I had the pleasure of driving one of these when I was about 15. It was black and all dented up and beat to hell but it still ran like a champ... I've wanted one ever since
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I picked this 93 up yesterday. It's far from perfect but not too bad. There isn't any rust, the interior is pretty nice and the engine bay is clean. The only mod is a cat back. It originated in Oregon and moved here in 2005. I don't have any idea what # it is.
Has 99K miles.
Has 99K miles.
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the toy looks great!
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I've been looking at these trucks for 3 days. I will be purchasing one within the next couple of weeks. This truck is an eye catcher. 97turbocobra, you have a pm
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Basically stock with a couple bolt on's. I have some other mods that I'll be doing soon, I hope. Divorces arn't cheap haha
Basically stock with a couple bolt on's. I have some other mods that I'll be doing soon, I hope. Divorces arn't cheap haha
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Here is my 95. Just lowered it slightly and added Bassani catted x pipe. Other then that she is all stock with 210k miles.
This one came home in late October of 2012. One of two known to be converted to CrewCab configuration, one of one known to currently exist. This one done by Full Effect also. 224,000 miles on her. Have a LARGE list of repairs/upgrades/mods to keep me busy. What is REALLY nice is most all paperwork from all four owners came with the truck plus the magazine issue that featured the other CrewCab Lightning. This one is yet another 1994 Lightning for us making 3 '94's in our household now, and 3 white trucks; one in each length !
Scott
Scott
Scriced, you definatly have a one of a kind collection of L's. I've been keepin up with your progress on the other site. I knew a guy in hawaii that had a black extended cab, always wanted a extended cab after seeing/riding in his.
How many years ago was that ? These Full Effect conversions are extemely hard to locate/track. Do you remember anything about the truck ? What model year it was ? Was the guy you knew in Hawaii the original owner of that truck ?
Scott
I first met him in 97 and he was the original owner. The first time I saw it he was going in a different direction down the road. I thought he had just put the stickers on it. About a month later I met up with him at a car show, I used to have a 72 Gran Torino CJ . He told me he got it from a company in Cali through a family member. It was a little rough around the "edges" so to speak. Last time I saw it it was around 00, as I lost contact with him. Unfortunatly I don't know what number it was or the guys last name or I woulda tried to get in contact with him.
. He told me he got it from a company in Cali through a family member. It was a little rough around the "edges" so to speak. Last time I saw it it was around 00, as I lost contact with him. Unfortunatly I don't know what number it was or the guys last name or I woulda tried to get in contact with him.I first met him in 97 and he was the original owner. The first time I saw it he was going in a different direction down the road. I thought he had just put the stickers on it. About a month later I met up with him at a car show, I used to have a 72 Gran Torino CJ
Good to know that ! The company in Cali was most probably Full Effect. Bill Thomas was the owner of the company, first located in Upland then San Bernadino, CA. Only 4 of the Full Effect SuperCab conversions are known to currently exist. The yellow one, number 0 or the prototype as my wife likes to call it, # 1 is in Louisiana, #13 is in the Bay area of California, and # 15 is in western Washington. It seems most all the conversions were '93 models. Full Effect would do an owner's existing Lightning or buy one new and do the conversion. Only # 15 is a '94 truck. # 15 is the last known truck to be converted. # 1 was originally a black truck. A guy out of Kentucky bought # 1 out of Florida, went completely though it and changed the color to white.
Our '94 CrewCab L is a '94 but interestingly the rear doors have the body reveal line near the bottom suggesting it was a '95 cab that was ordered from Ford for the conversion.
Our white '94 SuperCab conversion is not a Full Effect conversion, but done mostly the same way Full Effect did them. The original owner had the truck done locally in eastern Tennessee in 2000.
Wished you had more info on the black one in Hawaii but know how things go as years pass by. I've seen a picture of a red one a few years ago. Don't even know how many of each color were converted, but that would depend on the customer. # 13 is painted in Ford's Grabber Blue. It was raced in the 1995 edition of the Nevada 100. Our yellow cab was raced in the 1994 edition of the same race winning in it's entered class, that being the 115 MPH class. Both trucks were driven by the same driver; T.J. Clark.
Not many were done because of pricing I suspect. On top of a roughly 26,000 dollar truck the basic conversion in 1994 was $7500 and then to that a list of options was available. Have no idea the additional cost of the CrewCab conversion !
Scott
Full Effects was definatly a cool company. Too bad there isn't any surviving paperwork from them. Whatever happened to the owner? There are plenty of Gen 1's here where I live. Even have one that painted there's camo :/. I am always on the look out for 'em. Haven't seen any ext cab's though.
Couldn't find a white 95 for the 3 years I was looking and now that I have one it seems like everyone has one. So much for being the rare color.
My '95...
bassani shorties, mid pipe and single outlet catback (is it still a catback if you don't have cats?)
Punisher vb
3.73 gears. kills it a little off the line but its great on the road.
My '95...
bassani shorties, mid pipe and single outlet catback (is it still a catback if you don't have cats?)
Punisher vb
3.73 gears. kills it a little off the line but its great on the road.
Here is my 93 red one.
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Big that is a CLEAN 95!!! My brother lives in Tyler, next time Im down there we should get together.
MSGT, I like those rims!! Ya need to lower it, just like I need to lower mine haha
MSGT, I like those rims!! Ya need to lower it, just like I need to lower mine haha
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I must add a White Gen. 1 Lightning to my garage NOW! Great looking trucks everyone :beer:
Thanks. Tyler's quite a run from Katy though. It's hard to believe this thing has 170k on it. Goes to show how well they were put together.
Bad ass! Sick stance
and as a fyi the double sided stickie tape is long gone I bought new tail lamps and niteshaded them
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