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.

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.