Upgrade your 1961–66 F-100 pickup
Keep the look, change how it drives. These upgrades turn a classic into a car you can drive anywhere: a modern chassis, disc brakes, a fuel-injected engine (new, or from a donor car), an overdrive transmission, quicker steering, real cooling, new wiring and A/C. Pick your car to see what's made for it.
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Chassis
Complete chassis, subframes and frame upgrades
The foundation: a modern chassis or front subframe brings independent suspension, disc brakes and rack steering in one piece. Or stiffen and update the original frame.
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Chassis stiffening
Frame rails, subframe connectors and braces
Ties a unibody or tired frame together so the suspension can work: rails, connectors, torque boxes, tower braces and roll bars.
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Suspension
Coilovers, control arms, shocks and rear links
Everything between the body and the wheels that sets how a car rides and handles: coilover or modern shock and spring packages, tubular control arms with better geometry, sway bars, bushings, and rear-axle locating systems such as 4-links, three-links and leaf-spring upgrades.
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Brakes
Disc brake conversions
Most 1950s to '70s cars left the factory with drum brakes at all four corners, or with small front discs and a single-circuit master cylinder.
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Powertrain & Fuel Delivery
Crate engines, fuel injection and fuel systems
The engine and everything that feeds it: a modern crate engine (GM LS or LT, Ford Coyote, Gen III HEMI or a fresh small-block), fuel injection that replaces the carburetor, and the tank, pump, regulator and lines that EFI needs.
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Transmission
Overdrive manuals and automatics
Swapping the original 3- or 4-speed manual, or 2- or 3-speed automatic, for a modern overdrive: a Tremec TKX 5-speed or T-56 Magnum 6-speed manual, or an automatic such as the 700R4, 4L60E, 4L80E, AOD, 4R70W or 6R80/10R80.
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Steering
Quick-ratio boxes, rack-and-pinion and columns
Replacing a worn manual box or slow factory power steering with a quick-ratio power steering box or a rack-and-pinion conversion, plus a modern tilt or collapsible column and steering shaft.
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Cooling
Radiators, electric fans and shrouds
An aluminum radiator sized for your engine, electric fans with a shroud and a controller, and the hoses and overflow tank that go with them.
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Electrical, Dash & Lighting
Wiring, alternators, gauges and LED headlights
A new wiring harness with modern fuses and relays, a higher-output alternator, modern gauges (digital, or analog with electronic senders) and LED headlights that fit the original buckets.
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Climate Control & Interior Comfort
A/C, heat, insulation, seats and belts
Air conditioning and heat (complete kits with compressor, condenser, evaporator and controls), sound and heat insulation, supportive seats and 3-point seat belts.
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Donor cars
Modern drivetrains from used cars
A donor car is a modern car or truck, often wrecked or high-mileage, bought for its engine, transmission and electronics.
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