Way to go Jeff. Would love to see it in person! Are you planning on attending any events in the So Cali?

Winner winner chicken dinner! congrats Jeff, always cool being recognized after so much hard work and the wait. Beautiful car.

Thanks guys. Appreciate it. The award was a great surprise. Chris and the team at WCAC have done a great job with my car. It's been a long road but I cant say enough about how they have really come through over the past few months getting her to where she is today. Exceeded expectation!

When Chris and I talked about how he had always wanted to do what he did to my car I was a little hesitant since I couldn't see it. (front end, grille, push the fenders and quarters out, etc) After seeing the final rendering I was in and glad I let him run with it.

What I like is that it isnt over the top, too one off and in our opinion, will be timeless. The mods (except the grille) are subtle and most people dont even see them until pointed out. We were going for a racy aggressive look.

So here are a few pics. I'm not much with a camera or photobucket editing plus these indoor scenes with the florescents are tough. They just dont do her justice. The hand brushed wheels, the paint and body work are nuts and the detail just cant be seen in the pictures. We'll be at most of the shows coming up and would love to get down to DelMar to hang with some of you guys soon.





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This is one of my favorites. They had just turned the lights off Friday evening and the exposure was a little funky but cool.

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We had the headers ceramic coated black but they are already starting to fade. They look much worse in the pictures than they really are but after looking at the Jet Hot stuff this weekend they may be heading back to Ohio this winter.

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I'm looking forward to getting some good outside pictures with natural lighting.

X2. :thumbsup:

Those are the pics I was waiting for Jeff. You can really see the execution of the fenders, nose, rear. Off the hook Brother!

Car looks freakin great :thumbsup:

I believe Jet Hot has a facility in Arizona, least they did....

Thanks Al. Yeah I'd love to get to DelMar and RTTC next year. Who knows, if someone wants it for SEMA I'd consider that too. Plus us NorCal guys gotta get a road trip together to head down there for an event. So yes, soon or later.


Thanks Lenie... Icing on the cake

Yeah Chris and the guys did a fantastic job. Way above and beyond what I originally intended. He took it on as if it were his own... And it shows.

Yeah they said they use to. The guy i talked to said there was a recent acquisition so there has been some changes. They guy said the new owner lives up in Wa. and they intend to open a location out here somewhere.

I love it Jeff. Can't wait to see it. Congrats on the award. Awesome.

Very Nice!
 

Very Low!

Very Lovely!

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I really like that picture you took. The car sure does look good.

It was a mad rush to get the car to you for the Napa Show.

I had a blast working on it.

Joe

I had a few questions for you mainly for my own feedback.

How is the over-ride fan switch working for you. Do you have to use it?

How is the engine temperature in traffic.

Did the remote air ride controller get hooked up?

I'm glad you finally got your car back home. I'm sure the neighbors love ya when you fire it up...LOL

I know when I came home last week and fired up my blower truck after 13 years of hibernation, My neighbor came right on over and said...."I remembered that sound and thought to myself....Nah ....couldn't be".

Hey Joe - good to hear from you. Thanks for all your hard work on it. I appreciate it.

Was up at the shop today. She isn't home just yet. A few things to wrap up on the punch list up so it should be home next week after the Cloverdale show this weekend. Just got 2 new front regulators today. Couldn't get the cranks on the old ones so those have to go in along with a few other little things.

I got to take her out for a rip this afternoon though and bang some gears. Gotta love blasting the AC when its 90* out. Its a must have in these old cars. She is running great. Chris put in another new set of valve springs so she winds right up to 6500 before the MSD rev limiter kicks in with no problem. The first two sets were too light. She sure sounds sick at 6000 RPM with those Borlas.

The fan override is great. Dont have to use it but it is good to have just in case. Chris put a new temp sending unit in last weekend and that corrected the misreading on the temp gauge. After ripping around today for a good 15 minutes with the AC on she was at 195*.

Chris drove it to Pleasanton and sat in traffic on 101 and 680 with no problems... except for pissing off a few Prius and Volvo owners :D

The Air ride remote is still out. Seems that was the problem with the controller crashing. When the controller and ECU were sent back they upgraded the software so it wasnt working with the prior version remote control module. I will contact RideTech and see what they will do. They now have an iPhone app so I may just go with that instead.

Glad to hear you got your old truck running again.

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Your Very Welcome. It was a battle coming in to correct all the previous mechanics work.

I believe you will need the quarter window regulators as well since none of the window cranks would attach to any of the regulators.

The springs you are talking about are the Mechanical advance springs for the MSD Distributor.

I'm glad to hear you will have your car back soon.

I know your car and Bloodline very well. Wish I could have finished that one up as well but it has months and months of work on it before its done.

Take Care,

Joe

P.S. I may be at the cloverdale show

My car still has many months of work left? They told me they can get it done in 2 weeks? Is there more to my car besides the wiring it needs?

I say give the shop a chance to deliver your car in two week. I couldn't nor would I give you that promise. It would take me several months.

I hope all goes well. You deserve to be driving that awesome machine.

Joe

Bad ass shot. :bigun2:

Hi,

Just wondering how you did at the Cloverdale Show.

I got a late call friday evening to run up to ALL IN ONE CUSTOMS which is across from West Coast and fix a $7,500 air ride system on a 64 Impala so the guy could cruise the parade. It was too funny. Another shop in Sacramento did the Air Ride install and they did some awesome work but failed to show the owner where the reset button was on the circuit breaker and how to reset it when it pops...LOL Oh it popped like designed. I told the guy you can't be dropping and raising the car 20 times and have 4 compressors running and not trip the breaker. Plus I had to point out his charging system is in need of a Power Master Alternator and another battery if he plans to play like that :)

I didn't see your car in the parade. I had a blast switching from riding in his 64 to riding in his 70 SS Chevelle. We left a lot of rubber up and down the main drag in that car...LOL

Two weeks ago I pulled a motor out of one of his chevelle's with a BDS 8-71 blower and he is hiring me to detune it and stuff it in one of his 64 Impala's...that's gonna be fun! After talking with BDS and picking a pulley with more teeth his poor motor lost over 150 hp and will now only be producing in the mid 700 Hp range. This is gonna be a fun project for me.

Funny story about that parade. The owner of the shop kept saying "hey that's my 69 Chevy truck"....point to a sweet baby blue 3/4 ton truck dropped and smoothed all out. I just let him talk and on the way back again he kept on so I finally starting busting up laughing and said..."Dude, I built that truck last year at my shop before moving up here"....Total Silence for the next few blocks.

Anyway, I hope you were at the show Saturday and finally able to drive your car home.

Joe

I didn't make it up there - had kids sports all Sat. but Chris had it there. Funny story. Thats on of the best parts of the shows is listening to all the BS talk going on.

We picked this up though. :thumbsup:

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It was a good Cloverdale show. We swept the Camaro Class and won the Top Four award with a 37 Chevy street rod we built.

Jeff's silver car took first and another Camaro we built Bruce Kunkle's "Golden Girl" took second. We received a lot of great feedback about Jeff's car. It is a crowd favorite. I have really enjoyed building it. So many custom things were done to it (both large and small). I love the unassuming simpleness to it at first glance, but if you know Camaros you can really see how much it has been modified with a keen eye. I have put exactly 600 miles on it to date. I think I have shaken every gremlin out of her and made the corrections. The car is so much fun to drive, it is low, very loud, and fast. Blasting down a windy road is reminiscent to a Penske Sunoco Camaro I was hired to drive for two seasons in a historical race series. Now unfortunately I have ran out of excuses to keep it. It is time to send it home.

"It is so choice, if you have the means I highly recommend picking one up" ~FB

oh yeah....more awards for your collection :)

How was your drive home....I bet it was really nice cruising down 101.

The Good Ole B.S. I love it actually...people over their especially seen to be out spoken in what they think they know. I just sit back and listen to them talk and catch them in their lies and just smile.

You enjoy that car and I hope you have years and years of trouble free driving...well except for tires, brakes and clutch replacements :)

Way to go guys,, congrats on the success its well deserved!

Cool an award!:trophy-1302:

Awesome Jeff! Well deserved and congrats!

I was confused for a second, I live close to Cloverdale where there was a big show and for a second there I thought you brought the car here but... Clearly not Canada :shakehead:

Well said. Simple yet detailed at the same time. Love the old school minimalist look with modern components. Can't wait to get her home.

Looking forward to the Wed night out at Sears Point we talked about to see what she will run and getting to the next GG event and run the cones. Also want to do the 2014 Run to the Coast event.

Not only is Chris a builder he is a great tuner and suspension set up guy so we should have her dialed in good by then.



Oh yeah. There will likely be many sets. I plan on driving her as much as I can and enjoying it.

Thanks but I just gave Chris the canvass and an idea of what I wanted. He worked his magic and executed on the concept bringing it to life.

The awards are more in recognition of the execution and efforts of Chris at WCAC and the crew that worked on it.

Brought here home today.


Had to stop for a cool pic along the way while ripping though the back roads.


It's good to have her tucked away in her garage.

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very nice Jeff,time to enjoy

Don't tuck that away in a garage ----- get out there and drive it!!


Great pic!

I was thinking the same thing Greg. Lol! And it looks so nice the way it sits too.

It looks great Jeff, put some miles on it now!

Oh yeah, I'll be driving the snot out of it. Got close to 90 miles yesterday on the way home and "running a couple errands" afterwards. Had a great time chasing a late model Trans Am through the back roads on the way home. He couldn't shake me ;)

i'm planning on getting out this weekend but it is suppose to rain. WTH, rain in September in CA?

Weather permitting I will get as many miles on her as I can. It's got over 700 now.

When I said tucked away... I meant in my garage, at home, where she belongs.

Hi Raj.... I live in Cloverdale as well. Drive a yellow custom 2010 Camaro

Yup... Different Cloverdale LOL

Hi Jeff,

I'm glad to hear that Trans Am wasn't able to shake you :) Sounds like your using the car as intended...LOL

It's good to hear you have your car at home now and can go for evening and weekend drives as the weather permits.

Enjoy!

Joe

Thanks Joe. Have had it out every day this week :D

Already getting dirty looks from the neighbors who aren't fond of the Borlas... I fricken love them!

This was early Sunday morning getting ready to go for a ride. Son shooting a quick video. I will get some good footage this weekend.

Last night got my car out to Sonoma Raceway (Sears Point) to see what I could get out of her. Disclaimer - It's been more than 25 years since I've raced at a track.

So ended up getting out there late and only got in three passes but had a fricken blast. I had no idea what she would run or, more importantly, what I could get out of her.

First pass... Brought it up to 3k, dumped the clutch and hammered it. Smoked the tires for probably 100 ft (lol) with a 2.97 60' and finished with a 15.3 at 103.25 mph. What a let down. Good mph though.

Second pass - had to dial in... Had no idea so I do 14.2 which was embarrassing since all these tuner guys are dialing in in the 12's and even some in the 11's. Well I only bring it up to 2k and ease the clutch a little for a much better launch, a .33 light and a 2.22 60' and cross with a 14.212 at 98mph missing 3rd and 4th gear. Ugh but cut a second off my first run and won.

Third pass - changed my dial in to 13.2 since I missed 2 gears (still just a guess). I cut a .485 light, spun the tires out of the hole with a 2.69 60'. Crossed the line at 106.66 mph for a 13.4. Getting there but not as quick as I had hoped.

Cut almost another second off the previous run but lost so was out for the night. I know there is a mid 12 in there. Just got to get off the line without spinning and cut a good light. Can't wait to go back next Wed but get there early and get several practice runs in.

Built it to drive it and happy to be able to finally get her out there and run her through the gears. :excited:

I will say that it is pretty amazing to see all the late model mustangs running 11's & 12's all day long on street tires and sound totally stock. I have a buddy who has a modified G8 who runs consistent 11.4's but he has it totally dialed in.

Nicely done Jeff! Sounds like you had a good time -- glad your getting to drive it :thumbsup:

feature............. :trophy-1302:

Sounds like you are having fun,time to enjoy now,congrats Jeff you have super nice camaro

I've been out driving her every weekend as much as I can before the rain gets here. Grabbed the camera and shot a few photos.



Gotta get a GoPro so I can get some audio and action shots.




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^^^^^^ That last ones money, easily my fave

Any more runs down the 1320?