Selling
At
Auction
-
Scottsdale
-
March
-
2021
-
;
This
completely
custom
built
1976
Ford
B-100
known
as
El
Chapo
was
built
by
River
City
Rods
and
Fabrication
and
made
its
debut
at
SEMA
2018.
Its
powered
by
a
second-generation
Coyote
5.0-liter
V8
engine
dressed
in
one-off
two-piece
billet
valve
covers,
dual
throttle-body
Holley
Dominator
EFI,
C&R
Racing
radiator,
custom
air
cleaner,
Painless
wiring,
Odyssey
battery
and
MagnaFlow
exhaust.
The
engine
is
mated
to
an
MT82
6-speed
manual
transmission
with
a
Hurst
shifter
turning
a
Currie
rear
end.
It
sits
on
a
Roadster
Shop
SPEC
Series
chassis
with
air
bags
and
RideTech
air
management
system
with
RideTech
shocks.
Stopping
power
comes
from
a
Wilwood
14-inch
big
brake
kit
in
the
front
and
13-inch
in
the
rear.
The
body
has
many
customizations,
including
a
chopped
roof,
custom
machined
roof
ribs,
flush-mounted
side
glass
and
windshield
laid
back
10
degrees.
The
one-off
billet
grille
made
to
emulate
a
late-model
Ford
Raptor
started
as
a
half-ton
chunk
of
aluminum
and
was
shaved
down
to
a
73-pound
piece.
Its
finished
in
a
PPG
Graphite
Metallic
Blue
paint,
with
custom
Dynamics
LED
headlights
and
driving
lights,
as
well
as
Rad
Machining
emblems.
The
interior
is
completely
custom
with
a
steel
dash
fitted
with
a
Dakota
Digital
gauge
cluster,
Ididit
steering
column,
Restomod
Air
Bluetooth-controlled
air
conditioning
unit,
Thermo-Tec
sound
and
heat
protection,
and
Ford
Thunderbird
seats
in
front
and
rear.
The
stereo
system
has
two
12-inch
Kicker
subwoofers
and
four
6.5-inch
Kicker
component
sets
powered
by
two
Kicker
Amplifiers.
El
Chapo
sits
on
20-
and
22-inch
one-off
custom
wheels
from
Curtis
Speed
equipment
wrapped
in
Michelin
Pilot
super
sport
tires.
El
Chapo
has
been
featured
in
many
online
and
print
publications,
including
MotorTrends
Truck
Trend
magazine.
Awards
include
Goodguys
Ford
Truck
Choice
and
2020
Truck
of
the
Year
late
finalist.