Thread: Eddie's 1952 Ford F-1

Originally Posted by TLSheff

Very nice so far. So sandblast, primer, and what color?

Originally Posted by 1slo03GT

Yep... definitely needs to be layin frame. You can bag those trucks and get em to tuck a big wheel/tire combo pretty easily. Even a 18/20 combo would look sharp. Mustang II front end, 3 link rear, no inner wheel wells and a bit of fab work. haha. It would look sweet ratted out too with some old skool patina paint on the doors and what not. But then again, your ride, your choice. Judging on how your car is comin, the truck will turn out good too. Keep it up man! I like it!

thanks guys yea eventually its going to get a full restoration im not in a rush to restore it i just want to drive it, me and my dad are doing it together so im not gonna put it on bags or anything because hes not into all that plus its not in to bad of shape so i dont want to cut it up or anything. if i do a ratrod its gonna be a 1927-31 Ford tudor model A. im not sure of a color yet so for now im going to go to get some black paint and just throw it on maybe knock down some of the rust but im just gonna do the black for now to hide most of the holes in the body, like i said i just wanna drive it for a little so i want it to look a little presentable no rush to tear it down ya know lol. but dont get me wrong i have the skills to do it id just like to drive it for a while.

Originally Posted by DanPrixGTP

I like the truck. Should be a fun project

thanks! and yea it should be

Now come to Michigan and fix my rust.

haha ill take a road trip down in the pick up, yea right.. do you have tools to do it?

and thinking of maybe doing this in the future (just an idea)

Originally Posted by siLversLeigh

Just for the love of god keep a Ford powertrain in it. I walk right by the Fords with Chevy engines in them, including LSx's. Which is funny because I think old Chevys with LS's in them are awesome. lol

yea im keeping the engine thats in it now it runs awesome, its a 66 289 mustang engine with automatic trans. i work in a mustang restoration shop so i might throw in an old 3 speed trans

Originally Posted by 99PontiacGTP

Sweet truck!

I have a 1940 ford truck i've not been working on for the last two years... lol been too busy fixin other peoples crap. Should go out and buy a streetrodder magizine. lots of good articles in them. I wouldn't ratrod er anything... maybe a touch lower with some WIDE whitewalls. Find some equaly ruff center caps and beauty rings for the stock rims.... that'd be nice!

nice! i almost bought a 38 ford from down the street but got this one for free. im not turning this into a rat rod either but i do like a lil lower look so i might lower it a lil bit

My buddy has a 56 F600, used to be an old grain truck that got converted into a trailer hauler. Thing is a beast.

i can imagine lol f600 is a big truck

quick update ill try and get more pics up on here soon i been making some progress lately

Getting there. Keep it up!

thanks! and will do i might take a break and drive it around for a little lol

found out yesterday that my wife's parents didn't sell the '52 chevy pickup, they moved it to another spot so they had room for their painting since they are re-siding their house. it is still available to me! you may have competition in the future.

Wow I'm crazy jelly. Although I don't agree with the whole keep it original attitude it's still very perdy.

Originally Posted by SilvaMan61

Wow I'm crazy jelly. Although I don't agree with the whole keep it original attitude it's still very perdy.

Restorations are always nice, take it back to the "like new" point.


But you can't disagree... Muscle has more appeal. An aggressive look is where it's at.




^ Really partial to the Green on Chrome look with the 52 model... just sayin.

I absolutely agree. Like new is cool, but it's prude ish IMO.

Drop- in, drop- it, drop- jaws.

Originally Posted by Bio248

found out yesterday that my wife's parents didn't sell the '52 chevy pickup, they moved it to another spot so they had room for their painting since they are re-siding their house. it is still available to me! you may have competition in the future.

bring it always up for some competition

Originally Posted by SilvaMan61

Wow I'm crazy jelly. Although I don't agree with the whole keep it original attitude it's still very perdy.

i dont want to keep it to original just dont wanna chop it up too much because its in decent shape

Originally Posted by SilvaMan61

I absolutely agree. Like new is cool, but it's prude ish IMO.

Drop- in, drop- it, drop- jaws.

it will probably get lowered in the future but not slammed lol

theres a guy on a street near me with the same exact year/model/color of ur truck ed, he was parked on waldamire and redlion road