Resto Ford Raptor: A New Racer With 80's Style - Masterpiece In Metal - Four Wheeler Network
Yes, it looks like the Ford race trucks from the early 80’s, but it’s all new underneath. Mike McCarthy is a business owner from Wickenburg, AZ, but at 53, he is also a history buff and he remembers what a Ford race truck looked like. While those 80’s trucks were pretty trick, time has marched on. The latest in off road racery can be seen with this 2017 Ford Raptor 7200. McCarthy and the crew at TNC Machine of Kingman AZ combined to build a truck that guy’s like MacCachren... They began with a TNC Machine 7200-35 frame and added to it a TNC front suspension system and spindles. Fox shock may have been around in the 80’s, but one area that has seen amazing progress in is with shock technology. As good as the Fox units were then, they can’t compare to the Fox 3. 5 Bypass units, let alone the new Eibach spring equipped 2. 5 Fox coilover. Braking is done by a Trophy Truck style system that utilizes Jamar calipers and Hawk pads. Fabricated with 4-inch tubes, the rearend features Currie Enterprises 45 spline, 300mm gun-drilled axles, a Currie Enterprises 2. 5-inch desert race hub kit, and McCarthy says that the gear ratio is “classified. Again, it’s Fox shocks to the task as a pair of 5-tube Fox 4. 0 Bypass does double duty with the 2. 5 Fox Coil overs. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
