Modifying vintage pickups is a family affair - Driving
Young and not-so-young family members are turning these former farm haulers and tradesmen’s trucks into full customs and restomods. Maple Ridge resident Glen Teager has been displaying his amazing 1956 Ford F100 pickup at local shows after he and father Gary spent five years working together. Glen is also helping a buddy put together another 1956 Ford pickup truck. In Langley, custom upholsterer Don Whitfield, with sons Steve and Geordie, are adding the finishing touches on their 1955 Chevy pickup packing 450 hp under the hood. His uncle in Kelowna had bought a 1956 Ford pickup and taken it apart years before. When it became available, Glen and Gary, made two trips to Kelowna to bring home the parts, pieces, body and frame of the old truck. Since the truck had been taken down to nothing, the cab, body parts and the frame went to the sandblaster to be taken down to bare metal. Some replacement panels were welded in, fenders mended and other bodywork done as father and son grafted a 1980 Chrysler New Yorker frame and torsion bar front suspension onto the original truck frame. Custom motor mounts were then welded into the frame and a rebuilt 302 engine and automatic. Source: driving.ca
