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By John Toler
Tiroes-Democrat Staff Writer .
Back in 1989, when Chris Seay of Warrenton was 14 years old, he found a serious “Class 5” ‘49 Ford F-l pickup parked in a field near Bealeton.
It was in rough shape, but something about the truck appealed to him.
“It was really rusted out,” said . Seay, “I had to replace the cab comers and the floor pans. All the glass had been broken out, and it had been out there for years, sitting in the rain.”
But that was not the ultimate indignity the old truck had suffered.
“Someone had taken the front end . off, and pushed the truck back infertile field with a tractor,” said Seay. “The firewall had been pushed back on the passenger’s side, and I had to jack it all out.”
After getting the wreck'hauled home, Sedy began five years of restoration and customizing. He did fill of the work himself, and as he went along, he ltfaraed a lot of new skills, including -^mechanical work, welding, body work and painting.
When a replacement for a broken or missing obsolete part could not be found, he figured out how to repair Xhat he had, or fabricate a new one.
"really been a good hobby,” said Seay. “I made a lot of modifications to my truck, building it to suit my own tastes. It s allowed me a lot of creative expression.” ■ i ■ While the truck appears basically stock, it has been totally reworked mechanically. It is powered by a smooth-running 5.0 liter roller cam V8 taken from a 1987 Ford Mustang GT, \
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