Wes-Wheelin-Wheeler
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Good afternoon, Earthlings,
After an immense amount of procrastination and a few months of ownership, I am proud to finally introduce my newest addition to the ShitBox Stable (Trademark pending), affectionately named by Mr. Shreddy Wilkey himself, "Flat Red" the Flat Bed First Gen Raptor. You read that right. Flat Bed. First Gen Raptor. Whut?
This absolute beauty(?), behemoth(?), monstrosity(?), or whatever you choose to call it, started its life as one of the most badass production trucks of all time. A 2012 First Gen Raptor equipped with the infamous 6.2L V8 AND in the best cab configuration available, The Super Cab, affectionately named the "SCAB Raptors." Hard to beat the proportions on these beauties especially when they are on 37-40" rubbers. Also, one of the best wheelbases on a production truck for offroad at 133”.
This specific 6.2L SCAB Raptor was owned by a gentleman who goes by the name of Buck. Buck is a very rad, and very interesting character who enjoyed spending his days either in Cabo San Lucas B.C.S or Orange County, CA. You can imagine anyone who spends there days in these locations is probably someone who enjoys a good time, a cerveza or 12, and maybe a little bit of the green goodness. Or a lot...
Buck purchased this truck with around 10k miles on it and claims that it travelled up and down the Baja peninsula over 70 times in its life. Not sure if you still call those highway miles as anyone who has driven in Baja can attest too lol.
At some point on one of those Baja adventures, one of the bedsides took some damage while he was being towed out of some sand up against a wall. He stated the truck that pulled him accidentally yanked him against the wall and that the damage was minimal enough that he still sold the bed off in OC. For some reason, he still decided to go through insurance, and they gave the truck a salvage title, sadly. He opted to keep it, and the rest was history.
The stock bed came off, and equipped in its place was an 8-foot aluminum Australian Ute style flat-bed or "tray." Frame was chopped and extended about a foot to make this happen. He was an avid motorcycle rider and anyone who has used a Raptor bed knows how restricted they are for carrying much of anything. His new bed allowed for multiple motorcycles and gear to be loaded up with room to spare, and he was stoked. He had just created the only Flat Bed First Gen Raptor in the world, that I can seem to find at least.
As mentioned earlier, Buck was a fan of a little bit of god's green gift. Both as a consumer, and entrepreneur. He claimed that every time he had ever driven from OC to Cabo over the years, he would bring a "couple" Lbs. of the good stuff that we have available here and sell it to his friends in Cabo to make some cash on the side. In essence, you can say the truck was a drug mule, but it was just going the wrong or "easy" way.
So, there he was sometime in late 2019 driving his sweet ass 2012 SCAB 1G Raptor from OC to Cabo as he has done literally 69 times before. Only this time that SCAB 1G Raptor was the 1 of 1 Flat Bed Raptor. Covid had still not ruined life as we know it, rock and roll was bumping over the SYNC, BFGs were humming, and it was his first trip w/ the Flatbed, things were good.
Underneath said sweet ass, custom ass, Flatbed that had been installed there are four PVC pipes that run the entire length of the bed. Jammed in those pipes were what Buck claimed as "a few" pounds of the good stuff, some Penjamin Franklin's, and a couple batches of Granny MJ's special cookies. You know, the typical load.
He was coming up on San Felipe, and inevitably, the Federales checkpoint that leads into town. I assume he was calm, cool, and collected since he had done this so many times, but the Flatbed was just too custom to not draw some attention. The Federales noticed there were 4 bolts holding a plate on the rear of the truck and decided to pull those and check inside the PVC pipes that you can clearly see from the side of the truck. Yup. Busted.
Mr.Buck unfortunately was booked into Mexican prison and did a solid 4-year stint en la pinta. Ruff. The truck was impounded in San Felipe until one of his buddies could come grab it and complete the drive down to Cabo, but without the goods. The truck lived in Cabo for the next 4 years and was cared for by Bucks mechanic down there to keep it in good standing.
It's now May 2024 and Buck has returned to the great U.S of A. He may have been on Mexican parole still and fled it as it is a very lenient parole, but shhh we won't tell. He is ready to get some cash back for the truck he is not going to be able to go get, so he posts it up on good ole Facebook Marketplace with about 2 photos, a one sentence description, and a low price of $12,000.
It was love at first sight. I have wanted a 1G Raptor since 2010 when I was a starry-eyed middle schooler watching the launch campaign for one of the coolest production trucks of all time. Not only was this one a smoking deal, it was a SCAB, and by this time I had been actively looking at listings for 1G's for years. I had to have it. I was at work at Baja Designs and decided to hyper focus my attention on getting Buck's attention. He was not replying to my messages so I asked him for his number a few times and he replied. My manager and I gave him a ring and it seemed a little shady at first. Once he realized we were cool he gave us the entire story you just read above, and then some. Now thing's were really shady, and I was stoked. Most of my vehicles have been wild stories as to how I acquired them, but this was going to take the cake by a mile......
After an immense amount of procrastination and a few months of ownership, I am proud to finally introduce my newest addition to the ShitBox Stable (Trademark pending), affectionately named by Mr. Shreddy Wilkey himself, "Flat Red" the Flat Bed First Gen Raptor. You read that right. Flat Bed. First Gen Raptor. Whut?
This absolute beauty(?), behemoth(?), monstrosity(?), or whatever you choose to call it, started its life as one of the most badass production trucks of all time. A 2012 First Gen Raptor equipped with the infamous 6.2L V8 AND in the best cab configuration available, The Super Cab, affectionately named the "SCAB Raptors." Hard to beat the proportions on these beauties especially when they are on 37-40" rubbers. Also, one of the best wheelbases on a production truck for offroad at 133”.
This specific 6.2L SCAB Raptor was owned by a gentleman who goes by the name of Buck. Buck is a very rad, and very interesting character who enjoyed spending his days either in Cabo San Lucas B.C.S or Orange County, CA. You can imagine anyone who spends there days in these locations is probably someone who enjoys a good time, a cerveza or 12, and maybe a little bit of the green goodness. Or a lot...
Buck purchased this truck with around 10k miles on it and claims that it travelled up and down the Baja peninsula over 70 times in its life. Not sure if you still call those highway miles as anyone who has driven in Baja can attest too lol.
At some point on one of those Baja adventures, one of the bedsides took some damage while he was being towed out of some sand up against a wall. He stated the truck that pulled him accidentally yanked him against the wall and that the damage was minimal enough that he still sold the bed off in OC. For some reason, he still decided to go through insurance, and they gave the truck a salvage title, sadly. He opted to keep it, and the rest was history.
The stock bed came off, and equipped in its place was an 8-foot aluminum Australian Ute style flat-bed or "tray." Frame was chopped and extended about a foot to make this happen. He was an avid motorcycle rider and anyone who has used a Raptor bed knows how restricted they are for carrying much of anything. His new bed allowed for multiple motorcycles and gear to be loaded up with room to spare, and he was stoked. He had just created the only Flat Bed First Gen Raptor in the world, that I can seem to find at least.
As mentioned earlier, Buck was a fan of a little bit of god's green gift. Both as a consumer, and entrepreneur. He claimed that every time he had ever driven from OC to Cabo over the years, he would bring a "couple" Lbs. of the good stuff that we have available here and sell it to his friends in Cabo to make some cash on the side. In essence, you can say the truck was a drug mule, but it was just going the wrong or "easy" way.
So, there he was sometime in late 2019 driving his sweet ass 2012 SCAB 1G Raptor from OC to Cabo as he has done literally 69 times before. Only this time that SCAB 1G Raptor was the 1 of 1 Flat Bed Raptor. Covid had still not ruined life as we know it, rock and roll was bumping over the SYNC, BFGs were humming, and it was his first trip w/ the Flatbed, things were good.
Underneath said sweet ass, custom ass, Flatbed that had been installed there are four PVC pipes that run the entire length of the bed. Jammed in those pipes were what Buck claimed as "a few" pounds of the good stuff, some Penjamin Franklin's, and a couple batches of Granny MJ's special cookies. You know, the typical load.
He was coming up on San Felipe, and inevitably, the Federales checkpoint that leads into town. I assume he was calm, cool, and collected since he had done this so many times, but the Flatbed was just too custom to not draw some attention. The Federales noticed there were 4 bolts holding a plate on the rear of the truck and decided to pull those and check inside the PVC pipes that you can clearly see from the side of the truck. Yup. Busted.
Mr.Buck unfortunately was booked into Mexican prison and did a solid 4-year stint en la pinta. Ruff. The truck was impounded in San Felipe until one of his buddies could come grab it and complete the drive down to Cabo, but without the goods. The truck lived in Cabo for the next 4 years and was cared for by Bucks mechanic down there to keep it in good standing.
It's now May 2024 and Buck has returned to the great U.S of A. He may have been on Mexican parole still and fled it as it is a very lenient parole, but shhh we won't tell. He is ready to get some cash back for the truck he is not going to be able to go get, so he posts it up on good ole Facebook Marketplace with about 2 photos, a one sentence description, and a low price of $12,000.
It was love at first sight. I have wanted a 1G Raptor since 2010 when I was a starry-eyed middle schooler watching the launch campaign for one of the coolest production trucks of all time. Not only was this one a smoking deal, it was a SCAB, and by this time I had been actively looking at listings for 1G's for years. I had to have it. I was at work at Baja Designs and decided to hyper focus my attention on getting Buck's attention. He was not replying to my messages so I asked him for his number a few times and he replied. My manager and I gave him a ring and it seemed a little shady at first. Once he realized we were cool he gave us the entire story you just read above, and then some. Now thing's were really shady, and I was stoked. Most of my vehicles have been wild stories as to how I acquired them, but this was going to take the cake by a mile......
