Royal Purple / V8TV Royal Sport 69 Camaro Project Update - Page 12 - Lateral-g Forums

**V8TV** · #**111** 05-22-2007, 09:38 AM

Well, we handed the completed car to Royal Purple this past weekend at Year One. There are still a few issues to resolve, as we didn't really have any time to drive the car, but the few laps we took around the event felt really good. Nice and tight. The people at Royal Purple are going to wrap up the final details, and then we hope to get it out on a track and see what it will do. Thanks to all for the support and help on this one... it never would have happened without everyone's help and input. Thanks to Scott and the Lateral-G community for letting us post here... this is truly the best enthusiast forum on the web!

- KO

**XcYZ** · #**112** 05-23-2007, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by V8TV

Thanks to the Lateral-G community for letting us post here... this is truly the best enthusiast forum on the web!

- KO

Thanks for the kind words, Kevin. I'm glad you and Kelle choose to hang out here.

Hdesign · #**113** 05-23-2007, 02:03 PM

Looks awesome Kevin! Great job!

**clill** · #**114** 05-23-2007, 04:00 PM

Power Tour ?????

G-Body · #**115** 05-23-2007, 04:51 PM

The extrems people will go to, to own a 69 camaro is mind bogling, wow

**V8TV** · #**116** 05-23-2007, 05:09 PM

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Charlie - Maybe Power Tour 2008... they want to add some miles to this car before it goes to resolve any issues... I know of a few that popped up at YearOne, so I think it's a good idea to be patient.

And G-Body - it's more like the extremes people will go to when putting on a TV show. We thought it would be cool to do this car... looking back, there were easier ways, but nobody had ever done this much on an enthusiast show before. It was the closest thing you could come to Extreme Makeover Home Edition without the house!

**XcYZ** · #**117** 05-23-2007, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by G-Body

The extrems people will go to, to own a 69 camaro is mind bogling, wow

Thanks for putting a negative spin on an otherwise good thread.

Garage Dog 65 · #**118** 05-24-2007, 12:58 PM

I had a few years as a broadcast engineer and to think that someone could do this awsome car - while at the same time setting up the shot lists, writting scripts, being the talent (in front and behind the camera), doing editing and post production, running a business, a web site, ordering parts, doing a full time TV show -- and then -- build the car !

Thanks for making the rest of us feel like real couch potatoes.....

All the best !

Jim

shanekennedy · #**119** 05-27-2007, 06:37 AM

what happened with your last episode, the one with the race trailer howto. it was a complete infomercial. i understand you guys need advertisement income, but you need a balance of useful/interesting information & ads. this last episode was worse than 2-guys-garage (the kings of automotive infomercials).

this episode aside, i love your show & have watched every airing.

shane

**V8TV** · #**120** 05-27-2007, 09:39 AM

Hey Shane,

Yes, the current episode is a departure from what we normally do - and there's a story behind it.

I guess it would have been in infomercial if we did generate revenue for it, but that was not the case. After airing 54 episodes of the show, Nick Scavo and I had a conversation about the importance of having a dialed-in race trailer as a part of a winning strategy. So we decided to shoot a trailer makeover with a shop tour feature and see how it was received. We get lots of email from people wanting to see how stuff is made, kind of like they do on the Made In America show and the like. So we tried it. We didn't gain anything from it, but it apparently appears that we did. Your comments are noted.

Some of the other elements like the techniques of polishing aluminum at Rad Rides with Tap Magic were also straight editorial, we didn't receive anything from Tap Magic beyond a couple free samples. We did show some other new parts like the Holley DVD and the MSD e-curve distributor, which I think are both cool items.

The next episode returns to the more traditional V8TV format; in fact, it's a wrap-up on the Royal Sport project from start to finish. I'd welcome comments to that one as well.

Thanks for watching the show and taking the time to let us know what you think. After all, we're airing this for enthusiasts like you, and we'd prefer you enjoy the show.

- Kevin Oeste