Unfortunate. Maybe someone else will make a partial one that isn't permanent. It would be nice to have the interior access to the tent. And the ability to remove it with two people when not out camping.
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Camouflaged topper on Bronco prototype a pop-up camper roof tent or power soft top?
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I’m thinking it’s just a still-in-the-works soft top. I can’t see Ford engineering a roof top tent on their own; it will be left to the aftermarket
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That would be a cool possibility. However, more realistically it's probably something like this.
That will be nice, I am leaning towards something low profile like the roofnest falcon..
https://roofnest.com/product/falcon-xl/
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I understand the appeal of a rooftop tent, but $7K is an absurd price when the best rooftop tents go from $3K to at most $5K. I know my plans for the bronco include a lot of camping, but even in the $1,500 range I have a hard time justifying rooftop tents over traditional tents.
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He’ll be pitching more than one tent of his...
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I said in a different thread that it's a "early-prototype-we're-missing-parts-but-just-ship-it" top.
Let's face it - if it was a rooftop tent and they were testing it and keeping it a surprise, there would be NO reason for it to ever leave the proving grounds where they run durability testing.
Let's face it - if it was a rooftop tent and they were testing it and keeping it a surprise, there would be NO reason for it to ever leave the proving grounds where they run durability testing.
If it's a tent, why are they wasting money at the Garden Inn instead of really putting it through the paces? ?
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I’m pretty sure I read somewhere on this forum here that a guy asked a Ford employee about that mule and he said it was one of their first testing mules before they had completely finished the top design, so this was just some sort of temporary top they used in testing. I’ll try and find the thread.
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$6950 for a tent is ridiculous.
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It would be cool if they brought back the old school camper top!
Also the price on the sports RTT is about $1600. So if it was a $7K upgrade maybe it is more like the retro top version from the 1st generation bronco!
Also the price on the sports RTT is about $1600. So if it was a $7K upgrade maybe it is more like the retro top version from the 1st generation bronco!
No, I've seen them. There's nothing under that cheap plastic and homemade vinyl cover except some 1" pipes that give it a little structural integrity. I don't know what's going on with the rear section on the one in the second post, but the one in the first post is just camouflage to hide the body lines.
It is a lot. There is a difference between a pop-top and a rooftop though. Horses for courses.
I have zero interest in a rooftop tent. I'd rather just have one of my three tents in the back then have it on the roof.
The pop-top on the other hand is a good proposition. It allows me to set-up in the rain without even getting out. You have access to everything in the vehicle. But most important, for me, is that I can get the dogs in it. No way I'm getting two 50-60lb dogs up a ladder to a rooftop tent.
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