Innholdsfortegnelse for Spring 2021 i F-Series Builder's Guide

CUSTOM AUTOSOUND’S USA4-DIN radio is a great choice for any classic car or truck with a “DIN” radio opening (approx. 7.2x2.11 inches). This includes most foreign and domestic vehicles from 1984 onward, and also older vehicles where someone has cut the dash for an aftermarket stereo. The USA4-DIN also fits perfectly in classic cars, trucks and street-rods with dashes cut for DIN radios. The USA4-DIN has a full featured digital display that flips down to reveal a CD player underneath. The USA4-DIN comes with a built-in USB 2.0 input behind a closed door in the front panel. It also has an auxiliary input on the front panel hidden behind another door. With built in Bluetooth you have several ways to listen to your favorite music. With the RDS tuner you…

IT’S NO SECRET THAT THE ’53-’56 FAT Fender Fords are some of the most popular custom truck builds on the planet. For a Fat Fender to really catch our eye, there has to be some standout features that really take it over the top. Well, Alex Dekadokh and his ’56 F100 build out of Peck’s Customs has certainly done the trick. From top to bottom, front to back and everything in between, this is one ’56 that certainly leaves no stone unturned. From the ground up, this gorgeous ’56 began as a vision in Alex’s mind and has since been brought to life with help from a few close, talented friends and local SoCal shops. Alex shared with us that this was his very first truck build (which was quite…

As we all know, the F-100 market has heated up tremendously over the last few years. It is evident by more offerings than ever from major aftermarket companies as well as the fact that we are seeing many more high-profile F-100 builds at big events like SEMA and Goodguys, to name a few. One segment of the industry that has really stepped up with the F-100 crowd is the manufacturing of full chassis. There are quite a few chassis available for F-100s, from companies like Art Morrison, The Roadster Shop, Fat Man, Scott’s and No Limit, to name a few. All these companies build top notch products, but there can be one roadblock: cost. This is what brought us to Comet Fab and Speed LLC in Haltom City, Texas. There…

VINTAGE AIR HAS ANNOUNCED THE RELEASE of its all-new Gen IV SureFit air conditioning system for ’73–’79 Ford F-100 pickup trucks and ’78–’79 Broncos. This system is available as both a complete kit as well as an evaporator kit, and it installs with minimal modifications to the original firewall. The ’73–’79 Ford F-100 pickup truck has amassed quite a following of classic truck enthusiasts, particularly in recent years. The Vintage Air Gen IV SureFit air conditioning system makes adding modern climate control to these classic trucks a breeze, and it fits all variations of ’73–’79 Ford F-100, F-150 and F-250, as well as the ’78–’79 Bronco. The Gen IV air conditioning system is Vintage Air’s most powerful and intelligent climate control system. It employs an exclusive, fully electronic microprocessor control…

THE LARGEST CLASSIC FORD TRUCK PICKUP event in the US, the Grand National F-100 Show went on despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The dates were postponed to Aug. 13-15, but the third annual show went on, featuring the ultimate cruise through the Great Smoky Mountains, from Gatlinburg to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The show was held at the LeConte Center, the main showgrounds both indoors and out, and numbers were up again this year—350 vehicles preregistered and more than 500 total registered, with 5,000 spectators attending the show. It included one of the largest F-100 swap meets in the country! This year, due to the quality of trucks in attendance, Truck of the Year awards were expanded to a total of three across eight categories. Steven Bolte’s ’55 won the ’53-’56 F-100…

IMAGINE THAT IT’S JUST A FEW short years after World War II. Even with the devastation of 300,000 American deaths, the United States’ economy emerged better than any other in the world. More than 12 million soldiers returned home, and a newly optimistic middle class now flourished while others doubled down on fighting for their rights and equality. Life in America, though challenging for many, was at the very least improving. Of course, this is a simplified view of what really happened, but US citizens were ready to move on with post-war life, which made sense considering that the world was a much different place. Rationing was over, consumerism was in full swing and new technologies gleaned from the war efforts helped bring some pretty amazing things to everyday life.…

NOTHING COULD STOP THE F-100 Supernationals & All Ford Show this year. Neither the COVID-19 pandemic nor 2½ inches of rain from Tropical Storm Beta hampered the 43th annual Supernational’s impressive turnout, with 387 registered vehicles and more than 4,000 spectators attending! Promoter Charlie Cobble and main sponsor Mid Fifty F-100 Parts hosted the September event at the Sevierville Convention Center in Sevierville, Tennessee, just outside of Pigeon Forge. The Truck of the Year award went to Gary Fuller and his ’55 Ford, while John Jennings and his ’72 Ford got the nod for Overall Points Champion. The Pro’s Pick went to Scott Young and his amazing ’64 Mercury M-100. Charlie Cobble would like to thank all of the vendors who gave merchandise away, everyone who came out to enjoy…

CLASSIC PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS introduces its latest all-inclusive kit—the new Ultimate Performance package. It includes the most complete Mustang II suspension package available on the market, with a complete rear suspension kit and an easy to bolt-on complete booster and master cylinder combo, all for one low price. Kit contents may vary between certain applications. The Mustang II suspension kit comes with a crossmember, coil springs, 11 3/4-inch diameter rotors for ultimate performance brakes, performance gas shocks, upper and lower tubular control arms, brand new power or manual rack-and-pinion, front three-quarter-inch sway bar, forged hubs and the company’s Big Bore calipers with 20% more piston area. The kit comes available with your choice of new modular stock height or 2-inch lowered spindles, and your choice of all popular bolt patterns including…

IT’S A STORY WE’VE HEARD BEFORE. When you’re at a receptive time in your life and you visit an absolutely overwhelming event, the results can be predictable. It’s not surprising that you come away with an indelible impression that can shape your future. Kriss Crutcher, from Ooltewah, Tennessee, is a medical lab technologist and remembers exactly when a specific event influenced his future. It was the day he got bitten by the car bug. He and his friends were visiting the 1988 Grand Rod Run in Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and he recalls the unique feeling of being swept up into automotive overload. Of course, the gathering of a couple of thousand vehicles in one place is impressive enough, even for a lifelong enthusiast. From a wide-eyed 16-year-old’s perspective, however, the…

BRIAN SOLOMONSON, like many of us crazed truck enthusiasts, fell in love with pickups at an early age and, as a teenager, his dream truck was a late ’70s Ford. It was pure coincidence that Brian happened upon this ’76 F-150 4x4. He came across this truck down by the border of Mexico for sale by the wife of the original owner who had just passed away. Brian knew he had to jump on it, so a deal was struck. “After taking the truck home to Arizona, Brian and his son worked on it together with lots of father/son bonding time. These became special memories, memories that Brian also had of building trucks with his own dad. After taking the truck home to Arizona, Brian and his son worked on…

EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU come across a family heirloom, passed down from generation to generation. The Ford truck you see before you was passed down to Kimberly Miller 10 years ago by her grandfather, Stanley. As you can see, Kimberly embraced the opportunity to make this ’80 F-100 her own. She did not disappoint! “As you can see, Kimberly embraced the opportunity to make this ’80 F-100 her own. She did not disappoint!” At the time, she had another truck she had planned to customize. Instead, her grandfather convinced her to sell that truck and take his. After going to the DMV to square away the paperwork, her grandfather decided to take one last drive in the truck. On the way home, he got into a wreck where another…