The goal for this project was to take a 60 year old Farm Truck and make it into a reliable running pickup, while adding a few hidden updates along the way. This 1956 Ford F100 was extremely solid; it had been repainted in 1981 and looked to have some mechanical repairs along the way. The […]
1956 Ford F100 Farm Truck with Mild Resto-Mod
August 3, 2016 by Beck Speed
Filed Under: Assembly, Cars, Customization, Fabrication, Metalwork, Restoration, Resume, Welding
Window Channeled
August 13, 2012 by Beck Speed
Creating a Custom Window Channel for a Chop Top 50’s Pontiac Now that the “A”, “B” and “C” pillars have been fully fabricated and welded, the next step is to create the custom window channel for my 1949 Pontiac glass to fit a 1953 opening. Some would say the next logical step is to create […]
Filed Under: Customization, Fabrication, Featured, Metalwork, Restoration, The '53 Pontiac Project, Welding
Go With The Flow
January 26, 2012 by Beck Speed
Finally, I am prepared to attach and blend the final rear section of the roof known as the “C” Pillar or “Sail Panel” as it is sometimes called. The position of the roof has been dictated by the chop on the A and B Pillars. As I had mentioned previously, the rear glass has been […]
Filed Under: Customization, Fabrication, Featured, Metalwork, Restoration, The '53 Pontiac Project, Welding