Spotted: New Chevrolet Reaper

"Merlin34" (merlin34) 08/14/2014 at 12:00 • Filed to: None

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On my way to work this morning and saw this gem on a flat bed. Personally I wasn't a big fan of it before when I saw it in pictures, but after seeing it in person I actually like it quite a bit. As you can see from the photos, it looks like the new Reaper comes with some after market goodies, such as the dual light bars in the front bumper and Fox Racing Suspension

Nibbles > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:01

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By Bros, For Bros.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:02

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if the headlights formed to the shape of the grill it'd look 10x better . But now it's got that weird triangle of flat space

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:02

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That front end looks terrible. And I dont like the wheels very much.

Hammerfrog > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:03

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looks like an angry fish.

Nibbles > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 08/14/2014 at 12:06

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If the headlights formed to the shape of the grill it'd look like a RAM 1500.

PS9 > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:06

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This bit right here doesn't work at all. The thrust-forward grille makes the truck look cartoonishly angry while 'me too'ing the Ram. The F150 didn't need bad plastic surgery to become the raptor, I don't see why the Silverado does to become the Reaper.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:09

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OH YUM. So chunky. J'aime.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:11

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This just looks bad, and lazy.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:12

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These rimz are about 3 inches too big.

adolfofajardo > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:13

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That's not attractive. At all. The front end and bro wheels ruins it. I like the bumper though.

MIATAAAA > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:13

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BAD.

HammerheadFistpunch > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:14

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That front is the barfiest barf that ever barfed.

erikgrad > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 08/14/2014 at 12:16

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...and then to top it off, the hood hangs over the headlight trim.

Bluecold > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:22

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SOOOO AAANGGRYYYY

borkbork69 > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:30

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FUGLY. and wow, really? chevy's competitor to the ford RAPTOR is the REAPER? really? lamest lame that ever lamed. lazy, stupid and ugly.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Nibbles 08/14/2014 at 12:32

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And this is a bad thing, how?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:36

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Holy hell is that thing ugly. And here I thought GM couldn't get past the bar they set with the 1998 trucks. Way to prove me wrong, GM!

Nibbles > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/14/2014 at 12:37

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Didn't say it was.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:37

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > erikgrad 08/14/2014 at 12:40

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just noticed that. Sloppy. I get headlights can be expensive so at least fit the hood/grill correctly. Hell even a fake piece of trim or vent would work. But that tiny over hang is a huge annoyance now that I see it

William Byrd > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:46

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Raptor > Reaper

Pretty kickass sighting though, very nice!

dmat > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:51

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one of my local dealers has actually had one of these for sale for a month or so. they wanted like 68k for it. i busted out laughing so hard.

Davos Swinney > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:51

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I am still completely confused at this area of the front. It looks like an optical illusion or something.

lone_liberal > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 08/14/2014 at 12:51

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It's from Lingenfelter not GM.

MK6GTI-now with added Miata > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:52

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Needs fox racing and monster energy stickers on the back window and some Rockstar rimzz.

I hope those foglights are HID

O[][][][][][][]O ™ > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:52

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Honestly, I thought all of this was just a bad photoshop done by some intern. But, I was wrong. They really did intend to make it as ugly as the original renderings suggested.

Wagons-Midwest > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:54

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A shark nose like a Charger? (hellcat hellcat hellcat)

KyleN20 > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:54

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it looks dumb, literally

Gary Yogurt > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:54

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Attractive like a hematoma.

heeltoehero > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:56

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Ram called. They want their fascia back.

Nibby > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:56

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waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Bro, you are not a Mustang.

Ingo-Castilho > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:56

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THis shit is butt ass ugly. My goodness, kill it with fire!

krobert > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:57

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hey Lingenfelter,

please stick to motor work.

you're really good at that.

adamftw > erikgrad 08/14/2014 at 12:58

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angry eyes, bro

Skillbilly > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:58

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Until the GM factory releases a Raptor competitor, there IS NO competitor.

Give a Raptor to Rousch and watch it shit all over that Chevy.

SV77 > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:58

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looks like it has been in an accident with a much smaller vehicle, causing the nose to be pushed in on the bottom. And the Bro Rimz are disgusting. Why does this exist?

philaDLJ > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:58

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With looks like that, it had better be cheaper than the regular Silvy.

(I know it won't be, but it should be. WOOF.)

Merlin34 > borkbork69 08/14/2014 at 12:58

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Yea the name is shit

Merlin34 > Nibbles 08/14/2014 at 12:59

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it's a bro truck, bro

Northwind79 > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 12:59

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That grill rake makes it look like a RAM.

cwestwell > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:01

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I find this forward nose slant very reminiscent of the Dodge Ram but poorly executed with the headlights and blank spaces.

RunsToday_BrokenTomorrow > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:01

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I said, show me your war face...AAAAAAAaaaa!

Prophet of hoon > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:01

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I'm a GM fanboy, but no... simply no. Lingenfelter needs to stick to cars

Skillbilly > PS9 08/14/2014 at 13:01

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if they had Honey-combed that triangle piece (or something, faux-carbon fiber?) and made it black, it wouldn't look so bad.

Godman > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:02

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Just like the old days, it will be fun watching the hood of your truck bouncing around on the smoothest of roads. Man that will grab wind.

Merlin34 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 08/14/2014 at 13:03

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Yea I feel like they could have designed some cool headlights for it. but instead just said screw it, put new silverado head lights on it, and stick a few fancy light bars in the bumper

Mercedes Streeter > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:03

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The Raptor looks good and destroys the off-road...This? Well...

T off the New > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:04

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Put it back in the oven, its not ready yet

Ash78, voting early and often > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:04

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FINALLY I can unleash my enormous stock of "reap" gifs on the Gawker world.

Tim > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:04

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Those wheels really say "Off-Road"

Crest > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:04

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Needs moar chrome!

Loki240SX > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 08/14/2014 at 13:05

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Wheels looks like something off the clearance rack of the Walmart automotive section.

macanamera > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 08/14/2014 at 13:05

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It's not a weird triangle, its a right triangle.

macanamera > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:05

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TIL Dartz makes the Reaper.

T off the New > Skillbilly 08/14/2014 at 13:06

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first bro-mod they will do, bro

BigBlock440 > borkbork69 08/14/2014 at 13:06

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Not Chevy, Lingenfelter's competitor.

Merlin34 > Tim 08/14/2014 at 13:06

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How else are you gonna let the bro'a know this is an off-road truck?? Duh

Garrett Davis > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:07

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Do they really expect to have any off road cred after throwing it "awn rimz"? Plus, Oh god, that grill is hideous.

I suspect this is not much more than just a lift kit with Fox shocks, but I'd be interested to see if this thing is any good off road.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > macanamera 08/14/2014 at 13:07

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looks more scalene to me

Ultrakill > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:09

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"Corvette tuning legend Ken Lingenfelter and truck tuner Southern Comfort Automotive"

Sounds like a track truck not an offroad truck. Should have consulted King, Icon, anyone else in the offroad suspension world if you wanted to build something comparable to a Ford Raptor.

JEM > Loki240SX 08/14/2014 at 13:09

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The wheels are absolutely hideous.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Loki240SX 08/14/2014 at 13:10

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0/10 Would not consider over a Raptor.

Merlin34 > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:12

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Hey thanks for sharing my post! First post on oppositelock and it makes it to Jalopnik. Looks like I got high standards to keep up around here now

AlwaRightAllTheTime > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:12

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It's absolutely HILARIOUS how many reading challenged people frequent this web-site and can't wrap their heads around the fact that a product of two aftermarket companies, Lingenfelter and Southern Comfort Automotive = a product of Chevrolet

Um, the answer is NO!! Way to make yourselves look ludicrous and pathetic!

Hello I'm Justin > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:13

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what has been seen cannot be unseen. that poor truck..

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PumpedSump > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 08/14/2014 at 13:16

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You mean the 1999 trucks? The 1998's were the same as the 1997's which were virtually the same as the 1996's...

945T > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 08/14/2014 at 13:17

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Yeah cool vents in that triangular area would have at least 'worked'

Merlin34 > AlwaRightAllTheTime 08/14/2014 at 13:18

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Haha honestly I had no idea it was a product of lingenfelter and SCA. Don't much about the truck except its a raptor competitor. Just saw it, new what it was, and thought I should share it since it's a rare sighting. I apologize for not keeping up with the rest bro truck world, but I just don't care.

945T > macanamera 08/14/2014 at 13:18

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looks more isosceles to me.

Aldairion > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 08/14/2014 at 13:18

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That'd be worlds better, but it would also look like a clone of the Ram.

Nibbles > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:19

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CheBrolet Reaper, Bro.

darthd > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:19

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It's so hideous. and it's already got the bro-truck wheels and lift. Everything about the Raptor is function over form.

sumfoo1 > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:19

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because rollin on 20s screams offroad... (rolls eyes)

What this is, is the ultimate in "bro truck" technology.

invadecanada > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 08/14/2014 at 13:19

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Don't be obtuse.

Ratchet when he's all hopped up on synthetic energon > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:22

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"It's not a Chevrolet factory product" And that's why it's not competition for the Raptor. This may outperform the Raptor in every measurable way, but it doesn't matter because it's not an official GM product.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > PumpedSump 08/14/2014 at 13:23

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I swear it was 98. I even Googled it. That's what I get for trusting Wikipedia.

macanamera > 945T 08/14/2014 at 13:24

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That's an acute observation, I was just being obtuse.

#nerdiestpunoftheday

Tim > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:25

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For sure's bra!!

jhcauto25 > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:25

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Saw a tan one of these in Dallas on the Fourth of July. Thought it was neat but didn't realize it would've been the first one seen. I still have the pictures and if I wasn't technologically impaired and deployed I'd try to share them.

NO > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 08/14/2014 at 13:26

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It looks like it has a broken nose.

netloco > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:26

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dodge ram much?

PumpedSump > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 08/14/2014 at 13:28

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1998 was the last year of the C/Ks. In 1998, the 1999 was the beginning of the Silverado. This is all by model year though, not production year.

batnutter > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:33

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complete with Famous Stars and Straps fitted hats and DC shoes

sammyjay > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:34

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There's ugly, and then there's this. I don't usually criticize peoples' judgement as far as looks go, but if this was a 2500 duramax, it'd be the ultimate brodozer. Already stormtrooper'd out, LED bars everywhere, shit-tacular rockstar wheels with (albeit good) dinky looking General AT2's, gonna guess a body lift and no undercarriage protection whatsoever.

Behold, the mall crawler has reached apex status.

TJDMAX > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:34

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I did a writeup a while ago on OPPO

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/what-makes-a-r…

But its important to remember two things about this truck....hideous thing...

1) Its not made by GM or Chevy...as many have stated is a 3rd party company building these trucks. Lingenfelter maks some awesome power products for chevy LS engines...This is not one of them...(even though the supercharger it has probably will make this truck haul some serious ass). Lingenfelter isn't even assosciated to GM the way Shelby is to Ford. Or AMG to Mercedes...or M to BMW...so lets not throw Chevy or GM under the bus for this thing...

2) As I wrote about in my article....The raptor has a completely different suspension from an F150...I go into more detail in my article but essentially the Reaper just has some upgraded shocks on it (Fox makes awesome shocks for what its worth) but its in no way a competitor to a Raptor. Whether it was intended to be or not is a different matter but if you put the two side by side off road this wouldn't stand a chance...and it wouldn't do much better than a standard Chevy 1500....because they have the same suspension underneath (minus of course the shocks)

FromCanadaWithLove > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:35

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That's really ugly.

dmat > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:38

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whats funny about this truck is one of my local dealers sells "bayou" versions of the trucks and aside from the grille change, the do all the same upgrades but it doesnt look totally horrible. It comes with almost all your bro truck needs. http://assets.cobaltnitra.com/teams/reposito…

2222222222212 > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:40

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Nice try, Chevrolet. But that thing is hideous. Your modern truck facia is shit and the lights don't translate... at all in this case.

GreenN_Gold > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:44

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Edit: Now I'm an idiot. I didn't realize you were the original source of the photo.

But my point stands for everyone else blaming/crediting Chevy for this.

Morgan ATX > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:46

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that's not in the wild.. that one is still confined.

jhcauto25 > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:47

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This is the truck I saw. http://imgur.com/7Vo1Iqf

Merlin34 > Ratchet when he's all hopped up on synthetic energon 08/14/2014 at 13:53

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Thank you as I am aware of that now, people have been commenting all morning that's it's lingenfelter and SCA. Obviously I don't know much about the truck, I know it's just a rare find so I'd share some photos I took.

hydroplane > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:54

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Kinda has a 70s buick rivera thing going on.

uberbigpete > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:56

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Such a tacky front end. First, it doesn't fit into the rest of the truck. Second, it's a sign that they should have given this thing that angular look in the 2014 re-design. The Raptor was a much more polished product.

SilverBRADo totaled his beigeslushboxmatrix > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 13:56

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Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,

smells like a steak and seats thirty-five..

Canyonero! Canyonero!

Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down,

It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown!

Canyonero!

(Yah!) Canyonero!

[Krusty:] Hey Hey

The Federal Highway comission has ruled the Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving.

Canyonero!

12 yards long, 2 lanes wide,

65 tons of American Pride!

Canyonero! Canyonero!

Top of the line in utility sports,

Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!

Canyonero! Canyonero! (Yah!)

She blinds everybody with her super high beams,

She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!

Canyonero!

-oh woah,

Canyonero! (Yah!)

Drive Canyonero!

Woah Canyonero!

Woah!

Ratchet when he's all hopped up on synthetic energon > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 14:00

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Oh, I had no intent on disparaging the truck or your photos :) It's an interesting truck, and it may show GM that there's enough demand for them to directly compete with the Raptor to get them to do something themselves.

dp455 > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 08/14/2014 at 14:15

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I always thought the late 90's, early 2000's GMs looked good. It was the 2003 facelift that I thought set the ugly bar.

TulsaMtnBiker (OkieRising) > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 14:19

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KILL IT WITH FIRE

Bring Back Pontiac > Merlin34 08/14/2014 at 14:22

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Awkward