New Foose 69 Camaro?

[Steve Chryssos]

Originally Posted by BC69

I dont know, from that one pictures...not a fan of the front grill or the hood and paint right there. Just my opinion and I may love it once I see the entire thing.
For those that saw it, did you like it?? Steve, you dont seem too excited about it from the explaination of it.
Tim

No I like it. First of all it is a real PT car. It's not street rod-ish at all. The rocker extensions lower front valence are very subtle and tasteful. Stance/ride height is good--and realistic. Not too low. Single wide stripe is alternative--which I like. The custom grillework? I dunno. You either love it, hate it, or barely notice that it's different.

My only gripe is the rear suspension. I can't figure out HOW it works let alone decide if it's worth a damn.

As for the overall vehicle, remember that Unique tailored Foose's design for "semi-assembly line" production. So the 335's in the drawing became 295's, the ride height increased, etc. And the money? The cars will have aftermarket front and rear clips, full custom interiors, all new drivetrain, good brakes, etc. Will they be sold at premium plus? Sure, but the hardware still adds up.

I'm sure Unique's target customer (not us) will think they are getting a deal.

In the end, ya had to see it in person.

[will69camaro]

Well the girlfriend and I went down to Unique yesterday and will return for pics of the camaro next tuesday (shop was shut down for the day and no pics without the peoples consent). Monday there are 3 magazine photoshoots of the car. In their shop there was atleast 10 GT500E's and 3-4 GT350SR's. They also had a 911 that was just parked (presidents car that he hasn't driven in years), a DB9 which the presidents wife got trading a car behind his back LOL, a 69 Shelby (original) 56 big window chevy pickup, a 69 "test mule" where they test all their new stuff, a shelby cobra (not sure if it's a kit or real, i think it's a kit, barret jackson jr's own 69 convertible camaro, and a 68 camaro with a chassis engineering front clip with a supercharged LS2, baer brakes, their "exotic" rear suspension, the works. It was alot of fun to go check out the stuff and talk with the owner. Definitly worth checking out. They also had a Foose designed 05 stang that is going to see a 3000 car production run and be sold in dealerships (looked bad ass). The camaro run is going to be kept limited production (I believe i heard 250 cars). Also pricing on the camaro starts at 139k, that's with a ZZ4 basic buildup. From there you can option it with a LS2 with an optional supercharger on that. For the even more extreme there is the car built like the one that was unveiled, 189k is what i heard and it's a 572 fuel injected 650hp motor. Colors wont all be orange and grey they're looking into other colors. I'm going to try and get them to consider marquez tail lights as it looks funny to see a car with all this custom work (that looks alot better in person but not my favorite first gen i've seen by far) then walk back and see these old style tail lights. I think the modern style lights would set that car off.

Anyway if there is anything else you guys want to know there is more i'm sure i'm forgetting. Also like i said no pics for now but hopefully next week if i can get off work and get there in time.

William

[96z28ss]

Originally Posted by will69camaro

Well the girlfriend and I went down to Unique yesterday and will return for pics of the camaro next tuesday (shop was shut down for the day and no pics without the peoples consent). Monday there are 3 magazine photoshoots of the car. In their shop there was atleast 10 GT500E's and 3-4 GT350SR's. They also had a 911 that was just parked (presidents car that he hasn't driven in years), a DB9 which the presidents wife got trading a car behind his back LOL, a 69 Shelby (original) 56 big window chevy pickup, a 69 "test mule" where they test all their new stuff, a shelby cobra (not sure if it's a kit or real, i think it's a kit, barret jackson jr's own 69 convertible camaro, and a 68 camaro with a chassis engineering front clip with a supercharged LS2, baer brakes, their "exotic" rear suspension, the works. It was alot of fun to go check out the stuff and talk with the owner. Definitly worth checking out. They also had a Foose designed 05 stang that is going to see a 3000 car production run and be sold in dealerships (looked bad ass). The camaro run is going to be kept limited production (I believe i heard 250 cars). Also pricing on the camaro starts at 139k, that's with a ZZ4 basic buildup. From there you can option it with a LS2 with an optional supercharger on that. For the even more extreme there is the car built like the one that was unveiled, 189k is what i heard and it's a 572 fuel injected 650hp motor. Colors wont all be orange and grey they're looking into other colors. I'm going to try and get them to consider marquez tail lights as it looks funny to see a car with all this custom work (that looks alot better in person but not my favorite first gen i've seen by far) then walk back and see these old style tail lights. I think the modern style lights would set that car off.

Anyway if there is anything else you guys want to know there is more i'm sure i'm forgetting. Also like i said no pics for now but hopefully next week if i can get off work and get there in time.

William

$189k thats crazy!!

[Todds69]

OUCH.....Crack smokers they are mmmm...

[Kris Horton]

I have some decent pics of it that I will try to post this evening. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Foose and Unique, but their Camaro is a big yawn. I was expecting a lot more from them and was pretty disappointed in what I saw. I didn't see it in person, but the person who sent me the pics went over it very slowly and looked at everything. He said it was nicely done, but the car was far from impressive.

Kris

[will69camaro]

My feelings exactly...Parts add up and they need to get their cut but 190k is a bit too much lol. Now i know this was discussed earlier but what would the mule bring? Is that more in the ballpark than 100k?

William

[Stuart Adams]

A close source said the car was rough, and they were shocked that Foose was involved with what they felt as way below his normal standards.

[Kris Horton]

Better still, when my friend went up to Chip and asked him to see under the hood, they walked to the front of the car and they couldn't find the hood release. Turns out that unveiling was the first time he had even seen the completed car...

Again, what a bummer.

Kris

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by Stuart Adams

A close source said the car was rough, and they were shocked that Foose was involved with what they felt as way below his normal standards.

I don't know that I would call it rough.. Chip told me the car is about 95% of what he wants and they will still be changing a few things.. like the hood shape and guage cluster.

The lower front facia and lover rocker extensions were SWEET.. I don't know if I can ever get used to the car with no rear spoiler but it looked ok..

What it needs..

The complete Marquez billet set-up.. somebody from that company needs to contact Unique..

A DSE wiper motor to replace the crappy looking stock one.. hell, with the big block you can't even pull a valve cover without pulling the wiper motor..

Nicer firewall and inner fenders.. fill in the divits in the inner fenders and smooth the firewall better..

The parts on the car are very nice.. just needs more TLC on the install.. maybe they should hire me

I didn't even realize that Ricks Hot Rods made a stainless tank for the car.. I didn't crawl under it.

I look at that car and I look at my old 69.. my engine bay was nicer.. my paint was pretty close and my interior was about as nice if not a little better.. Fooses car had a nicer undercarriage and a more expensive motor..

My car $60k and his $120k... hmmmm

Then again my car does not have the Name FOOSE attached to it.. and mine took almost 2 years. I used to think the Elenore cars were overpriced at $190k but since they sold out I guess I was wrong.

Also, I heard the price will be close to $100k and not $200k...

The Foose overhauling green Mustang failed to get a $75k bid on Ebay..

again.. hmmmmmmmmm

[race-rodz]

im sorry... i dont care who's name is on it....its still a 69 camaro.... and NO 69 camaro is worth 200K..... unless the trunk is filled with gold...diamonds, or cash.

i think the mule is one of the nicest around.... and no way its worth that much......except maybe in barret jackson land