Beautiful last-year F1 is the best kind of family bonding experience.
Father Son Project
The Ford F1 ushered in the now iconic F-Series, Ford's legendary line of pickups that now rule the sales room. The very first F-Series launched for the 1948 model year and ran through 1952 before the F1 became the F-100 in 1953. This particular F1 is a 1952 model, and it's owned by a man named Dave Rollins, who built it with his son's help and recently snagged a reader's ride feature at Hot Rod.
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Few Details
Unfortunately, Rollins didn't provide a ton of details about his pretty pickup, but we can clearly tell that a ton of work has gone into making it what it is today. That includes the bodywork, which has been smoothed out and shaved, fitted with different door handles, and treated to a few louvers in the sides of the hood.
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Perfect Compliment
The paint job is a very nice custom pattern of Candy Cobalt Blue with Orion Silver, which has been laid down over everything. Very little chrome trim remains on this pickup, save for the windshield molding, headlight rings, and wipers. The wheels, which look like Foose pieces, are also sporting a shiny finish and provide a nice compliment to the perfect paintwork.
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Custom Threads
The interior has been completely redone as well, with short-back bucket seats finished in a two-tone black and silver upholstery. We can also spy some custom door panels and a slick center console, which has a couple of cup holders in it for those hot cruise nights out on the town.
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Worthy Admission
An old F-Series wouldn't be complete without a super clean wood bed with polished rails, and this pickup has just that, with oak planks that likely won't ever have to haul a load. Ultimately, this father/son project turned out awesome, and it's more than deserving of the attention it has received. Even if we would have liked to have a few more details about it.
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