1965 Ford F100 Styleside Short Box

Chuck Most · 2025-07-21T00:48:15Z

Don Trebesh's father, David, owned Trebesh Oldsmobile from 1947 to 1962. After that operation folded, he worked for a couple dealerships in nearby Sickles, starting at Hope (later Schumacher) Oldsmobile from 1966 to 1972, then Village Ford-Lincoln-Mercury from 1972 until his retirement in 1983. So naturally, Don was exposed to lots of Oldsmobiles and lots of Fords in his formative years. His F100 reflects this.

Don bought the truck in 1999, back when it had a 352 with a blown head gasket. He drove it home, but that was about all the life that FE had left. It ground to a stop a couple seconds after he parked it in front of the garage.

Originally, he'd planned to just rebuild the 352, but after he wrecked his '85 Cutlass Supreme at the drag strip, he got the idea to install the 1970-vintage 455 into the Ford, thus combining his two favorite automotive marques.

The truck's body was in decent shape, Don hammered out some dents and dings, patched a little rust and resprayed it in a dark metallic red. The interior was redone to match, and a set of '71 Mustang front seats replaced the factory bench. The Western wheels came with the truck, Don just polished them and replaced the center caps.

Don has gotten a little good natured flak for his engine choice. As a concession, he's thinking about swapping a 5.0 into a Cutlass to balance everything out.

This is the Moebius 1966 Styleside with a '65 grille. It has a cut down AMT '60 F100 tonneau cover, traction bars from an MPC '76 Dart, a parts box floor shifter and the aforementioned Mustang seats. It's been lowered front and rear. The engine is from the Revell '85 Cutlass Supreme with an AMT '69 three carb intake and valve covers from a Johan '70 442. The paint is Testors Mythical Maroon, with Krylon Satin Burgundy for the "upholstered" interior stuff. The plate is from Best Model Car Parts.