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.
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.
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.
Last edited by Payton King; 03-26-2013 at 03:19 PM.
Reason: double picture
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
Last edited by Payton King; 03-26-2013 at 04:17 PM.
Reason: correction
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
Geeze all I need one more Camaro build that I have to admit I like
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Originally Posted by Flash68
Oh I will sleep fine. Payton and I have been shopping at the same stores recently.
For Paytons sake I hope he is buying his motor parts from a different source.
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Thrift Shop Camaro
one more Camaro build that I have to admit I like 
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