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Ford Raptor

Postby PhilD » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:47 pm

If you haven't been following Ford's H3T competitor I hear it is pretty much a go and will be on sale 2010 or 2011. Ford are pushing the Raptor as, "The first and only Baja 1000 Trophy Truck you'll be able to buy from a dealer." Which may be a bit of a stretch, but it's got some nice features:

Fox reservoir shocks
12" front suspension travel
Front/rear lockers
33" or 35" tires (I'm guessing 35's)
Boss 6.2L V8

I doubt it's going to be much for rock crawling, but should be nicely set up truck for desert running, pre running, etc.
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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby Bellvis » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:26 pm

Sounds pretty cool.

Could not find many pics though.......

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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby PhilD » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:33 pm

Bellvis wrote:Could not find many pics though.......
I believe it will look pretty much like the next gen (2009) F150, with some minor styling changes; grille, air dam, fender flares, etc. I understand that the rims in the pic you posted will be the production rims and most probably wrapped in BFG AT's.

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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby Seth » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:39 pm

So it'll be a full size and not a mid-size like the H3T?
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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby PhilD » Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:07 pm

Seth wrote:So it'll be a full size and not a mid-size like the H3T?
A F150 and H3T are not as different in size as you may think.

Length
H3T: 210.4"
F150: 211.2

Wheelbase
H3T: 134"
F150: 126"
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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby H3slate » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:25 am

Those are great looking wheels for oem. It would be great to see a production truck rolling out of the showroom with 35's.
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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby Bellvis » Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:42 pm

Ford Raptor just ran the recent Baja 1000.

Not a big fan of Fords, but this one I like.

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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby theBroken » Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:39 pm

Their gonna want 60k for that.
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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby kb3ejw » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:04 am

theBroken wrote:Their gonna want 60k for that.



have u gone to the hummer site and built an h3t yet???????
it ain't cheap either.....so i bought a LR Disco series 2......my new project.sold my xj as well
why do i get the hand me downs?
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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby Rich » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:37 pm

The side graffics are embarrassing. :yuck:
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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby PhilD » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:56 pm

I think they've got it right, the side graphics aren't me, but aren't that bad either. It offers some great off-road performance for those running in the desert or on general trails, it's a full size pickup, no chrome, and comes with what's got to be the best setup factory suspension for high speed off-roading.
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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby Mark » Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:07 am

Saw one this past weekend. It was a dark grey and the graphics were almost unnoticeable. It looked great and sounded even better. Not really something I would go for considering the price but pretty cool truck. Was talking to my brother in-law about it and he said a friend of his out west took one for a test drive in the desert. Guess he took video and it does great hauling a$$ across the desert 8)
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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby f5fstop » Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:14 am

Back in Sept. ran across about 10 of them running Hell's Revenge, just past the Top of the World climb. We were going in, they were going out. Have to say I liked the looks of these and they were not camoflaged. I took some cell phone photos, but switched cell phones just after that. I'll have to see if I still have them on the old phone.
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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby H3TBone » Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:30 pm

I'll happily race one across the desert :D The new 425hp engine coming out in '10 might pose a problem tho...
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Re: Ford Raptor

Postby ronb » Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:17 pm

them suckers are WIDE! Same width as an h1 with a 2" wider track.
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