69 Camaro at Best of Show - Lateral-g Forums

George Manont · #1 02-25-2010, 06:41 AM

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Super Car.....

..... From Super Son...........

...........to Super Dad !

Congrats, Matt....You're THE Man

See my ride.... https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=24399

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MoparCar · #2 02-25-2010, 12:11 PM

Matt,
What a great car and project. I love the outcome and the color!

It appears that you did not weld up the seams between the quarters and the deck lid filler panel at the rear window. Do you know what BOS used for sealer in this area? So many seams crack and I'd love to know their solution. I think I'm seeing that correctly in the finished pictures.

Thanks, Wes

**Matt@BOS** · #3 02-25-2010, 02:25 PM

Thanks for the kind words guys,

George, I remember seeing pictures of your Mustang from your original post. Very cool project!

Wes, You are correct, we left all the original seams. I'm not really a fan of the completely smoothed everything look. I'm not sure about the type/brand of seam sealer, but I'm going to be down there on Saturday so I'll ask for you.

Matt

MoparCar · #4 02-25-2010, 04:38 PM

Matt, thanks for checking---Wes

phillym5 · #5 02-26-2010, 05:14 PM

During my month long "house shopping" visit here is So. Cal... I stopped by Best of Show today and saw this puppy in real life.

Not only is this Camaro sick in photo's... in person it looks just as good.... even better really.

Nice meeting the fellas running the shop. Cool group of dudes for sure. Thanks for the shop tour!!

kalis.

**Matt@BOS** · #6 02-27-2010, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by phillym5

During my month long "house shopping" visit here is So. Cal... I stopped by Best of Show today and saw this puppy in real life.

Not only is this Camaro sick in photo's... in person it looks just as good.... even better really.

Nice meeting the fellas running the shop. Cool group of dudes for sure. Thanks for the shop tour!!

kalis.

Thinking of relocating the "Best Coast?"
The BOS crew are indeed a great group, especially when they hand out carne asada on Fridays, I hope you were there for that part.

Matt

**Matt@BOS** · #7 03-13-2010, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MoparCar

Matt,

Do you know what BOS used for sealer in this area? So many seams crack and I'd love to know their solution. I think I'm seeing that correctly in the finished pictures.

Thanks, Wes

Wes, sorry to leave you hanging for a couple of weeks without getting back to you on the brand of seem sealer. I managed to remember to ask for you yesterday, surprising, right?. The particular brand that BOS uses is called Lord Fusor (or Fuzor, can't remember the spelling).

In general news, we are getting the car ready for Run to the Coast at El Toro. We're doing the final bits of fiberglass work on the inner fenders, then under-coating them. I'm going for an upgraded driver mod. My dad and I are headed out to Bondurant this week- should be fun. I'm not sure who is registered, but I hope to see a ton of you guys from this site at El Toro.

And lastly, because everyone loves pictures:

Matt

BigRatCamaro · #8 03-13-2010, 07:46 PM

Boy your dad is a lucky man to have a awesome car the color is great the carbon fiber is sweet just a great build

Vegas69 · #9 03-25-2010, 11:02 PM

You're just now driving it?

**Matt@BOS** · #10 03-26-2010, 11:58 AM

Greg, my dad didn't like the really light steering feel, or the feel of the manual brakes. When he drove it he sort of complained that it took a long time to brake. In reality, I think he was only using, at most, an inch of pedal travel to make the car stop. I'm sure he'll get used to it. If not that's fine too. I can think of worse things than assuming his driving duties. Besides, about two months ago he started wondering what he was going to do after the Camaro was done. I think he's been eyeing GT40 kit cars online at work ever since

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And yes, Bondurant is an absolute blast. When they mentioned handling groups, I started thinking a 1 or 2 day pro-touring group meet would be cool. BTW, you aren't one of those guys that has taken every class there at least once, are you? Not that there is anything wrong with that. I'm trying to find an excuse to go back already.

Todd, we are just now driving it. I couldn't afford to drive it sooner and have to worry about engines falling apart and the like, while still writing checks for a couple other debugging issues

Seriously though, I think Dick looks after this car like its one of his children. He probably didn't want to hand it over to either of its idiot owners before we passed Bondurant. He either woke up at 4am to take it to shows, or had it tucked away in the back of the shop under a cover, and behind cars, for the last couple months.

Matt