1956 Ford F-100 Gasoline Pickup Truck 454 V8 Engine

The truck's straight fuselage mirrors a sophisticated coat of PPG two-stage. And those excellent reflections trace Kansas-flat surfaces to suggest many labor-intensive hours were spent exacting top-notch finish work. Pop the hood and you'll find 454 cubic inches of legendary Chevrolet big block that, thanks to classic dual-quad induction, turns a hefty horsepower into wide smiles! That proven powerplant has, along with the truck's cooled Turbo-Hydramatic 3-speed, been tuned for a maximum combination of performance and efficiency. The performance aspect of that equation is greatly helped by a 9-inch Ford pumpkin that's finished with a posi-traction differential and fun, 3.50 gears. Everything rolls on a sturdy Fat Man Fabrications chassis, which plants QA-1 coil-over-shocks in a two-inch widened Mustang II front-clip and a 4-link rear-clip. Power rack-and-pinion steering makes parking easy and turns a cinch. A polished brake booster juices polished Wilwood calipers, which clamp four drilled and slotted rotors. And the truck's two-inch lowered stance looks great wrapped around 18 and 20-inch Schott Velocitys.