1953 Ford F-100

Motortopia Staff . 26th October, 2021

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Vehicle Details

Owner/ Builder

Clyde “Tom” and Joan Bell

Vehicles Highlights

Manufacturing year: 1953

Engine:

ENGINE

Ford 5.0 Coyote V-8

412 hp, 390 ft-lbs of torque

Digital Guard Dawg keyless ignition

SPAL 16-inch cooling fan

Custom painted valve covers

Painted and pinstriped engine compartment.

5-inch exhaust, Hush Power dual mufflers

Shop: Joe and Ryan Collins Automotive, Scio, New York

4R70W automatic overdrive transmission

Shop: Phoenix Transmission, Weatherford, Texas

CHASSIS & SUSPENSION

Boxed frame with Mustang II front end

Parallel leaf springs in the rear

5-inch wheel tubs

Lincoln Versailles 8.8 rear with 3:50 gears

Four-wheel Wilwood disc brakes

INTERIOR

Shop: Tom Kolivoski, Smethport, Pennsylvania

Chrysler 300 bucket seats covered in Macaroon and Sultry Chocolate leather

Leather and wood accents on the dash with Dakota Digital HDX instruments

Vintage Air with custom panel under the dash for vents left and right

Wood-rimmed Banjo wheel on a GM adjustable column.

Waterfall center console with matching wood and leather trim

Overhead console holding the JVC stereo head unit

Four Pioneer speakers, two in the headliner and two behind the seats.

Custom Macaroon leather headliner with wood trim

Custom door panels with wood accents and chrome Ford side trim

Custom floor mats with 50th anniversary logo.

Transmission:

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Specification

ENGINE

WHEELS & TIRES

18 x 7.5 Borghini front

18 x 8.5 Borghini Rear

225/50ZR18 Continental front

245/45ZR18 Continental rear

BODY & PAINT

Shop: Brett Barry at 6-Star Auto, Eldred, Pennsylvania

Four-inch top chop

Shaved door handles and emblems

Side scoops cut into the tilt forward hood

Grille fitted with ’08 Dodge Challenger headlights

Running boards blended into the body

Taillights from a ’13 Nissan Sentra

Bumpers eliminated front and back

Custom roll pans added

Ford Fiesta side mirrors

Bed fitted with Bubinga wood planks and stainlesssteel strips

Pro’s Pick aluminum tonneau cover, raised and lowered with linear actuators.

Graphics on both sides of the tonneau match the rest of the truck.

Custom mixed PPG “Bell Brown” paint accented with gold graphics.

Paint by Dave Ayers of Ayers Auto Body in Allegany, New York

Von Dutch-style pinstriping by Dick Briggs, Cattaraugus, New York