Twin-Turbo Coyote-Powered 1963 F-100 Is a Blazingly Quick Rat Rod
Don't let this truck's ratty appearance fool you - it's wicked quick.
Slammed, Rusty, and Fast
Slammed rat rods certainly aren't everyone's cup of tea, and oftentimes, those vehicles are admittedly terrible to drive. Then you have slammed rat rods like this 1963 Ford F-100 - dubbed Taylor Swift - which was built by a shop called Hutch's Welding. This interesting truck has a lot more going on than just patina and a low stance, as we find out in this video from YouTuber Ford Era.
What Year?
Right off the bat, the owner of this F-100 acknowledges that the truck has a 1965 grille, and at some point, someone put a different bed on it. Regardless, it's titled as a 1963 F-100, so that's that. Moving on, the first order of business when building this truck was to chop up the frame and give it a full array of Crown Victoria parts, though the owner decided to go hog wild when it came time to choose an engine.
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Capable Combo
The owner settled on a first-gen 5.0-liter Coyote V8 from a 2012 Mustang GT, which is a popular choice these days. To that, he added a pair of Magnum 60 turbos, which are capable of helping the motor make 600 horsepower on a mere 8 pounds of boost. Obviously, the turbos can be turned up to generate a whole lot of extra power, but in its current form, the Coyote is more than capable of lighting up the rear tires.
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What's In a Name?
Riding on narrowed Fat Man Fabrication control arms and Work Meister wheels, the combination makes for a ground-hugging stance when paired with airbags. As for why the truck is named Taylor Swift, well, it's a reference to the owner's love/hate nature with the sport of drifting. The song "We are Never Ever Getting Back Together" seemed like the perfect metaphor for that relationship, so the name just stuck.
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Showing Off
Instead of going with some boring automatic transmission, this F-100 has a proper Tremec TR6060 six-speed manual with a twin-disc clutch and Core shifter, all because that makes it a lot more fun to drive. Power flows back to an 8.8-inch Ford Explorer rear end and a custom four-link rear suspension setup, while the floor of the bed has been cut out to show all of this stuff off.
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Unfinished Business
Meanwhile, the interior was left pretty much alone because if it isn't broke, why fix it? What's interesting about this build, as a whole, is that the owner admits that he never really finished it. He got it to the point where it was running and driving, and then found himself quite satisfied with it. The main thing left to do was fix up that poorly Bondo'd body left over from the previous owner, but in its current state, this F-100 isn't something you have to worry about driving and messing up.
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Worry-Free Fun
And that's pretty much the great thing about builds like this - you can park right up front at the grocery store without worrying about somebody opening their door into it. You won't be obsessively checking the weather to make sure it won't rain before heading out for a cruise. And you're guaranteed to have a ton of fun driving a truck like this, regardless.
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