Reinventing the OneLapCamaro...

[CarlC]

10,000 hours at an average of 50 miles/hr = 500,000 miles of night driving. That ought to do a few OLoA's.

[fleet]

Cool that the legendary Dick Harrell put this American Racing wing on the COPO cars he tweaked back in '69. The 'Spoiler equipment package' was $48 back them.

Wings are about the same now, right James?

[Matt@BOS]

Here is another picture of the OLC's new fenders, which might give a better idea of the shape. Once everything is painted I don't think the changes will stand out that much.

[James OLC]

Originally Posted by compos mentis

Cool that the legendary Dick Harrell put this American Racing wing on the COPO cars he tweaked back in '69. The 'Spoiler equipment package' was $48 back them.

Wings are about the same now, right James?

My thinking is more along the lines of "what would Jim Hall and Hap Sharp do if they could build a '67 today?" I know that I am WAY far away from where they would end up but they are certainly an inspiration. They used some from aero tricks that I'd love to figure out (believe me I've been scratching my head about them) but there are limits...

[James OLC]

Originally Posted by Matt.A

Here is another picture of the OLC's new fenders, which might give a better idea of the shape. Once everything is painted I don't think the changes will stand out that much.

Thanks Matt - I think that the new HRE's should be there in the next day or two and Mr. Rupp has the tires (if he hasn't dropped them off already) so the front fenders should take their final shape this week. There are a couple of "other small" touches to come on the fenders and the lower valence but nothing "huge".

[fleet]

Originally Posted by James OLC

My thinking is more along the lines of "what would Jim Hall and Hap Sharp do if they could build a '67 today?" I know that I am WAY far away from where they would end up but they are certainly an inspiration. They used some from aero tricks that I'd love to figure out (believe me I've been scratching my head about them) but there are limits...

I was referring in a facetious way about the price of wings being about the same now as in '69.

But that is cool how you're looking to figure out some of the tricks they used that have lasted for over 40 years now.

[Jr]

Is this car running stock height body bushings? It rides sooo low, that I assume it has 1/2" lowering bushings on it. I can't wait to see the front fenders with some paint. The guys at BOS did one hell of a job.

[James OLC]

Yes - stock height body bushings from SpeedTech; I found that the half height bushings create their own issues.

Best of Show is doing a great job - I agree 100%. Front tires arrived over the weekend (they are old rear tires that I ran for OUSCI last year - Michelin Pilot Sport 305/30-19) and then new HRE front wheels are due any day. Once they arrive and get mounted up then BOS can take the final steps on the lower valence.

I doubt the fenders will ever truly see paint...

[Roberts68]

Originally Posted by James OLC

I doubt the fenders will ever truly see paint...

Is this because of the vinyl graphic "wraps" used now?... or

[James OLC]

Originally Posted by Roberts68

Is this because of the vinyl graphic "wraps" used now?... or

More than likely I'll end up wrapping the car but at this point I'm not sure. I've done partial wraps for 3 years now with good luck and since this is a bit of an experiment I don't know if I want to get caught up in painting a front clip that might only be on the car for a short while.

The original plan was to do some track testing with the front end in primer to verify that everything was working "as expected" while still having the flexibility of making minor changes or improvements before calling it a day. That's still the plan but there are a lot of moving parts to the equation.

Plus, coming up with a new look is harder than it seems...