View Full Version : F1 Customs .. Anyone have pix ??
klazurfer
12-22-2003, 08:10 PM
A friend have started workin` on what will be his daily driver, and he was wonderin if I had any ideas for cuztomizing the grille/Front. Can`t say I have , so I hoped you guys could help us out http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Here are some very rough "thinking out loud" sketches from a drawing pad I started years ago for a redesigned F-1. My approach was refinement of the original elements that I've loved ever since the F-1 was rather than a major redesign. I hope the sketches help set your friend's creative juices flowing. Please excuse the roughness of the sketches.
Radshit
12-22-2003, 09:12 PM
Here is a shot of mine.....
klazurfer
12-22-2003, 09:23 PM
Well,.. I was not asking for ART !! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif THANX A LOT for sharing . My friend Thomas will Love this as much as I do !! ( He once built a Neat track-Roadster that made the pages of TRJ#15 pg87 ) Did you keep the Pickup you bought back a year ago ? 53,was it ? Well ,anyhoo,.. THANX !! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
onelow48
12-22-2003, 09:26 PM
Gayjeff's in progress
John B
12-22-2003, 09:27 PM
Here's one built by Larry Kramer over a decade ago. Not exactly traditional but still pretty slick. Now owned by a 13 year old in our club.
klazurfer
12-22-2003, 09:28 PM
Thanx Rad.. ! Thomas is not on Hamb ( Yet ) , so I was thinkin I could send him this Post-URL as a xmas-Gift http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
And here's an old photo composite sketch that's close to the vision I have had for this truck for years! (Disregard the ghost flames; they were on the truck whose photos I "borrowed" to do my composite.)
The chassis is a perimeter frame tube structure with the body dropped down to the runningboard level and with 6 inches lopped off the bottom. This drops the body height 10 inches without chopping the top, which I've planned not to do, all along.
Suspension is Series 3 Jaguar front and and rear subframes. In addition to excellent ride and handling performance, this drops the runningboard level another 4 inches. The final height at the top of the cab crown is about 60 inches, with excellent visability and cab room and comfort.
Anyway, you asked for ideas for doing an F-1, so this is my take on what I would do if I had unlimited funds and time . . .
klazurfer
12-22-2003, 09:46 PM
Thanx guys http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Mike , is your sketches including both sectioning & chaneling ? Love the look with hood & bed-top in same hight! .Also,..the "peaked" bumper in pic #2 looks waaay cool .
klazurfer
12-22-2003, 10:08 PM
Im a slow typer , ain`t I !
Thomas have chopped the top 3 3/4" , Given it a 4" kickup in the rear , and a Ford LTD front-clip . Air-Ride`s up next .He is going for a conservative early custom-look , so your input will be very helpfull !!
BTW .. Almost forgot my fav..
johndanger
12-22-2003, 10:42 PM
hows this
briggs&strattonChev
12-22-2003, 10:50 PM
I like the chop on that truck klazurfer
Radshit, I saw your truck on the hamb drags video and ive always wondered whos it was. BAD ASS! Do you have a side pic of it without the shadow so klaz can get the FULL effect?
klazurfer
12-22-2003, 10:50 PM
John , I would call that NICE http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Wish it was mine !
=mike=
12-22-2003, 10:56 PM
http://www.sacredkarts.org/friends/friends04.jpg
klazurfer
12-22-2003, 10:58 PM
Belive the car was a F3(?) , but the front fenders are F1.
Mike , He mentioned Flames , BUT HOW COME YOU KNEW THAT ?
Chop Side-view:
Couldn't find a pic of the truck, but these two guys had the coolest F-1 of all......It would be one to repop with a 392 under the hood and all outward appearances of stock, except for a mild lowering.
Yes, from the beginning I've seen a coordinated beltline from the hood to the bed, tied to character lines passing through the fenders and the bed. It's a great look!
Radshit
12-22-2003, 11:59 PM
Here's another shot....
justinm
12-23-2003, 12:46 PM
i really like the way the grill is pinched to a VEE shape in you're sketches mike.
i got one too, but it's such a POS that it's not worth posting pics.
the chop on mine is not unlike the red one posted above.
i've always liked the idea of peaking the roof- DrJ mentioned this on another post. it would be cool to do that in conjunction with a TWO piece split window.
my plans are to keep it stock aside from the chop. i'd like to open up the windshild a bit- when they are chopped straight- the side windows are taller then the windshield opening and it gets too much "baldhead' goin' on.
aV8 and Klas! Very inspiring post!
I´m selling my daily driver, a modern Jeep , and I´m looking for a F100 to replace it with. Will import one from Ca when the Jeep get sold (for sale at )www.usabil.nu (http://www.usabil.nu/databas/Detalj.asp?ID=25886) . The F100 will be my new driver, al the year around! Life is to short to drive modern cars. in the winter while longing for the summer...
Tackett
12-23-2003, 01:04 PM
I'm working on mine today... '48 F1.
I love the grill, so I plan on keeping it stock. I might polish & clear coat the bars, and remove the small round lights.
Cab was chopped 4", and the space above the doors was sectioned (or would it be chopped?) 2". The body & hood were sectioned 5", and 4" was added to the length of cab (at the back).
No good pictures today, but I'll post an update by next week. It's my New Year's plan.
Tackett
Krylon Kid
12-23-2003, 01:14 PM
Here's one of a F100 my brother did own. The frame on this truck still sat at stock height. Had been channeled over the frame but don't remember how much.
http://www.thekrylonkid.com/mike/flames6.jpg
http://www.thekrylonkid.com/mike/flames3.jpg
straykatkustoms
12-23-2003, 03:07 PM
A friend of mine is working on a F-1 delivery that is really wild. I photo choped an origional F-1 to give him an idea what it will look like. He will have it running for the Stray kat 500.
Radshit, Is your truck a 4X4? Your truck looks alot lower in person. Ha, Ha!! One of the highlights of the HAMB drags was checking out your ride. You have one kool truck!! Have a Merry Christmas!!
Happy Trails,
Mick
krylon,
was the front clip on that truck at stock height (as far as mounting it to the frame, anyway) with the cab channeled and the hood sectioned?
or is the cab sectioned?
Krylon Kid
12-23-2003, 03:16 PM
Yes the front clip is at stock heigth with the cab channeled and hood sectioned.
=mike=
12-23-2003, 03:18 PM
Klazurfer . . . I'm just that good http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Radshit
12-23-2003, 09:10 PM
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Mick!
Thanks for the compliments.....
Lowlife
12-23-2003, 11:23 PM
2003 Yokohama show
Lowlife
12-23-2003, 11:25 PM
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Radshit
12-24-2003, 12:07 AM
Now that F-1 is ultra swank......I love it!
klazurfer
12-24-2003, 07:27 AM
THANX for the input guys!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Krylon.. Your brothers F1 is one EXTRA NICE CAR !!
Me , I`m off to work , But as my TRJ#24 came yesterday , ( HAMB-auction-Prize ), I prolly wont do shit but readin`about HOT RODS http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Jeff Norwell
12-24-2003, 07:33 AM
Don't have any pics off hand, but Idid this art for a detailers bus. card
38Chevy454
12-24-2003, 12:23 PM
I don't have a picture handy, but Brewsir's truck has some nice front end work. It has a 61 Buick bumper and a ??? grill insert. His truck is a F-100 though, not a F-1. Brush's drawing is Brewsir's truck with slightly different graphics.
klazurfer
12-24-2003, 10:44 PM
Well, I sendt this Post to Thomas , and he came back with this : " Please say thanx to the guys responding & wish them all a MERRY XMAS !!!!! "
Thomas is a VERY Talented guy who probably will join us sooon ( I Hope ). Again , Thanx http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
BTW ... Gotta LOVE the frog-Soap I was given for Xmas http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
It even glows in the dark !! Cool shit , but OT .......
HAVE FUN !
Southfork
12-25-2003, 10:33 PM
What are those kool front bumpers on radshit's F-1? I love 'em! I know where a pair of them are at an old abandoned wrecking yard --- both torched in half. I was tempted to drag them home anyway and weld 'em back together. If I do, I'd put them on the front of my F-1, now that I've seen radshit's!
Radshit
12-25-2003, 11:50 PM
Plymouth.....49 I believe.....
k-member
12-27-2003, 05:26 PM
Maybe these will link up..I don't know...
http://photo.starblvd.net/k_member/2-3-1-1042918736?m=0&pg=1&ro=2&co=0
http://photo.starblvd.net/k_member/2-3-2-1042918820?m=0&pg=1&ro=2&co=1
http://photo.starblvd.net/k_member/2-4-1-1042919254?m=0&pg=1&ro=3&co=0
Mostly of Old Beets F-1, Mine can be see on page 30 of the january issue of classic trucks....
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