God that front end looks so menacing! Nice work on that.

Turned out really well. Was doubting you for a while there...

I agree... Every time I look at it I think "Lord Vader... Your Camaro is here" lol

It was a risk but I had a pretty good idea where it was going. I'm really pleased that Dick and the guys at Best of Show were able to translate my vision to reality.

Best of show does killer work.

What hoses are you running to the front coolers? Braided something?

Some new updates from Best of Show - with luck we should be road testing this week and track testing soon...

New Airbox from Spectre fed from two holes in the lower valance (and two more if need be)
http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...e%20Airbox.jpg

On the ground and together...
http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...%2019%20FR.jpg

http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...20Drv%20FR.jpg

http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...0Pass%20FR.jpg

You should be very happy with that front profile. :thumbsup:

Are you going to mold or have it digitized?

Skill does tell! :thumbsup:

Awesome! Looks great. Stock sub boys! :thumbsup:

That looks sick James. The final product really pops and I'm sure it'll be functional! :thumbsup:

I like it!!!:thumbsup:

That question has come up a couple times over the last day or two... Long story short (a) if there is enought serious interest then (b) we could probably do molds for the hood and valence after One Lap. That will give me a chance to validate the design as well.

And I am really happy with how the car has come together...

What are you going to do if you hit a nutria or beaver! I was thinking two-fold, first a replacement nose or two for yourself, then maybe sell the design to Anvil or similar?

We're about out of time for making a spare anything... we hit the road in less than eight weeks and have a bunch of stuff to cram in to that two months.

I wouldn't do it without testing/proving regardless. It has to work before I would even consider it (for me or a customer). I'd would do it but I imagine it would be a limited run by via a composite expert.

And we've hit things before and will probably do so again... It's just tin and what can be built can be built again...

!!#@*&^&&! Deer!!

Got a few of those in Oregon :D They'd most likely go over the top, those aquatic ground-huggers would destroy that gorgeous craftsmanship below the grille.

The car is looking great, keep the pedal down! :thumbsup:

That's why you've got point after dark... No wait...

Man... You guys have GOT to get a camera crew to follow along. Get Jimi to pull some strings or something. This is worthy of TV coverage. A small group of Protouring enthusiasts take on the OLoA....

That would be cool. We looked into the option of doing something similar (and using a very familiar Pro-Touring "personality") including live video from the events but no sponsorship this year means no can do. I'd love to pitch something like that one day...

LOL! Low man on the OLoA totem pole.

There's a way to link Trackmaster uploads for people to watch in near real-time. It would be cool for the track events but we'd need an AT&T sponsorship for around-the-country coverage.

Last year there were two teams doing One Lap that used Livestream to stream video of the event. I saw OLC a few times, but they were qualified up front, so they took down the feed once they were done running & hit the road. They even kept the feed going in the car. The audio was good, the video was slow and jerky.

You could run a MBZ S63 with Mil-spec night vision.....


Just sayin'.....



:G-Dub: :lol:

Lol! I wonder if it could be slipped by Brock for Vintage American....

I'm 99% sure that would end up in "Big Baller" but I think it would be worth a shot...

So more progress as the clock continues to count down... Officially there are nine weeks until the start of One Lap...

Dick and company found some chaffing on a couple of the oil lines so we made the decision to replumb a big part of the oil system on the "better safe than sorry" plan. With that done and all of the coolers, tanks, etc. refilled and tested it was time to button things up on the lift and get ready to see the light of day...

http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...027%20Lift.jpg

Really gives a good perspective on everything. Headlights are going in today - the LED's require a fair bit of reworking to fit well - and LED signal lights will follow shortly thereafter.

Despite not being 100% ready the car saw the light of day again for the first time "in a while" and I think this gives a good perspective on things. It's difficult with the different colors and textures but overall I think everything came together the way we wanted.

http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...2027%20BOS.jpg

The aerocatches are right at home and should work well (I've seen too many hood/windshield matings on the track to run without pins) and even at idle with the fans running the hood vents are moving a bunch of air.

Which leads us to the inevitable first road test..

http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...ng%20front.jpg

No that's not Greg driving (I had to look twice to be sure) :) ... we'll play a little bit with ride height (probably bring the back up a tad) but you get a good perspective on the balance between the front and back now. We have a spacer on the front and will fine tune track width and clearance as we go but for now no rubs...

From the back:

http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...ing%20rear.jpg

Gives a good perspective on the work that was done to the front fender behind the wheelwell. Wing is still split as we haven't run power to the controller (on the agenda for today) but really doesn't look out of place (personally I think the trailer hitch looks stranger than the wing).

http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...ing%20side.jpg

Overall it's coming... a few more bits and peices to button up and a couple more short road trips and hopefully we'll be ready for some track time at Buttonwillow in a couple of weeks.

Very nice.. Can't wait to hear how it performs. Good job BOS!

WooHooo! Congrats on the progression.
I would have to say, the wing practically disappears into the background compared to the temporary two-tone look. I saw one of these pics on Facebook and by some odd possible subconcious level of support I'm wearing a OLC t-shirt today! Might sound dorky to some but I hope it gives those who have laid hands on or dipped into their pockets to help the OLC a smile to know it.
The front airdam is pretty menacing and I hope it is as effective as planned. The only cosmetique critique I would offer is I have wondered how it would have looked to bring the look of the grill down there, making the outboard circle slightly larger to emulate the difference between parking light and headlight.
Just an observation and curiosity... not trying to criticize the accomplishements or craftsmanship.

Thanks

We did the lower opening based on a specific size goal that we had in mind (effective opening related to the radiator and the hood vents). We also had to work with the air box (the front of the rad is fully ducted forwards to the grill/airdam) shape - going wider or drastically changing the shape wouldn't work. Stylistically you might be right but to control the air flow at the volume we wanted a smaller opening was what was needed.

So... what I choose to take away from that is you think I've got style!?:relax:
:D
I knew it was more function over form and that you do your homework in addition to surrounding yourself and OLC with likeminded people to get the end result you seek.

I think once painted it is going to look pretty killer, and if you ever felt it did detract at all cosmetically you could always add a mesh grill or heck, even just paint the whole area in such away as to not define two holes are even there. For instance if the whole oval was a subdued black at a distance the 2 vents would dissapear into 1, and the shapes would resemble the grill above in a way. On that note carrying the idea a little more a small chunk of grill matching the 67 pattern might be tasteful, but is more cosmetic flare than racecar.

We're working on some covering for the everything - it's just not there yet. And I agree - once the wrap is done they should be much less noticable...

Absolutely beautiful:thumbsup:
great work to everyone who has laid hands on it.

Almost there...

http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...ghts%20off.jpg

Low Beams
http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...ow%20Beams.jpg

Hi! Beams
http://www.onelapcamaro.com/1967%20O...Hi%20Beams.jpg

Jame's look's pretty intimidating.I like it.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

James,
Looks absolutely amazing. Do you think it is going to ad a substantially significant amount of weight over your old set up or do the other benefits outweigh the extra weight.
Thanks Shane

Well thank god someone got on their knee and took a proper perspective pic! (from my perspective!)

love it!

X2.

I think the non-RS front end adds to that as well. :cool:

Thanks! It shouldn't add any additional weight... At least that was the plan. We swapped out the stock rad support for an aluminum autorad piece and lost the RS motors and assemblies. The inner fenders are 2/3 of what used to be there and although overall beefier, the old front was all steel so this shouldn't be much heavier. The big difference is the hood - originally we had steel, then we tried CF, and we're back to steel. The wing weighs about 1/4 what the spoiler did but we added the gurney. If we're lucky it will be a wash. We took another 50 pounds of unnecessary weight out of the car so that should help. All things being equal, if the weight is close, it's a win overall.

Dick says that he did that especially for you... And even as short as he may be, he still had to get down on his knees to do it.

Me too - I am really happy with everything! This afternoon we got the wing fired up. Tomorrow we'll tie it in to the VSS and we should be about done. 2 weeks today we'll be on the track shaking it down...

Thanks... I've always had non-RS fronts until the OLC and wanted to give it a try. Now that I have the std front on again it brings back everything I love about the '67 fronts (says the guy that has now changed everything about the '67 front)

I'm thinking I need to contact BOS and have them build me a pair of those front fenders. I can hardly wait to see the OLC in paint.

phenomenal