'58 F100 drag truck, or: thumbing your nose at aerodynamics!

Ahhhhh......I thought maybe I was forgotten...
Well...we are almost done the metal work, then we'll block everything, and hopefully at least get it in gloss black, for the season.
Most likely ( being realistic...which I despise. ) it will be out for the mid-end of the season, but without the panels/lettering...
We can always return to that, but, we want to get out to the track this year, above anything else!
Thanks for asking!
I'll post some new pix, once it is worth actually looking at...

 

I had your truck in my head for the last week. But couldn't remember names, just the picture of it.
I'll remember now. DirtyThirty, 58 F100. Check, and double Check.

Jeff

 

nice job looks fun my son and i are building a 60 f100 gasser with a 312 y-block in will post some pics soon! what front springs did you use?

 

Sounds cool...
yeah, post some pics, when you get it going!
We are using stock front springs, at present...but, we may play around in the future with the setup.
It has 90/10's on the front, too, but, with the truck chassis, and the stiff springs, and the motor not set back, it doesn't have much weight transfer, anyway...lol...

 

sweet fridge... and, as a 58 owner whats left thats salvageable you may want to let go of?

 

This is just a sexy image...

 

Hey Freeland, p.m. me a list of things you need, if you want...I might have some of it. I cut a bunch of truck off my truck!
If you have any specific needs, let me know.

 

Never forgotten! I like to see some new pix though.

 

I'd like to see this one too.

 

Merry Christmas to you, me, and everyone else who loves their 'fridge!

A sneak peak in the paint shop....

If everything keeps going well, it should be getting reassembled in spring.



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Lots of aligning and re-aligning...metal work, and planning for the panel and lettering layout.
This has gotten pretty far out of hand, actually, over the few years I've been involved in it, but, the sacrifice, the money, the time...all of it, in the end, will hopefully turn out far better than it was ever even supposed to be...

A lot has changed, both with my vision of this truck, and in my life, but, I won't stop until it's done now...

 

Bitchin' truck. Hope to have a gasser some day too.

 

Always thought a '60 hood would look on a '58...was glad to see an update here...

 

Cool Mark...

 

Yeah, the '60 hood is the only 'glass one I could find, but, though I wasn't sure how I'd feel at first, I frankly think it looks better than the '58, since the '58 grill is so spartan, I think the more complex '60 hood works out o.k...

Mike! We'll be up after the holidays, man...hope you are doing o.k., brutha...

 

Just found this and from one fridge owner to another, COOOOOL FUCKIN' TRUCK!!!!!

 

Any Updates???

 

Yeah we Fridgaholics wanna know

 

Ahhhhhhhh......very soon, very soon, I hope.
Spring is almost here, but we're still trapped in paint and body exile.

It will only be a matter of re-assembly then...

Thanks for your continuing interest!
I'd have thought no one would have even cared by now...

 

You're kidding right? We wanna see this bad boy RUN!

 

gotta see this thing back together and yanking the front wheels!

 

Reminds me of my old '60 F100 built as a "gasser"!!

 

Your thread on your badass 58 makes me wanna sit in my 60 heap and make vroom vroom sounds imagining a tunnel rammed 460 poking out my hood lol

 

I don't know how i missed this thread.
Cool truck!
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gasser fever here that is for sure, cool truck