It has been a great weekend with my Camaro. After 3 1/2 years, I have finally completed my build and I am getting to enjoy the car for all it was built for. On Friday night, I got my special made DPE wheels with Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires. Now I can drive it all over the place on the street and autocross the car when ever I want. It took a while to decide on the wheels and tires. Because of the detail I spent on the car making it a dual purpose car, the build took a long time. If I wanted an autocross or track day car only, it would have done a long time ago. Getting the fine detail in the body lines, straightness of the panels, lighting, wipers, and other electrical took a good year and a half to two years extra.
So, with all that hard work, I finally got to drive the car all over this weekend. Saturday night, I drove it all over town. I ran into a few people I know and they stopped me to check out the car. They new I had been buildling the car but they saw if for the first time and were blown away. When I went to the gas station, a bunch of people came over and were amazed at the car. It felt so good to have the great reaction to the car after all that work. Not only do I get to appreciate the car, but others out of the blue also. I know I am not alone with this. There are so many cool cars on this forum and others that get the same reaction. I could not have built this car without a lot of great people. Mary Pozzi started it by giving me a great deal on the car. Maier Racing for their hard work getting the suspension and cage work. My body shop, Car West Elite, put in 1000 + hours into the body and paint. My buddy Rob spent many hours on the electrical doing an incredible detailed job. His many years of experience and professionalism shows getting my car street ready. My Dad has done so much and continues to be a huge part of the success of this car. There is no way this car would have been built if was not for him. I knew he could do a great job, but he far exceded what I could have dreamed he has done with this car. I am very lucky to have such an incredible Dad. It makes all that hard work and money worth it.
My daughter, future driver/owner, took a few photos and video of me over the weekend as I got the cruise the car around. I even took it to the store today after I autocrossed it in the morning!
Here are some of the photos and a short video my daughter shot.
Getting gas after the autocross today.
My daughter thought is was funny that I took the car to the store to pick up a few things. She said it was the fastest grocery getter on the road.
