Got best Camaro/Firebird at a carshow yesterday. I thought I had no chance because there were so man 67-69 Camaro's that were perfect in everyway...but somehow, I managed to beat them all. And for being 22 years old and doing all the work myself, it was a definent payoff


Here are some picture from the show:





My brothers:


Awesome Trans Am with some cool ghost flames and the TA bird:




And an SS



I'm just about ready to bring my hood in the show and repaint it because of a few defects...I'll also get a replacement grill for my hood. Still tossing up the idea of putting the factory fenders back on and shaving the locks and handles.

 

nice car!

 

very nice. congratulations.

-Schultzy

 

you deserved it! damn that car is so nice.

 

your car is one of my favorites on this site.. congrats on the award.

what kind of engine mods do you have, other then the polishing, pullies, and headers?? I'd like to have a good chat with you about the corvette fuel rail covers.. they look sweet and I've wanted to put a set on my car for a year now..

 

As for the engine, Underdrive Pulleys, 52MM BBK TB, Ram Air Boxes, TB bypass, Ported Polished Plenum, MSD Ignition, Jet Chip, Edelbrock Headers, 3 inch Flowmaster exhaust, 3 inch electronic cutout, and still in process for nitrous. I don't race, but it's cool just to have the power. I would like to have some internal work done, but I really don't know much about the internals and what mods can be done.

 

Very nice car! Congrats on the award, sounded like u had some tough competition with all the first gens. The car looks great.

 

you have to remember that shows like that typically judge on all things relative meaning that someone with a 69 show car that is perfect is going to be judged perfect to every degree. it's rare nowdays to see the same effort put into a thirdgen.

good job.

 

congrats man, your car is damn nice

 

awesome, your car is very deserving of the award, I always love to see new pics of the car! I think shaving the handles/locks would work well for your car too.

 

wow is that a corvette engine

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by crazy3rdgen
wow is that a corvette engine [/QUOTE
yea i woundering about that also tell me more about your engine.

 

Always nice to see your car man, great job.

I also like what you've done with the fuel rail covers. If I were you I would have done something like these custom ls1 covers




http://www.afterthoughtsauto.com/fuel-rail-covers.html

Keep it up.

 

I can never beleive how flawless the paint on your car looks all the time. any tips/secrets? PM me congrats on the award!

 

I saw you are from Alexandria, I'm from Lafayette. We'll have to get our cars together sometime and get some pictures.

Owning two black Trans Ams (one a GTA) I can really appericate your shine. Nice job on the trophy.

 

Im not surprised that you won. you put alot of hard work into your car and it shows. Nice job man

 

wow that's an acomplishment congradulations!!! nice car!!!

 

That car gives me a happy feeling in my pants, everytime.

 

Thanks for all the compliments guys, I really appreciate it. As all of you guys know....black is the hardest paint to keep clean...and to keep looking nice. One of the best tips I can give for black cars is to always use clean microfiber towels to wipe it off. If you use a dirty towel...even if there are small particles in it...it will scratch the finish to pieces. I've also upgrade to microfiber applicator pads, which really helps when applying polish. Another thing to make a car look super clean is to make sure all of the weather stripping is kept nice...replace it if it's cracked or worn out. Also use small camel hair detail brushes between cracks to remove residue. And everyone who ownes a show car has to have a california duster! Those are just some of the simple things to make a dark color look clean.


The vette fuel rail covers are just temporary...but...shaving the "Corvette" and putting like "Z28 Camaro" would be niiiice...that might be up next

 

that is a really sweet camaro man. i think you should go with the camaro feul rail covers as well, plus it would match better with your paint/wheels, etc. this is kind of off topic, but how do you like your electronic cutout?

 

There is nothing better than a clean & straight black car. Looks Good

 

I wouldn't use those exact words, but I agree with him... i think.

 

Congrats, very nicely done.
I love that car.

I concur on the black being hard to keep clean. :/ Not to mention that it magnifies every little defect. I'm going to eventually paint the IROC black, but it'll be a weekend car, that'll be easier to keep looking good.

 

Looks good as always shawn. Congrats. What do you use to keep your spark plug wires nice and neat? Are they wire looms?

 

Congrats man! Your car looks great! You still looking for new rims?

 

I always loved that car!! Great Job

~Nikki~

 

nice job. your brothers car looks exactly like the 84 i had except for the hood. i even had the same rims on it.

 

Personally i think its disgusting !!!




They only gave you 1 Trophy????????

 

Congrats man! That Camaro is amazing! Keep up the great work..

 

hey look... it does comes out of the garage!

cool beans man, congrats

nice to see a 3rd beat out the usual 1st gens

 

thanks for all the comments guys

 

I've always loved your car, congrats on a job well done!