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1967 Ford F-100 on Air Suspension

May 9, 2012 By Gauge Magazine Leave a Comment


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Issue
May 2012
Owner
Wes Adkins
Ride
Sinister
(2007 Ford Racing F-100)
Meaning Behind the Name
Project name for SEMA when i owned Sin City Kustoms
Photographer
Hartley and Double D

Ride Details

Original Cost
$1,800
Build Cost
Lost Track
What was the inspiration?
I sold my first 68 F-100 to buy my first house.This was the truck i purchased 3 months later to replace it
How long did it take you to build?
I've been playing with it for 13 years
How long have you been building?
All my life,my dad was in it too
Your future plans?
My 1967 Mercury Cougar
Vehicle history
It was a North Carolina car.Build completed for SEMA 2007
Thanks to
Sponsers-Dupont hot Hues,HPC Coatings,SSBC,Devilbiss,Moroso,Taylor,Keystone Bros.,Auto Meter,NX,Micky Thompson tires and wheels,Flaming River,Billet Specialties,A-Tech Motorsports,Strange,Firestone Air Ride
Previous Rides
1969 Torino Pro Street

Engine Details

Make
Ford Racing 2007
Cylinders
8
Displacement
545,Ford Racing Pro-Block,Eagle Crank,it-beam rods and pistons
Engine Mods
Full roller from crane,stud girdles
Engine Add Ons
8-71 Littlefield supercharger,2-950 Holleys
Chrome or polish
All of it

Driveline Details

Torque Converter
3500 TCI
Axle
Strange 35 spine
Gears
4:11
Builder Shop
Chuck Cice,C.C. Performance,Bolivar,Ohio

Chassis Details

Chassis
Stock
Mods to Frame
Boxed & C-notched front and rear mustang 2 By myself,Ladder bars by myself
Frame Builder
Wild Wes
Front Shocks
Pro 1
Spindles
Mustang 2
Springs
Air-Firestone
Compressor Info
Firestone
Valve Info
Firestone,8
Other Mods
Dash molded to roll cage
Chrome, Paint, or Polish
Paint,Gray metallic

Wheels Details

Front Wheel Type
M/T HR1
Rear Wheel Type
M/T HR1
Front Wheel Size
18x7
Rear Wheel Size
18x16w

Paint Details

Color
Tru-Blue Kancy
Paint Type
Dupont Hot Hues
Graphics Description
Airbrushed skull and flames and bullet holes
Painted By
Wild Wes
Graphics By
Wild Wes

Body Details

Hood
Smoothed & boxed around blower
Grille
Custom billet,my design
Bumpers
Narrowed & smoothed
Body Mods
Suicide doors,smoothed seams,shaved handles,tubbed,real bullet holes shot into truck with 44 mag before paint
Body Mods by
Wild Wes

Interior Details

Dashboard
Smoothed and painted
Gauges
Auto Meter
Steering Wheel
Billet Specialties
Console
Hand Fabbed by Wild Wes
Stereo Installed by
Cant hear it over the engine so i didn't put one in
Shifter
B&M Pro Stick
Seats
Bonneville reupholstered
Tint Percent
20% glass cut by Tim Walton
Trunk or Bed
Ultra leather by Todd Merrick
Upholstery Description
Viper red ultra leather with suede inserts and suede w/perferated pattern
Upholstery Description
Dash molded to roll cage
Upholstery By
Myself,Todd Merrick,and Roy Combs of Wizard Upholstry

1967 Ford F-100 owned by Wes Adkins

1967 Ford F-100 “Sinister” owned by Wes Adkins

 

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