The Ford Maverick is a reasonable return small truck. Something akin to the minivans, the short height of Chevrolet, Mazda, Toyota and Nissan. While Maverick Sadly, it doesn’t ride in a single cab, long bed configuration, it’s still a utilitarian car. Now, Go Fast Campers wants to do it Maverick even more practical with GFC Platform Campercombines a camper and rooftop tent to turn Maverick into a pretty neat basecamp.
GFC claim that a base model Ford Maverick and Platform Camper costs $28,695 in total. Nearly $20,000 less than the average price of a new car in the US, currently $48,043. The company says the Maverick with a Platform Camper buys you a more useful and practical vehicle with its mid-size bed (4.5 feet) and enclosed cargo area and rooftop tent – for much less. .
The GFC Platform Camper itself costs $7,700, which is still a lot. But at least it’s not cheaply made, and it’s made in the United States. The camper has an aluminum space frame made for even and safe load distribution. The housing features locking aluminum panels with billet aluminum hinges, and a profiled aluminum T-groove along the top outer edge for mounting lights, awnings, and tools.
Campers total 255 pounds, but its roof will weigh up to 500 pounds when closed. If lighter items like mountain bikes, boards, and boats up to 75 pounds are on the roof, owners can open the camp without having to unload any equipment.
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The rooftop tent has a sleeping surface of 50 x 90 inches, and 7.5 feet of standing height when measured from the Maverick’s bed to the highest point of the open tent. Despite the roomy space, the camper matches the Maverick’s bed without adding length or width, and only adds 6.5 inches to the truck’s height.
GFC says the height is mostly about clearing the Maverick’s sharkfin antenna, but a shorter antenna could bring the total height down for drivers who worry about parking garage clearance. It’s not like the Maverick is tall to begin with, but every inch counts when you’re building a practical, low-profile rig.
The price of a Maverick and GFC Platform Camper is about the same — if not less — as a base model Subaru Outback, which makes these compelling and a good value at a glance. But that’s assuming you could find a base Maverick in the first place, while avoiding dealer markups on its $20,995 sticker price.
