Okay, it looks more like vanilla, but looks can be deceiving.
For those of you who did not grow up in a town that was made up of over 80% families of Italian descent, that probably makes no sense.
Hang on... that's not stock. Is it?
Spumoni ice cream is a particular Italian treat, made up of three flavours of ice cream — in my experience, usually some variation on peppermint, chocolate and vanilla — with candied fruit mixed in. It originated in Napoli, and the more popular Neapolitan ice cream is an evolution of Spumoni; it is also certainly nowhere near as tasty.
Spumoni itself, however, is actually an ice-cream-based dessert, not just a flavour. Usually involving layers, one on top of the other, with crushed nuts, fruits, whipped cream and candies separating each layer. Since each family, town or matriarch may have a different recipe or style, there’s not really any way of saying what a “proper” Spumoni is.
What does this have to do with a car? Take a closer look at this C/10 that UDMan found at SEMA, and you might understand.
With this classic old truck, Pacific Performance Engineering have created a truck that seamlessly blends old looks and style with brand new technology and improved performance, just like Spumoni blends multiple delicious flavours of ice cream. And, they’ve upgraded the stock 6.6L Duramax to over 700hp and achieved a quarter-mile time in the mid-10-second range, so we can say those bits of awesome are like the candied fruit. For whipped cream, we’ll use the massive clouds of diesel smoke that doubtlessly billow from behind it, and for the nuts… well, that’s either the designers, or how we feel about the end result.
Once again, we extend our warmest thanks to Jim Brennan, aka UDMan, over at CarDomain for sharing his beautiful photos with us, and stay tuned, because there are a whole lot more to come. Be sure and head over to his article to tell him just how much we love him.
Sweet diesely glory! I bet Texan is in heaven right now..
Best part is it probably gets mid-20s mpg if you can stay off the skinny pedal.
YES BUT CAN I USE IT TO MOVE MY DADS GRASS CLIPPINGS FROM WISCONSIN TO MY HOUSE IN HAWAII?
Shit, sorry, been reading too many bidders' questions on eBay Motors…
It may still get 18 if you get into the skinny pedal.
If not much more… I mean these trucks aren't anywhere near as big or heavy as the one the engine is designed for… God Damn the possibilities!!
Lord, how I love that generation C/10. The 67-72 is my favorite pickup and I WILL have one someday – I don't care what my wife says.
A-GREED!!!
Definitely my cup of tea.
How is it possible for a pickup to be so bloody good-looking?
It happens. Embrace it.
I'm not sure embrace covers it.
Dragons HOOOOO!
Dragons HOOON?
I think Dearthair might have been making a reference to Wagon Train, an old TV series from the late '50s/early '60s about people getting all Manifest Destiny'd and taking their prairie schooners West, young man.
When they started out at the beginning of each episode the wagon master/lead character would shout, "Wagons HO!" to get the party started.
Dragon material.
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Trying again…
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You don’t need to grow up in an Italian town, Mitch, just need to go to school in one…or and Island full of’em…for a few years…
Is TexasIdiot on here? Somebody needs to drag him here…
What's even more nutts, is PPEs shop… it is like joined onto a Stereo Install place which shares its parking lot with a liquor store, and they only have two bays… this resides at the corner of State College and Placentia in Fullerton/Placentia, CA last I checked. I called them about dyno testing and when they heard "It's a 65 Impala" the guy started trying to sell me the diesel conversion like they did for Pimp My Ride… yea this is the same nutts!
Totally unassuming locale, but badassery comes from there, that's for damn sure.
Always seems like the best brand of Baddass® comes from the smallest most unassuming places. Must only grow in tiny poorly lit spaces.
It will be even better when it returns to the natural look of a 1970 pick'em up truck.
No one will ever know, until you disappear into a cloud of black smoke…
WOOT!
Things I notice/Things to note:
These trucks are LIGHTER than their modern counterparts, believe it or not. A stock 1/2 ton short bed comes in around 4000 lbs (some even have been weighed in the high 3000 lbs range), and LWB will be in the 'hood of 4500lbs for a higher optioned model. A striped out race prepped Shortbed step side is in the neighborhood of 3500 lbs. They are nothing compared to modern trucks which walk over 5000 lbs easy.
It wears a 71/72 grille
Shaved of rear trim/side trim
I'd bet the chassis is far from stock. It also has a late model mastercylinder. Possibility of late model brakes?
Being a truck freak, I approve of this heartily. Also, this is the only vehicle I've seen from that SEMA show that I actually would drive.
There's a guy here who has a longbed Chevy of this same vintage. He just put a newly rebuilt 327 in it and it sounds great and gets up and goes very nicely. Unfortunately, the owner is a complete goon, and drives like a maniac. Gives motorheads a bad name. That truck is for sale for seven grand, putting it into crack pipe territory. I wish someone would buy it anyway, give it better home than it has now.