Suddenly, 1984 C-7000.

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 12/05/2018 at 17:07 • Filed to: shitposting, Chebby

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Mercedes Streeter > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/05/2018 at 17:16

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Is it bad that I actually like this one? It actually seems like a legit throwback!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/05/2018 at 17:18

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Or with no bar, how about this?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Mercedes Streeter 12/05/2018 at 17:18

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It actually turned out better IMO when I moved the bar up:

Maybe even good, which... what.

Mercedes Streeter > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/05/2018 at 17:21

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Woah...I mean...that’s like a perfect “future retro” design.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/05/2018 at 17:24

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I don’t hate it.......which is a huge improvement over the current style.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Mercedes Streeter 12/05/2018 at 17:24

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And the thing is, if they need to make a sealed beam version for fleet use (which they probably don’t, but I’ve seen a sealed beam version of a quite new Ford) or for other markets, they’d only need to offer a different bumper cover. This puts the lights at the right height, emphasizes the grill size, cleans up the awkwardness of the lines... I was not expecting to come up with anything at all good and took this on as a troll, but you can see what happened.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 12/05/2018 at 17:25

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Did you see what happens when I eliminate the cross-bar? In the other replies.

Edit: my bad, I see that you did.

RallyWrench > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/05/2018 at 17:27

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I actually saw one of these not too long ago, you could hear the fan from a block away. 

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RallyWrench 12/05/2018 at 17:30

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The hell of it is, I think doing this would make squarebody fans go apeshit. The all-grill thing is well-liked as an idea, if not as executed on the big C/K.

If the lights were in the bottom corners of the grill instead of the bumper, it would look like a base trim <‘82 grill upside-down.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/05/2018 at 17:33

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It looks far better without the cross-bar, but even with it it’s better than what we got.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 12/05/2018 at 17:36

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The one benefit of the crossbar is that it makes the primary rectangle of the grill about the same proportions as a squarebody’s whole grill area, while preserving something of the deliberate overstyling. I definitely think it looks better clean, though.

jimz > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/05/2018 at 18:00

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IIRC  on those older medium duty trucks, the “grille” was actually the radiator itself; the front of the hood just had a big hole. The heavier duty GMC Brigadier and Chevy Bruin were similar.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/05/2018 at 18:02

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I actually like this a lot!!!

RallyWrench > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/05/2018 at 18:40

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I didn’t even think of this, but I do love me some squarebody Chevy.