Thrift Shop Camaro - Lateral-g Forums

Payton King · #1 03-26-2013, 03:10 PM

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.

Payton King · #2 03-26-2013, 03:18 PM

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.

**Flash68** · #3 03-26-2013, 03:19 PM

Yes!

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

redfire69 · #4 03-26-2013, 03:26 PM

Oh yeah, my diamond looked like that once too!

Payton King · #5 03-26-2013, 04:07 PM

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

**Ron in SoCal** · #6 03-26-2013, 04:08 PM

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

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

**waynieZ** · #7 03-26-2013, 04:58 PM

Rock on Payton! This will be fun to watch.

Track Junky · #8 03-26-2013, 05:42 PM

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

**Rybar** · #9 03-26-2013, 05:58 PM

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

Have fun buddy

XLexusTech · #10 03-26-2013, 06:03 PM

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...

Are you going to run those NASCAR brakes?

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