Thrift Shop Camaro
 

I am finally getting around to starting my build thread as I have been putting it off for a while now. Some of you might remember my last car, Dead Cat, for those that do not here are a couple of pics.

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My new project is going to be the polar opposite of the one pictured above. It is going to be very raw and hopefully very fast.

I owned the yellow car for 19 years and always wanted a magazine quality car. After the car was complete and I started doing the "Run Through..." events, I found that I liked driving on the track way more than I liked driving on the street. Dead Cat was sold last year and now lives in AZ.

My new project is the Thrift Shop Camaro. Since I live in the heart of NASCAR country, I plan on using as many used race parts to build my car as will work with the direction I want this build to go. The name came to me when I met a guy that deals in used parts and I went to his storage building. As you can tell by the photos, the name just kind of jumped out at me as I was shopping.

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It continues
 

So here is the project car in all her glory, rougher than most but a diamond in the rough...at least that is what we all think when we are buying one of these piles.

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Yes! :thumbsup:

Been waiting for this... gonna be a killer. :guns:

Oh yeah, my diamond looked like that once too! :G-Dub:

The Plan
 

Dave has been on me to post up my build. I told him that it was so similar to what he was doing that I was just going to add my name to the title of his thread. If you have been following his thread, you have a good idea what I am about to lay out for mine. Same idea, but different coast, the highlights of my plan are as follows:

All aluminum SB2.2 10:1 stroked to 400 ci (actually 393 but close enough)

Jerico or Tex dog ring 4 speed

Full frame with Jake's Hot Rod Shop suspension

Body dropped on frame with a ride height of 4 inches

11.5 front rims and 13 rear

Lexan

Wide body

Full cage

^ I'll have what he's having...:lol:

Payton you shop at the best places! Go Daddy...:cheers:

Rock on Payton! This will be fun to watch.

Another epic build from Payton but in race car form. Sign me up!!

Cool project, I think your nuts to sell such a nice car and build one again. :lol:

Have fun buddy :thumbsup:

Awesome, I think i was standing next to you car a few weeks ago. I know there was a full chassis on the Jig... Might have been yours.. I will stop by Jakes rub it for luck.. for ya... :cheers:

Are you going to run those NASCAR brakes?

Subscribed...

Going with a down and dirty paint job?

Payton can't wait to see how this one comes out!! My Camaro was the same color green as yours!!!

Man I loved the dead cat!!! :bang: :bang:

Can't wait to see this one... Where is the car getting built at?

I checked yesterday to see if you had started a build thread, Car is going to be SWEET, Thanks for all the tips on my project

I am relatively new to the site and haven't seen anything like this from the start, for racing that is.....really looking forward to following this. Btw, your yellow one was/is absolutely SICK!!!. Never saw it in any of the rags though, I've only seen it in your avatar.

Mike

Here is a feature on Dead Cat https://lateral-g.net/king/

I've found Heaven

Yeah....this is going to be good.

:popcorn2:

Flash ain't gonna sleep tonight after seeing those pics. :D

Dead Cat was a sweet ride, can't wait to see how this one turns out. Alot of cool builds going on right now.

Glad you are better at building them than naming them...:D Definitely be watching this puppy come together.

Oh I will sleep fine. Payton and I have been shopping at the same stores recently. :)

Geeze all I need :rolleyes: one more Camaro build that I have to admit I like :thumbsup:



For Paytons sake I hope he is buying his motor parts from a different source. :bitchslap: :cheers:

Says the guy who named his car after a really bad Mel Gibson movie. :lol:

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... And I'm sure this is what Payton named his car after. :lol:

When I saw the title this immediately started playing in my mind.

^^ now that's pretty funny. :lmao:

Can't wait to see how this one turns out Payton. That's my kind of "thrift store" btw. I gotta keep that in mind next time I visit NC.

I had this same idea in my head, but a little more like a "Late Model" type racecar. Wide 5 hubs, quickchange etc.

We will have to catch up at one of the events this year. I am in the Hickory area.
I dont post here much. Same username on PT.

Good luck....Sounds like a killer setup!!

Randy

Ding, ding , ding...we have a winner!
 

Matt is about right on the video. I have 2 boys 10 and 13 and I have listened to that song about 1 million times to and from soccer practice. It does fit though. First time I went to that guy's storage building I had a specific amount of cash in my pocket to get a gas pedal. Once I was there I knew I was going to be short on cash. Next time, I had more than $20 dollars and I was poppin' tags.

Lots of used NASCAR and circle track re-sellers in the area. He is just one of many. Next time I go up to Roush /Yates I will get some photos. Imagine a Home Depot, but with race parts filling the shelves. Motors on pallets stack in the shelves, entire car on one isle. It is crazy.

As soon as I figure out how to do the questions in quotes it will be easier to answer specific questions. Before I started the build, I was going to get a Howe road race front clip and run the 5x5 hubs and all the circle stuff.

Tough to be creative with a name for a project when I am not creative enough to do something other than a Camaro. It is a little goofy to name you car or project anyway, but how else do you keep your seperate from the others? "I am the guy doing the 1st gen Camaro on the site." Yea, that narrows me down to about 1000 projects. LOL

Somebody asked about NASCAR brakes. Kind of...using an AP calliper used in circle track with a lug mount on a floater with a Grand National hub in the rear. I will post up some pics later on that one.

The yellow car was on the Cover of Camaro Performers and had an 8 page spread. April of 2009 (Thank you Mr. Rupp!)

As far as paint, you may be looking at it. Going to replace the roof so it will be in primer, may leave the rest of the car as is until I get it sorted. It will be a wide body, but may cut out the fenders and quarter dirt track style for a season.

This is my inspiration photo/drawing

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...onking/DTM.jpg

I like the way you're thinking! :thumbsup:

I am a big
 

DTM fan and going to try and give it that twist. Once the tires and wheels are on, I am going to use foam and cardboard and see if I can get the look. May look like crap, but I will never know until I try.

If you can pull it off and make it "just barely street legal" for an occasional romp on public roads it would be neck snapper! Really looking forward to seeing where your vision and resourcefulness takes you on this one. :thumbsup:

(PS - Please don't put two little white stripes on it.....LOL)

Holy hell that's the fastest rendering i have ever seen :-).. just looking at it makes me think.. fast!
:RunninDog:

Thinking
 

more along the lines of a flat white vinyl wrap that I saw on 75% of the cars this year at SEMA...continuing to be original. May even go with a dark gold rim like the old school stuff. No Z stripes on this one.

instant favorite! Looks like Jakes suspension keeps getting faster and faster around here

You might enjoy grazing on some of the images and info on this site:
http://www.scharch.org/Cars/Monza_Ra...on_Chassis.htm

That was a cool little piece of history
 

it is amazing what you can find with a google search.

Time to start cutting
 

You cannot have a full frame car with the floors and trunk in the way, unless you are The Roadster Shop. The plan is to cut out the offending metal, plate the inner rockers and slide the body over the frame.

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I'm a big fan of jagged metal, and used parts. You know that cheap=fun in my book. Its funny how many guys(me included) got a case of the as$ after having a super shiny high end magazine car. Kinda took the fun out of it, plus the fact that 150mph blasts seem to take there toll on shiny cars.

As far as the thread name, from a guy who had Muttstang, or $5k budget Mustang, I feel people in glass houses, you know.Can't wait to see this come together.