It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Sure, we wanted our 1977 Ford F-150 to be streetable, but we never had intentions of driving it every day. The truck has a healthy 460ci engine built by LA Speed with a bunch of performance parts from Summit Racing Equipment, and it rides on 41.5-inch Pit Bull Rocker tires. That is about as far from a Prius as you can get. But when our daily driver went down for expensive repairs (no, it is not a Prius!) we were forced to call the Ford into action. Fuel prices are the lowest they have been in years, so the timing could not have been better.
FAITH DUMONT
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