Questionable modifications: pictures inside!

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That seems like something you'd see in a GTA game.:lol:

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Hello. I'm a Silverado with an identity crisis.

Is it another horrendous conversion van, a Chevrolet Avalanche if it were made 30 years ago...by the companies that made ARE wheels in the 80's, or a Hot Wheels "California Kustom" diecast truck in 1:1 scale? We may never know what the owner was thinking when he put together this orchestra of strangeness.

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I kinda like it tho :nervous:
 
Hello. I'm a Silverado with an identity crisis.

Is it another horrendous conversion van, a Chevrolet Avalanche if it were made 30 years ago...by the companies that made ARE wheels in the 80's, or a Hot Wheels "California Kustom" diecast truck in 1:1 scale? We may never know what the owner was thinking when he put together this orchestra of strangeness.

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I kinda like it tho :nervous:
Me too, I should hate it but...
 
The 348 is a boy racer V8 Ferrari whose only redeeming quality is its nifty new (as it differed from the 328) transverse* gearbox--mind you the engine is mounted longitudinally**. That said, nothing deserves to be "stanced."

* (the gear stack is located transversely under the differential housing)
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And let's not forget that this particular Prancing Horse was beaten by a little black pickup truck in a straight line back when it was new.
 
Honestly, there's a lot of work that went into that, it's all metal and not fiberglass, the fenders were radiused, just like the old hot-rodders used to do. It doesn't look tacked on like a Rocket Bunny/Liberty Walk mess. That's a lot more questionnable, especially when you drop it on airbags. But e-fame is e-fame, and people are willing to do anything to get it.
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Hell, I'd stick an LS in it since it's a worthless 348 and just piss everyone off.

I'm pretty sure terrible isn't the word you'd use to describe a 348.

Yes, yes it is. When you're sitting inside, the steering wheel isn't actually in front of you, it's a couple inches to the side. And the panel gaps, both inside and on the body itself, look like a General Motors product from the early 1980s... It doesn't sound as good as you'd expect, and while I've never driven one, only sat in it, according to the ex-owner it's really a big letdown.

And let's not forget that this particular Prancing Horse was beaten by a little black pickup truck in a straight line back when it was new.

And humiliated by a Nissan that looked like a Maxima coupe around the same time. And a Mitsubishi that was also a Dodge, that weighed about as much as a mansion. And a Honda. And a Mazda, in its later years. And, obviously, a Porsche.

It was so bad Ferrari could have gone under. It made them realize they had to actually build cars that were good, that were worthy of the price they were asking, and that performed like a thoroughbred Italian sports car should, not like a truck. When a 40000$ car absolutely obliterates your 75000$ or so sportscar, you have to do something. And that's why the F355 exists. And why the 360, 430, 458 and 488 that succeeded it are all very, very good, if not very good looking.
 
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And let's not forget that this particular Prancing Horse was beaten by a little black pickup truck in a straight line back when it was new.
In the 348's defense--which I'm reluctant to come to--that particular little black pickup truck had a bigger engine, forced induction and twice the driven wheels...and beat it in a straight line, where all of those features mean absolutely everything.
Rocket Bunny/Liberty Walk mess.
Don't even get me started on that 🤬. It's only a matter of time before they sell those tacky kits at Autozone.
 
Don't even get me started on that 🤬. It's only a matter of time before they sell those tacky kits at Autozone.
I doubt it. They'll remain an overpriced product for a long time, especially considering that it basically is what everyone in the scene are trying to own. I didn't mind them at first, when it was just a handful of different low end vehicles, but now its the same exact kit on every single car it comes across. I mean, at least try to make some variation here or there.
 
I doubt it. They'll remain an overpriced product for a long time, especially considering that it basically is what everyone in the scene are trying to own. I didn't mind them at first, when it was just a handful of different low end vehicles, but now its the same exact kit on every single car it comes across. I mean, at least try to make some variation here or there.
You're probably right, but good grief this stuff is certainly of the correct caliber to be peddled there.
 
I'm pretty sure terrible isn't the word you'd use to describe a 348.
They were like the original MR2 Turbo with a hundred more horsepower to get yourself in trouble with whenever you touched the steering wheel, but without the increase in forward thrust that is usually consummate with having a hundred more horsepower than something else.
 
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