My father-in-law, instead of buying a new truck when he retired,

decided to turn his current (original owner) truck into what he'd always wanted. So here goes.......

Details... 1985 Ford F150 Shortbed Stepside In-line 6, 4 speed manual, about 120 HP. White, red stripes, red vinyl & plastic interior No options except A/C and PS.

The Plan... Restore the truck! Body-off the frame paint job. Colbalt Blue Mica w/ two pearls. Base coat - clear coat. All new tan cloth and leather interior. Goal is to give more of a "car like" feeling inside. Replace bench seat with a pair of buckets and a console. Add carpet and a head-liner.

New gauges and automatic floor shifter. Replace rotted wooden bed floor with diamond plate steel. Line-X to match paint. All new door and window seals. Front and back glass out for paint job. De-rust and POR-15 frame while body is off to paint. New suspension, wheels, tires.

The Engine... No more 6 banger! '91 Mustang GT 5.0 HO with 4 speed auto. Bored "30 over" All new internals. Stock cam. (About the cam. He's never gonna race it, or even see 4 grand in this thing. So no cam upgrade.) We're building for low-end torque.

AFR 165 heads. 1.60, 1.90 valves Stock length, hardened push rods. 1.7 roller rockers. Polished Cobra Intake. Polished Aluminum Cobra valve covers. AccuFab 70mm throttle body. C&L mass air. 76mm K&N cone air cleaner. Custom cold air induction. Magnaflow dual 2.5" exhaust. X-pipe Ceramic coated long-tube headers. Fully assembled by: Courtney (his daughter / my lovely wife). Some of you know her as "car chick"!