my daughter is dead set on a 55 f-100 for first car

[2000 vert]

you want something you & she can build, or a finished truck? I might know a guy....

Somewhere in the middle. It doesnt have to be completly finished but i dont want just a roller.

[2000 vert]

I also agree with most of u guys that she will probably get tired of it after driving it daily for awile. But the way i see it at least i will end up with a cool truck.

[Chas_svo]

If you live in the country and that is where the truck will be driven, no big deal. Otherwise it had better be ultra reliable and have modern brakes if she is going to drive in dfw. It is not safe to drive an unreliable or under braked car in the metroplex.

no.

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=41956

Think about things like this and newer safety equipment for new drivers. Luck only carries you so far.

I love the thought of a well-built 55, but you have to understand to whole situation. My 2 cents.

[Tremor14]

I also agree with most of u guys that she will probably get tired of it after driving it daily for awile. But the way i see it at least i will end up with a cool truck.

that was my thinking.. buy what YOU want cause more than likely it will just be a phase for her and in the end you end up with a nice classic truck.. i've been so wrapped up in c10s that i actually forgot how good those 55 f100s look.

i know its popular for the early chevy guys to do s10 frame swaps, so the reliability issue shouldn't be a factor. and in reality a teenage girl may drive, what to school, the mall and back home? its not like she'll be motoring up and down 635 during rush hour like the rest of us.

[Cobraman]

Yeah, but reliability is a big deal. You really want your 16yo daughter stranded on the side of the road at night? Plus it is a pain in the ass to drive a non-reliable vehicle

[bubbaearl]

my godsons first one will be an older rig we build . most likely a 55 ht like his mom had . dependability is not a guarantee especially when talking about a 5 year old car or truck .

[2011GT]

Get her something newer and safer. I wouldn't want my little girl in a truck like that.

[dcs13]

Get her this one instead...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1937-chevy-pickup-race-rod.926604/

[GhostTX]

As much as you want to make your little girl happy, you need to consider her safety first. Everyone thinks that old cars are better in an accident because they're all steel, but late model cars are designed with crumple zones to protect the occupants in the even of an accident.

To make an old truck drivable for a young/inexperienced driver, it would need to be clipped with a later model (Camaro/Nova/S10) front end or aftermarket Mustang II front end so it has power steering/power disc brakes. You would also want it updated to a later model fuel injected engine and overdrive automatic transmission. Then you would also have to worry about it getting smashed up in school parking lots because no matter how good of a driver SHE is, it's the other kids that can't fucking drive is what you have to worry about.

I'm going to echo the safety concern. Having anti-lock brakes and a proper seat belt (with shoulder) is HUGE improvement for safety.

[Sgt Beavis]

As much as I respect and admire both your daughters way of thinking and your parenting, I would emphatically tell you not to do it.

There is a lot of love for that pickup, and rightfully so, but its a deathtrap waiting to happen when compared to any newer vehicle. IMO you have to be the Dad here and say no dice. Wanderer is dead on right.

[Wanderer]

As much as I respect and admire both your daughters way of thinking and your parenting, I would emphatically tell you not to do it.

There is a lot of love for that pickup, and rightfully so, but its a deathtrap waiting to happen when compared to any newer vehicle. IMO you have to be the Dad here and say no dice. Wanderer is dead on right.

My daughter is getting to the age where I'm about to have to start seriously considering what we are going to do for her a vehicle to drive. While she wants an old car/truck, the hot rodder in me wants to rejoice that I have done my job to keep hot rodding alive in our youth, but the dad in me wants to cringe when I see photos of cars/trucks that have been wrecked and can't help but think I would be setting her up to fail by putting her in something that wasn't designed with safety being #1 priority.

We have already started her driving on backroads and on our property out in the country, which is what my dad did with me when I was young, so I just hope that she will be well learned, comfortable with driving and responsible when she actually does get to driving age.

[Sean88gt]

My daughter is getting to the age where I'm about to have to start seriously considering what we are going to do for her a vehicle to drive. While she wants an old car/truck, the hot rodder in me wants to rejoice that I have done my job to keep hot rodding alive in our youth, but the dad in me wants to cringe when I see photos of cars/trucks that have been wrecked and can't help but think I would be setting her up to fail by putting her in something that wasn't designed with safety being #1 priority.

We have already started her driving on backroads and on our property out in the country, which is what my dad did with me when I was young, so I just hope that she will be well learned, comfortable with driving and responsible when she actually does get to driving age.

Did safety even enter your mind at 16?

[slow99]

Hell no.

[Wanderer]

Did safety even enter your mind at 16?

Of course not.

[GhostTX]

Did safety even enter your mind at 16?

Of course not.

And that's the parents job. To know what's best for the kids despite what they want.

I had a 4-banger Chevette for my first car and I'm glad I did (now). As much crazy stuff as I did in that car, if I had car with power, I'd probably had wrapped it around a tree.