Our First Special Project

We recently took on our first special project — a Ford F-150 rebuild for Dayton, who just turned 16.

Dayton picked out one of the many F-150s we have sitting in the back waiting to be worked on and put back on the road. The one he picked out also happened to be the most challenging one. His selection? The 2007 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4. 

Prior to its arrival at AAS, this truck had a small engine fire, which burned up the wiring harness and computer and other important components. Dayton saw this truck in our lot and saw the potential immediately. We talked about raising the truck 2.5" with 20" black after-market wheels and tires. 

After Dayton and Sonny discussed Dayton’s vision for the truck as well as the deadline, now it was up to AAS to get it done.

We used a wiring harness, computer, and other important components from a donor F-150 Lariat we had sitting in our lot. We also noticed the engine in Dayton’s truck was seized up. This was an unexpected expense. Within a day, a brand new crate motor was ordered and delivered to the shop. The engine and all the other parts were installed and assembled on the truck in good working order. The engine ran smoothly and now it was time to install the lift kit, install the remaining body parts, and test drive.

We test drove the truck until we were confident that Dayton was getting a safe, reliable truck. We called in Jeff the Detailer to clean the truck and make it look brand new. Once all the finishing touches were done, Sonny scheduled a time with Dayton to come pick up his truck. AAS is extremely proud of this project and the way it turned out. Special thanks to everyone who put time and effort into this project. Thank you, Viet, Duc, Carlton, Mike and Sonny!

To see Dayton’s reaction watch the video: