Trakon's new C28 to be at SEMA. - Lateral-g Forums

trapin · #1 09-19-2005, 08:31 AM

I posted this at PT.com, thought I'd share it over here in case anyone didn't see it. Matt King in Hot Rod is reporting in October's issue about a company in Sterling Heights, Michigan called 'Trakon' that is going to be building '68 Camaros mated to C5 suspensions with exterior ground effects and powered by a GMPP 572. They hope to have a prototype ready for SEMA this year. Keep an eye out for this one. If you haven't received the lasted Hot Rod, pic one up. There's a rendering shown...looks killer.

Here's their website: Trakon

The link to the 'Customs' part of the site doesn't work yet but the other link does.

See....somebody out there loves us '67/'68 owners.

Kris Horton · #2 09-19-2005, 10:40 AM

Sounds like another rip-off off of 50/50...

*edit* It doesn't make it any less cool I suppose, but it must be a pain for Tyler...

TravisB · #3 09-19-2005, 10:50 AM

the link does not work for me!

trapin · #4 09-19-2005, 12:33 PM

Kris...I doubt that.

The '68 model was probably preferred due to it's open wheel house.

I'm going to try and get a scan of the sketch in here so everyone can see what it looks like. It was designed by Dave Ross at GM. I'm going to go up to Design North to talk to him about it tomorrow. Hopefully he can get me into Trakon for a sneak peek. Or hell...maybe I'll knock on the back door and they'll let me in with my GM identification. They do a lot of prototype work for GM.

Kris Horton · #5 09-19-2005, 01:39 PM

Tony,

That's cool. Should be better than the 50/50-style 69 that Hot Rod magazine did last year...

Damn True · #6 09-19-2005, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Kris Horton

Tony,

That's cool. Should be better than the 50/50-style 69 that Hot Rod magazine did last year...

Actually, it looks a bit like some of your renderings of "future" F-bodys.

chicane · #7 09-23-2005, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Kris Horton

Sounds like another rip-off off of 50/50...

*edit* It doesn't make it any less cool I suppose, but it must be a pain for Tyler...

Yeah...... reminds me of G/28.

Kris Horton · #8 09-24-2005, 12:30 AM

What's the deal with G/28? I hear you mentioning it from time to time. Did PHR steal the name or was it just a coincidence?

Kris

**Steve Chryssos** · #9 09-24-2005, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Kris Horton

Did PHR steal the name or was it just a coincidence?
Kris

They must have stolen it. The name is such a stroke of creative genius that no two minds could have possibly fathomed its brilliance.

Let's see: GEE rhymes with ZEE, so instead of Z/28: G/28?

See? There's no chance whatsoever for coincidence. Now what else rhymes with Z? Ummmm......... C? Yeah, C/28!

Wow! Shinoda would be blown away by the boundless creativity.

ProdigyCustoms · #10 09-24-2005, 10:15 AM

I will be very intersted in the finished project. There are so many issues and potential sacrifices that must be accepted to do the C5 install, I will be very curious to see how they deal issues. It looks like they raised the suspension in the front, to lower the body. Which means they would have to do the same thing in the rear. Which makes the torque tbe very high in the body making for a very tall hump. I wonder if they strteched the torque tube, or set the motor under the dash. It appears they are using the original Corvette front k member which requires the engine to sit behind the wheels, which put's the engine under the dash, which creates it's own issues and sacrifices. I spent a lot of time thinking about a C5 install, it was the original plan for Prodigy. I'll be curious to see how someone with their skills and engineering abilities deals with things.

If anyone gets anymore pictures I would love to see them. This is probably the car I am most interested in seeing at SEMA