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    3/27/2017 8:00 PM  #1

    MS
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    From: Canyon Lake, Texas
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    The 54 F100 has left the building!

    It was here since before Thanksgiving, and just now got picked up.  Hate to see it go!
    In that time, I boxed the front frame rails, installed a 2005 Crown Vic front suspension and 8.8" rear axle, installed new gaskets on the 302, added radiator, shroud and serpentine belt system from an 89 Lincoln MK VII, shorty ceramic Fox headers, installed the C-6 tranny, built a mini console with a Mustang shifter, completely rewired the entire truck, built a custom steering column, spent two days welding up holes in the firewall, reworked the tail gate using stainless steel seat belt buckles for latches, and widened the exterior of the bed 2" per side, moving out the fenders in a way where you cannot easily detect the widening.  Also removed three leafs from the stock rear springs to get the desired ride height.
    Fun project, and that truck ran and drove like a luxury car.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    3/27/2017 8:14 PM  #2

    Bullet Bob
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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    Great project, MS.  Looks good.  Nothing like a bunch of custom stuff to keep the juices flowing.  I sold my 55 half-ton in 82...kinda wish I'd kept it.

    BB
     

    "you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!"
     

    3/27/2017 9:14 PM  #3

    Don
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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    And YES thats me in the first picture   

     

    3/27/2017 9:25 PM  #4

    Greg B
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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    That looks killer!  Always showing why you are the man!

    If multiple things can go wrong, the one that will go wrong will be the one that causes the most damage.
     

    3/27/2017 10:54 PM  #5

    KStang
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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    I like it! MS what is your opinion on the width of the IFS and wheel appearance/fitment ? I was thinking of going this route on my 56 F-100.

     

    3/28/2017 5:21 AM  #6

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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    Very Nice! 

     

    3/28/2017 7:04 AM  #7

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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    I need one!

     

    3/28/2017 9:21 AM  #8

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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    Enjoyed seeing the truck throughout the modification process.  MS did some very creative work.

    Mustang Steve Bash in Gruene, Texas September29-30, 2023
     

    3/28/2017 9:51 AM  #9

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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    Nice! I would love to take on a project like that. Is that my old shifter? If so it looks better there than on the floor of my barn.lol

    "anyone that stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty"Henry Ford
     

    3/28/2017 7:39 PM  #10

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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    Damn, that's a lot of work in a short amount of time. Looks killer!

     

    3/28/2017 8:10 PM  #11

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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    Nice job MS!  I didn't realize the CV front end would fit a 50's truck.  I would have thunk the frame would be more narrow.

     

    3/28/2017 9:00 PM  #12

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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    Cool truck.

    John  -- 67 Mustang Coupe 390 5 speed
     

    3/30/2017 7:45 PM  #13

    MS
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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    Crownvic front end fit perfectly. Frame is right width from 53-on. CV rear axle was 4" too wide. That is why I moved each rear fender outboard 2".

    Deep backspacing wheels required. 16x7 shown. We will be test fitting the 17x8 Bullitt wheels.

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    3/30/2017 8:20 PM  #14

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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    Very cool! Nice work.

     

    3/31/2017 3:18 PM  #15

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    Re: The 54 F100 has left the building!

    good work Steve !!!

    65 coupe, 351w, c4, power disk brakes, power r&p, vintage air.
     

     

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