Project Ford F-1 – Quiet And Comfortable
Our Project F-1 is a clean driver as well as a show-worthy truck. As a result we tried to take into account the creature comforts that would make it fun and comfortable to drive on a regular basis. The...
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Our continuing Project F-1 truck is moving right along, and this month we tackle installing the glass in both the cab and the doors. Once again, Altered Engineering in Orange, California, got the call...
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This 1940 Ford’s Amazing Journey Took Some Twists and Turns
A car’s journey on the road to becoming a street rod can be short and straight or long and twisty. Doug and Susie Bush’s 1940 Ford coupe took the latter route. The coupe had passed from one owner to...
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Fitting an F-100 Hood For Good
One thing we have noticed after years of being in the classic truck hobby is how many 1953-1956 F-100s have poor hood gaps. The problem comes from the design of the hood hinges that allows them to flex...
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Vintage Air A/C Install
Back when our classic trucks were new, air conditioning was unheard of for these workhorses; heck it wasn’t even common in cars (or houses for that matter). Although various auto manufacturers had...
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Selecting and Installing Exhaust System Components
Like many of those building a classic truck, installing an exhaust system is more complicated and deserves more thought than merely visiting the local muffler shop. Engine swaps, transmission, and...
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Swapping a Ford AOD and new gears into a 1956 Ford F-100
This month we are back on Project Update, the ’56 F-100 that had been hot-rodded decades ago, but as with many classic trucks could benefit from some modern updates. We tackled the age-old hood hinge...
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Small-Block Ford R&R
If you’ve been following along with Project Update, our 1956 F-100, you know we have been making improvements to a truck that was hot-rodded in the ’90s. When we got this truck back in 2013 we knew it...
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Small-Block Ford R&R
If you were with us last month, you know that we decided that Project Update could use a bit more horsepower without succumbing to the cost of a crate motor or high-end rebuild. We ran it on the dyno...
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