THE ULTIMATE BRAPTOR

ONE SWEET BRONCO MEETS SVT RAPTOR

- WORDS BY MIKE ALEXANDER PHOTOS BY SOLOMON LUNGER

Ever sat around and wondered what would happen if a Bronco and a Raptor met up in college and went on a date? But not just any date, we're talking a nice high-class reservation-style Valentine’s Day dinner date here.

And said date went so well that nine months later that pesky little stork happened to drop off this insane creation right in your driveaway!

Well, we definitely wouldn't be too mad at that stork if this one—a bouncing baby Bronco Raptor—landed in our driveway. This build was masterminded and owned by Dan Hart from Upton, Wyoming. It all began with the crazy thought to take the chassis, drivetrain, and interior of a 2011 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor donor and pairing it with an old school Bronco shell. Taking a '79 Ford Bronco and mating it with an SVT Raptor is obviously no easy task. These old school/new school pairings have been done before, but nothing near as wild as this stretched “Braptor” you see pictured in these pages.

Challenge Accepted

As intense as this undertaking would be, Dan knew that Corbin of Sweet Brothers Restomods was ready for the challenge. Taking a complete 2011 F-150 Raptor and merely grafting the Bronco sheetmetal to it would have been a challenge all in itself—but Dan and the crew didn't stop there.