Ford F-150 SEMA specials - truck yeah!
Vaughn Gittin Jr and Deegan 38 SEMA custom Ford F-150s - file under 'guilty pleasures'
"I love trucks, and to build one that has daily on- and off-road capabilities, as well as drifting and jumping capabilities is something I have always wanted to do," says pro drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr (yes, he's a real person) of his personally specced F-150. "I am really pumped to get crazy in this F-150 at SEMA this year." And that's genuinely a direct quote from the Ford press release.
Gittin Jr's truck has Kibbetech suspension seemingly able to drop the car 12 inches to alternate between off-road hoonery and a more slammed look for the street. Which according to a quick Google search on Kibbetech would appear to mean doing donuts in intersections to the whooping admiration of onlookers. Inside Recaros for five mean you can enjoy such antics with four of your friends too. Whisper it, it looks rather cool.
Freestyle Motocross star 'The General' Brian Deegan has gone for a more off-road biased build for his Deegan 38 F-150, his truck riding high on Fox Racing Shox and packing a full and expansive list of tuning partners. "This F-150 should inspire the vast off-road, extreme-lifestyle-loving fan base to push the possibilities of the kick-ass new 2015 F-150 and the awesome 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine," says Deegan in the same press release.
Suitably inspired? There are currently half a dozen 6.2-litre, 411hp F-150 Raptors in the PH Classifieds, priced from £35K up to just shy of £50K. Not cheap then. But a hell of a lot of truck for your money, this Whipple supercharged example complete with 'Whipplesaurus' sun visor, claimed 200hp upgrade and stars'n'stripes Ford logo on the grille probably the most appropriate. Go large or go home, as Gittin Jr and Deegan would no doubt advise.
When asked why I want it so much, the answer is very simple. "It's a truck with a dinosaur on it, I've wanted this since I was 7"
Going to sell it soon along with a number of other toys ready for moving.....
When asked why I want it so much, the answer is very simple. "It's a truck with a dinosaur on it, I've wanted this since I was 7"
Thanks for yours JLJ11, great to hear there's a Raptor owner here on PH. Walking the walk!
Dan
Main roads: If you are on a dual carriageway you are about to arrive at the airport.
Route 1: paved (mostly) check the weather as storms may strip the paint from your car smash the windows and leave you cowering in the footwell. Do not pass 2 petrol stations in a row.
Other major roads: often turn from pavement to gravel. do not pass petrol stations.
F roads: I'm pretty sure this is "where did the F* road go?". you get sticks which mark the edges. The sticker in our rental car said "tie self to car before entering rivers to ascertain depth. No insurance covers F roads"
As a note climate change does not care if you give a F**k or not.
Still waiting for the new one to hit the dealers in the US so I can try one out.
At long last dodge seems to be getting their act together
But after owning a f250 superduty it would be hard to change brands, such a good all rounder, have a hilux good little motor but isn't a substitute for a full size merican!!
THat said, I want one!! !Makes my Range Rover look like a shopping trolley...
Also recall that both Ford and Dodge built petrol-V10 pickups until relatively recently. The Hemi V8 in the Ram currently displaces 6.4 L. That said, all those are puny compared to the 8.2 L (500 cu.-in.) V8 in my dad's old Cadillac Eldorado (sadly long-gone).
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