There was little room for mounting mirrors or a radio antenna, so Carroll chose to go with the old-school look of the cowl-mounted antenna mast and hinge-mounted mirrors on either side.
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Carroll said the fenders on his truck apparently had tagged every tree and fence post on the farm where it lived. You would never know it after repairs were made. Trying to maintain a near-stock look, he opted for chrome steel wheels and dog dish hubcaps, with blackwall Cooper tires mounted all around.
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The rear valance was too narrow to accomodate the LED tail lights selected for the project, so Dale Metsker artfully flared the panel to give them each a mounting spot.
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One of the few changes in the F1's outward appearance was the addition of a second set of grille bar lights, outfitted with amber lenses and used as turn signals.
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Rick Fisher wrapped this set of unidentified GM bucket seats in soft, supple leather, which matches the door panel, headliner and steering wheel wrap. Carroll says he has no idea what type of car the seats came from, as they were in the trunk of a parts car when he found them.
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It's a tight fit, but it's a Ford-in-a-Ford; Carroll managed to stuff a nicely detailed 302 V-8 between the narrow frame rails of his pickup; note the super-smooth firewall, which he said has only one hole remaining in it, for the throttle cable.
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Most every custom pickup has a beautiful wood bed floor, but how many of them have a matching hand-built oak trunk to carry all the car show/cruising necessities?
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Equipped with a Mustang II front suspension, complete with power rack and pinion steering and disc brakes, Carroll's vintage F1 hauler sports a modern street cruiser stance.
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There's no missing the big chrome Dolphin tachometer mounted on the dash; the pointer barely creeps over the 2,000 mark at freeway speeds, thanks to a tall rear end gear, Carroll says.
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The seat mounting pedestal serves double-duty, with leather-upholstered doors on both sides giving access to extra in-cab storage space.
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The dash received a freshly chromed center piece, with a clock installed in the glove box cover. That's a tall double-bend Lokar shifter poking up through the floor and a Vintage Air air conditioning system hugging the dashboard.
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A polished billet dash insert houses a full set of white-faced Dolphin gauges with red indicator needles matching the paint scheme.
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The tilt steering column was sourced from a Pontiac Fiero, chosen for its short length; the Fiero wheel was used as well, although with miniature Ford blue oval logos added.
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Pulled out of a fence row where it had sat for at least 38 years, Jeff Carroll's 1949 Ford F1 was a rusty hulk -- until he and his good friend Dale Metsker brought the old hauler back to life as this Torch Red beauty.
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