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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

I swear to god, the Ford F-750 looks like if you had asked AI to design the biggest lifted pickup specifically for the dudes with fragile masculinities and court-mandated anger management classes.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

F-750 is sold for specialized uses, as ambulance, crane vehicle, etc. It is a commercial vehicle, not a normal truck for private individuals. In fact, this picture is a modified F-750(well technically all F-750 are modified). Normally the truck comes just as a base platform and then you build stuff on it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

yeah, my dad had one back in the day. No extended cab, no bed, no fancy chrome trimmings, was the very front and a rear frame platform. He had a box truck style trailer on his when he was doing contract work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

is that what it looks like out the factory?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago

No, Ford sells the F750 as a cab-and-frame to companies that use the chassis as the platform for building utility vehicles. That image is a custom creation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not far off. It's basically a compacted SEMI TRUCK

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If by not far off you mean the cab, with out the extension, and a rear frame platform. Then sure, but it is significantly different looking IMO.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

But in the style of night rider with 57% Tonka truck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

At that point, you may as well just buy a school bus.