Photo: jlord8/Instagram
Over the decades, General Motors hasn’t been without high-performance pickup trucks. But those appeared rather intermittently, so there are numerous times when fans did not get a feisty bed carrier. Luckily, virtual artists can easily retcon that into submission.
Back in 1990, Chevrolet decided its fourth-generation C/K pickup truck series needed a boost in confidence and performance. Thus, GM’s division produced an interesting C1500 mashup between elements of the Sport appearance package and Silverado. Those also got mated with the 7.4-liter (454ci) big-block V8 that was snatched from the bigger 3500-series versions.
It was America’s first high-performance pickup truck since the late 1970s and a thorough competitor to Ford’s F-150 SVT Lightning. Naturally, GMC got the chance to shine as well, although it had to settle for a lesser 4.3-liter V6 when its 1991 Syclone came out on the market. That’s a story for another day, but it was more powerful than Chevy’s 454 SS.
Anyway, the virtual artist behind the jlord8 account on social media now thinks there was yet another GM brand that should have gotten a high-performance pickup truck as well. As such, his latest entry on social media depicts a sort of Pontiac Trans Am pickup truck nicknamed “Bandit.” Logically, it’s both a tribute to GM’s high-performance trucks as well as an homage to Burt Reynolds’ well-known “Smokey and the Bandit.”
While it does come with numerous signature design elements from Pontiac, it’s not hard to guess what truck lies hidden underneath. It is Chevrolet’s C1500 454 SS, of course, which is only natural. Do consider that in the past this pixel master was almost obsessed with making a “454 SS all the things.” Even the odd ones.
On the other hand, given the 1970s Bandit connection, this Pontiac pickup truck is also a possible retcon towards giving the 1979 Dodge Li'l Red Express a proper big-block performance run for its money... Well, ultimately, the important thing is this reinvention clearly struck the right heartstrings with the pixel master’s fans (and, secretly, with us as well)!
Update: Interestingly, the virtual artist has decided to give us an alternate design, which has also been embedded further down below.
It was America’s first high-performance pickup truck since the late 1970s and a thorough competitor to Ford’s F-150 SVT Lightning. Naturally, GMC got the chance to shine as well, although it had to settle for a lesser 4.3-liter V6 when its 1991 Syclone came out on the market. That’s a story for another day, but it was more powerful than Chevy’s 454 SS.
Anyway, the virtual artist behind the jlord8 account on social media now thinks there was yet another GM brand that should have gotten a high-performance pickup truck as well. As such, his latest entry on social media depicts a sort of Pontiac Trans Am pickup truck nicknamed “Bandit.” Logically, it’s both a tribute to GM’s high-performance trucks as well as an homage to Burt Reynolds’ well-known “Smokey and the Bandit.”
While it does come with numerous signature design elements from Pontiac, it’s not hard to guess what truck lies hidden underneath. It is Chevrolet’s C1500 454 SS, of course, which is only natural. Do consider that in the past this pixel master was almost obsessed with making a “454 SS all the things.” Even the odd ones.
On the other hand, given the 1970s Bandit connection, this Pontiac pickup truck is also a possible retcon towards giving the 1979 Dodge Li'l Red Express a proper big-block performance run for its money... Well, ultimately, the important thing is this reinvention clearly struck the right heartstrings with the pixel master’s fans (and, secretly, with us as well)!
Update: Interestingly, the virtual artist has decided to give us an alternate design, which has also been embedded further down below.
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