Bedford Ford Lincoln Mercury is an SVT dealer and always had a good selection available. Our SVT inventory was being showcased in the showroom when I took this picture on March 11. It looks like we had four Mustang Cobras and an F150 Lightning in stock.

Fast forward eight days where I noticed the red F150 Lightning had been replaced with a 1956 Ford F100 pickup.

This fully restored 1956 Ford F100 pickup was traded in on a new Ford F150 Lightning pickup.

The truck was fully restored and beautifully done.

I don't remember which V8 this truck had. But it would be either a 279 CID or a 317 CID version of Ford's "Y-Block" V8 that was first introduced in 1954.

This was a beautifully restored truck ! Why someone would trade this in was, (and still is) a mystery to me.