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sbird1
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Saw this as I went by a local Chevy dealership yesterday:

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I found it... disturbing. Thoughts, gentlemen? It was an SS model though, at least.


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So they didn't even do a proper de-badging before slapping a screaming pelican on it?

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oh wait, nevermind, that's a Hurst badge, not an SS badge.

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UGH!! Disturbing indeed

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Why?

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I saw one of these on the highway the other day..

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Are they trying to sell that abomination as used or new?

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frapjap wrote:Are they trying to sell that abomination as used or new?
I didn't think to look. If I remember, I'll check it out again.

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That is straight garbage. They did nothing but slap some accessories and stickers on it, then called it a day.

At least this one had some effort put in it:

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wtf... No!

Mmm, Superbirds are some of my favorite 60s classics

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you can add this abortion to the list as well...

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and this one....

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Fast or not they all look pathetic.

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The white one is not that bad, I could learn to like it, its still a fat underpowered pig of a car, but it looks better than the stock bodywork.

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Cefiro4DSC wrote:That is straight garbage. They did nothing but slap some accessories and stickers on it, then called it a day.

At least this one had some effort put in it:

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If the original posted car looked like this one I may be more understanding. A rebadge and bird vinyl and cheapo billet grille avaiable at autozone. just isn't gonna cut it.

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So gross.

Kill it with fire or a bomb.

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Cefiro4DSC wrote:That is straight garbage. They did nothing but slap some accessories and stickers on it, then called it a day.

At least this one had some effort put in it:

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That's hot!

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how do people think that doing this to otherwise decent cars is in ANYWAY ok. I just dont get what goes through some peoples minds when then come up with ideas like this. . . . probably not a whole lot.

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Eikon wrote:I saw one of these on the highway the other day..

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I'm surprisingly not disgusted by the faux Superbird/Daytona based on the new Challengers. But the screaming chicken fake TransAms made me want to throw up.

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The front end didn't quite work in person, and the spoiler is just silly.. but it does make a modern car resemble a classic muscle car.

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Jesda wrote:
Cefiro4DSC wrote:That is straight garbage. They did nothing but slap some accessories and stickers on it, then called it a day.

At least this one had some effort put in it:

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That's hot!
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Looks better than a regular Camaro!

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Eikon wrote:I saw one of these on the highway the other day..

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oh god why! :eek:


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