Hackster's Autocross Track Day Truck (Garage Build)

[67XR7]

Amazing!!

[tubbed69]

I really like the other white truck,followed the entire build.So I will be watching another impressive build

[SSLance]

Nice work so far, I too love a budget garage build.

What year was the donor car? What are your plans for the interior? And you are leaving it patina too right?

[hackster]

Originally Posted by camarodude87

So cool!

Thank you!!

Originally Posted by LS3 HQ

Awesome work!! Love a good garage build.

Thanks man

Originally Posted by DBasher

Ridiculous! You're killing it with these old trucks, nice work! Thunderhill....

I know...working on getting it there. Would be super fun even if I could just show up.

Originally Posted by 67XR7

Amazing!!

=) Thank you

Originally Posted by tubbed69

I really like the other white truck,followed the entire build.So I will be watching another impressive build

Thats awesome that you followed the other build, it was a super fun truck, actually it is going back to the paint shop to get a few things fixed on it after the first of the year. Plan is for the wife to drive it to a few car shows and cruise ins this year.

Originally Posted by SSLance

Nice work so far, I too love a budget garage build.

What year was the donor car? What are your plans for the interior? And you are leaving it patina too right?

Thanks, donor car was a 2012 with around 20k on the odometer. It was in really good shape except for the front end damage. Once I tore into it I found that the wreck hit the engine harder than just about anything. I see why insurance companies total these cars. Oil pan, engine wire harness, dipstick tube, all 4 cam sensors, throttle body and body harness were all damaged beyond repair. I saw a few of those things when I bought the car, but not all of them. Still I think I got a good deal on it. $8400 for the car, I used a lot from it. Engine, transmission, shifter and shifter boot, rearend and all associated rearend hardware. I am selling off the parts I did not use. Sold the shell of the car for $1500 and should be able to get $750 or so for the wheels putting my total investment for the entire drivetrain at only $6,150. Pretty good for a 430 hp all aluminum engine, 6 speed manual trans and full rearend including brakes.

I am doing my best to leave the patina look but I find it very challenging. I am way too OCD for it.

I think what I am going to do is get it on the road for this season, then likely do a full tear down for revisions and paint next winter.

Interior is going to be nice. I Have some 65 mustang buckets I am using. They will get the TMI Sport Seat overs and dark brown leather cover with a double french stitch all around. Still torn on the door panels to keep them metal or cover with a pattern and matching leather. Dash will get the same leather treatment and stitching as well as the center console.

Thanks for the kind words fellas.

[waynieZ]

Another great project! I enjoyed your last build so I'll be watching this one for sure. Nice fab work.

[will69camaro]

Great start man. Thought this was a repeat thread then saw the old build in the background. Two early model trucks with diff brand power plants. Awesome.

[Che70velle]

Nice job! You've got skills! Garage build here also. Nice find on the donor car. Lots of old trucks around these parts like the one your doing, but they all seem to be long beds. Pretty rare to see the SWB models. Leave the patina!

[WSSix]

Seriously, you did a great job on the turbo truck. I have no doubt this one will turn out well, too. Keep up the good work and keep us updated.

[fleetus macmullitz]

Garage builds FTW!




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[hackster]

A little suprised to see all the comments.....but its pretty awesome!!!! Thank you all.

Fuel tank fits like it was made for the back of these trucks after you cut and flip the rear crossmember and move it back a bit. Aeromotive Phantom pump setup is so much cleaner than the way I did the LS Truck.





Had to get a little creative, shortened the stock MT82 shifter down by almost 5" and built my own mouting for it to keep it a little more beefy.



To this...much more reasonable





Mount





So these things dont come with any kind of power steering setup. Luckily Ford racing sells a pump mount, so I got a 2010 power steering pump and the ford racing bracket and voila a pump where the AC used to live. Still needed to figure out lines to get from the 2010 pump to the reservoir and back to the rack on the 2009 Crown Vic frontend. It like building a puzzle without knowing all the pieces when you start



Belt and some hoses figured out.





I spent far too much time agonizing about the battery. I wanted it in the back of the truck but there were lots of drawbacks, the biggest one was getting the wire to the back of the truck, there was just no good way to get it back there and then there was the whole disconnecct issues of having to run the charge wire from the alternator back to the disconnect so it actualy functions.

So after a bunch of research, I found that there are some less common batteries with some newer technology that work really well. Although it will be up front, it will be really low and is half the weight of the Optima I was going to use.

How all garage brackets are build....cardboard



Duplicate onto metal



Getting it mounted to the frame





Pretty happy with how this worked out.



Sean