Unleash Your Inner Ricky Bobby with this Street-legal NASCAR F-150
With headlights, doors, and air conditioning, this ex-race truck has a second life as one of the coolest street machines ever.
Like you, we spend a lot of our time browsing for cars and trucks on eBay, Craigslist, and Facebook Marketplace. Lately, we’ve been obsessed with Racing Junk for a few reasons. For one, the 2020 NASCAR season just started, and it’s got us wanting to go racing. We also like Racing Junk because you’re more likely to stumble upon stuff that’s truly weird and wonderful.
Take this 2000 Ford F-150. It’s not your average F-150, of course — this one started its life not as a production pickup, but as a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series racer. After its retirement from racing, its current owner modified the truck from a track-only toy to a street-legal monster.
Unfortunately, the ad doesn’t tell us what team this truck raced for, who drove it, or what races it may have participated in. However, it does clue us into some more useful information, like its clean Florida title. In this case, we’d rather have that than racing pedigree.
From the Track to the Street
You might be disappointed to find out that there’s a worked-over, carbureted Chevy V8 under the hood. However, we’re sure that all would be forgiven after stomping the loud pedal just once. The ad advises that this engine is built to be more streetable than a NASCAR truck series engine. Thankfully, the side-exit race exhaust has been retained.
Inside, you’ll find a cabin that’s much more hospitable than your average race car (or race truck, in this case). There’s carpet, for one, as well as air conditioning and power windows. There’s not one, but two Kirkey race seats — and both have been upholstered. Doors have even been cut into the body to make ingress and egress easier, but we’d just crawl in through the window, anyway. Wouldn’t you?
Obviously, the most noticeable change from the outside is the addition of real headlights, tail lights, and turn signals. These replace the stickers the truck originally had in its full-race configuration. All of these changes mean you can legally plate and drive this monster on the street. We’d still expect to get pulled over by curious cops, though. Once they see that your papers are in order, they’ll probably ask for a ride!
Photos: Racing Junk
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