Latest Upgrades to Our 1977 F-150 to Take on Baja
Part 2: Suspension Seats & Storage
Harry WagnerWriter
Latest Upgrades to Our 1977 F-150 to Take on Baja
Part 2: Suspension Seats & Storage
Harry WagnerWriter
The old bench seat we had in our 1977 Ford F-150 was perfectly adequate for Cheap Truck Challenge. After the event wrapped we had it recovered with denim and it was fine for slow-speed rockcrawling. The bench was even useful in that you could just slide off it and drop out of the tall truck. After using the truck for chase duties at King of the Hammers and traveling over whooped roads at a snail’s pace while bouncing up and down in the cab, we knew that a seat upgrade was in order.
This situation was made even more pressing when we didn’t have time to upgrade the suspension on our Ford for high-speed use prior to chasing the NORRA Mexican 1000 down the Baja peninsula. When we say “suspension seats” we mean just that: the main suspension component of our old truck. Despite the time crunch, PRP Seats didn’t flinch. In fact, the company built us a custom pair of suspension seats and had them on our doorstep in just two weeks. Once the seats were in hand we headed to Samco Fabrication, where Victor Carrasco whipped out some custom mounts.
While that covered the interior of our F-150, we needed to add some lockable storage before heading south of the border. The regular-cab configuration doesn’t leave a surplus of lockable storage for camera equipment, tools, spare parts, or camping gear. We wanted a non-shiny, lockable box that sat flush with the bedrails. Lund International makes a wide variety of different toolboxes, including a Challenger box that met all of our criteria. Next stop Baja!
