



ack before we had the Internet to do all the learning for us, the knowledge of old cars and trucks was handed down through family, friends, and, of course, good ol’ printed paper magazines. If you ended up becoming an F-100 lover, it’s highly likely it’s due to your father, uncle, or even a neighbor having owned/built one as you were growing up. These days, unfortunately, it’s whatever’s trending on social media that takes hold and sticks with kids … that is if they’re even interested in cars to begin with!










As the Unibody sits now (substantially lower courtesy of a coilover IFS and triangulated four-link), it wears its original suit of red, albeit well patina’d (which Ricardo washed with Comet, buffed, and treated with linseed oil!), complemented by 20-inch Polished-lip Ridler 650s concealing four-piston Wilwood brakes. Long gone is the old Y-block and granny-geared trans—in their place, a Lund Racing–tuned, PBH-controlled Ford Gen 2 Coyote backed by a 6R80 six-speed overdrive do a much better job of powering the old Effie! Ricardo handled the upholstery himself, acquiring a set of buckets “off Craigslist from a rat rod owner,” as he put it, adding Dakota Digital instrumentation, Flaming River steering, and wiring up with an American Autowire harness before putting some well-deserved miles on his ’61!