1953 Ford F-100 Custom..........."New Project" 11/18/12 / Finished pictures posted in the Pick-up,Van,SUV: "Under Glass" section

[vintagedragfan]

awesome John! doin what you do best bro!

[slusher]

Very impressive work and excellent detail...

[Mooneyzs]

John.... I need to swing by this truck section more often. Man this is another one of your Killer builds my friend. You are knocking it out of the part. Keep up the great work.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Man John, it just keeps getting better and better. Fun to watch you work.

[John Teresi]

Hello........thank you all for the kind comments........I got the chassis together ........painted H.O.K. gold.........shocks,traction bars painted Alclad........I got the brakes plumbed using "Pro Tech" T` fittings .......I modified the wheels and got them attached.......I made a compressor,air tank ,air bags and brackets........plumbed and attached.......I got the gas tank painted Alclad and used a "Pro Tech" fuel cap.........I made some battery cables and modified the carburetor........I will build the engine tonight.........thanks for looking.

[John Teresi]

few more progress photos.

[John Teresi]

few more progress photos.

[John Teresi]

and a few more ..........thanks.

[crazyjim]

UNREAL!!!!! And this is 1/25 scale? It almost impossible for me to believe. You are THE MAN, John. Great work.

[Randy D]

Hi John, This is one amazing build!!! The body mods were really neat and this latest update is hitting it out of park!!!

randy

[Darren B]

wow, wow, and even more wow!!!

[Austin T]

WOW.

[H.A.K]

WOW the amont of things your doing to this truck is krazy. I love it.

[Snakebite Customs]

WOW!!!!

[thatz4u]

I'll say it backwards!!! WOW!!

[John Teresi]

Hello.......thank you all so much for the kind comments.........I did not know what engine was in the truck........ so I used a 289 from a Monogram 64 Mustang Indy pace car kit........I liked the gold accents from the 1:1 pace car.........I thought it would match the truck and it would be a decent engine........I did allot of modifications to the engine........I made a coil,fuel pump,vacuum ......I modified the carb and air cleaner.......I also shaved off the molded linkage on the trans, and made new linkage.........I used "Pro Tech" spark plug wires and looms, detailing wire,nut and bolt ends, and rubber fuel line........I painted the gold accents with chrome Alclad first,then I airbrushed Alclad Golden yellow over the chrome Alclad........thanks for looking.

Edited December 6, 2012 by John Teresi

[John Teresi]

few more progress photos.

[John Teresi]

few more progress photos.

[John Teresi]

and a few more........thanks.

[fredo84]

WOW Man !!!!

That's Call Jewellery!!!!

[blunc]

John, great work on that motorcraft carb, I haven't seen anyone put accelerator pump linkage on a carb till now (actually, don't kow how many here would recognize it for what it was...) it's a shame the air cleaner assembly obscures all that work.

[Austin T]

Amazing.

[Ramfins59]

John, great work on that motorcraft carb, I haven't seen anyone put accelerator pump linkage on a carb till now (actually, don't kow how many here would recognize it for what it was...) it's a shame the air cleaner assembly obscures all that work.

C'mon Mike...... All John has to do is unscrew the wing nut on the air cleaner to lift it off so everyone will be able to see the linkage......!!!!!! I can't believe the amount of detail John manages to get into a 1/25 scale model engine...!!! Nuts & bolt ends, tranny linkage, secondary electrical wiring (he wired the alternator...!!!), dipstick, oil breather hoses. That's it.... I'm gonna take up stamp collecting..........

[A.R.C.]

Well you know what you should have done?

[blunc]

C'mon Mike...... All John has to do is unscrew the wing nut on the air cleaner to lift it off so everyone will be able to see the linkage......!!!!!! I can't believe the amount of detail John manages to get into a 1/25 scale model engine...!!! Nuts & bolt ends, tranny linkage, secondary electrical wiring (he wired the alternator...!!!), dipstick, oil breather hoses. That's it.... I'm gonna take up stamp collecting..........

since there were no engine photos, he could whip up a custom air filter that wouldn't hide his detail work.

Honestly (and not to take anything away from John's talents) I haven't seen John post anything that couldn't be attempted by anyone else here, the maniacs working with metals are another story.

Edited December 7, 2012 by blunc