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Originally Posted by RhinoRacing  Hey Shawn I bet you could buy it  |
Ahh, no. If there is ever another 90's Ford in my driveway, it would be a Gen1.
Thanks guys. I took the best ideas from Boyds truck. The 3" choptop with laidback windsheild, the body line on the front fender and the stretched cab idea. I concidered the Lincoln front clip and 460, but this was my first custom and didn't want to get to much into the frame and suspension.
I would have liked to do something similar on the rear, but I had to draw the line somewhere and get the truck on the road. It took 4 years as it was.
As for the idea that this truck was the inspiration for the Lightning, I don't know. Ford had done a couple other concepts that would be more inline with the thoughts of the Lightning. The Street was a 460 choptop and the 1990 XFT with a 460 that was more inline with the 454SS concept of big engine, basic truck.
Regardless, the Boyds truck was a real shock to the street truck scene with so many cookiecutter Chebys out there and so few custom Fords.
