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The SFW image thread

Phen0m20 said:
I just got the greatest start position in Civ history.

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I call haxx.
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This 1986 El Camino bears what was a fairly popular customization back then, the El Camino SS bodykit from Choo Choo Customs.

After the 4th generation A/G body platform was introduced in 1978, Chevrolet's primary vehicle in NASCAR competition was based upon the third-generation Monte Carlo. However, that Monte Carlo was not particularly aerodynamic, which hurt it in competition, and things would get worse after GM learned that it's main rival, the Ford Thunderbird would be redesigned with a view to aerodynamics. In response, Chevrolet developed a bodykit for the Monte Carlo to improve it's aerodynamics and make it more competitive in NASCAR. However, in order to be NASCAR legal, the aero kit would have to be homogalated through being offered on regular production models that had to meet certain sales targets. Thus, in order to satisfy NASCAR, as well as to take advantage of an upswing in the performance market after the doldrums of the Malaise Era, Chevrolet reintroduced the Super Sport package as a new option on the Monte Carlo partway through the 1983 model year, which included the aero kit, special graphics and interior trim, a notably more powerful engine borrowed from the Camaro Z28 & Firebird Trans Am, larger wheels, and a handling suspension.

However, much to the frustration of El Camino buyers, this revived SS package was not extended to Chevrolet's other G-body model, who had been hoping for a sportier version of the car-based small truck. Into this gap stepped Choo Choo Customs of Chattanooga, TN, a company, which, among its product offerings, made a number of body modification kits. Choo Choo Customs developed body kits for the El Camino (as well as the 1978-81 Malibu coupe,) that, when installed, would give those cars the look of the Monte Carlo SS, though due to regulatory concerns, did not include the other drivetrain, interior, and suspension modifications of the Monte SS, and thus, did not duplicate its performance, leaving the owners of El Caminos to their own devices in trying to recreate that aspect of the Monte Carlo SS with their trucks. Despite the limitations of the El Camino SS bodykit, it remained a fairly popular modification among owners of final-generation El Caminos for the remainder of the vehicle's production, and for several years afterwards.
 
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1978 GMC Caballero

GMC's version of the car-based light truck returned for a third generation, although it gained a new name, with 'Sprint' being dropped in favor of Caballero, both going with a Spanish word to compliment El Camino, but also fitting in better with the Southwestern-themed names used in other GMC light truck offerings. As had been the cases with both generations of the Sprint, the Caballero was virtually identical to the 5th generation El Camino in every way except for the badging and nameplates.
 
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