Pro Touring '63 F100 @ Torq'd Design
 

This truck came to us for a rest-mod/pro-touring overhaul! The truck has had only two owners and the owners plan on keeping it in the family from now on! Since a lot of parts are not made for these trucks we will be building a lot of custom/one-off pieces to make the truck unique.

This is how the truck looked after sitting since the early 80's...it was loaded up and ready for delivery.

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Sweet!! Can't wait to see this one. I was on vacation in the Bahamas a few weeks ago and low and behold a citizen had one of these fixed up really nice. It was navy blue with some nice wheels on it. I was really surprised to see it over there fixed up to that level of quality and it wasn't no crap either. It was very nicely done. Anyway, back to the subject at hand. I'm watching this one. I think you guys do damn good work. I'll have to visit your shop one day. I'm about 70 miles west of you.

Good looking trucks IMO. :thumbsup:

What kind of chassis, motor and trans will it get?

Yes, we are very excited about this build! Do you have any pics of that truck? I will be updating this thread regularly and appreciate your comments about our work! Thank you! Come on by anytime you want!

We are going to change a lot more modern but still keep it pro-touring/resto-mod. A lot of the sheetmetal changes will be with the bed.
We have almost completed building and metal finishing a custom chassis for the truck, and it will have a Ford 347ci engine with a C6 trans.

Surprise surprise I like it.:burnout:

Any details on the 347? AFR or TW heads? EFI or Carbed?

How about an AOD with a Lentech valvebody instead of the C6:D

:cheers:

It's good to see a truck being redone with the PT theme...

Are you guys going to fix the body line issue with the bed and cab? That modle ford has always looked like the bed was a left over from the previous body style to me.

I hope to get over to your shop to see you guys some time and have a look at what you are doing over there.

The owner had the 347 ( I think its around a 400 hp dyno'd engine)built so I will have to check the specs on it. It is a carbed engine right now but we will probably be changing it over to EFI in the end. The owner had a new C6 so he chose to use this as well.

Yes, we are excited about doing a mild mannered pro-touring styled truck that has very subtle and clean touches! Yes, that bed has never looked right to me either. We are going to pretty much hand build the bed to lower the body line to meet the cab and reshape the rear end of the bed as well! A lot of subtle custom touches that should look more natural. Come by the shop anytime!!

Starting the disassembly -

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It had some rust issues in the front floor pans and front section of the inner rockers due to a leaky sunroof. I guess these were popular in the late 70s or early 80s? Don't worry...the roof is being re-skinned!

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Sunroof!!! - - :ohsnap:

Yay!! The bed looks like it came from a completely different bodystyle truck? The front and rear wheel openings/style are totally different. Can't wait to see how you blend the two styles together!



Jeff-

Yeah, that is the only thing I cant stand about the early 60s F100's. The owner wants to keep it looking like it is still a '63 (its a sentimental thing) but I have some tricks in mind to get the bed to look like it belongs with the rest of the truck! I'm going to use sections of the existing bed but the rest will be handmade.

HAHAHA

The cab came out very nice! Minor rust in one cab corner, and front floor pans/front inner rockers.

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Time to start the custom built chassis!! :D

What did you use to strip it like that? First photo looks like you might have used some chemical striper and just clean up real good before shooting the photo...:confused59:

I get the majority of the paint off with several coats of aircraft remover and a scrapper/wire brush, then I go over all of the sheet metal with 180 on a DA.

Starting on the fun stuff!! It is getting a complete custom chassis!!

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No, unfortunately I don't. I was on vacation in the Bahamas and my phone wasn't working over there so, I wasn't even carrying it. I wish I had pics of it. It was very nice.

A few more of the chassis on the rotisserie for metal finishing -

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Metal finishing the frame gussets -

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A couple of body mounts -

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The stock 9" rear end housing about to be cleaned up, replaced with all new internals and axles, and new brackets -

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Nice progress, chassis is looking good.

Nice progress, the frame looks nice.

Thank you, guys!!

Took a little time to ditch the stock rusty front floor pans and build some new ones.

How it looked:

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Removing floor pans:

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Starting to build the new floors:

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Awesome - thanks for sharing...looking good so far! I have a '66 F100 that I'm planning on doing a PT build on someday, so I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with...subscribed!

Thanks!! Its coming along nicely! These are some great looking trucks when they are done right!

I concur.

I am really looking forward to seeing what you guys do. I am not sure if this was asked. Do you have a rendering of what your going for as a finished look ?

Matt, Like what your doing on the truck. I have a 66 Ford project that I have been working on for years. Have to send you a few pictures at some point.
These are pretty cool trucks.
Goodguy Ed

Thanks guys!! The truck is coming along nicely!! Syborg tt, we do not have a fully detailed rendering for the truck at this time but should have one soon. All we have at this time are rough sketch designs of sections of the truck. Ed, your '66 look s great!!

A few updates on the floor!!

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Both front floor pans installed and metal finished!!
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Matt, you guys do some awesome work. Very nice.

Thanks, Marcus!! Come by and check it out sometime!!

It looks great. Nice work..

Thanks, Wayne!! I'll have pics up of the rebuilt firewall soon!!

The truck cab meets the custom chassis for proper alignment.

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The truck cab back on the rotisserie.

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Starting on the new firewall.

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Still need to metal finish the new firewall panels!

Just wondering what is going on with this build?

i will be keeping a close eye on this, nice build mate!
cheers
corrie

Any update on this one?

Nice Project How's Progress

Sorry guys...I've fallen behind on posting progress of all of our projects on the web. I'll catch up soon. Here is where I left off:

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Very Nice!

Very Nice!