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Ford Trucks Enginnering Long Travel Suspension 1966 Ford F100

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It hardly looks like a prerunner, never mind a race truck, but this '66 F-100 was the foundation that many of the biggest names in desert racing got their start with. Long before his Monster Energy Drink Silverado Trophy Truck, Robby Gordon's famous Hay Hauler Class 8 race truck was based on a '66 Ford stepside and used the Ford I-beam front suspension.
The First Long-Travel Suspension

 It hardly looks like a prerunner, never mind a race truck, but this '66 F-100 was the foundation that many of the biggest names in desert racing got their start with. Long before his Monster Energy Drink Silverado Trophy Truck, Robby Gordon's famous Hay Hauler Class 8 race truck was based on a '66 Ford stepside and used the Ford I-beam front suspension.  View Related Article

 

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