F-100 Builder's Guide

STANLEY 2

The Longbed Queen

- Words and Photos by ANGEL DOOLY

The Longbed Queen

EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU come across a family heirloom, passed down from generation to generation. The Ford truck you see before you was passed down to Kimberly Miller 10 years ago by her grandfathe­r, Stanley. As you can see, Kimberly embraced the opportunit­y to make this ’80 F-100 her own. She did not disappoint!

At the time, she had another truck she had planned to customize. Instead, her grandfathe­r convinced her to sell that truck and take his. After going to the DMV to square away the paperwork, her grandfathe­r decided to take one last drive in the truck. On the way home, he got into a wreck where another car ran into him. Everyone was OK, but the truck really needed some work then.

Over the years and through a lot of trial and error with other shops, work was either done incorrectl­y or kept getting pushed back for various reasons. Kimberly decided in 2016 to take the truck to My

World Fabricatio­n out of Terrell, Texas, where work really started to progress. Shawn Brockway helped her decide to do a full custom chassis, 2x4 box tubing with a Mustang II front suspension. They were able to do a rearend swap to a Ford 8.8 out of an Explorer, and the truck was stock-floored and a triangulat­ed fourlink installed.

From there, the truck went to Brent Kelly out of Mississipp­i. Brent was able to get the motor running, ran all new brake lines, and raised the

As you can see, Kimberly embraced the opportunit­y to make this ’80 F-100 her own. She did not disappoint!

 ??  ??
 ??  ??
 ??  ??
 ??  ??
 ??  ??
 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Canada