After the war, Ford took a bold stance when it developed the F-Series, also known as the Bonus-Built. Unlike before, the new pickup trucks were built upon a unique chassis designed specifically for ...

A t age 15, Ventura, California, construction services contractor Jim Wachsman purchased his "first car" (actually a '49 Ford F-1 pickup) from his father for the princely sum of $250. The truck had ...

Peggy Fontaine's love of all things classic began when she met her husband, Kurt. A lifelong hot rodder and all around tinkerer, Peggy's sudden immersion in the hot rod scene surrounding their Dayton, ...

It’s not a rat rod, nor a drift truck, nor is it a full-time road racer. It’s Old Smokey, the 1949 Ford F1 pickup that was conceived and built by Scott Birdsall the owner of Chuckles Garage in Santa ...

Roy Gidlund has built race cars for several NASCAR Sprint Cup teams in the past 16 years, but he has been a fabricator for over 30 years. He decided it was time to showcase his talents and build ...

Long before urban cowboys began invading the highways with person use pickup trucks, farmer Peyton Estle — a man for whom working pickup trucks were built — bought a 6,800-pound gross vehicle weight ...

The historic hill climb at Pikes Peak once again demonstrated its perilous nature this year when a 1949 Ford F1 racing truck drove off the cliff due to a mechanical failure. Scott Birdsall’s endeavor ...