
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This is the crown Vic suspension
 
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Nice first post. Can't believe there's no pics of the motor!
Im trying but I can't figure how to do more than one pic at a time??
 
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This is what it looked like with the crown Vic suspension and +32 wheels it would rub if you turned just a little
 
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Here it is with the mustang 2 suspension it turns nice and sharp without rubbing
 
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Here is the first version of the motor and turbo setup


 
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And here are the rest of the pics












 
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very nice,a lot easier now days,when I did my 60 back in 82 I cut the frame and subframe it with a ltd front frame gave me disc brakes,coils and power steering,cross brace was for 460 so I went with a 460 with 429 heads and a crazy comp cam 292,389 gears in 9in,high 11s in the quarter mile,like how your truck sets low,keep the pictures coming,
 
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Here are the rest of the pics I have for now I ordered I piece door glass that's tinted along with the back glass that's tinted




Here are some rear axle and 4link pics



I had a custom gauge bezel made


The seats are out of a dodge Dakota and a lokar shifter









Gas tank is a tanks inc. baffled mustang tank

 
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nice,should run like rape ape with that motor,
 
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A little more done last night wastegate mounted trying to decide if I should plumb it into the exhaust or just have a screamer pipe ????



 
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Looks like the second turbo turned out much cleaner than the first attempt. Are you leaving the patina or painting it?
 
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I am gonna finish the engine bay like a show truck but leave the outside patina. End of this month the headers, y pipe, and up pipe are going to be ceramic coated and I will wrap the down pipe should look really nice
 
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How did you make the one piece door glass work in regards to the regulator, glass channels and weatherstripping? Do they make a conversion kit? Thanks, Jim
 


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