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Prodigy Customs Going For The Gold Video Updates
Well, it has been 2 weeks since I did out little shop tour an a lot has changed in the shop. The black 68 went home, and we are are rapidly finishing projects and starting new projects.
I am going to do a dailey video update segments called Going For The Gold. Long story short just after my last video a couple weeks ago, I was reminded of Ecklers Winternationals event next week February 5th. So I walked out in the shop, trying to firgure out what we could take to the show, what could we finish in 2 weeks. Looked at the blue Dynacorn car, it looks like 4 weeks work...............Michael, how long to finish the Dynacorn car? A month dad! OK, we can do it in 2 weeks! LOL! So another thrash is on, this one handled almost excusivley by Michael alone with a little help here and here from the other guys. But those guys have their hands pretty full right now also. I have helped building the sound system (Badd Ass sound system) and am helping a bit on the engine, but all in all Michael is the one man army on this one. The GOLD we speak of is the gold award we are chasing. Ecklers has a 1000 point, 3 judge average, judging system. Three judges will pick the car apart (not for the faint of heart) and work with a judging sheet that starts at 1000 points and the judges take deductions. So the judges do not tell you what is good, they tell you what is worng!!!! The system awards 850 to 899 Bronze, 900 to 949 Silver, and 950 to 1000 Gold. This car was never built to be a extreme show car, but it is turning out so damn nice, I think it has a 950 in it. BUT, judging is VERY subjective and i have had my ass habded to me before! But first, lets get this one finished and get it there, THEN we will worry about them picking it apart!. And oh yeah, and we want to DRIVE it to the show! We are also taking Will and Shanna's Back In Black car, and his dads Chevelle. Also, in these videos we introduce a REALLY exciting new project, Ted Barrett's 1968 Bull Run Chevelle. Ted is going to race the Bull Run with this car. Not the Fear factor for cars TV show, the Real Bull Run! The Cannonball Run! The real deal. The $10k to enter and nothing to win race from Manhatten to Austin Texas this summer. Ted is a really cool guy, really wants to do this, is already registered and has turned over his baby to Prodigy for a few mild modifications! Every team racing the Bull Run has to have a name, Ted's Team name........Team Prodigy of coarse! The team name was Ted's idea and we are thrilled (Thanks Ted). The Bull Run project another car we will have accsess to and may carry around to some shows as Ted is away on business often. So expect to see a lot of this thing! What else............Oh hell, just watch the videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ligjCt4GQ54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN6gjsO0KqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsjs5IH353g |
Like to here it Frank :thumbsup:
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More video!!
:woot: Don't forget those other pics you owe me... :unibrow: |
Very cool Frank! You can do it!! :thumbsup:
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Good luck on the gold
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Keep them coming frank, Wanna see the Sub Box you built.
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Quick Update.
Michael made some good progress the last couple days. I helped a little Sunday and we got the heads on, he has been plumbing and wiring and doing a awesome job. Good plumbing takes a while. Michael made all the A/C lines and ran them through the inner fender and over the kick panel in the cowl area to keep them out of site, out of mind. He also made all the braided line for water and fuel under the hood being sure to keep engine heat and fuel separated. Ran into a big snag with the engine and found out we needed .300 over push rods which is a lot. The Trickflow 280 ovals have very raised stud pedestals which requires longer push rods for proper geometry. So we have some push rods coming in tomorrow and Michael will finish the engine tomorrow So there is a lot to do. Tomorrow Michael will finish the engine and I will finish the stereo and hopefully install the original tilt column we bought if it gets here in time. If the tilt is not here we may use the original non tilt and get through the show and swap it later. Weds Michael should be on the lift installing all the fuel and brake lines, Wilwood brakes, fuel tank, Moser 12 bolt, Hotchkis springs, Speedtech arms. Not much at all, LOL! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYh5NsE9CJI |
hey cool videos i think someone said we are good narrators lol but any way i was wondering what chemical you use to strip the paint off and why a chemical instead of just media blasting? and does the chemical eat through bondo?
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Air craft stripper. We chemical strip almost all out cars and sandblast in hard to sand areas that are stiff / sturdy like door jams, trunk jams, rockers, etc. We chemical strip for cost and control reason. Media blasting is expensive and very messy. Chemical is a little less money and we can do it in shop and see exactly what comes off. Also, there are some potential adhesion problems from media blasting we do not like to deal with.
On this 68 Camaro restoration in particular, we are chemical stripping only close to the edge and are sanding the paint off to the edge, We will probably leave the glass in that car, it is original and perfect, and do not want to remove the original paint on the window edges, or in the jams. That original paint in those areas is perfect primer for us. That restoration is a true "Less is More" situation, and not our normal coarse of business. So most will never have a chance to use that car as a guideline as I have never seen one so nice. |
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Get some sleep frank.. looks awesome!!
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Well, we got it done and Michael and I are wrecked! Last night he and I worked till 4AM, then back in this moring at 9AM and just took it for a ride at 10PM. We have a couple minor things to shake out. the transmission is short shifting a bit, have to adjust the caster a bit, got a pesky new park lamp that won't light. But Joe, the owner, drove it and is one big smile. Joe is going to Caravan with us tomorrow to the event about 42 miles away. We are going to have to get a exception to get tech done in the morning before the 7:30 judging as we did not get there before 5PM today with the blue car. The other 2, the 66 Chevelle and back in Black 69 Camaro are both there already.
And HUGE thanks to our members Steve68 and Stealth71 who both came over and helped till 11PM. You guys have coins in the Prodigy bank and we cannot thank you enough. Here are a couple quick videos, I will do a full tour and some show coverage tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7EfIR3-Avo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSvSS--9s10 |
Way to go guys!! Good luck at the show!! :thumbsup:
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:thumbsup: Looks Great Frank, Good Luck
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If you fix the driving lamp we will shoot the car on Monday for the magazine.
How many days to build it? Might be a good title. (too bad it's not 28 days, we could hire some zombies for the shoot).. lol Nice work. |
Good News, bad news
I just got off the phone with Frank. Car is finished and at the show, driven there not trailered. The sad news is that after all the hard work and thrashing, the car did not win gold, just wasn't in the cards.
However, three judges, average score on the car was 992! that's right 992. The score was too high for Gold, cutoff for gold is 975, so yes indeed they win PLATINUM! Congratulations Team Prodigy, another project well done and on time. I guess getting paid for this one will be easy money when you present the owner with the certificate.:thumbsup: |
Gold is for pussies anyways.. lol
Platinum is where it's at!! bling bling to the crew at Prodigy.. I bet that ticked off a few people the have worked on their cars for years only to get a lower score.. "So, how long have you been working on your car to get it to this point?" Answer: "A couple weeks give or take..." |
AWESOME!! Way to go guys!! :hail:
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Congratulations Team Prodigy!!!
Great work as always and the videos were a great idea. I sure wish I could have you work on my car.
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Frank, Mike, Andrew, Bob, Ray, Lisa and everyone else that came out to help put this together, all I can say is THANK YOU!
You guys do great work. 992 was beyond what any of us expected and considering it wasn't 100% complete is a true reflection of the craftsmanship being displayed every day at Prodigy Customs. All day long as people stopped to look it over I could hear comments like "that car is THE sh*t"... That is the exact theme I envisioned when we started. The car is AWESOME and I don't know when I will ever quit smiling. Thanks again to the whole crew at Prodigy! :woot: -Joe |
way to go team prodigy
:hail: i knew you must have been busy... great job you guys rock...with that pace it should only take about 7 or 8 hours on my car lol ... great job :hail:
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Well, I have been waiting for the show video to merge, but that may take another day. So here are some pics and summary for now. I will post the show video and cruise (cool stuff) soon as it is done formating.
So not a bad weekend outing. Four very, very happy customers, and myself.................Just full of pride for my team again. All my guys, Andrew, Bob, Michael and Ray are all great and all shine when the pressure is on. And Michael.................... many may be tired of hearing it, but the kid is simply amazing. Three weeks ago that car was a painted shell with the subframe loosely installed with a donor 10 bolt and old springs so it could roll. The short block was in it. There was not a wire, piece of plumbing or bolt in the car. To assemble that car from a painted shell, by himself, with only help the last couple days from the rest of the crew, and for everything on the car to work! Except one park lamp (bad park lamp), and be able to fire it up and drive 40 miles to the show, and score a 992 and a best engine. Sorry for bragging again, but that is amazing! I hear it often, why do we do this all the time? There was no pressure to finish that car and do that show, until I created that pressure. So why these crazy goals and deadlines? I guess we do it because I know we can! http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSC00333.jpg 992 points! http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSC00336.jpg Best Camaro Engine http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSC00341.jpg I like the valve covers! http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSC00338.jpg We took a point for a missing horn cap http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSC00353.jpg 3 in a row, finally got 2 seconds with no one around the cars. |
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And the normal crowd! http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...DSC_0021-2.jpg 1st place Modified Camaro, 959 points, Gold http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSC_0056.jpg Best interior Camaro http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSC_0402.jpg 1st place, 966 points Gold! http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSC00034.jpg 2nd place 55-57 modified, 994 points! This one is 3 1/2 years old! |
Congrats man....FYI my new park light did the same thing. Mine was grounding out. If you take the bulb out and pull back on the wires it will keep the terminal from grounding out and taking out the dash light too! If that is the problem.
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Awesome cars Frank. My son and nephews had a blast doing the cruise.
Definitley had the best cars there. And uh the jacked up S10 was the bomb. |
Frank, congrats on a job well done. Well deserved reward!!! :hail: :bow: :hail:
Too bad your shop is so far away lol. :D |
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Don't be busting on the mini-truck especially since it was a s10 Congrads to the crew at prodigy. |
Well, sorry for the delay. I have tried for a week to make video footage into 1, even 2 or 3 videos and I guess this new fancy HD video camera simply makes to large a file to merge these into one, so I am going to have to post 10 little videos. from the show.
There is 20 minutes of video in all, some of it may put you to sleep, but I walk the show, look at some cars, and then the cruise is something to see. I only got about half the cars there, so if you were at the show and I missed you, I am sorry. Old Town (where the show was held) has the countries largest weekly cruise every Saturday night and has 450 cars to cruise, sometimes 700 cars. The regular weekly cruise crowd joined the couple hundred cars that were in the show and made for a really big cruise that night. We don't go out there Old town often so it is kind of cool to do the cruise once in a while. I know Joe and his daughter really enjoyed crusing in his new toy. If you ever come to Orlando, Do the Disney thing, you probably want to try and do the Old Town Cruise on Saturday night Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK0u6PcyL6I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGOL9WspDbc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR45eQXqy_Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqmc8jSSHeg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soXTF4rrBes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ughmj7eEfH4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ll4UNfO0n4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifNcD4xO8LY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVTOKtDqJpU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8v4xSBRfrw |
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