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In 2021 Ford made a concept car that's an an electromod restoration of a 1978 F-100...

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At the 2021 SEMA show in Las Vegas, Ford unveiled the F-100 Eluminator concept truck, an electromod restoration of a 1978 F-100 repowered with the electric vehicle drivetrain and front and rear suspension subframes taken from the Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Edition.

But it would not exactly be reasonably priced...

Ford Performance engineer Brian Novak said that since the engineering drawings were finished, a second example could be built for "McLaren money, not Bugatti money", which Motor Trend estimated to be $500,000.

  • Shoegazer [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    How come? Is it because they were actually used as work vehicles and were beaten up more than a sedan from the same era?