Thanks Steve
:hail:

Yeah really, God forbid a '68 or '67 get some attention for once. :rolleyes:

:drool: :drool: :drool:

David

Steve, Your Car Has Got To Be One Of My All-time Favorites, That Thing Looks So Darn Good. It Is An Inspiration To Say The Least

Hey, soon people will be saying "69 what??" lol

Update for today. Fabbed the air intake, installed the Modo-Innovations elec trunk release and tinkered with stuff. Getting ever so closer. When the new fly-by-wire pedal gets here we can get her running again.

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Had the lower latch powdered to match the DSE closeout and the upper latch. Also added a billet goodie to tie the upper latch to the lower and the hinges.
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Looking really good Steve I love that hood latch!!

Can't wait to see the video of it on the road...:thumbsup:

two things

1. were is the pics of the air intake tube.

2. tell us more about the amx in the background.

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Awesome as usual Steve. Your attention to detail is incredible...

Hey Steve,

can i ask you something i've been wondering of for awhile?

We often read in magazines that they are doing this and that and then this etc to a project car that comes and goes... and the writers of those articles, refer to them (cars) either as the "Company" or "Magazine" cars/ projects but also sometimes as "Their" car...

How does this work out??? 'Cause even you, sometime, refer to penny as the magazine's car. calling her "Ours" (reffering to the magazine, in your articles) and sometimes calling her yours....

I'm just wondering if its your personnal car that you "loan" to the cause or if its a company bought car that's assigned to you for the build...that you get to enjoy and take home a bit, Or maybe a mix of all of the above???

We see so many project cars and they switch hands etc...'Would be nice to know how you guy's work thru this in the mag world, not only with Penny but in general.

I mean, getting this deep into a project (Read; coverage!) has not been done often either, i sure hope you at least get first shot at her if she's not already in your name!

I had to ask...:question:

Lead.

1. It's being "beauty welded" tomorrow and then it will be coated in the same titanium as the headers. It's as simple and low key as I could make it. the KN cone filter is buried behind the drivers side headlight.

2. It's mostly stock, but is being done very nicely. I will snap a pic to two tomorrow for ya.

Penny is MY car.. however it's being done in the magazine so I sometimes say it's a PHR project car (our car). The title is in my safe and in my name. Any $$$ that is spent comes out of my pocket (same at the Fairlane)

Most "project cars" you see in the magazine belong to the various editors and such. It's hard to get excited or motivated to work (for free) on someone elses car. One exception to this is the 55 Chevy "Project X" it has been owned by the Corporation for decades. When work is done on this car any parts or outside labor is paid by the corporation.

When any $$ is spent on Penny it comes out of my wallet.

Lets say that you were an editor and you didn't want to buy a project car (they why do you work for a car magazine??? lol) You talk the magazine into buying the car. Then you proceed to do stories on building up the car. You spend hours and hours building the car and in the end the company would enjoy the fruits of you labor and you would get a pat on the back.

Hope that makes sense..

Thanks, I have a board in my garage with every paint/powder paint sample I can find. This way I can mix and match textures to see what is a nice combination. My strength is knowing what looks "right" together. I litteraly spend hours/days mulling over every little thing. I am also "cursed" with an eye for detail, if there's a flaw on any car I see it, it helps with building but is a PITA with owning since I see every chip or imperfection. It helps to make up for my mediocer welding and painting skills.. lol.

Thanks for anwsering, i wasn't sure if this was too personnal to ask or not. I hesitated before pressing the "submit" button LoL!

I'm not sure it makes sense tough...I mean, i don't bring my desk to work.(?)

But i understand there must be advantages still and that in the end the company would need a lot of space to keep all those cars too, not to mention track of the paper, insurance etc...so a crossover point is surely interesting to them. Also, the interest to work on your own car like you said is surely easier to create than working on any other general car.

Hey thanks for sharing.

Lead.

that just means Steve is on the same playing feild the most of us are on.. hit that timecard and each hour is one more mod...

:thumbsup: :cheers:

Yea, it's a nice perk of the job. When I work on my car for a story in PHR I'm getting paid to work on my own car. That's pretty cool when you think of it.

Speaking of which.. I need to order up my new rear brakes... :D

We're in the final stretch now..

Spent the day working on the car. Had a electrician working on getting all the wiring cleaned up. His name is Dean and if anyone in SoCal needs a good automotice electrical guy then he is the guy.

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Worked with Dick over at Best of Show to fab up the four-inch air intake. The elbow is from Speed and Performance, the straight section is some scrap stainless tubing and the last 45-degree bend is a new piece that only cost me $40. The filter is a K&N deal.

The end of the intake is supported by a 5-inch piece of barstock welded under it. it goes down to the inner fender well and lines up with the spot where the fender brace bar bolts. On the end of the barstock we welded a nut. In the hole we put a rubber grommet to act as an isolator. The bolt feeds up from underneath, through the brace-bar, through a washer, through the groment, through another washer and in the nut welded to the bar from the air intake. Make sense? didn't think so.. lol

Anyways, it works and now all the parts can be sent to get thermal coated in the same stuff as the headers. I was thinking of going black-fine-texture like the closeout, but I think the contrast will look good and tie in the headers. Plus the air intake should get a small benefit from the thermal coat.

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Looks great steve:thumbsup: Really like the air intake. everything looks like it was ment to be their!:yes:

Yeah........But if you look closely in the last picture; the two clamps on the tube near the intake, they aren't quite exactly parrallel. The one in the rear seems a little lower than the one in front.:willy: :D

'Kiddin Steve (But i feel you're reaching for the flatblade!) It must only be the angle of the picture..........

Looking good.

Lead

"BAD Penny", has sure earned it's name. Lookin' awesome Steve! :hail:

HA! those are just the mock up clamps.. I have special clamps that will go on the final deal.. and they will be aligned with calipers just for you ;)

Looking great bud!!! :thumbsup:

Looking awesome, Steve. :thumbsup: Is that a stock 85mm LS2 MAF?

Yep, the same type that comes on the crate engine.. fly-by-wire baby!

this thing is simply amazing. the attention to detail, the execution. The fact that it is going to get driven....HARD :thumbsup:

I like the idea of using the fly by wire. Mainly because I think it would work great with traction control if you got it later on. Beautiful car Steve! :thumbsup:

New rear brakes.. partly because I decided I should have an e-brake system.. mostly because they are feakin beautiful.. lol

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Those brakes look like they came From Precision Brakes ??

No, they came direct from Wilwood.. it's an "off the shelf" kit.

I think Precision bite the dust! I am glad we stayed away from that deal.

The kit Steve has there does not even have a part number yet, but we have been selling them for a couple months.

The AMX is mostly stock with custom paint and a custom interior. See that rear louver deal in the picture?

Well, nobody makes that, but the owner wanted on anyways. $4000 to a shop and they fabricated it out of metal. It's a pretty cool little car.

they are local to me, and still open, but since laramie(sp) left, they are about worthless. in fact they told me to call wilwood directly, then call them back with the part number so they could order it for me.

Yep i to miss Laramie. They eventually straighten out my kit. Last time i talked with Kevin he was telling me that they joined with another company and we going to be offering specific kits that would be stocked ont he shelf. Trying to cut down on there lead time issue's. I hope it works out for them as they really are/were a great company to deal with.

nice - what is the name of the shop i would love to look at there website.

Holy crap! 44 pages and I never bothered to read any of the posts before. Delete all of the useless Yody posts and this thread should be made into a sticky called "Camaro by the Numbers" since Steve Rupp has resolved and addressed so many small project issues. I would love to see Rupp supply a single post with as many part numbers and descriptions as possible. Work on it in word and then cut & paste.

Once this car is done, I strongly believe that it will go down as a milestone pro-touring car. All of the brightest stars have aligned: An excellent 21st Century front clip, Lateral Dynamics 3 link, stiff chassis, Wilwood brakes, Toyo stickies on Forgeline wheels and just the right amount of horsepower with an LS2 wide powerband. If that's not enough to classify this car as a milestone, just add in Rupp's superhuman attention to detail with complementary and contrasting colors and finishes.

All that is missing is the Bad Penny tattoo between the door and front wheelwell. :thumbsup:

And a build book! Great car, Steve(s).

I agree....
 

definitely a "mile stone" car. What would a person change on this ride? I know some would say to twin turbo the motor, but this thing is going to be reliable as an anvil and very easy to drive fast.

In my opinion, which means nothing I might add, where do you go from here if you want to push the envelope? It has to be a full frame car that blurs the line between street car and race car. The AME vette is the same way. Only way to move up the performance is start moving in the the race car direction...which for a few will be the next step.

Uhm - Owners

I wouldn't mind having it.

This becoming a phrase - but Steve(streetfytr68) said it again.I totally agree. Steve Rupp has done a great job for all of us and not hiding any tricks in hes sleeves. Yes i will try to copy some of Steves ideas too :thumbsup:

Wow, that was very nice to say... I will try and not let it inflate my ego and make me a dickhead.. lol

I'm digging the Penny "tatoo" idea. Just need to figure out the right way to pull it off.

The car will not be "show car perfect" with a flawless paint job and razor straight gaps. But it will be nice enough to be proud of and of a quality where I won't be afraid to drive her.

And in other news.

The new center gauge cluster is all together. Nice that I have room to add a boost guage or whatever in the future. The upper guage is a digital tach and sequential shift light. The bottom on is the most important "engine health" indicator, the oil pressure gauge.

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To top this car I would have to sell her, and I'm not doing that. This is my apex for a LONG time. After two years building the blue car and now 1.5 years building this one I want to enjoy having a done car. To satify my need to tinker I have the Fairlane and whatever project cars come down the line.

My wife has threatened death if I sell Penny. I married well :)

If I had more cash I might add some sort of forced induction or maybe the Harrop intake, something more exotic. Maybe down the line I will tackle this, for now I just want to get her on the street.

That is a nice looking unit. Where are you going to put the gas and volts?