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Some things change – others stay the same or morph slightly. And that is also valid across the seemingly immortal automotive industry. If you need an example, think about America and its love of all things related to pickup trucks.
Not long ago, the US market was brimming with just about every possible pickup truck – from two-door coupe utilities to full-size and heavy-duty monsters. Now the Utes are gone from automaker spreadsheets, but the customers don't have time to argue about that – they're busy rushing to the dealers to secure their compact unibody pickup trucks or their first-ever EV workhorses.
However, not everyone wants these subtle changes to deprive them of their favorite body style. The Ute sector still has many fans who remember the good old Chevy El Camino and Ford Ranchero times – both in the real world as well as across the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. And there's no need to take our word for granted, as we have an eloquent example that's twice valid in this Ute context.
Oscar Vargas, the virtual artist better known as wb.artist20 on social media, continues to dream of automotive stuff that feels great if you're in Texas. For example, his vision of Jurassic Park is not with Jeep Wrangler Sahara or Ford Explorer SUVs but rather with the S650 Ford Mustang GT/Dark Horse transformed into a Mustang Raptor R 'park ranger' with major off-road chops and full glass roof to allow for classic, scenic views of dinosaurs rampaging around it.
Now, though, he's onto different green (and black) stuff. Because he believes that "almost everything looks good as a pickup," he took an unsuspecting seventh-gen 1995 Chevrolet Impala SS and dropped it in fantasy land as proper El Camino heir of the Ute variety. The body is dressed in green, but you're not going to see much of it because the bagged restomod features a modern widebody kit made from black plastics and a matching, matte treatment for the upper portion of the body.
It also comes with a truck bed, just two doors, and an "excessive aero body kit." That's cool, right? However, we have no idea what lies under the hood – hopefully, this quirky yet enticing restomod could also rely on the services of a 6.2-liter supercharged LT4 V8 snatched from the previous-gen C7 Corvette Z06 or from a sixth-gen Chevy Camaro ZL1, complete with 650 ponies?
Oh, and if you think this pixel master is mad for cooking something like this in his dreams, the simple answer is that it's nothing compared to what he's building in the real world. There, as he is a proud Dodge Challenger owner, his second 'family' vehicle will be a Dodge Charger converted to Ute capabilities thanks to a Smyth Performance Kit Car conversion of the DIY variety!
However, not everyone wants these subtle changes to deprive them of their favorite body style. The Ute sector still has many fans who remember the good old Chevy El Camino and Ford Ranchero times – both in the real world as well as across the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. And there's no need to take our word for granted, as we have an eloquent example that's twice valid in this Ute context.
Oscar Vargas, the virtual artist better known as wb.artist20 on social media, continues to dream of automotive stuff that feels great if you're in Texas. For example, his vision of Jurassic Park is not with Jeep Wrangler Sahara or Ford Explorer SUVs but rather with the S650 Ford Mustang GT/Dark Horse transformed into a Mustang Raptor R 'park ranger' with major off-road chops and full glass roof to allow for classic, scenic views of dinosaurs rampaging around it.
Now, though, he's onto different green (and black) stuff. Because he believes that "almost everything looks good as a pickup," he took an unsuspecting seventh-gen 1995 Chevrolet Impala SS and dropped it in fantasy land as proper El Camino heir of the Ute variety. The body is dressed in green, but you're not going to see much of it because the bagged restomod features a modern widebody kit made from black plastics and a matching, matte treatment for the upper portion of the body.
It also comes with a truck bed, just two doors, and an "excessive aero body kit." That's cool, right? However, we have no idea what lies under the hood – hopefully, this quirky yet enticing restomod could also rely on the services of a 6.2-liter supercharged LT4 V8 snatched from the previous-gen C7 Corvette Z06 or from a sixth-gen Chevy Camaro ZL1, complete with 650 ponies?
Oh, and if you think this pixel master is mad for cooking something like this in his dreams, the simple answer is that it's nothing compared to what he's building in the real world. There, as he is a proud Dodge Challenger owner, his second 'family' vehicle will be a Dodge Charger converted to Ute capabilities thanks to a Smyth Performance Kit Car conversion of the DIY variety!
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