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The beginning, a 1988 F150 Custom Regular cab, Short box, Dual  Tanks, Black 5.0L, 5 speed, 3.08 gear:

Present status:

Modification list:

• Exterior Mods:
  - Fiberglass Repro Ford Torino Shaker Scoop, Air box and hood reinforcement, Billet support
  - 3" Chop top with uncut Windshield
  - 3" Front end Section
  - 3" cab stretch with angled Dodge rear window
  - Ranger one piece door glass
  - Explorer Mirrors
  - Shaved door handles
  - Grand Marquis concealed wipers with handmade cowl
  - Headlights lowered 2"
  - Handmade grill with Dodge Ram inserts
  - Frenched licence plate and Grand Am driving lights
  - Sunroof (Came with truck)
  - Rear portion of rear fenders lowered 1.5"
  - Flipped tailgate handle
  - '94 Taillights
  - Handmade roll pan
  - Bullhide spray in liner
  - Custom spare tire mount/air system compartment box
  - FiberBec box lid
  - '94 Mustang Chrome Yellow PPG Concept single stage
  - Custom F351 Fender badges
  

• Chassis Mods:
  - '91 T-Bird IRS
  - 2.5" frame stretch
  - Bell Tech 3" drop I-beams
  - Raised radius arm brackets
  - Custom Sway Bar mounts
  - Slam Specialties Air bags
  - Air Ride air system with remote
  - QA1 Billet shocks
  - American Racing Torque Thrust II 18x 8 wheels
  - BFG g-force 225/45/18 and 255/45/18 tires
  

• Drive Train:
  - '80 Grand Marquis 351 bored .030"
  - Edelbrock Performer intake
  - Edelbrock 600CFM carburetor 
  - MSD Billet distributor
  - Holley Inhalator ignition box
  -Crane E-coil
  - Taylor Spiral-pro wires
  - Full port and polish stock iron heads
  - Crane 272 cam
  - Full roller rockers, stud mount
  - 1.90/1.64 valves
  - 9.5/1 Keith Black Signature Series hypereutectic pistons
  - Windage tray
  - Serpentine accessories from 5L
  - Lentech AOD Street Performer Plus race transmission, rated to 700 HP, 1800/2200 stall and electric OD lockout
  - Custom length drive shaft
  - Powermaster 200 amp alt
  - '94 Ford Windstar dual electric fans
  - Ford Motorsport vale covers
  - Ford Racing shorty headers
  - 2.5" into 3" crossover pipe 316L Stainless Steel
  - 3" high flow cat
  - Handmade muffler, Magnaflow design, 3"in/twin 2.5" out,316L Stainless Steel
  - Dual 2.5" tailpipe, under axle, 316L Stainless Steel

• Interior:
  - Grand Marquis steering column with Tempo wheel
  - Custom Fiberglass center pod
  - Nissan 300ZX Turbo bucket seats
  - Custom center seat/console
  - Painted Instrument cluster trim
  - Gray Tweed upholstery with Yellow piping
  - Air conditioning from '94 F150
  - Door panel inserts
  - Handmade Billet-Dash insert, Shifter, steering column and heater knobs
  - Windstar auto dimming mirror with headlight delay
  - Alpine 3 disc in dash head unit
  - Alpine 11 band  Equalizer
  - Rockford Fosgate 401S Sub amp
  - Rockford Fosgate 4020 4 channel amp
  - Rockford Fosgate RFP1410 10" subs in 1.5 cu. in non-ported box
  - Infinity Kappa 6x9 coax ZZ JL 4" mids .
  - B&W tweeters
  - Grand Marquis power windows
  - Grand Marquis cruise control

About the owner/creator:

Born in 1962, I was raised in a comfortable middle class home in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. My father put in long hours as a plumber to provide for my Mom, 2 sisters and myself. He taught me from a very young age that if a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing right. I was very fortunate to inherit his mechanical aptitude but I gained my patience from my mother. Dad built my first workbench when I was 6 and I have been working with my hands ever since. With no interest in sports, I spent my time in the workshop taking things apart, trying to figure out how they work and trying to put them back together in hopes they would still work. When I finished grade 12, I started my apprenticeship as a plumber in the UA Plumbers and Pipe fitters union. I have been married since ’92 and in ’95, we had a daughter. My wife has been very supportive of my time spent in the workshop. With my hobby of woodworking, I have done a lot of custom work in the house. When she wants something built and I tell her it will require some kind of new tool. Needless to say, I have a full workshop. When we bought the house, I had just wrecked my Skylark and bought my dads ’82 Ford F100. In ’89, I bought a new F150. In ’91, after 5 years without a vehicle to work on, my wife stated that I seemed bored and that I should get myself a project vehicle. This is when Sportruk was born...