![]() "Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340. ![]() I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. Patrick Rall "Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. When I got the F-100 home I realized that is was too nice and original. I wrecked a crashed and rusted local RHD 56 F-600 cab, and my initial plan was to convert this one to RHD using a Jag IFS. My truck was imported from Minnesota USA. The Australian delivered F-100s had a locally made bed which was wider, and had narrowed rear fenders. “It’s almost impossible to find an Australian delivered restorable 53-56 F-100. The result is a truck that looks rusty, but it is actually clad in new paint that has been modified to present a worn, rusty look and it is incredible.Īt the end of the piece, the OP explains how he came to own this truck for his project and why he went the direction that he did, but in the long run, this Redditor created an awesome 1956 Ford F-100 that many of us would love to own. I finished by using flatting compound (like coarse cutting compound) and a scotchbrite to remove any gloss.” The thinner won’t affect the 2Kunderneath. After a few weeks of drying I used lacquer thinner on a rag to rub away some of the red. “I painted the pieces in a red oxide brown 2K (replicates original primer), faced them down with fine wet sandpaper, then painted some matched red acrylic lacquer. Not surprisingly, the Reddit community wanted to know how he created this unique patina and he was quick to share his process. While much of this 1956 F-100 exterior looks aged, the restoration process did include a new wood floor in the bed with a metal liner,but everything else on the body has an aged look. It sends its power through the Ford-O-Matic transmission and a Dana 44 rear axle. The engine was cleaned up to look like it was new, except it is painted grey rather than yellow and it features a Holley carburetor and a set of custom headers. Under the hood of this 1956 F-100 is the original 272-cubicinch Y-block V8. The rolling chassis was completed with a set of bright white wheels with proper chrome hubcaps. ![]() The truck was subject to a thorough frame-off restoration,with the frame being cleaned up, primed and painted, as were the suspension pieces and pretty much everything else under the body. However, once he saw it in person, the OP decided that it was too nice to cut up for the conversion, so he left it with the original left-drive layout. The Aussie owner bought the truck from an American owner in Minnesota and had it shipped to Australia with the plans for transforming it into a right-hand-drive model. If you saw this 1956 Ford F-100 in passing on the road, you might mistake it for a ragged, old pickup, but it is anything but ragged. Click here for a closer lookat the whole spread of images. Later on in the thread, he would also share a link to an Imgur account with tons of pictures, some of which we have included here, but there are many more in his gallery. It’s starring in a booze commercial tomorrow. “Recently completed a ‘ratty style rebuild’ on my old Ford truck. ![]() When the OP first shared his cool 1956 Ford F-100 pickup, he included the picture above and a very brief bit of information. Second, it features a unique custom red patina on the outside while the chassis, the engine and much of the interior looks like it is new. First, it is not an Australian model, it is an American model that the owner had shipped from the United States with the plan of restoring it and converting it to right-hand-drive, but the owner opted to keep the left-drive layout. F-100 body features a cool exterior patina while the undercarriage and engine bay are like-new.Īn Australian Redditor named “ Malibu-Q” recently shared his 1956 Ford F-100 in the site’s project car channel and it is a cool project fora variety of reasons. ![]()
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