Tonka F-150

[ab_slack]

I was driving back from lunch and noticed a big yellow truck on a stand at a car dealer I was driving past and looked and it said "Tonka", I thought no, that was just my mind playing tricks on me, I didn't pay attention to the type of dealer so thought oh it was probably a Toyota, okay a big looking one, but Toyota and between the quick glance and color I read it wrong.

So as I drive I think, isn't the Toyota dealer on the other side of the road? or was that Honda?

I decide I have to check this out for my own sanity. So I turn off the highway onto the feeder road and go back to the car dealer. It was a Ford dealer and yes the truck did in fact say Tonka. Several places on it, including it being embossed into the front bumper. It still had a ford oval in the grill.

I did a google search and sure enough there is a F-150 Tonka edition. I don't know how many are out there or what the sticker price is. It is pretty cool looking tho. I didn't see any mention of it here (I could have missed it if it was) so thought I would mention it.

It looked a bit large for a F-150 but trucks seem so large these days so I am guessing it is one of those F-150 unless they came up with heavier duty versions of it. I'll post some pictures this evening when I get a chance.

 

[93 4x4]

I saw one down here in Florida going up I-95 last week it sure Got my attention it was going in the opposite direction I couldn't see what make it was but it was big yellow truck with black Tonka written on it. Looked kind of cool I wish I could've got a better look at it up close.

 

[97RangerXLT]

A couple of years ago I saw a ranger with the tonka emblems on it. Pretty neat.
AJ


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[ab_slack]

Here are the pics

This last pic is a blown up area of the rear so somewhat fuzzy. This is what caught my eye driving past. I didn't look at what was on the tailgate however

If they are willing to take the faker ranger for a one for one trade I'd take one of these.

 

[mattging94]

I think I saw 2 of these at the dealership near me - one yellow and one black.

If they really wanted it to look like a Tonka truck though they should've used the flat black grille and bumpers of an XL for it - that's how the Tonka trucks I had as a kid looked anyways.

The big question on this thing is is it just a standard F-150 with a lift and a body kit stuck on it, or does it have some actual performance enhancing mechanical upgrades too?

 

[ab_slack]

From what I see they say it has a 6" suspension lift, heavy duty suspension and a 350 horsepower 5.0L Engine. I don't know what is normal with the 5.0L these days so can't say if that is anything special. Doesn't sound super special there.

 

[griz700rocket]

Local dealer here has one too. I want to say the price tag was $64k. I looked it over and didn't find anything special other than lift and body kit.

This truck is running around at a town about an hour away from me. If it was just painted yellow.

 

[straycat]

Man!!! That is an ugly yellow truck!!! I wonder what it would look like in a silver shade??

 

[Mark_88]

BUTT

Big...Ugly...Tonka...Truck..

Honey, does this paint make my BUTT look fat?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I used to work with a guy that was partially colorblind and had a Ranger Edge that color.

He said when he went shopping it was black/white and a bunch of different shades of gray... and yellow for color options.

 

[buckshotmudder]

Man!!! That is an ugly yellow truck!!! I wonder what it would look like in a silver shade??

The FTX model has color options to see what silver would look like. Check it out.

http://www.drivetuscany.com/ftx/

 

[straycat]

Much better in Silver, Bro!!!! That yellow is gross!!!!

 

[MastuhWaffles]

Yellow with chrome does not go well. If was black instead of chrome it would look much better. That thing is pretty much a mall crawler you buy from the dealership lol.

 

[ab_slack]

Looks like they are doubling down with a dump trunk version.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/03/03/ford-tonka-dump-truck/24336863/

to me this looks much less classic Tonka-ish than the strait F-150. Although maybe it is closer to the modern day ones (probably plastic too, don't know haven't seen one)