Ford Custom Pickup....

[JollySipper]

Hello, all... Been working on this lately! It's the Round2 release with all the custom goodies....

Going to be using the flat-head engine

Any and all comments are welcome.......!

[chunkypeanutbutter]

You gonna use the funky grille, too?

Edited December 24, 2014 by chunkypeanutbutter

[JollySipper]

Not quite sure, Miles...... I'd like to use the stock grill, but I'm open to suggestions as there are three to choose from.....

[slusher]

Cool project Tim....

[FullPowerGarage]

Nice work, and I'd go stock grille!

[espo]

Looks good so far. Back in the day a lot of guys would use a '56 Ford pick-up grill. You may or may not want the V8 emblem. The grill has a little bit of a "hood" over the head lamps. If you use the custom grill with the canted quad head lamps, you might try trimming and bending the front fenders to match.

[kilrathy10]

Good looking project....I'm sure you'll figure out what it is you want to do with it, soon.....I get a lot of inspiration on builds just driving around town....You might try a newer style tonneau cover with a spoiler, or something.....

Edited December 24, 2014 by kilrathy10

[bpletcher55]

looking forward to seeing how this go,s I,m also working on one and I,m going with a mild custom .

[JollySipper]

Thanks for showing an interest, guys...... The only thing I am certain I want to do is paint it black, the rest will fall in place hopefully.....

[JollySipper]

Here's the engine all finished... looks like the cross-over pipe slipped a little, I should probably fix that...

Feel free to tell me what you think......!

[Tom Geiger]

about the stock grille... there were two grilles for Ford pickups in 1953. The kit grille is the high end one, which you don't see a lot in 1:1. The low end grille is more common and all you need to do is cut the 'bumps' off the cross bars and sand it smooth to make the standard grille. I had done that on mine.

[James2]

I like almost every thing about, the wheel tire combo, the stance and I'm sure the grill choice will be cool no matter which one you use.

I just can't get past the Chevy fenders! Ford fenders with custom lights would look much better.

[JollySipper]

Thanks for checking out my progress, Fellas!

The Chevy fenders were needed to clear the width of the rear track once I lowered it......

[crazyrichard]

nice mock up !

[slusher]

Engine and stance is great Tim....

[Jantrix]

How did you achieve the lowered stance? Did you throw the axles up on top of the leafs?

[JollySipper]

Yep, that's exactly what I did.....! Kind of a hack job, and I can't use the metal axle in the front, but the kit comes with plastic axles that I cut to long enough to hold the front tires in place.......

[JollySipper]

I was gonna show you how the paint turned out, but photobucket isn't working right now..... I went with a brown because I couldn't find a black like I wanted. It looks OK, maybe I can get pics up later!

[JollySipper]

I think I figured it out! Tell me what you guys think......

[slusher]

Sweet color Tim...

[bpletcher55]

I like the color Tim . it,s custom with out SCREAMING look at me .

[FullPowerGarage]

Cool truck! !

[JollySipper]

Thanks for looking in, guys! Unfortunately, Photobucket isn't cooperating with my computer, so I'm not able to show any progress right now..... Darn 12 year old Dell desktop..!