1969 Ford F250 Flareside Short Box Conversion

[Chuck Most]

Ben and Frank (the B and F in BFE), have spent the better part of the last quarter century supplying local racers and performance junkies with parts and supplies. For much of that time, their company truck has been Ben's old Ford. His grandfather bought the truck in 1985, with the F250 suspension swap having been completed some years before. The truck served faithfully as a beater for years, including a fraught but profitable trip to Alaska and the Yukon Territory to pan for gold in 1986 and 1987. Ben's grandfather parked the truck in 1992 and Ben got hold of it seven years later. He drove it around as is until 2006, when it was treated to a black primer finish, copper accents, and BFE Motorsports lettering. A new front bumper, roll bar, spare tire carrier, and 1992 F-150 side mirrors joined the party at that time. In 2014 the old in-cab fuel tank was replaced by a rear mounted tank. Then the nasty old bench seat was replaced by buckets taken from Frank's long departed 1988 Mustang. The Alaska and Yukon plates up front were eBay scores, added as a nod to grandpa's old gold hunting adventures.

At a repo auction in 2023, Ben and Frank were fortunate to find and successfully win a brand new Roush 511 FE crate motor. While they still paid a bit more than they wanted, they still spent significantly less than what they would have buying directly from Roush. Since the old 390 in the '69 was getting near the end of it's second rebuild, the duo opted to drop the 511 into the "company truck" as the most absurd stopgap ever. Eventually the Roush big block will end up in their Baja themed F100 project, but in the meantime, it lives in their flagship vehicle, providing tons of fun on every parts run.

Model is various spare Moebius parts, with an engine top end from the Revell Foose F100. A bevy of bumper stickers and plates came from Gopher Racing decals. Finish is Vallejo acrylics over Krylon black primer and Tamiya Copper.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[espo]

Love the story line. The weathering looks great as always, and with the back story it makes it even more realistic to look at. Along with the new gold trim it looks like it got a brand-new set of shoes.

[slusher]

Great build!

[ncbuckeye67]

That is an awesome build! The weathering is amazing, and the story is too!

[Darbo]

Fantastic conversion

[Nosferatu]

A nice weathered beauty!

Dave

[happy grumpy]

Great looking Ford. The weathering is very convincing.