TRUCK SPECS

OWNER

Paul Valera 1956 Ford F-100 Jacksonville, FL

ENGINE

Merlin 540-ci all-aluminum V-8 producing 880 hp

Forged crank, H-beam rods and JE pistons

4.50 bore and 4.25 stroke COMP camshaft

Edelbrock aluminum heads Twin Holley 750s with a custom sheet metal surround Polished 671 Weiand blower with 8 pounds of boost

MSD electronic ignition Custom, Jet-hotcoated headers

Polished stainless exhaust system with Magnaflow mufflers

Griffin radiator with dual Black Magic fans

JEGS 105-amp alternator Engine built by Ohio Crank and tuned by Tony Gonyon from Tuners Inc., Orange Park, FL

Transmission Turbo TH400 three-speed auto with 2,500 stall speed

Turbo Action shift kit with a Lokar shifter

Narrowed Alston Fab 9 rear with 3.23 gears.

Alston 31-spline axles

CHASSIS & SUSPENSION

Fat Man Fabrications chassis Mustang II front end with Mustang drop spindles Mustang power rack-andpinion steering

Custom-built step-notch in rear

Polished stainless 4-link with Z-bar Wilwood 13-inch drilled and slotted front disc brakes Wilwood 12-inch drilled and slotted rear discs

Ride Tech air suspension with Shockwaves

Dakota Digital air ride controller

Air Zenith compressors with stainless steel hard lines Two 8-gallon reserve tanks

WHEELS & TIRES

20x9 and 20x16 Bonspeed Wild Thang polished billet wheels

BFG G-force T/A 255-35/ ZR20 radials up front Mickey Thompson 31x18 Sportsman S/R drag radials in the rear

BODY & PAINT

Tilt-forward hood with No Limit billet kit

Hood cut to clear blower Shaved and suicided doors Custom grille and tucked front bumper

HID headlights, custom turn signals, daytime running lights

Tailgate modified with a painted-to-match Plexiglas insert

Four concealed Halo taillights and full-width LED brake light

Third brake light cut into cab Power-operated single-pane side glass

Tilt bed with a contoured sheet steel floor that simulates wood grain

Bed painted BASF Glasurit Candy Orange in woodgrain pattern

Custom inner fender panels created from reversed factory fenders

Metal fab and body mods by Curtis Ford of Visual FX Custom-mixed BASF Glasurit Blue Pearl sprayed by Paul Holman of Visual FX

INTERIOR & STEREO

Shop: Visual FX, St. Augustine, FL

Jeep Wrangler custom buckets, reupholstered in bone-colored suede and vinyl by Troy at Inner Concepts, Jacksonville, FL

Reworked suede-covered dash

Reworked Auto Meter gauge package

Wrapped Billet Specialties steering wheel and chrome ididit column

Custom door panels

Alpine CDA-9886M AI-NET head unit

Two JL Audio Slash series amps behind the seats: 1000/1V2 mono amp for the subs and a 450/4V2 four-channel amp for the front stage Headliner-mounted JL

Audio tweeters

Two 5.25-inch JL Audio coaxials in the door panels Two 6x9-inch JL Audio component sets added to panels on the front of both seats

Two 13-inch JL Audio subs behind the seats

LED lighting throughout the interior

Power supplied by two Kinetik 1800 batteries Interior and sound system by Curtis Ford of Visual FX