1969 Ford F-100 with a Lightning Chassis and Powertrain – Part 3
by Christopher Christopher
Published in engineswapdepot.com
V8 Speed & Resto Shop in Red Bud, Illinois started a new project called “Thunder’s Truck.” A customer approached the team to take a 1969 Ford F-100 truck and do a complete chassis and powertrain swap from a 2002 Ford Lighting truck. The more modern truck’s chassis, suspension, ABS brakes, supercharged 5.4 L V8 and transmission were going inside the classis Ford body. In this episode the team fabricates a new crossmember to hold the cab and moves the entire rear suspension and rear end forward. They also modify the gas tank and channel the bed.
Source: V8TV, V8TVShow (build gallery) and V8TVShow (build thread)