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1952 FORD F1 PICKUP TRUCK RESTORATION PROJECT

Read our beginning-to-end series on our 1952 Ford F1 Pickup Truck Restoration Project.

1952 Ford F1 Pickup Restoration Project - Part 15: We Tackle Some Sort-of-Forgotten Body Work 52 Pickup
	We decided early on that we'd be uncomfortable tooling around sitting on top of our gas tank. So we decided to move it elsewhere, but that left us with a big hole in the cab... . . .keep reading

1952 Ford F1 Pickup Restoration Project - Part 14 - Our Ford Truck Needs to be Cool 52 Pickup
We want our truck to be really cool.... Of course, that means air conditioning . . .keep reading

1952 Ford F1 Pickup Restoration Project - Part 13 - What Should Have Taken an Hour... 52 Pickup
To move along toward our next milestone, which is testing our chassis, we set out to rebuild the steering drag link and install the steering box. Simple, huh? Maybe not . . .keep reading

1952 Ford F1 Pickup Restoration Project - Part 12 - Progress Report (or lack thereof) 52 Pickup
The truck project has slowed down a bit. But now that summer's about over with, we hope to pick up the pace. Here's what we've done . . .keep reading

1952 Ford F1 Pickup Restoratin Project - Part 11 52 Pickup
	We haven't forgotten our truck project, although other things like press events, vacations, parts ordering and a host of other diversions have delayed work for awhile. Anyway, we're back in to the swing of things and got to work putting some brakes into the . . .keep reading

1952 Ford F1 Pickup Restoration Project - Part 10 - Rolling Right Along 52 Pickup
Whaddya know, the darn thing started right up! . . .keep reading

1952 Ford F1 Pickup Restoration Project - Part 9 52 Pickup
	We're finally getting back to the truck project! After a brief delay while we installed a furnace in the Second Chance Garage annex, we trying to get back on track . . .keep reading

1952 Ford F1 Pickup Restoration Project - Part 8 (Sort of) 52 Pickup
We were going to publish the next part of our Ford truck restoration project in this issue. It was going to cover the final assembly and test-firing of the engine. It was going to be pretty cool...then it got cold . . .keep reading

1952 Ford F1 Pickup Restoration Project - Part 7 Making the Hood Ready for Paint 52 Pickup
Two-thirds of restoration is cleaning stuff, especially sheet metal! This part is tedious, dirty and otherwise unpleasant. That's why it's important to do it right . . .keep reading

1952 Ford Truck Restoration Part 6 - Body Work 101 52 Pickup
	You've been asking when we'd start the body work, so here goes...Get comfortable, because this is going to be a long, dirty, smelly process. We'll show you how to do it right so you don't have to do it over . . .keep reading

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