68muscletruck’s 1968 Ford F150 Regular Cab

Heart of the BeastThe truck when I bought it still housed a 360 ci FE Big Block with completely stock internals, a set of BlackJack headers, 2 1/4'' stainless exhaust with glass packs, an Edelbrock Performer 390 Intake and 750 Performer Carb, a Pertronix Flamethrower Billet Plug & Play Distributor and Coil and a set of MSD 8mm plug wires, 2.75 rear gears and a manual trans, it was such a cruiser and great on the highway, and enough torque to get the 2.75's movin faster than a windsor could... New specs. My Machine shop is saying they estimate upwards of 425 Horse, and 450 ft lbs of torque390 CI FE Big block bored 20 over (395 true displacement)Cast OE reconditioned Ford Crank & Connecting RodsSealed Power Flat Top PistonsClevite Main and Cam bearings, Freeze PlugsDecked blockMutha Thumpr Flat Tappet Camshaft from COMP CamsCobra Jet Adjustable Rocker Arms, Hardened Cone Seat Push RodsBeehive Valve Springs from COMP Cams (used in Nascar)True Roller timing set from COMP w/9 keyways for degree adjustmentC6AE-R Cast OE Ford heads, reconditioned by RAMCO Machine and ported to remove cast flaws, polished exhaust ports, cut seats for BeehivesHardened seats, 3 way Valve Grind, all new seats and valves from Engine ProEdelbrock Performer RPM Aluminum Intake ManifoldEdelbrock Performer 750 CFM AFB CarbEdelbrock 14 in Air Cleaner case w/14 in dia x 4 in tall Cotton Fiber Summit Racing Air Filter, Pinstriping artwork by myselfPertronix Flamethrower Billet Plug & Play Distributor, Flamethrower 40,000V CoilMSD 8mm Plug WiresNGK V Power Spark PlugsBlack Jack Exhaust Headers w/2 1/4" Stainless exhaust with Glasspacks (Thrush)11 inch Sach's Diaphragm Heavy Duty ClutchAluminum RadiatorStock Fan/Stock Shroud (cut to fit)Custom built 130 Amp Alternator (this runs all my speakers much better than the stock 65A ;) )Mercury Pentroof Lightning Bolt Valve CoversFord Racing Windage TrayARP Header and Rod Bolts

What started out as a 'Restoration' Daily driver, worked out for about 2 1/2 years... and then at the age of 18, I started work at a local mechanic shop, and my 'hot' little 68 F100 started getting some real funding...I started the paint stripping and motor teardown in April 2010, this is the beast now... Blue Thunder is gone and _______ is coming to life :) Truk'N Under ConstructionIn April 2010 I decided to take my truck a traditional 'Rat Rod' direction... satin black paint, colored wheels, little to no chrome, white walls, and lots of noise... after stripping a majority of the paint, i really liked how the 'Metal Jacket' looked, bare bones and raw... isn't that what Rat'ing out a vehicle is about? working with what you've got and staying unique? new idea.Bare Metal body, but still wanted to keep the baby blue/silver/black scheme... Bare metal body, baby blue wheels, baby blue accents, black accent pinstriping, bam. I'll get some better pics up soon, its still in progress, a lot is going to be finished in the next week or two... At the same time I started stripping the body, I was aiming to slam a new cam in the old motor, a well worn and abused 360 (thought it was a 390 forever) with an edelbrock intake, performance exhaust and a hot coil/electronic distributor with msd wires and super gapped out plugs... and I thought that had power... here's a taste of the new look and motor specs, because its never JUST a camshaft.Future Plans... Slammed (air bag), Disc brakes on the front end, Locker for my 9 inch, bed cover, rape a truck with a 428 cobra jet... wait I already did the last one!

With a truck, you eliminate the complications of a sports car... No a truck will never be as aerodynamic, but at the same time, most sports cars have bucket seats, sometimes only two seats period...With a truck, you commonly get a bench (or two) to have some fun on, as well as a bed big enough for a queen... and of course a large engine bay for all the power, but we all know the king of the road feeling you get above the dash instead of barely peering over it...and I mean come on, who wants to mingle in buckets separated by a center console...Cake said it best, "Stickshifts and safetybelts, bucket seats have all got to go... when we go drivin in my malibu, got to get right next to you... i need, you next to me, not way over in a bucket seat..." This is my interior... notice this metal/blue/black theme is carrying on all throughout the truck now instead of just the outside...

Stop Feelin' Blue, Try on this Metal JacketThis truck was my love in high school, the baby blue became one of my favorite colors, i looked for every way to incorporate it somewhere new in the truck.  Same story now, only its not the main color.  In the end, the goal is to have a bare metal truck, with blue fender trim rings, blue wheels, blue rocker panels & roof, blue inner bed walls and a metal/blue truck bed floor/wheel tubs with Black/White/Silver/Baby Blue pinstriping that I'll do throughout it. Here's the current look and some pics from start to now.Before

Page 1 - Intro Page 2 - The MotorPage 3 - Body/CosmeticPage 4 - InteriorAlso check out my Pinstriping website http://scottysstripes.blogspot.com or my portfolio on Pinhead Lounge www.pinheadlounge.com/scottyg

This is the custom from scratch sub woofer/speaker box I built for the original location of the factory behind the seat gas tank.  As you saw, Dad helped me make the brushed aluminum cover for the tank in the bed now (bed floor now painted) and from there I took measurements, max possible with existing seat tracks travel and built my box from there.  It houses 2 10" Sony Xplod 1100W Subs powered by a Kenwood amp, and 2 Memphis 6 1/2" speakers, with small tweeters you can point wherever you want, in the ends that are amplified by the rear cab corner pockets.Lastly aside from the 100watt Dual dome tweeters that light up blue with the rest of the gauge lighting, there is a set of Sony XPlod 3 way 5 1/4" speakers I mounted in the lower kick panels in the cab powered by a 250W Sony XPlod Amp. Thats a lot of sound for this small cab, and it sounds amazing!

What started out as a 'Restoration' Daily driver, worked out for about 2 1/2 years... and then at the age of 18, I started work at a local mechanic shop, and my 'hot' little 68 F100 started getting some real funding...I started the paint stripping and motor teardown in April 2010, this is the beast now... Blue Thunder is gone and _______ is coming to life :) Truk'N Under ConstructionIn April 2010 I decided to take my truck a traditional 'Rat Rod' direction... satin black paint, colored wheels, little to no chrome, white walls, and lots of noise... after stripping a majority of the paint, i really liked how the 'Metal Jacket' looked, bare bones and raw... isn't that what Rat'ing out a vehicle is about? working with what you've got and staying unique? new idea.Bare Metal body, but still wanted to keep the baby blue/silver/black scheme... Bare metal body, baby blue wheels, baby blue accents, black accent pinstriping, bam. I'll get some better pics up soon, its still in progress, a lot is going to be finished in the next week or two... At the same time I started stripping the body, I was aiming to slam a new cam in the old motor, a well worn and abused 360 (thought it was a 390 forever) with an edelbrock intake, performance exhaust and a hot coil/electronic distributor with msd wires and super gapped out plugs... and I thought that had power... here's a taste of the new look and motor specs, because its never JUST a camshaft.Future Plans... Slammed (air bag), Disc brakes on the front end, Locker for my 9 inch, bed cover, rape a truck with a 428 cobra jet... wait I already did the last one!

Heart of the BeastThe truck when I bought it still housed a 360 ci FE Big Block with completely stock internals, a set of BlackJack headers, 2 1/4'' stainless exhaust with glass packs, an Edelbrock Performer 390 Intake and 750 Performer Carb, a Pertronix Flamethrower Billet Plug & Play Distributor and Coil and a set of MSD 8mm plug wires, 2.75 rear gears and a manual trans, it was such a cruiser and great on the highway, and enough torque to get the 2.75's movin faster than a windsor could... New specs. My Machine shop is saying they estimate upwards of 425 Horse, and 450 ft lbs of torque390 CI FE Big block bored 20 over (395 true displacement)Cast OE reconditioned Ford Crank & Connecting RodsSealed Power Flat Top PistonsClevite Main and Cam bearings, Freeze PlugsDecked blockMutha Thumpr Flat Tappet Camshaft from COMP CamsCobra Jet Adjustable Rocker Arms, Hardened Cone Seat Push RodsBeehive Valve Springs from COMP Cams (used in Nascar)True Roller timing set from COMP w/9 keyways for degree adjustmentC6AE-R Cast OE Ford heads, reconditioned by RAMCO Machine and ported to remove cast flaws, polished exhaust ports, cut seats for BeehivesHardened seats, 3 way Valve Grind, all new seats and valves from Engine ProEdelbrock Performer RPM Aluminum Intake ManifoldEdelbrock Performer 750 CFM AFB CarbEdelbrock 14 in Air Cleaner case w/14 in dia x 4 in tall Cotton Fiber Summit Racing Air Filter, Pinstriping artwork by myselfPertronix Flamethrower Billet Plug & Play Distributor, Flamethrower 40,000V CoilMSD 8mm Plug WiresNGK V Power Spark PlugsBlack Jack Exhaust Headers w/2 1/4" Stainless exhaust with Glasspacks (Thrush)11 inch Sach's Diaphragm Heavy Duty ClutchAluminum RadiatorStock Fan/Stock Shroud (cut to fit)Custom built 130 Amp Alternator (this runs all my speakers much better than the stock 65A ;) )Mercury Pentroof Lightning Bolt Valve CoversFord Racing Windage TrayARP Header and Rod Bolts

Page 1 - Intro Page 2 - The MotorPage 3 - Body/CosmeticPage 4 - InteriorAlso check out my Pinstriping website http://scottysstripes.blogspot.com or my portfolio on Pinhead Lounge www.pinheadlounge.com/scottyg