One detail we wanted to adjust was the grille opening itself. We wanted a slightly deeper, cleaner look to be incorporated with a waterjet honeycomb mesh.
With the addition of the twin recessed scoops on the hood, we wanted a machined bezel for each opening that picked up on the more aggressive, contemporary details we were adding on the car.
New honeycomb mesh we created for the large opening below the bumper. Fun fact: the lower honeycomb pattern is a slightly different (taller) shape than the vertical grille above. The lower one sits on a 45 angle and the upper is vertical. The taller pattern on the 45 then looks the same as the pattern on the vertical even though both meshes are at different angles.
Oh the amazing creativity ! I'm sure u can be taught to weld and fabricate , but to come up with some these very creative ideas , I believe someone is born with a creative mind not taught ! IMHO ! Look forward to seeing MORE ! Thanks
The creativity on this Camaro is really good. I'm impressed with how this one is turning out.
Why wasn't the Charger given similar details?
That's an easy answer. As with any shop, it's all about what the customer wants and most importantly how much the customer wants and doesn't want to spend. It's no more different than one individual wanting a full-on, highly customized car with one off wheels, etc and another wanting just a simple, "as it came from the factory" restoration.
Thanks for checking out our builds and all of the positive support. It was really hard keeping some of these underwraps for the past few months. Chris will be posting more and more of the "behinds the scenes" type stuff over the next few weeks as time allows.
I'm not sure why you are hating on the charger for lack of details or fabrication. (I think this is your 2nd or 3rd post about it now) There is an insane amount of detail in this car that maybe you do not see. Most of it is on the subtle side to enhance the looks and lines of the original body. At least 75% of the body was completely built from scratch or drastically modified. I think the center of the roof was the only thing left untouched. The interior is 100% hand fabricated as was the engine bay, trunk, entire chassis, belly pans, etc... Every part on the car was either built from scratch or machined specifically for this build. The only store bought items on the car are the tires, brakes, and basic mechanical parts. Everything else is a 1-off piece. We will start a build thread sometime next week to show all of the design, detail, and fabrication that went into the Charger.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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The details on that Charger were insane!
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