When Mr. Bacon was asked if he'd consider buying one of these new trucks, he had this to say:

 

Meh, I'll keep my chevy

 

kevin bacon lol.... crappy truck, crappy engine... might do 13's.. once.. lol.. then the engine goes to limp mode..

 

While its nothing too impressive, it is definitely a step in the right direction. They will do well with a tune.

Hell, I'll be the first to admit I was devastated when ford axed the Gen III Lightning. If they made it, I'd be driving it today.

 

could of been a little lower to the ground and the stripes are kinda 70's wacky.

 

I just cant get with the new body style fords, I have found them to be less & less attractive...I like the interiors but the exteriors are hideous(on there half tons anyway).

I loved my Gen2 Lightning. I thought it was clean looking truck. Body lines were nice on it. The motor ran good with minimal money in mods but the motors also popped very easily when abused for extended periods of time. With GM you can run them hard all night, put em up wet and do it again the next day with out much worry.

 

Seems ok engine wise. Ugly though. Maybe itll start something among the big three. Didnt gm beat ford to this years ago with the syclone and typhoon? I wish theyed through a turbo on something that isnt diesel tho. btw, Have you guys seen the callaway silverados? Not shabby but not cheap

 

hate to be that guy, but dodge actually beat everyone to the hot rod truck thing by a long shot...they had a high performance package for their 2wd half tons in the mid 60's, came with a 426 wedge head V8, bucket seats, stripes etc.

 

There is soo much stuff out in the market for GM vehicles that it wont be an issue

 

The new Gen GM engines are going to be slow in aftermarket availibility for a while I fear....