The 1963 Gavril Bluebuck UteOverview:
The idea of a passenger-vehicle-based utility vehicle originated in Australia in 1934 with the advent of the Model A two-door body / tray configuration. It was Australia's second invention since Vegemite in 1923. The fun-loving beer-chundering ex-cons enjoyed their utes until, in 1957, Ford revealed the Ranchero.
One can only imagine how frustrated the Aussies were; America, all too keen to crush or appropriate other cultures, had stolen yet another idea. Of course, this irritation never left the Southern hemisphere and two years later Chevrolet too began selling a car-based truck. Quoth Aussies, "even the bloody name sounds appropriated!" Quite oblivious to this, Americans started driving cars named El Camino while telling native Americans to speak English.
Cultural issues aside, the El Camino and Ranchero were both beautiful cars (well, the El Camino was until it started to look like a stoned crocodile flip-flop) and I noticed a lack of factory-made 60s utes in BeamNG. So I decided to chop up a Bluebuck - and here it is.
Features:
Every engine and trim line now has a "ute" variant available in both automatic and manual, with slightly tougher suspension components than their passenger counterparts.
The 423 CUI big block V8 comes with a few more variants, most notably the "sport" and "luxury" trims. The sportier of the two is based on the V8 Sport, the luxurious one on the V8 Marshal. The Marshal comes with some head-turning features such as fake wood panels and varnished wood bed liner.
Custom configurations are at no shortage in this mod. From rat-rodded dragsters to Australian burnout machines to lowriders to something straight out of Mad Max 2, I took it upon myself to create as many custom versions reasonably conceivable with a ute.
Have fun creating your own custom utes and abominations.
Credits:
T1RE$M0KE - for motivating me to actually finish the bloody thing, for making me fix what my lazy arse didn't want to fix, heavy quality control, and various meshes
Nekkit - for suggesting the wooden deck and providing me with the textures
Shadows - testing and feedback, quality control
Nacho Problem - testing and feedback, quality control
OMAME's BeamNG Japan discord server - for ideas and feedback
MfD discord server - for suggestions
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Thank you for your patience.
1963 Gavril Bluebuck Ute 1.0
Inspired by the El Camino and various utes from Down Under.
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