55' F500

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She's a roller. This is a progress shot.

Day 1 with my F500

Time to get started

Front lower bag mount

Upper bag and shock mounts

Cross member and steering box from donor E350 van

Steering, pan hard bar and stabilizer setup

Rear c-notch

Upper airbag mounts, pan hard bar, upper shock mounts in process.

Lower bag mounts, 4 link mounts, shock mounts.

Cut out the rusted floor

Made a few patch pannels

Replaced cab corners

Ditto

Made new inner structure

Installed new floors

Built transmission tunnel

Built my first firewall. Wish I had access to a bead roller, did my best without one.

Peddles and steering column installed

Multiple fender rust fixes

Multiple rust hole repairs

Still more

Mods

55' F500 using the stock frame, 22" Alcoas, 7.3l Ford diesel. 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 incolved 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.

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