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Ford unveils all-new, old-time pickup [1978?]
CNBC ^ | THU, NOV 4 20218:06 PM EDT | Staff

Posted on 11/05/2021 6:12:00 AM PDT by Red Badger

CNBC’s Phil LeBeau joins Shep Smith to discuss an all-new concept truck from Ford, the F-100 Eluminator pickup, which has a body based on a design from 1978, but runs on new electric technology.

VIDEO AT LINK........................


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To: Red Badger

Slowing down to take a look at me...


21 posted on 11/05/2021 6:34:46 AM PDT by bray (Our patience is wearing thin Joe)
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To: Sirius Lee

Honestly, if I was buying and this was in the showroom I’d be all over it, even with the aerodynamics of a brick. I don’t drive far and would keep my Super duty for work and serious hauling, but for a daily driver I’d love to have one.


22 posted on 11/05/2021 6:34:49 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: wally_bert

Generators are finicky things. They often don’t get run enough to be reliable.


23 posted on 11/05/2021 6:35:09 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Red Badger

I’d like to see late model modern vehicles converted to old time specs. No electronics, no airbags, crank windows etc.


24 posted on 11/05/2021 6:35:20 AM PDT by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

So if you’re out boondockin’ and you run out of power, will AAA deliver a 5 gallon can of electricity to you?


25 posted on 11/05/2021 6:35:23 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Red Badger
Retro, you say? How about something that really sheds the weight, and comes in any color you'd like (as long as it's black)...


26 posted on 11/05/2021 6:36:03 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: Red Badger

I did notice this at the link”

“THE NEWS WITH SHEPARD SMITH”

Okee dokee then.


27 posted on 11/05/2021 6:37:03 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Red Badger

DITTO, however that is retro to our age group retro to the younger generations is that UGLY 70’s model!!!


28 posted on 11/05/2021 6:37:11 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: cranked

That was the worst year for a Ford design. How many do you see on the road today? None.


29 posted on 11/05/2021 6:38:28 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Sirius Lee

Put a gas generator in the bed along with a fifty gal gas tank and you’ll be set 😂!


30 posted on 11/05/2021 6:39:16 AM PDT by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp, )
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To: rktman

Ignore the messenger, not the message......................


31 posted on 11/05/2021 6:40:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

What would be cool is a Ranger/Mercury style pickup with a V-8.


32 posted on 11/05/2021 6:40:06 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Sirius Lee

gas generator will fit nicely in the bed


33 posted on 11/05/2021 6:44:01 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: bray

😊.....................................


34 posted on 11/05/2021 6:44:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: larrytown

A bit too retro.....................


35 posted on 11/05/2021 6:45:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Saw a real one of those yesterday. People are resurrecting them from the junkyard because they don’t use computer chips.


36 posted on 11/05/2021 6:48:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

” If the Jaguar XKE”

To this day I think that’s the most beautiful of all car designs.

That ‘87 pickup shape doesn’t look very aerodynamic.


37 posted on 11/05/2021 6:51:25 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Red Badger

I kind of like the The look of late 70’s early 80’s F150’s.


38 posted on 11/05/2021 6:55:18 AM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down pres. Brandon!)
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To: Red Badger

Powered by wind or solar, right?

Wouldn’t want to use dirty old coal from coal-fired plants to charge these new cars, right?


39 posted on 11/05/2021 6:58:22 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: curious7

Thanks for exactly reflecting my own thoughts. The whole industry is out of its collective mind.


40 posted on 11/05/2021 6:58:34 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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