Fletcher's Customs 70 Camaro "Shop Beater v3.0"
 

WE are headed north in a few hours to pick up the new shop car. Kevin (70gotboost) on here put his almost complete 70 Camaro up for sale, and I just couldn't pass it up. Just screams sexy with that sexy orange paint, and very nice Vortech blown 388 SBC under the hood. And the fact it mini tubbed and painted makes it a easy turn around for us in between other paying jobs. WE are doing the full DSE treatment with the subframe, quadralink, double adj remote cannister coilovers, wiper motor, etc. Also outfitting with some Forgeline comp zx3r in 18" with Toyo R888 rubber. Plan is to get suspension underneath it and do some events and beat it like red headed step child. I'll post a bunch of pics this weekend once we get home from the 24 hour roadtrip to get it.

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Pinks!!!
 

Wanna race?!?!?! :unibrow:

Too bad you couldn't call it "shop beater v2.0" :rofl:

Nice ride

You shot that plan to hell!!

Very cool. Color is awesome, but I am biased!!! lolllll......
Should be killer with the DSE stuff! Keep us posted.:thumbsup:

New Project Name attached! :yes:

Grreat Pumpkin...
 

Ha Ha - Believe it or not, that was painted on the side of the car back in the early '80's when it was a 671 blower car... "The Great Pumpkin".

-Déjà vu

Thats a great looking car, a nice project too.

Well its 1:15am and were about 115 miles away from kevins place! Gonna get close and go to sleep for a couple hours then meet him about 5am and load it up and head back home

Why haven't you finished the Freedom Bird?

Besides fluids,cranking and tuning the bird is done! All that has to wait till it gets off the show tour end of march

In addition to filming for PowerBlock TV on March 3rd, the FREEDOMBIRD will "fly" to the Race and Performance Expo March 6-7 in St Charles , IL AND the Hot Rod and Restoration Show March 11-13 in Indianapolis.

How did the pick up go in the "pumpkin patch" this morning Chad?

We're all excited for you my friend!!!!! :lateral:

he's either sleeping now or driving back...
 

The send off went off without a hitch, and yes there were tears in my eyes!!! Chad and Jerry are AWESOME people and I am SOOO glad I sold the car to him. They pulled out of the driveway around 7am headed for home.

Couldn't be happier with the :lateral: family!!!

Thanks,
Kevin

Hope you guys have a safe trip home!

They just left here about 30 minutes ago... WOW!!! What a nice car!!!!!!!
Chad's going to make it even better but it's got some sexy racecar stuff on it already! :unibrow:

They should be home in just a couple more hours... Jerry took over driving duties so hopefully Chad will get some rest. Even at the end of a 16-hour turn-n-burn he was still crazy excited about the car! :woot:

Cool
 

Chad

CAR LOOKS SHARP..:thumbsup: Hope you guys had a good trip.. I couldnt sleep if i had that car in a trailer coming home...NO WAY...
Remember "BUDGET" ...LOL

Tom

Got a text that said they got home safe... Chad was exhausted and has an early morning tomorrow... I'm sure he'll be on here sometime tomorrow afternoon though...

thanks
 

Ty.. thanks .. he didnt respond to my text ,so i figured hes passed out. I know he was amped up to get the car ..

Tom

We got in about 5:30 last night. 22 hours on the road. I was wooped passed out around 8! Got the car out this afternoon to get the parts needed list together. Started looking at the 19/20 forgelines I got on the challenger and then it happened! There now sitting under the shop beater! 345 rear baby! I will get a couple pics up in the morning

Here's a picture with the 19x10 and 20x13 Forgelines. Still undecided if there gonna stay. It would help the budget a lot if I didn't have to buy new wheels.
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Forgelines!!!
 

I think they look PERFECT on there brother!!! :thumbsup:

That thing is going to look KILLER when you get the Anvil pieces on there!!

Nice looking project you've got there Chad! Good luck with it.

wheels
 

YES...That works
:thumbsup:

now we need a pic from another angle because its gotta look nasty with the 345 width under there ..

Tom

Its gonna be next week before any new pics and progress. As its now sitting back in the trailer. I'm flying out to Austin in a few hours for work , and I'll be there for a week. After that hopefully parts will start rolling in and we can get started

trip
 

Chad

Oh yeah ,forgot about the business trip. Well have a safe trip ..You got a really good start with the Fletchers Customs Camaro. :thumbsup:

Tom

absolutely no reason to change those forgelines I think
looks great and I'm sure they also perform.

Tonny

You might get a little snow tomorrow afternoon. Enjoy your week in Austin while you are here.

Well I'm finally back from my 10 day business trip. We should have truck loads of parts rolling in this week and early next week. She'll finally get her spot in the shop tonight when we roll her out of the trailer and get to work. Stay tuned as there will be a ton of stuff going on over the next couple of weeks

I really like the car you are building I'm always impressed with the work you do and the parts you use:thumbsup:

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Looks like a fun build

Very nice project. I can't wait to see the parts you ordered.

Got a nice gaggle of goodies from Anvil Auto this week.
-Power Bulge hood
-Deck lid
-Center Spoiler section
-dash panel
-filler panel
-core support closeout

Just ordered some other goodies from Fesler!!
-Hood Hinges
-strikers
-halogen head lights
-jamb vents
-core support braces

We have also partenered up with BMR suspension to do a full kit from them like we did on Ty's FreedomBird! There customer support and help are greatly appreciated on this project also. Plus it gives the a real world test car that they can get feedback from!!

Well I spent a good bit of last night going over the car, it finally made it the shop for the first time since it came home. So we got to go over some things and get a parts list together, do some measureing for some thing to order, and get a good feel of how long of a project its gonna be. We also go to unbox these awesome Carbon Fiber pieces from Anvil Auto. I just "love" me some carbon!!! We did a quick bolt on for some pics, and to check fitment with the blower and hood. All is good!!!


This week we will doing what we can while waiting on parts. Still lots to come so stay tuned

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Love those Anvil parts.Parts an people top notch.Project look's great.:thumbsup:

They do some awesome work at Anvil. That is a sweet list of parts your geting.

Dropped some more in the parts bucket this morning for the fuel system

-Ricks Stainless Sumped tank, thanks to Hector for all his help
-Aeromotive A1000 with 10 and 100 micron filters
-tons of braided hose and fittings

We are slowly progressing on the project. Under hood is wrapped up and and complete American Autowire harness has been installed. going to start the fuel plumbing this week along with the interior install. Still waiting on the rest of the BMR suspension to get here as well as a few other odds and ends. Kid of slow go as we are finishing up "freedombird" and getting it ready to send home to Ty!!

Shop Beater V3.0 is now registered and will be attending the following events

-Motor State Challenge June 18th-20th
-Speed bySpectre 341 Challenge June 25-26
-Peach State MuscleCar Challenger- July 2nd-4th
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