You know Jake Paul. He has to show off everywhere he goes, especially on a night when 60 million people have their eyes on him for the big game against Mike Tyson. For the night, he borrowed a Chevrolet C3500 that the owner had chased for years.
Social media VIP gone boxer could not have missed the chance to make a memorable entrance for the world. Jake Paul arrived in a heavily customized 1992 Chevrolet C3500 dually pickup lowrider.
But where did he get that vehicle from? It turns out that the model is affectionately called Krew Kut. It was built by Sean Mahaney of Master Image Customs and brought back to life by Richard Rawlings and Gas Monkey Garage in 2018 before it became a forgotten relic.
Richard found it under the ownership of someone in Texas, covered in dust and with components dislocated from the body. He did not know much about the vehicle that had once made headlines, but his team did. So, he paid $7,500 to buy it. There was no way in the world he would have left that iconic pickup there. The Chevy now belongs to David Shulman of Lake Mary, Florida.
Shulman has been hunting that Chevy since he was 19. The model eventually went off the radar at some point. He tracked it down years later and purchased it. Now, his low-riding pickup truck has just skyrocketed to stardom again.
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The owner claims the C3500 is the first-ever "body drop dually," as reported by GMAuthority. It has its floor cut and modified in order to lower the whole body over the frame. The Chevy rides on a full hydraulic low-ride with 12 inches of suspension drop.
The 1992 pickup truck is painted in a House of Kolor green shade with blue and yellow flames. Airbrushed skulls show up on the rear section as if it were a sneaking Halloween-ready truck.
A custom bumper, grille, and side mirrors are part of the plan, while the Silverado has no roof, but a roadster-like feeling instead. When the owner modified it, he probably knew that one day, it was going to deliver a boxing star to the ring.
The Chevy is powered by a Katech Performance 496 LSX V8, mated to a 4L80E automatic transmission.
The customized pickup truck was just as much a star as those two in the boxing ring, as it drove slowly down the runway before Jake Paul's long-awaited clash with Mike Tyson.
Netflix reports that over 60 million households tuned in to watch the fight and also got to see Jake Paul's theatrical entrance. There was no better way for the Chevy C3500 to make a comeback than in one of the most watched boxing games in television history.
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