Building a BUDGET F100 CROWN VIC SWAP in 10 Minutes

This is a compilation of the full build series for the 1959 Ford F100 and 2010 Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptor P71 chassis swap condensed to 10 minutes of the highlights. For full videos and steps, please see the playlist for the build. The F100 was originally a long bed shortened to fit the crown vic wheel base. We kept the great patina on the truck and clean coated with some airbrush blending to complete the look. Thanks for watching!
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[@jeremyclinard186]

That's pretty cool. I'm in the middle of a 60 F100 on a 04 Crown Vic chassis. I can drive it around the yard now but it's going to be a bit before I can take it further than that.

[@BestDamnShopAround]

Sounds like you're half way there!

[@UncleBoss-cr1cb]

i got an 07 town car thats a good runner but the body is rusting away by the month. id love to be able to do my own swap like this some day. great work!

[@BestDamnShopAround]

Thank you!

[@jimmyjckjones]

Hope to see you guys around at some point in that! Awesome. Was just in Gainesville yesterday.

[@BestDamnShopAround]

Hopefully! If you do say hi!

[@Gniles69]

I was just rewatching this series and you posted this when I was on the interior video haha, picking up a fridge nose this Saturday and I can’t wait to get my truck built. I love how yours turned out hope mine is half as cool.

[@BestDamnShopAround]

Funny coincidence! Good luck with your project, I'm sure it will be cool! If you have questions just ask!

[@Gniles69]

@@BestDamnShopAround what size tire did you end up running on the front to clearance for turning?

[@BestDamnShopAround]

@@Gniles69 205 55 17

[@michael-michaelmotorcycle]

Recently stumbled upon this channel when somebody shared a link to this video on one of the Facebook groups for crown Vic swaps. Very great channel, I’ve been binge watching for a few days. One question, can you show how you did for the radiator/core support? I don’t think you covered it at all in any of the videos.

[@BestDamnShopAround]

Thank you for tagging along and subscribing! If you go back and watch the very first video I show the core support mounts and modifications around the 32 minute mark of the video. If you have any additional questions just let me know!

[@michael-michaelmotorcycle]

Cool thanks. I must of must of missed that. It was the first video of yours I watched. Edit: I went back & watched, I didn’t miss that part. I guess I thought you had to do further modifications to get the Crown Vic radiator stuff to fit. Watching other videos in the past it seems like that might’ve been a bigger hurdle. Probably not for your year of truck. I’ll be doing the swap with my 1969 Dodge Sweptline in a few months with a 97 Vic.

[@BestDamnShopAround]

@@michael-michaelmotorcycle Nice, that will be a cool swap! This is the only generation I've done so I can't really speak for the other years. But also I've seen videos where people way overcomplicate things.

[@FORDCAMPERSPECIAL]

My favorite crown vic fridge on youtube.

[@BestDamnShopAround]

Thank you!

[@Chechenzko]

the Crown Vic and the 77 Luv!!! Some "Coquette" stuff going on here!!! LOL

[@BestDamnShopAround]

@@Chechenzko I have very weird taste in vehicles! Haha also in the collection is a 53 Buick, and a 6-speed square body C10, have videos on both of them too!

[@Chechenzko]

@@BestDamnShopAround yeah I know! I’ve seen them! And love that C10 and all the work done undercarriage & the C10s in general but I’m very fond of the Fridge and the Luv! Those are rare indeed but the work and love you’ve put in them makes them stunningly cool! Kudos dude!!

[@BestDamnShopAround]

@@Chechenzko Thank you for watching and the kind words!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Love this truck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BestDamnShopAround]

Thank you! I love your support!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

@@BestDamnShopAround Anytime............ If that truck ever goes up for sale it would make a GREAT Throttle Power Shop Truck!

[@BestDamnShopAround]

@@THROTTLEPOWER ❤️

[@GlassWerx]

Looking good. Iv got a 61 that was given to me i need to go pick up and do this too. Hard part is finding a bed and cheap crown vic for this

[@BestDamnShopAround]

61 is a good year! Stay on marketplace, might find something! Also check out govdeals.com for police auctions!

[@GlassWerx]

@@BestDamnShopAround yeah around here bout only way to get one is either over pay or government auction.

[@BestDamnShopAround]

@@GlassWerx that sucks. Hopefully you'll run across a deal!

[@GlassWerx]

@@BestDamnShopAround yeah iv been looking haven't really looked too much lately. Got couple other projects closer to being done I gotta finish first

[@BestDamnShopAround]

@@GlassWerx I know that feeling! More projects than time!

[@Chechenzko]

The coolest 1:20 cause is a FRIDGE!!!! A cool kind of Ugly tho!!! That truck is badass!!!

[@BestDamnShopAround]

Thank you! I agree, it's so ugly it's cool haha

[@tylerschaefer3108]

This what I was going to do with my 1961 f100 but I had a 2004 6.0 power stroke sitting so now it’s getting cut up to be a diesel. How did you do the steering column? Without getting rid of the old truck column?

[@BestDamnShopAround]

It's kind of hard to explain but I talk about it in a couple of the build videos! Basically I dissect the stock truck column, use a bearing that I found at the local hardware store, and weld a joint on that accepts the crown Vic steering shaft

[@blackbuttecruizr]

Probably one of my favorite builds on the web.

[@BestDamnShopAround]

Thank you!

[@b00sted_SS]

What was the total cost? All in the car + truck + parts? Badass build!!

[@BestDamnShopAround]

Thank you! To get it running and driving including the cost of the crown Victoria, F100, parts, and steel it was right around $2,200. After the initial build I added around another $600 in interior as well as a new windshield. But I was able to sell some parts off of the crown Vic and the F100 to recoup roughly $500. So you can say roughly around $2,400 after some hustling not counting the couple hundred dollars I'm probably forgetting haha It also took me in the neighborhood of 350 man hours to build it, and your time is worth something.

[@b00sted_SS]

@@BestDamnShopAround awesome! Thanks for the detailed answer, I really want to build something similar if not the same, money is tight but this is doable for sure! I have lots of time and I’ve been a mechanic my whole life. Heading to Marketplace to search crown Vic’s and truck body’s! Thanks for the inspiration

[@BestDamnShopAround]

@@b00sted_SS you're welcome and good luck! If you end up doing the same swap hopefully my videos will help!

[@danieljonhson6367]

It would have been easier to just put the engine and transmission in the truck instead of making it look like a piece of crap low rider.

[@BestDamnShopAround]

Thank you for your input! I will take that into account next time I build a truck for myself!

[@ChuckThree]

You seem like an unnecessarily angry person… How about suspension? Solid front axle on leaf springs is a death trap on modern road at modern speeds. How do it know? I have a ‘62 Unibody. It’s a death trap and unusable as anything other than a farm truck on gravel roads. He’s made a left for dead truck destined for the crusher 100% daily drivable that little kids love to see driving around. What have you done?

[@BestDamnShopAround]

@@ChuckThree 💯