Any of you guys seen the latest issue of HOTROD Magazine? Just askin....

 

Yep! Congrats to bigmods i believe?

 

Yes. I drooled all over the pages. It's bad ***. Not a fan of the gutted interior but I understand why. Car is awesome looking.

 

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Yeah, Ice9.... Seen the car on the board here. He was at the Power Tour I think.

 

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Can anyone send me a scan? I don;'t have Hot Rod here.

 

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ICE9 is the shop that painted it, thats all. Austin did everything else himself.

Austin and I drove the car on the Power Tour this year. We went from Detroit to St. Louis. We replaced the dead Walbro 255 fuel pump in the parking lot at the drag strip in St. Louis and then the car ran corrected 12.50s LOL. The rolling shot in the table of contents and the rolling shot in the article were shot with Austin driving the car, me driving the HOTROD staff suburban and Wes Allison hanging out the back snapping shots. We just kept taking laps through town to get the perfect shot. It was a good time, certainly a special opportunity for Austin and I both.

If you don't get a copy, let me know and I'll make sure you do.

Yes this is Austin's car.

One update since the article was written, the Corvette brakes are no longer on the car. He has made his own kit to run Wilwood 4 piston calipers. Stay tuned, he may offer versions of his kit to the rest of us...

 

That's awesome,I was going to make tha same offer.
I can't imagine a month with no car mags.

 

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Thanks everyone!!

Yeah this certainly has been a special opportunity, and no one is more surprised than myself.

I’ve had a great time building the car that I wanted, not really intending to appeal to any one market or anyone else, just building the car that I wanted. I didn’t really expect the Hot Rod crowd to like this level of ‘race car’ but I’ve been floored by people’s reactions. It’s not the craziest track car and it’s not the nicest street car, but it has a lot of both. Function almost always took priority so it’s hard to not like something when it is there because it serves a purpose, and people respect that. There are some things on this car that haven’t been done before or maybe haven’t been done to this extent. There are very few ‘bolt-on’ parts on this car; most of it was fabricated at home. Many nitty gritty details were scrutinized and engineered, right down to brackets, fasteners, and the tidy wiring harness, and PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WORK ON CARS notice these things. It was built at home by myself and some friends in a 20’x20’ 2car garage with a modest budget and wasn’t farmed out to a professional shop with a +100k budget. It’s not a drag car, it’s not a pro-touring car, it is a street driven road race car which is fresh idea. It’s not a show car; it was built to get the $hit flogged out of it and is currently getting that treatment. And it takes ***** to drive a car like this ~600 miles from home on the HRPT. Based on the feedback that I’ve gotten from people those are the reasons I think it became popular.

 

And that’s what I’ve been telling people,,, if you don’t like the cars you still have the girls to look at

 

I KNEW i've seen that car around. A guy at work brought me over the magazine and told me that i needed to check this camaro out.

Congrats! Well deserved.

 

That is an awesome car!! First time I've seen a third gen in there in awhile

 

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Nice article, great car!

 

Congrats on the feature! Well deserved. I love your car, the fabrication and effort that has gone in to the car is top notch. Much respect.

 

Very nice feature!! I wish you would of not had the Fuel pump problems @ the STL stop so I could have got a few pix of my car and yours!
glad you got her going and a cool mag spread..

 

Congrats, I'm going to pick up a copy, If I can find anymore on the stands since I dont have a subscription to HOTROD, anyways your car has been in my top ten favorite third gens for a long time, once again congrats you and your car deserve it.

 

I was stoked when I saw you car in Detroit so I had to get out and say hello...nice work man, thanks for bring a little more respect to the third gen world!!

 

Love it! Wanted to start a thread when I got my copy, but didn't know where to put it.

 

That car is awesome.

What month is the article in? I want to buy one now.

 

Congrats, great article and awesome car!

 

Congrats! I'll need to pick up a copy.

 

its not come through yet for the digital subscription !
The us mags are so expensive in the uk but the digital stuff is less the $20 for the year !

 

good see ths kind of article, it tips the scale away from the sterotypical idea of a 3G. i have the isse on my desk at work, when i get a min i hace every intention on reading it.

 

Yea I saw BigMods pull into the sacred hot rod area at Champaign as i was liking my wounds from a flattened cam on PT. The guy and car are well deserved to be in the rag. I would give both arms for that cage work. It takes big huevos to remove the top from your car!

I chatted with him and congratulated him. Also gave him flak for giving up on making the "ford flathead" great, but I understand:-) I am going to carry the torch on that one.

Awsome article, hopefully one of these PTs we can hook up and cruise some thirdgens Big Mod

Yea my buddies were shocked. My car was in a couple hundred pieces I was in a not so good mood, and I just started walking away, they asked were are you going, I just replied its a thirdgens thing you would not understand. That man needs his hand shook.

 

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Dave and I have exchanged PM's for a couple years and it was nice to finally meet him. My car was parked 'behind the yellow tape' by the HR tour bus at the time that we met and Jeremy and I were doing some last minute detailing before the photoshoot and I was all nervous as if I was about to go on stage for a solo or something lol

 

I saw this car at SEMA last year, it was the only third gen at the show that I saw

 

Hopefully be a few more this year !
Seems a long way to come from the UK and not see a third gen

 

I kow we're talking here about a 3rd gen in Hot Rod, which is amazing in itself, but I think there are other things in this edition that should be highlighted.

Take for instance the article on page 144, the TBI/EFI system on the '53 tin woody. This guy installs an aftemraket EFI on his six cylinder to get more driveability out of it. He wanted to have a car that he could just start up and drive whenever he wanted. And what happens? The car runs awful ever since he installed it six years ago. He drove it less than 45 miles in six years.

How many TGO members have similar experiences like this? They get rid of TBI for a carb because they can't get it to run right.

If you read the article, it isn't one thing the wizards at Hot Rod do to get the '53 back roadworthy. I count some where in the neighborhood of 11 things they do to get it running like it should have been six years ago. Goofy stuff like a broken water neck to serious things like exhaust leaks that mess up the O2 sensor. How much of this can be applied to what goes on here on a daily basis?

EFI is EFI whether it's on a '53 Chevy wagon or a 3rd gen Camaro, right? I think the article is one where you read it and try to apply what HR did to what you may help you.



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The November issue is now online. Here is my article: http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl...aro_third_gen/

 

Congratulations. You have a VERY nice car was some great engineering.

 

Congrats man!! reading the magazine now

 

Congratulations man that's awesome!

 

It was nice to see the 3rd Gen in Hot Rod! Congrats to you BIG_MODS! Great article on a great Camaro!

 

Very cool Big Mods!!!

 

I'm interested in the hardtop conversion. Looked simple in mag, did you go about it on your own or have you known of someone else that done it? Looks great btw!

 

We did it on our own. I have no real experience w body work, just measure 8x and cut once sort of deal. Also makes sure you have the car reinforced before cutting.

 

Great read, Awesome car, and all around good guy. Congrats Austin. Its well deserved to see your car in Hot Rod mag.