What good is a 56 f100.
I came across an opportunity to buy an all original 1956 f100. The present owner has owned the truck since 1957. It has seldom been stored outside and still runs very well. It was used as a farm truck...
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Big Katuna wrote:
It’s only original once. You can’t build it.
Leave it alone. Mechanical work only and even then I personally wouldn’t add disc brakes or anything else.
It’s a survivor. You would be turning a silk purse into another pig with lipstick.
If you want a cool hot rod custom car find something rough.
Original is the new cool.
I agree completely. I watched the Barrett Jackson auction in AZ a couple weeks ago. The vehicles that were left mostly stock with improved drivetrain brought good money with less put into them. If you were going to keep it, I would make it comfortable to drive. Update the interior with current features, a fuel injected 4.6 and tranny, brakes and suspension and leave the exterior very stock if not original.
I will tell a short but somewhat related story. I had an 84 Chevy K-30 SRW with a 6.2L. I put 225K on it and I sold it, loved that truck. I have long considered getting another one (very hard to find) and putting a Dmax in it and an Allison. I found a 454 K-30 for $2K. Perfect vehicle for what I wanted. I drove it 50 miles and brought it back and walked away. It felt like I was driving a grain truck. Never have given it a second thought since then. The idea was more powerful than the reality of it.
