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1956 Ford F-100 Custom Cab - Clean & Subtle

Dan & Peggy Carpenter
Norwood, North Carolina
1956 Ford F-100 Custom Cab
CHASSIS
FRAME: custom tube-style by Buster's Frames & Components, Rock Hill, SC
REAREND / RATIO: Ford 9" / 3.10:1
REAR SUSPENSION: custom four-link with Vega coil springs
REAR BRAKES: SSBC Force 10 disc
FRONT SUSPENSION: '72 Monte Carlo IFS
FRONT BRAKES: SSBC Force 10 disc
STEERING BOX: Saginaw
FRONT WHEELS: Budnik, 17x7
REAR WHEELS: Budnik, 17x10
FRONT TIRES: BFG Comp T/A, 215/60R17
REAR TIRES: BFG Comp T/A, 285/60R17
GAS TANK: custom stainless by Doc's Kustoms, Omega, GA
DRIVETRAIN
ENGINE: Chevy 502 crate engine
VALVE COVERS: Billet Specialties
MANIFOLD / INDUCTION: Offenhauser / Demon 750
IGNITION: MSD 6AL
HEADERS: by Jim Pedigrew
EXHAUST / MUFFLERS: Jim Pedigrew / Flowmaster
TRANSMISSION: TH400
MODIFICATIONS: Phillip Rash, Locust, NC
SHIFTER: ididit on-column
BODY
STYLE: Custom Cab, channeled
MODIFICATIONS: Dan Carpenter
FENDERS FRONT / REAR: stock, raised, lower edges trimmed
HOOD: stock, nosed
GRILLE: stock
BED: Dan Carpenter special (widened, '97 Chevy bed floor, rounded/capped stake pockets)
RUNNING BOARDS: Dennis Carpenter, lengthened, raised
BODYWORK BY: owner, Richard Windstad (Kodak, TN), Boruff's Body Shop (Maryville, TN)
PAINT BY: owner, Boruff's, Everette Little (Albemarle, NC)
PAINT TYPE / COLOR: PPG / Mercedes Silver
HEADLIGHTS / TAILLIGHTS: halogen / custom by Eric Curlee, Lambert LEDs
BUMPERS: Dennis Carpenter, smoothed & tucked
INTERIOR
DASHBOARD: stock
GAUGES: Classic Instruments
AIR CONDITIONING: Vintage Air
STEREO: Custom Autosound, hidden
WIRING: Ron Francis
STEERING WHEEL: Juliano's
STEERING COLUMN: ididit
SEAT: TEA's Design bench
UPHOLSTERY BY: C. Frederick's Automotive Interiors, Charlotte, NC
MATERIAL / COLOR: leather / red
CARPET: red wool


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