The flash-fire of fandom that woke right up when the words “Ford Lightning” were put to press was actually pretty interesting to watch from our end. The truck, which is now appearing in the form of a supercharged 5.0 Coyote-powered standard cab shortbed Ford F-150 sold by Pioneer Ford in Georgia, exists simply because general manager Robby Winiarczyk was in love with the 1999-2004 version and wanted to build a tribute. That’s all. He liked the old truck and wanted to do up a new version. Well, we’d love to take a look at Pioneer Ford’s order list, because after news came out about the original red truck, the Facebook post went from zero to one million hits in 48 hours. Now that’s serious.

Serious enough, in fact, that the guys at Hooniverse called up and somehow talked their way into a test drive. And Winiarczyk went to the lengths of finding an airport runway for the guys to test the truck out at. No backroad cruise is going to answer the questions that many people suddenly have about the new “Lightning”, but an open and empty section of runway seems just about perfect. You can read the Hooniverse take on the truck HERE, but check out the fun that they had down below: