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A 1958 Ford Ranchero isn’t the car you’d expect to see wearing a roll bar and side pipes, but that’s exactly what makes this Pro Street build worth talking about. Ford’s second-year hauler borrowed its facelift from the Thunderbird and offered up to 300 horsepower from a fresh 352 V8, hardly the stuff of drag strip legend. Someone clearly disagreed. Take a look at how this family grocery-getter got the full strip-brawler treatment.
Built on a 2008 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor chassis and wearing a 1985 Ford F-150 bullnose body on top, this SEMA 2016 street truck combines Eaton springs, a Metco Motorsports billet rear four-link, and a six-inch-raised bed floor into one clean, restrained build. Commenters praised it specifically for what the builder didn’t touch, no shaved handles, no over-modification. Watch the full walkaround to see how a police cruiser ended up wearing a classic Ford’s clothes.
A 1976 Ford F-100 that’s stayed in one family since it rolled off the lot is rarer than the truck itself. Grandpa bought it new; his son and grandson are still building it together. Here’s what makes the Dentside generation such a strong hot rod platform, why vintage Ford trucks are suddenly climbing in value, and why this build’s paper trail matters as much as its parts.
This 1968 Chevrolet C/10, nicknamed the 68 Special, gets the restomod formula right by knowing when to stop. The interior is custom without being loud, the stance looks measured rather than slammed, and the induction under the hood is a stacked injection setup that tells you what the truck is actually for. Read on for why the 1967 to 1972 C10 became the most-built platform in the hobby and what stacks really do.
A hail storm should have ended this Dodge Challenger’s story before it started, but Stanley “Dirt Monkey” Genadek saw a blank canvas instead of a write-off. The build adds a 3-inch lift, true off-road tires, full rhinoliner armor, and underglow lighting to turn a modern muscle car into something closer to a wasteland runner. Viewers who hated the concept at first are now among its biggest fans.
A 1972 Chevrolet C10 left the factory with an engine that would struggle to merge onto a modern freeway. This one wears Satin Orange paint, 20-inch black chrome wheels, a custom interior, and an LS1 where the tired original small block used to sit. That swap has become so common in the classic truck world that an entire industry exists to support it. Read on to find out why the LS became the default answer and what the 1972 model year means to collectors.