It's All In The Details

Goliath Customs’ 2016 F250

- Bryon Dorr

The attention to detail, cleanliness and quality parts are what make a custom truck stand out from the crowd. Matt Archuleta and his team at Goliath Customs, in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, set out to make their latest build shine bright, and stand out from the sea of SEMA vehicles that it debuted amongst. This 2016 Ford F250 6.7L diesel crew cab 4x4 short box was first seen at SEMA 2016, in the Fusion Bumpers booth, and has helped continue to put New Mexico on the custom truck map.

Goliath Customs is a small family automotive customization shop that works on a huge range of custom vehicles; lifted trucks, prerunners, Jeeps, UTV, muscle cars, and even lowered vehicles. The shop might be small, but their 2017 F450 tow rig sure isn’t! With only one full-time technician and a handful of friends and family helping out, this little shop does impressively large things.

With a Goal in Mind

Goliath Customs is no stranger to the annual gathering of petrol heads known as the SEMA Show, as they have built two previous SEMA vehicles: a 2011 F250 and a 2014 RAM. Matt has always been a Ford fan, so for their latest build they went back to the brand that pulls at his heartstrings.

This ’16 F250 was built as a marketing vehicle for Goliath Customs, and is Matt’s daily driver. It was purchased in February 2016 for about $60,000, and after eight months of long hours, tons of help from friends and family, lots of great sponsors and about $30,000 in modifications the truck was ready for the spotlight at The SEMA Show 2016.