Slammed ’72 F-100 Hauls Ass With Big Coyote V8
Built by Alabama’s Ozan Chassis Shop, slammed ’72 F-100 rolls upon patina’d billet wheels, Roadster Shop chassis holds it all together.
Though more than a few classic Ford truck builds hold true to how things were, more and more are going down the restomod path. After all, why not have modern conveniences dressed in vintage steel? Not to mention the new powertrains you can shove under the heavy hood to really wake up the neighbors.
Ozan Chassis Shop in Alabaster, Alabama built such a beast from a ’72 F-100. Recently, Solomon Lunger of Ford Era spoke with shop owner John Alexander about this slammed pickup, and how it came to be.
“A guy kinda wanted to do some horse-trading with us,” said Alexander. “We wound up with a box of bolts and parts and pieces. This is what we came up with. It’s a little higher build than what we usually do, but it is a nice driver.”
The ’72 F-100 sits upon a Roadster Shop Spec backbone, held up on each corner by massive Forgeline billet wheels made to look like massive steelies left in the elements. No air bags connecting the wheels to the chassis either, just coilovers. The big wheels also hide a set of Baer 14-inch discs with six-piston calipers. We wonder why that is.
“A lot of hard work went into putting this together,” said Alexander about shoving the Coyote 5.0-liter V8 under the hood. “We’ve done the [inner fenders]. We’ve done the tubs, the transmission tunnel and some other stuff we had to do to make everything clear. We wanted it to look as stock as possible, so we mimicked the original inner fender welds for this model.”
Behind the F-100’s V8 is a Tremec T-56 to send the buff horses to the 20-inch rears, accessible via a Hurst shifter in the well-appointed cabin. Meanwhile, the bed might not hold as many sheets of plywood anymore, but it can keep a cooler and a small toolbox in needed.
“It gets used,” said Alexander. “I drove it 200-something miles from just south of Birmingham. It was a good ride […] It’s kinda like driving a stock Mustang, just in a pickup form.”
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