Fashionable vehicles are all about offering optimized visibility by means of cameras on the entrance, rear, and sides of the car. Some may even depict a fowl’s-eye view of a car’s environment utilizing a mixture of all of the above. However within the Fifties, all it took to boost line of sight was extra glass across the cabin.

The Choose of the Day is a 1956 Ford F-100 pickup listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a non-public vendor in Phoenix, Arizona.

“This lovely 1956 Ford F-100 big-window pickup is in outstanding and unmolested situation,” the itemizing begins. “The truck is all Henry Ford metal and is a pleasure to drive wherever.”

Ford’s common F-Collection of pickups first got here into existence in 1948, encompassing a variety of utility autos from light-duty to heavy-duty. This instance comes from the second era, which began in 1953. The ultimate 12 months for the era was 1956, and vehicles from that mannequin 12 months (similar to this one) had a one-year-only physique type. Distinctive design cues included a wrap-around windshield, vertical pillars, and an non-compulsory a curved wrap-around rear glass window that offers optimum visibility.

The vendor states that this pickup underwent restoration and obtained not solely a beauty refurbishment, but additionally some upgrades like new oak planks within the cargo space, chrome brightwork, a color-matched entrance windshield visor, and a twin exhaust system. Past all that beauty rework, it obtained restomod therapy to convey it into the fashionable period. Added conveniences embody energy steering, power-assisted entrance disc brakes, a tilt-adjustable steering wheel, a more recent heater, and a Kenwood audio system.

Underneath the hood of this truck is a crate-sourced small-block Chevrolet 350cid V8 mated to a three-speed Turbo 400 automated transmission. Based mostly on the two-minute video within the itemizing with a narrated driving sequence, the drivetrain performs effectively, and this truck strikes down the street confidently.

The picture gallery exhibits a color-matched diecast scale mannequin sitting on the sprint, which may very well be a pleasant bonus if the vendor is prepared to incorporate it.

“This truck has gained a number of exhibits prior to now and is a unprecedented worth at this worth level,” the vendor concludes. The vendor is asking $54,895 for this F-100.

To view this itemizing on ClassicCars.com, see Choose of the Day.