Custom truck builder Fat Fender Garage has unveiled its latest build ahead of the SEMA show, and it’d be fair to say the company is living up to its name.
The GT/FX was once a 1956 Ford F-100, but FFG has sat it on a whole new ladder-frame chassis built in-house, while the body—complete with those exceptionally wide arches—is all steel and fabricated by hand to “reshape the F-100’s proportions.”
It has certainly done that. We’re told the roof and the hood were flattened and the whole cab sectioned by two inches. The original grille is the only major exterior part left untouched, with custom running boards, carbon-fiber mirrors, a new truck bed, a bespoke front bumper, and the rear diffuser from a Mustang GT350.
OTHER STORIES YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED:
The Jeep Scrambler is back...as a V8-powered desert-racing concept
Just launched: The Nissan Navara Pro plug-in hybrid is here, with prices starting at P2.448-M
There’s a Mustang engine hiding under the hood too—a 5.0-liter Coyote V8 that’s boosted by a 3.0-liter Whipple supercharger to make 800hp and 1,016Nm of torque. Now, we’re hardly truck experts, but we think that might be a little more than F-100s made as standard in the ’50s.
All of that power is sent through a 10-speed automatic gearbox, and there’s an FFG exhaust with Borla XR-1 Raceline mufflers for maximum noise. The whole thing sits on 20-inch HRE wheels, and gets modern coilovers and Wilwood disc brakes.
Inside, there’s a custom black leather interior with bucket seats and a modern screen and switchgear. The whole project took 15,000 hours of design, engineering, and fabrication.
“GT/FX is the most ambitious build in the company’s history and the culmination of decades of collective experience within Fat Fender Garage,” reads the accompanying release.
More photos of the Fat Fender Garage GT/FX:
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
