55' F500

Ford

Custom

1955

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Running board mounted
Welding skin on running board structure
Running boards build
Other fender mounted
Fender mounted
Fenders stretched and rust repaired
Moc up fenders lowered
Getting her outside with moc up fenders
7" exactly
Figuring out the amount of stretch needed to get the fenders to fit
A weekend of squeezing a vic grip resulted in two of these.
Creating curved detail to bed sides with a makeshift tool I came up with
Creating inner fenderwells
Air, battery and hydrolic access
Bed lowered air and hydrolic managment enclosed
Bed dumps for battery/air/hydrolic access
She's on the road! Have a 100 miles on it with no issues...
Rear fenders are temp. next project is to build a bed
She's a roller. This is a progress shot.
Installed new floors
Peddles and steering column installed
Built transmission tunnel
Built my first firewall. Wish I had access to a bead roller, did my best without one.
Ditto
Replaced cab corners
Made new inner structure
Made a few patch pannels
Cut out the rusted floor
Still more
Multiple fender rust fixes
Multiple rust hole repairs
Upper airbag mounts, pan hard bar, upper shock mounts in process.
Rear c-notch
Lower bag mounts, 4 link mounts, shock mounts.
Steering, pan hard bar and stabilizer setup
Cross member and steering box from donor E350 van
Upper bag and shock mounts
Front lower bag mount
Time to get started
Day 1 with my F500

Mods

Everything. 55' F500 using the stock frame, 22" Alcoas, 7.3l Ford diesel. Dana 80 rear. Making suspension components by hand. Having a blast.

Build story

This is a 55 F500 that I got from my local salvage yard. It was sitting there for 20 or so years and was a farm truck on a local potato farm. My vision is a low short bed dually truck. I've never done such an involved project. I am making all suspension parts/brackets from scratch. Deboss and many other YouTube channels have helped me figure it all out.

Goal is to pull a float in my home town 4 of July parade in 2025.
Map of location
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