ICON 1965 Ford Crew Cab Reformer — 2017 SEMA Show

we’re here at the 2017 SEMA show where we caught up with Jonathan ward fromicon 4×4 because one of the standout vehicles to us is this reformer f250six-pack so Jonathan talked to me about the concept of what we have well I wantto build the most inefficient things I possibly can so this is part of thereformer lines you know we have the production fj’s and Broncos and thriftmasters and then once that standardized I hate to say it I like get a little bitbored and I love doing these one-offs because like constant discovery and youknow new challenges so this is a really good example of those it’s a 1965 f250crew cab and that’s factory build every one thinks that we mash it up and makeit wasn’t really factory that but they built them for like the railroads andthe military and stuff so they’re hard to find but all that remains of it isthe body shell the seat frames the door handles so the idea is with the reformerrevisit like everything I do classic design in a modern context so the ideais simply to make this a viable capable safe fast fun daily driver but likereally honor the the vintage style so it’s got the beautiful styling of a 65that will elaborate on that so like the plastic knobs it didn’t all kind ofmatch I’ll take some liberties pick my favorite one see and see it in stainlesscreate more continuity with the design then they just kind of geek out on everysingle to the tail it’s super fun so what’s under the hood so this one’srunning a five nine Cummins and then Gail banks has become a dear friend andwe’ve been working with her for years so we basically said to Gail just sendme whatever the heck you have for the five nine which you and I both know hehas kind of everything for it so it’s about probably 750 torque but totallymanageable daily driver and it just moves like a freight train and whosetransmission in fact so basically I cheatedI took a no seven Mega Cab 3,500 Dodge and built the truck upon that but it wasa client request because he doesn’t like the current generation Ford diesel buthas massive faith and experience and the Dodge so everything is dodge underneathaxles and suspension yeah I mean I did the core Fox off-road racing suspensionwe did ceramic coated stainless Gail banks exhaust upgraded the brakes andthe clutch but yes the primary architecture in fact even the referencethen the client if he needs to again we’re rolling to a Dodge dealer maybepiss them off confuse them a little bit but tell them hey it’s this all partnumber consistency can bus electronics obd2 everything is still consistent tothat VIN so we try and avoid the Johnny Cash specials you know where the clientdoesn’t know what to do where to get what and when you kind of use a wholeplatform you’re getting a lot of engineering and consistency by doingthat I know you’re all about the details so talk to me about the interior socustom leather buy more and she’ll she’s a common partner for me but I’m a majorleather geek hobbyist too so like why did the dye sample they made it for soit’s got this like funky red modded with black highlights the seat insertsI wanted to get something really durable and I like to go outside automotive soit’s actually Knoll which is like high-end architecturebut outside patio furniture so UV dry run of all that’s way better thanautomotive then like we had seat heaters we use tempur-pedic foam the steeringwheel is a vintage Ford wheel but from another app and then I hand-stitched andleather wrap did gauge shell looks stock so we kept the custom cab gauges andeven the exterior side trim they never did a custom cab crew cab butI used to own one and love them so then we Sheldon it’s all you know modern gutsbut with the vintage aesthetic hidden audio with Bluetoothyou know a/c and power windows but it looks like analog so like a little stuffman you know me I love that’s the last thing the bed itself that must havecreated some issues or problems what kind of solutions did you come up withwell when you’re doing these body swaps even with CAD control there’s thingsthat just kind of surprise you and give you new challenges so actually to getthe fitment right and the chassis balance correct because we don’t want toalter suspension or engine versus front axle center point we’ve actually cheatand raise that bed floor up so you’ll notice that when you drop the tailgateyou lost probably six inches of depth but that gave us better mechanicalengineering so we just let it have its very cool thank you for your time I knowyou’re running the show appreciate it thanks for the interest for more go topickup trucks comyou

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