Ironworks Project Donkey Kong Transformation

[ironworks]

Well Ladies and Gentlemen, I have funny story for you about a guy named Nic who lives in Bakersfield Ca. He bought this 68 Camaro off a co-worker of his. And began to search around trying to find someone to build his dream car. He was flipping through an issue of Camaro Performers, that had a short blup about Rich Allen's 68. He thought man that is good looking project, well in that article it said nothing about Ironworks as far as location, so he did an internet search and found our website. Well He was shocked to find out that we were in Bakersfield of all places. So he gave us a call and came by to talk about building his car. Well upon arrival he also met Frank who is local who owns the 48 truck and he knew him from some business dealings. At that point we talked about some work we had done on a 37 Ford for a buddy of Frank's named Frank. At that point Nic said "you mean the tan 37 Ford? That's my neighbor Frank who owns the Italian Restaurant? I was wondering where that car had been for a while." Well at that point I realized I needed to maybe do some door to door sales in Frank and Nic's neighbor hood. Sounds like a good neighbor hood for car building.

Well enough of the emotional made for TV Drama stuff. Nic already had picked up an LS3 with a 4L60 trans from the dealer. We talked about some different options for his build and decided to go with complete Speedtech Suspension set up on this project. We bought the headers and everything from Speedtech. We then ordered the complete Marquez Design Interior kit, the Billet hinges and handles from the Ring brothers and the axles from Moser and the brakes are on order from Wilwood. We ordered a Rick's Fuel tank and a ton of other parts.

We then began with the suspension and drivetrain install. We installed the Vintage Air Front runner on the engine and installed the headers. We got everything major installed in the car to begin our Fabrication around these parts. We built our own mini tubs and got those in place. We installed the DSE sub frame connectors and mocked up the front sheetmetal. We cut out the old dash and Mocked up the Marquez unit and set up the steering column. Currently we are working to widen the inner wheel tubs in the front to clear the wider tires.

Here is a rendering that Carter Hickman has been working on for us. We have some more changes. But this is where we are currently.


How the car came in and why it got it's name. DONKey Kong


No Camaro is complete without a King of the Cage sticker.

[cdushane]

It's a small world now isn't it Rodger? Looks like that's going to be one sweet ride Keep the pics coming on this one!

[ironworks]

A pic of the mini tubs.


Overall pic of the car

[tobenk]

Man that's goin be awesome when it's finished. Love the shop too.

[Jr]

Originally Posted by ironworks

Well Ladies and Gentlemen, I have funny story for you about a guy named Nic who lives in Bakersfield Ca. He bought this 68 Camaro off a co-worker of his. And began to search around trying to find someone to build his dream car. He was flipping through an issue of Camaro Performers, that had a short blup about Rich Allen's 68. He thought man that is good looking project, well in that article it said nothing about Ironworks as far as location, so he did an internet search and found our website. Well He was shocked to find out that we were in Bakersfield of all places. So he gave us a call and came by to talk about building his car. Well upon arrival he also met Frank who is local who owns the 48 truck and he knew him from some business dealings. At that point we talked about some work we had done on a 37 Ford for a buddy of Frank's named Frank. At that point Nic said "you mean the tan 37 Ford? That's my neighbor Frank who owns the Italian Restaurant? I was wondering where that car had been for a while." Well at that point I realized I needed to maybe do some door to door sales in Frank and Nic's neighbor hood. Sounds like a good neighbor hood for car building.

Well enough of the emotional made for TV Drama stuff. Nic already had picked up an LS3 with a 4L60 trans from the dealer. We talked about some different options for his build and decided to go with complete Speedtech Suspension set up on this project. We bought the headers and everything from Speedtech. We then ordered the complete Marquez Design Interior kit, the Billet hinges and handles from the Ring brothers and the axles from Moser and the brakes are on order from Wilwood. We ordered a Rick's Fuel tank and a ton of other parts.

We then began with the suspension and drivetrain install. We installed the Vintage Air Front runner on the engine and installed the headers. We got everything major installed in the car to begin our Fabrication around these parts. We built our own mini tubs and got those in place. We installed the DSE sub frame connectors and mocked up the front sheetmetal. We cut out the old dash and Mocked up the Marquez unit and set up the steering column. Currently we are working to widen the inner wheel tubs in the front to clear the wider tires.

Here is a rendering that Carter Hickman has been working on for us. We have some more changes. But this is where we are currently.


How the car came in and why it got it's name. DONKey Kong

Looks like the Camaro is on hydraulics.

Keep up the good work. Your mini tub looks good. Where did you guys get the rear tubs?

[HWY Nova]

Originally Posted by DJW32

Looks like the Camaro is on hydraulics.

Keep up the good work. Your mini tub looks good. Where did you guys get the rear tubs?

They made them.... from scratch ......

I saw them last Friday. They look even better in person.



--Eric

[ironworks]

The tubs are just standard tubs we build for 67-68 to allow for a 335 rear tire. They are made from 2 pieces of 18 gauge steel.

Thanks

[tones2SS]

Very nice!!! That is going to be a nice car.
DONKey Kong!!! lollll....

[ironworks]

Well Guys Donkey Kong is progressing pretty quickly through the build process. We have all the sheetmetal work wrapped up except for what gets done on the rotiesirre. We have the Marquez interior kit and billet parts installed. The Speedtech stuff went in very nicely. The sheetmetal fit up work was was really easy. Actually replacing the door hinges to aftermarket ones improved the fit up since they did not fit like the old ones, they were bigger which made the hood gap great. Well check out the progress, we plan to have this car in Primer and on the way to paint right around SEMA. Nic should be rolling this car in early spring.






We are going with the "New" 3 piece Sprocket wheels from Schott wheels. 18x10 and 18x12.

Rodger

[ja.stoner63]

Rodger, over the top work from the start. Thanks for sharing.