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A car rebuild expert found a 2020 Ford F-150 Raptor in a salvage yard. Looking straight at it from the front will make you question the reasons for its presence there. However, as you start to walk around it, you will find out it is a complete mess. The rear quarter of the cabin is badly deformed, and the cargo bed is missing altogether. But is it worth fixing?
It is going to take more than just some TLC to get this 2020 Ford F-150 Raptor on the road again. Sure, it runs and drives, and the dashboard is no Christmas tree, even after all it has been through, but it no longer looks like the truck that rolled off the production line six years ago.
Ivan of the Niko Brothers YouTube channel found it sitting abandoned in a salvage yard in South Carolina, waiting for someone to rescue it. Whoever does it will need courage, time, and money, because whatever hit this thing hit it badly. The truck lost its cargo bed along the way, but the front end is still in one piece, mostly.
The truth is that it actually depends on how you look at it. The rear glass of the poor Ford’s cab was smashed in the impact, while the rear quarter has also been severely deformed. It is very unlikely that someone would prefer to have that cab fixed instead of replacing it.
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The truck will also need a pair of rear doors, but they are regular F-150 doors and shouldn’t be too expensive. A pair of used Ford F-150 rear doors typically costs between $600 and $2,400, depending on the cab style, condition, and whether you need complete assemblies or just the shells.
The worst part is that the truck needs a bed, and it is not any bad, but a Raptor widebody unit. The rebuild expert estimates it should cost around $3,000, which isn’t exactly pocket change. Keep in mind that the F-150 features an aluminum body, which makes things more expensive altogether.
However, the front end, with the Ford lettering in the grille, sports stars and stripes in white, red, and blue, and looks like this vehicle has just rolled off the production line. Until you shift the angle of view and realize how badly the rear end was hit.
Sourcing a new cab is going to add $3,000 more to the final repair cost for what might be $10,000 only in parts. Once it is complete, the truck will need to be painted, which adds $1,000 more even before considering the cost of labor.
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The good news is that the frame rails, exposed by the absence of the bed, seem pretty straight. The spare tire sitting underneath is still intact, and the dual exhaust has survived. “Definitely worth fixing for the right price,” says Ivan of Niko Brothers.
The F-150 Raptor rides on aftermarket black-finished wheels with mud-terrain Toyo tires, which haven’t been affected by the accident. The curtain airbags were deployed in the crash, but the cabin looks its usual good self, with seats wrapped in black leather and carbon fiber trim on the dashboard.
The truck is still alive, and the V6 from under the hood roars back to life the moment Ivan presses the start button, and there is no “Check Engine” light on. Besides, it’s got a full tank of gas. The F-150 Raptor has an aftermarket intake, which means the engine might make more than its factory rating.
When stock, the 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6 produces 450 horsepower (456 metric horsepower) and 510 pound-feet (691 Newton meters) of torque. The F-150 Raptor does 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 kph) in 5.5 seconds and hits a top speed electronically limited to 107 mph (172 kph).
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A ten-speed auto box puts the power down through all four corners. This translates to basically unchanged engine output and torque figures, as well as performance. The 2026 Ford F-150 Raptor is 0.4 seconds quicker than its predecessor.
The six-year-old truck comes with so many red flags. It’s been sold 12 times before. The last time it sold was April 2026, when someone bought it for $18,000, which is terribly low considering the market value of a 2020 F-150 Raptor sits at around $35,000, with the lowest-mileage examples often going for as much as $45,000.
But right now, with the truck’s cab badly contorted and missing the cargo bed, it isn’t really worth that much. Ivan believes that $12,000 would be a good price in order not to lose money. Not a chance to get it at a steal deal.
The 2020 Ford F-150 Raptor has traveled 56,000 miles (90,123 kilometers) since it rolled off the production line back in 2020. Back then, the model drove off the showroom floor with a starting price of $53,205.
