1992 Ford F-150

Ford redesigned the F-Series front end for 1992. The following year, the SVT Lightning showed what the half-ton platform could do with performance parts: its 5.8-liter V8 used GT-40 cast-iron cylinder heads and was paired with a lowered suspension. By then, Ford was supplying trucks to aftermarket companies through its Aftermarket Support Program, and those companies used them to build and promote their own parts.

This F-150 was one of those trucks. It was supplied to Tekstyle By Design, an Illinois-based truck-accessory manufacturer, and became the company's showpiece, known as "Tekstyle Terror." Designer David Tucker, a Pasadena Art Center graduate, and Tekstyle president Harry Samp lowered the truck approximately five inches in front and seven inches in the rear with Bell Tech components. They sculpted the grille, rear roll pan, and ground effects in clay before producing the final parts in fiberglass, and built a steel front bumper on the stock bumper core with twin Hella driving lights. Mazda Miata mirrors replaced the factory units, and the original mirror and emblem locations were filled. Sam Foose applied the Magenta Pearl paint at Foose's Fords in Solvang, California, and the truck won Ford Motor Company's 1992 Outstanding Feature Vehicle Award at the 1992 SEMA/AI Show.