1969 Ford F100 / 2002 Ford Lightning "Thunder's Truck"

[Rick D]

Cool project Kevin!! This will take a few people by surprise for sure!

[Boss 5.0]

This should be a fun build to watch. I have a 70 F100, and while a cool truck, the suspension etc is really lacking. I will be following closely.

Glenn

[waynieZ]

Nice project. It should be quite the ride when your done.

[67XR7]

subscribed!!! looking forward to this!

[V8TV]

Thanks for the interest, guys! We were a little aprehensive about this one at first... or should I say "I" was aprehensive. The customer was convinced it would be an easy project, but we all know nothing is easy. Good thing we have a crew that is capable and super enthusiastic!

[V8TV]

As we lowered the 1969 cab down onto the 2002 Lightning chassis, it looked like the track width on the Lightning was going to be pretty close to the outer fender edges on the 1969.



Our first interference was the shape of the back of the '69 cab that allows the cab corners to hang down around the frame. The Lightning frame is wider than the '69 in this area, so the first cut on the '69 cab was to open up these corners.





[img]http://v8tvshow.com/1969_Ford_Lightning/slides/1969_F100_MP_10.14.14_049.html

Once we modified the back of the cab, we were able to lower it further down onto the lighting chassis.






Our next point of interference came in the front, where the 1969 inner fender wells seemed to interfere with the upper control arm mounts on the Lightning. We cut some simple notches in the inner fenders, and the cab and landed on the '02 chassis. The cab mounts are not in the exact same position, but they were close! We cut the front core supports off the Lightning frame, with anticipation of making our own core support and bumper mounts later.

[tones2SS]

Awesome.
Sleeper truck!