If you ever dreamed of owning of sports car in a truck’s body, you’re in luck! A Ford F-150 Lightning and Ram SRT-10 are heading to auction.
The truck market in America offers tons of variety and options, but one thing that it’s lacking is a street performance-specific truck - to find that, you have to do a bit of rewinding. About a decade and a half ago, there were two major players on scene from Ford and Dodge, and these two trucks used to rule the road. That’s right, we’re talking about the Ford F-150 SVT Lightning, and the Dodge Ram SRT-10 - sports cars wrapped up in a pickup’s body. Two examples of these trucks are set to cross the auction block at the GAA Classic Cars Auction in Greensboro, NC.
First up is the 1999 Ford F-150 Lightning, this truck is easily the more recognizable of the two. The 2002 pickup is based on the 10th generation for the F-Series Ford trucks, but it got a special supercharged 5.4-liter that helped it lay down 380-horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque. Backing the engine is a four-speed automatic transmission that feeds power to the rear tires, enabling it to sprint to 60 mph in the five-second range - not bad for a pickup!
This particular example has been kept by one owner since it was bought new. The slick black truck with grey interior has only 19,500 miles on the clock, and is set to got under the hammer on Saturday, March 2nd.
The other of the trucks is a one of 2957 2004 Viper SRT-10 trucks ever made, and one of only 1040 finished in the stunning Flame Red paint color - not to mention, it only has 685 miles on the clock. Dodge produced this model to essentially be a Viper stuffed inside the body of a full-size pickup truck. With an 8.3-liter V10 engine under the hood, 500-horsepower and 525 lb-ft of torque was sent to the rear tires. According to the ad, “This truck was placed in the Guinness World Records for being the Fastest Production Truck Produced with a top speed of 154.4 MPH in its stock condition.”
Which would you take home?