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PHOTOS AND
WORDS BY
PORKSTICK

his magazine has just been just great to me. The it all out and then swapped it down to a short bed.
Pork Report has fulfi lled my dreams of leaving a The entire body was sanded down and S.O.S. padded
Tlegacy on living paper for my boy Porkchop. I grew before being shot with a clear satin. The pin striping
up reading 50-year-old car magazines, dreaming of really pops and the effect is stunning against the
contributing to our culture in America. Once I was lucky bright orange wheels! The bed was done with recycled
enough to get in print, my goal was to do it for all the 1920's house siding. The custom cowhide interior looks
right reasons. I've always said the cars are great, but it outstanding and feels like Texas!
is the people that build them and drive them; the cars The build quality of this truck is just supreme. The
come and go. The reason we do this is for each other... stroked 408 has forged pistons and a high lift Comp
otherwise we'd been alone. Energy cam, putting out 550 dyno'd horsepower to
A few years ago, I was introduced to a fella and his the street. The tranny is a TCI Street Fighter AOD
beautiful bride at a shop party. He was a new member that runs into a Moser narrowed 9-inch
of the Loose Cannons Car Club out of Ft. Worth Texas. Ford posi. The front end was treated
Jeremy Parsons has since turned out to be one of my to a Heidts Mustang II and the rear is
favorite people. Not because this is his fi rst build. Not a Ridetech triangulated 4 link. Of
because he built a kickass truck by his lonesome. Not course, my favorite aspect of the
because he is humble and funny. It is because he is F100 is that it lays frame thanks
always down to help a good cause. In a world, full of
mean people and where everyone is trying
hard to be a hard tough guy, Jeremy
is just plain good. If it is a worthy
cause, (NOT these big mega-
corporate charities where
a CEO rakes in millions)
then he will be there in
his fl ippin' awesome
1955 Ford F100.
The truck is a total
hotty. Completely
rusted from rooter
to tooter, it is as sexy
as a work truck
gets. She was
an old City of
Ft. Worth street
crew truck. When
Jeremy purchased it,
there was literally about 350
pounds of lime dust and concrete
in the front fenders. He literally chiseled

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