Vehicle Description
West Coast Classics are proud to present a great example of this
highly desirable 2002 Ford F150 5.4L Supercharged V8 Supercrew
"Harley Davidson" Pick Up with upgrades including 22" Forged 3
piece true forged wheels, 15" TCE Wilwood 6 piston front brakes,
Magnaflow exhaust, C amp;L cold air inlet for supercharger amp;
intake, digital brake trailer controller, etc,Low, loud, and
menacing. That describes the unique machinery that's rolled out of
Harley-Davidson for decades. Likewise, it's also an apt summary of
this limited-edition truck from Ford. Harley Davidson and Ford
inked a five-year plan for cooperative products starting in 2000.
Since then, Ford has introduced a truck each year until 2012 and
started again in 2019. Both the 2000 and '01 models were
derivatives built on the F-150 platform. The '02 Edition
successfully captured the spirit of Harley-Davidson: brash, strong,
American.Louis Netz, director of styling at Harley and Willie G.
Davidson, vice president of styling and descendant of the company
founder, worked with the design team at Ford to pen this particular
design. For '02, Ford started with the popular F-150 SuperCrew 4x2
pickup, a versatile durable vehicle and Ford engineers began with
an awesome set of modifications. Set onto each front fender and
rear tailgate are Harley-Davidson/Ford F-150 emblems, big enough to
use as a serious belt buckle. The grille is a tasteful chrome
tubular piece and both front and rear bumpers are body color for
that stealth look. Like previous years, the H-D F-150 comes in
black amp; new for '02 is Dark Shadow Gray. Also new for this year,
Ford surpassed itself by dropping a detuned 'Lightning' motor into
the newest Harley F-150. Both supercharged and intercooled, the
Triton 5.4L V-8 puts out 340 hp at 4500 rpm and 425 lb-ft of torque
at 3250 rpm. The engine is mated to the 4R100-HD four-speed
automatic transmission, typically kept for SuperDuty pickups and
its biggest SUVs. A two-piece driveshaft turns the differential,
which is filled with limited slip and 3.73:1 gears. Exhaust exits
through a tuned high-performance system to slash-cut 3-in. chrome
tips.What's it like to drive? Pushing the stainless and rubber
performance accelerator pedal increases the supercharger soundtrack
and the earthly growl from the exhaust. Midrange response is
especially addictive, as you find yourself hanging back in traffic,
then mashing the pedal for that fix of thrust. Slowing the H-D
F-150 SuperCrew is low-drama, four-wheel ABS and a gigantic tire
footprint conspiring to rein in wayward speed. Unlike a
conventional SuperCrew, the '02 Harley-Davidson doesn't use a bench
rear seat. Instead, like its bigger corporate cousin, the Lincoln
Black two captains chairs, separated by a sizeable center console,
provide seating. The top of both front and rear consoles are
embossed with the flame pattern seen on the outside. The instrument
cluster houses a 130-mph speed odometer and tachometer in a neat
spun-metal background, similar to an engine-turned treatment. The
seat backs have the Harley-Davidson emblem set in leather, and in
case anyone in the vehicle forgets what edition they're in, a
numbered plaque is set into the center stack. It adds up to a
comfortable, upscale environment. Production was limited to 12,000
units.Not too shabby when you consider that you can still use this
road rocket as a work vehicle (it comes with a bedliner and a
rubberized bed mat with a giant Harley-Davidson logo in the
center), for taking the kids to school (there are twin rear
buckets) and to cruise around town just as readily as you would in
any other truck. The difference, of course being you can scorch
virtually anything else on the road of its size. The gauges look
very much like Harley motorcycle meters (rimmed in chrome, with a
quilted metallic pattern), and the raised-flame embossing on the
leather center console between both front- and rear-seat passengers
is reminiscent of the kind of design you'd get on the tank of your
Harley. Even the plate on the center console--showing precisely
what copy F-150 Harley you got, such as this one # 792/12,000 for
2002 looks like something more biker than trucker.
