11/06/2026
Check it out at Streetside Classics Stock Number: 5354-PHX https://ow.ly/yh0z5103t5l
1953 was the year Ford retired the F-1 badge and called it the F-100, part of a redesign timed to the company's 50th anniversary. Deluxe cabs even got a commemorative emblem on the horn button. It was also the first year a Ford pickup could be ordered with the Ford-O-Matic automatic, bolted behind the flathead V8 for one season only.
Seventy years later, the automatic idea holds up. This one runs a 6.2L LS3 with fuel injection and a 4-speed automatic, sitting on a Roadster Shop chassis with coil-overs and Wilwood four-wheel power discs. Pearl White over tan leather, with air conditioning, power steering and 210 miles since the build was finished.