The frame is boxed full length, with a narrowed back half. All the holes, X-members
are filled, molded and painted, with, full length graphics
The front rides on Heidt’s super ride, with power rack and pinion
steering, polished
stainless “A” arms, chrome coil overs, Alden shocks, chrome sway bar.
The rear is a combination of Heidt’s polished stainless 4 bar, with TCI brackets and Kugal ends, stainless track locator bar, chrome coil overs, Alden shocks.
The four wheel disk brakes are polished Wilwood calipers including park brakes with polished stainless lines, A/N fittings, boosted Corvette master cylinder and front line lock.
The truck rolls on Cragar Drag star wheels and Mickey Thompson tires. The fronts are 15X6 with 26X7:50/15, and the rear are 33X19:50/15’s on 15X15 wheels.
A 15 gallon polished aluminum fuel cell feeds two identical fuel systems, with one totally dedicated to the NOS. Both systems include Mallory 140 gph pumps, through 3/8 polished stainless lines, A/N fittings, Mallory filters and pressure regulators.
Just a few of the many body
mod’s include filling and molding the drip rails, shaving the handles, and
rounding the corners of the doors, extending and molding the smoothy running
boards, filling the cowl and heater vents and much, much more, with the emphasis
on SMOOTH !! The awesome Raspberry pearl paint with, painted on (not air
brushed) multi-colored candy graphic’s have won many best paint and, best use
of color and design awards at both indoor ISCA and outdoor shows.
Some of the many changes made to the box are the remote release aluminum bed cover and swing out tail gate, fenders molded to the bed sides, the roll pan that contains the flush mounted brake/turn signal lights, the raised steel floor with inlaid red oak that contains the polished aluminum fuel cell, battery and storage boxes as well as the 2 NOS bottles mounted in billet aluminum racks. The underside of the box as well as the cab are painted, including graphics.
The 1969 (high in nickel) 463 ci. Ford block contains a marine crank with Gapp and Roush main bearing caps, Cobra Jet rods, topped with Ross 10.5-1 blower pistons. The camshaft is a custom grind specifically for this application by Schneider cams, and is driven by a Pete Jackson gear drive. The ported and polished DOVE heads contain Manley SS valves, double springs, Smith Brother’s push rods, Harland Sharp roller rockers. Induction includes a custom cast (Ford Power Parts of Ca.) polished aluminum Cobra Jet style dual plane manifold with slightly raised runners topped with a polished aluminum body Holley that bench flows 830 cfm. Plumbed into this is a 2 stage NOS system, including purge lines and a remote bottle valve, with 2 side by side bottles in billet racks mounted in the box. VERY COOL!! Fire is provided by a all MSD ignition system including distributor, rev limiter, advance and retard module. Street and Performance’s serpintine drive turns the A/C, alt, power steering pump, as well as the Edelbrock aluminum water pump, which circulates coolant through the U.S. Radiator, 4 core Desert cooler radiator.
Exaust flows through Street and Performance full length Jet Hot coated headers with “H” pipe and collectors into 2.5” polished Stainless Specialties mufflers and polished stainless pipes and custom built tips.
The transmission is a J.W.
Performance street/strip C-6, with, manual automatic shift body, Kevlar bands
and severe duty servo, hooked to a J.W. Performance flex plate and J.W.
Performance 10” 3400 stall converter. The
driveline is an Inland Empire polished aluminum shaft with chromed 1350 u-joints
into Mark Williams billet (read bullet-proof) transmission and pinion yokes.
The rear end is a narrowed Currie, big bearing polished aluminum case,
9” Ford 4:10 ratio, with 31 spline pro street axels.
This combination makes for a VERY respectable yet, very streetable pump
gas hot rod.
Auto Meter Sport Comp gauges fill the smoothed and extended dash and includes all the normal instruments, as well as vacuum, transmission temp, NOS pressure (2 ea.) and 2 fuel pressure gauges. The Billet Specialties aluminum column is topped with a Lecarra wheel, wrapped with the same leather as the rest of the interior. The entire cab was lined with Dyna Mat heat/sound proofing before installing the 6 way power split bench seats, covered with oyster (off white) leather, as was the headliner and side panels. The custom built console contains a B&M Mega Shifter as well as Vintage Air panel, power window and power seat switches, and the Alpine A/M/F/M/CD powered by an Alpine V12 expert amp and Polk Audio speakers.
I believe this to be very well thought out and a beautifully crafted
truck with painstaking attention to detail that has proven itself in a few local
shows and some local cruising. It is yet to be tested on the track, in fact the bottles have
never been opened. However, I feel that with a little engine and chassis tuning
it could be very quick, with minimal concern to hurting parts.
Thanks, Jim Pratt, Spokane, Wa. 509-926-2268