1969 Ford F+AC0-100 Ranger

We all have a story about the one that got away. For Scott Thurston, that was a '68 Ford Ranger. “My dad had one—black with red guts—that he let me drive in high school,” he remembers. “I grew up with that truck camping, hauling hay and wood, and doing whatever else we needed to do. I always dreamed of what it would be like to have it lowered and in a short-wide configuration.”

But alas, he would never get the chance; his dad sold the F-100 before Scott could get his hands on it. “I built a few cars and trucks since then but always had that truck in the back of my mind. Once my wife, Cheryl, and I were on the back