They don't make them like this anymore.
True Throwback
There was a time, now terribly long ago, when street trucks ruled the earth. Magazines like Truckin' routinely featured slammed, ultra-powerful, custom-painted pickups that many of us grew up drooling over, at least until that particular trend fell out of favor with enthusiasts years ago. Regardless, we still love to see a good old-fashioned street machine pickup, and this wild 1962 Ford F-100 certainly fits that bill.
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High Quality Build
This particular build features incredibly high quality in its construction, as well as immaculate attention to detail, which earned it a spot in Ford's booth at the SEMA Show, as well as a feature in Truckin'. That much is immediately evident from the outside, where the slammed F-100 features fiberglass front fenders and a cowl hood with dark charcoal accents and hand-painted pinstriping to complement the Mercedes-Benz Dupont Silver paint.
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Custom Pieces
Out back, the bed is made from carbon fiber with Billet Specialties aluminum bed strips and contains huge tubs, which help make room for a set of massive, Pro Street-style rear tires. It also hugs the ground on command thanks to RideTech Air Ride suspension, which puts the smoothed-out body directly on top of the truck's Billet Specialties wheels when called upon.
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Modern Cabin
Inside the cabin, the driver and passenger can ride around in total comfort thanks to black Jaguar leather, while they're surrounded by goodies such as Autometer C2 gauges, a custom center console with carbon fiber trim, a carbon fiber instrument housing, Precision Performance Products ratchet shifter, and a tilt steering wheel.
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Mustang Power
As good as the inside and outside of this truck looks, it also has something very special under its hood - a 4.6-liter V8 taken from a 1999 Mustang Cobra that's been bored 0.050 over and features 11:1 compression. It's mated to a 4R75W automatic transmission, while Wilwood brakes can bring it all to a stop in a hurry if needed.
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Time Machine
Give how special this F-100 is, it's no surprise that the truck has earned so many accolades in its time on this earth. But perhaps more notably, it instantly transports us back to a different time, when we dreamed of pounding the streets in our own wild, custom pickup.
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