One of the BADDEST 69 Camaro Convertible
 

These guys are doing an incredible job!

http://www.rk-collection.com/sale/ch...CamaroRK1.html

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I have been wondering how this car was coming along. Saw some build pics awhile back. Definitely a work of art! Thanks for posting!

Nice!! Great job!! :thumbsup:

Everything was looking good till I saw the rear tail panel. Not my taste.

Man, that's slicker than snot on a doornob!:thumbsup:
Awesome!

It's nice but.....I don't really care for it. I don't think it deserves a pro touring title.

Very,very nice attention to detail and I can certainly appreciate all the custom fab work...but for some reason,this car doesn't "wow' me,maybe it's the color.

I don't understand why it isn't pro touring. There are some things I really like and some things that turn me off a little. Very nice build though.

It will be at Columbus this year. They also sent us a great video of them flogging out in the parking lot. Full throttle donuts - car sounded great.

Everybody has their likes and dislikes, pretty bold statement in the first paragraph about the car on their website!

Sounds like some of the ebay auctions we have read lately! :lol:

I hadn't followed the link before...........just looked at the thumbnails

That is pretty funny, I guess he fill find out in Columbus. Maybe he should take the the car to the optima shootout after SEMA. Burn Outs and Donuts don't prove anything. Nice car for sure, but those tail lights look so off.

Those guys have a beautiful shop, man oh man....

This shop is only 20 minutes from my house and I stopped in about a year ago when the car was about half way finished. It's nice to see that they finally painted it. The only thing original on the car is the fire wall. Almost all the original sheet metal was out by the dumpster. I can tell you from being there that this shop is amazing. The owner is a billionaire that has a large stake in Michael Waltrip racing.

Pretty cool fab work.
Especially on the cowl induction hood. I like the color. Not too shabby.:thumbsup:
Did not go to the link to check out the other photos though.

As Stuart noted:

lol, the arrogance is kinda funny.

Nice shop, nice car too. The tail panel does not do it for me but whatever floats your boat.
The statement on the website is pretty bold considering the quality cars being put out all over the country. Both by professionals and private builders. Some of the cars on this site alone built by "back yard" builders are just as nice if not nicer and deserve more credit in my opinion for being built on real world budgets and without the latest and greatest equipment.
Anyone can throw a fat wallet at a pro shop and get a great car. If that is what they want then more power to them. But my hat is off to those that put some real blood, sweat and tears into thier car and see it through to completion.:thumbsup:

Those are the exact same words I say each time I start my car up and roll it out of the garage. :rofl:

Agreed, the arrogance is hilarious. I'm not quite sure how he puts his car ahead of so many others(kinda difficult to top the Baldwin Motion 540 '69 Camaro). He definitely has a future in writing Ebay ads.

Yep, the backend looks fugly. Looks like somebody who wanted a Vette. Maybe when/if they mount a rear bumper it'll look a little better. Some very nice details though and give the guy a few points on originality. Considering how many 69's have been done already, it's getting tough to generate a new look(bad or good).

Agree with your guys opinion on the tail panel:

http://www.rk-collection.com/images/...maroRK1/81.jpg

This car doesn't compare to the Mule and many others on this site in my books. Less is more sometimes.

Nice car but I agree, don't care much for the tail lights. Nice color

Bingo:thumbsup: Some things are best left alone.

When you screw around with perfection, you something perfectly screwed up.

Alot of work in that car for sure. Modifying the lines and body of the first gen's is scary for me, that for me is why I like the cars to begin with.

sunoco twist
 

THat camaro is verry nice ''BUT'' I think these are a few of the baddest camaro's out there.:D

contender
 

"all others will just be contenders for the title"

I have a problem with that sentence.

A contender is someone or something that has a real possibility of being the champion or the best. Being a contender is a good thing. Going against that car, it would not be very hard to be a 'contender' for "baddest camaro evvverrr". (read in Monster truck announcer voice.)

Money does not equal taste.

I don't know, maybe it is just me.

Darren

X2 BLACKJACK!! Those are without a doubt some of the baddest camaros on the planet! Every one of those cars is head and shoulders above the RK car in design, style and quality! :hail:
I may never have the personal talent to build a car of the caliber of these or the RK camaro, so I do give a ton of credit to the folks involved in producing all of them.

Yup great choices, going through my pics I can see at least another DOZEN killer Camaro's at the top of the list.

Jeff Hanson's 69
Scott Gulbranson's 69
Steve Lenning's 69
SW's '69
Johnny 51's '69
Stuart Adam's '69
Autokraft Black '69
Prodigy Customs '68
Vinnie's '68
DSE Test Car '69
Killer Custom's '69
ANY Mark Steilow built '69

*Edit* and

Fesler's Draco '69
James Shipka's '67 Onelap

Well, let's just hope they take this car to some of the various racing events and prove they're man enough to back up their claims. If you read closely, the claim starts with, "The car is designed to ...". Being 'designed to' do something versus actually doing it are 2 different things. A lot of work went into that car so I wish them the best of luck.

Good Call!!!
 

I couldn't have said it better Ryan!! lol:hail: :cheers:

I'd leave out Bad Penny as well. All it did was win the optima challenge. No biggie. :unibrow:

No no, Blackjack posted a pic of it above, that's why I didn't put it in there. (I was adding to his choices)

Penny is one of the baddest camaro's on the planet for sure. :hail:

Here I will put a list of baddest 1st gen Camaro's together (Please I am sorry if I forgot any)

The Mule
Bad Penny
G-Force Fuel
G-Force Devious
Vegas '69
Ring Bros Razor '69
Jeff Hanson's 69
Scott Gulbranson's 69
Steve Lenning's 69
SW's '69
Johnny 51's '69
Stuart Adam's '69
Autokraft Black '69
Prodigy Customs '68
Vinnie's '68
DSE Test Car '69
Killer Custom's '69
ANY Mark Steilow built '69
Fesler's Draco '69
James Shipka's '67 Onelap

Man, there sure is A LOT of '69's on that list. Nothing wrong with that. Just an observation. :D

sunoco twist
 

HERE ARE A FEW JUST FOR YOU..70rs:unibrow:

when we think as far a over the top,out of the box "baddest" camaro like what thier building i think of RAZOR as the bar setter... anyone who has seen that car in person i think would agree, they thought of ever inch on that car, even down to so trim for the windows weather striping.
and for me the RK does nothing for me... looks like killer quality but just doesent flow to well.

camaro
 

incredible build but definately some not to my tastes though

Who built it?

When you take a build "to the edge" you're bound to get into a "love it/hate it" deal.

Note from Penny... "anytime.. any place... " :lol:

Food for thought. By appearances this car has a lot of hand fabricated pieces in it. Some you don't even see. One could say more then most and certainly more then some on the list I see in this thread.. Penny is not even close. no offense intended but the amount of Fab on the two cars is quite diff.

With that said the taillights are not may taste. I would go as far as to say they are gross. 700 hp Big block... Ummm I built one of those in high school. However I never built 1/2 of the stuff you don't see on this car... look close at the added frame supports.. Top notch. You see those pedals...

In any event Nice car and their is no Baddest camaro.. they are all bad ass!
:hail:

More info on the white 69 with the hockey stripe and custom spoilers please.

Scott Mock's 69 Sunoco Camaro
http://chubbysfab.shutterfly.com/

No offense taken.. There's not much.. actually any body fab work done to Penny since I actually like the classic lines and trim.

I think people were refering to the performance aspect more than the amount of work that went into the car. There's no doubt that a TON of bodywork went into that car.

Besides, Penny isn't really even Pro-Touring.. more Streetfighter...