CONGRATS

 

wow i didnt see that , awesome , it looks like the car is another color . Thats sweet that he got some recognition .

 

is that kandies?

 

WERD


Looks good. Once agian Not Suprised, this car is everywhere

 

http://gmhightechperformance.com/features/0504htp_z28/

For anyone who didn't see it yet. Awesome layout. Congrats on yet another magazine Kandied.

 

some of the best pics Ive seen of your car...so vivid and clear. Congrats 100 times over jeff


BTW, I love the article....the columnist really wanted that first love metaphor to work didnt he?

 

I want this picture in high res


I dont know how he got the time to work on that thing Ill be lucky if i get 1 day a week to work on mine. Sponcers always help also i need to get into that i noticed the air ride hat and the bose shirt . I wouldnt mind having the air ride also I fotget how much it is though. Congrats on my fav thirdgen ever.

 

Jeff ...i love your car. Now i hafta go spend another $5 to get a magazine, lol.

Great job!!

 

DAMN! he does have a sick asz car!!

 

he used to have that sic car.

 

*gives Kandied a pat on the back*

 

holy crap

 

 

It was his car.He sold it a month or 2 ago.

 

Best picture ever!!! I would like a fell res too!

 

whos is shaun collins? Sounds likes he knows his stuff in tuning a SD system. And always Jeff my favorite car ever!

 

No need to buy the magazine; it's on their website.

 

wah!!!! i love that car

 

Damn jeff, doesnt even own the car and still making magazines
I am going and buying one of them on the way home!

Congrats man, i'm coming for your fame though bro, jsut wait!

 

why did he sell it?!?!?! If that was mine i would`ve never gotten rid of it.oh well i hope he got some mad cash for it so he can do it all over again.

 

Mr.Blackburn has started a new top secret project.., or so the rumor is. I can't wait to see what his new project is! Speaking of rumours, he apparently got enough money for the car to buy a house.. a really big house

edit: looking at the web site, it appears to be the same pictures from "popular hot rodding" magazine, Feb 2005?

 

lol... where did these rumors come from, a house? not likely but it would be nice.



thanks alot everyone for such kind words as it was alot of hard work to get the car where it was but it was worth it and has really paid off. you can't express the feeling of getting a magazine feature let alone the cover when it happens as it's really something that just puts you in awe. to see you guys appreciate the car as much as i did and say such wonderful things it really means alot and i thank you very much!

as far as the magazine goes the pictures are slightly different then what is on the website but for the most part yes it was the same photoshoot for both PHR and gmhightech. it's a long story to really get into it but keeping it short johnny hunkins who use to work for GMhightech parted ways and started at PHR. i had been talking with them for the last two years trying to get this done. as the car progressed johnny agreed to check it out and took me with him to phr. gmhightech loved the photos so much that they worked out a deal and what photos weren't used in the PHR article were sold to gmhightech and a new writer was assigned.

498 photos, 11 hours for the photo shoot, one photographer, two writers, two publications and over 40 people from the club helping out it was a very long process but a fun day. eventually it was alot of pulling strings to get everything finalized but i can't complain a bit as it's been every bit of a dream come true and to have others recognize it and appreciate it just leaves me without words so thank you for that.

as far as the comment about high res pictures. i'm right there with you as i wish i could get ahold of them. due to copyright laws and other little things i had to sign i unfortunately didn't get anything like that and probably won't as they claim i might try and sell them? anyhow if they were available i would put them up but unfortunately the ones on the website are all i can get.

i'm very grateful for the opportunity and i'm glad you guys enjoyed the article, hopefully the next project won't disappoint...

 

that car is amazing...i love that picture it made my desktop also

i want an SS hood!

 

Hes got me thinkin about gettin air ride now cause you know lowering springs ride like ****.

 

hes got me thinking of going all out again..damn you kandied!! lol

 

that's great! that's all i've wanted since i bought the car was to get it to a point where people respect thirdgens. there will always be someone out there with something better, faster, lower, etc. i think it's great and i can only hope that it gives people a reason to want to build their cars. that's what it's all about.

i got a letter the other day from one of the editors from phr about a younger guy who was in a bad accident with his iroc. the insurance wouldn't give him anything and although he loved his car he had thought they were becoming extinct with people. he went on to say he read the article my car was featured in and fell in love again. he began work on the car to fix it and had sent in some pictures of his progress.

that's the kind of thing i'm talking about and why it means so much, i say do it...

 

Thats one of the main reasons im building mine no one around here respects thirdgens I want to try and get the thirdgen scene going around here.

 

it's hard that's for sure as the aftermarket is low. peoples overall opinions on the car are not high unless you've owned one and many magazines just don't want to touch them saying many are dated or just aren't built up enough. as i said i had almost 7 years in that car and 5 years of trying to get the magazines interested in the idea. they are finally coming around though slowly but surely so i definately hope it helps others to do what i did as i look forward to seeing more well done thirdgens in the future.

 

ya not alot of magazines would care for thirdgens...its all about imports,mini trucks or like 50's-70's muscle cars..so it would be hard..or you gotta do something extreme with it..like kandiedz did...or even do more then him to really catch there attention..

so kandied when do we get to see or hear anything about the new project?

 

Congrats!! Nice magazine spread!! I'm supprised you didnt dog out TPIS after they screwed you up.

 

I still can't believe he sold that thing. That pic above is the best one of his car I have seen.

 

they all know about the problems but refused to go into depth with that subject. i just wanted the print so i let it die as in the end it wasn't worth it. thanks for the kind words.

 

damn you kandied if i wasnt spendin so much money on buying the magazines with your car in it i would have more moeny to spend on my car lol

you truley had a outstanding car and i think i can speak for everyone when i say that you inspire all of us to advance our cars further and further. your car has given thirdgens a new level of respect.

good luck with your new project. i cant wait to see what it will look like

THIRDGEN'S FOREVER

 

Noteworthy.....

 

Is your windshield tinted at all, or is just the picture?

 

With all the other windows tinted it usually makes it look dark.

 

Yup, that car is amazing! I need to go pick up the magazine now. Cant wait to see your new project

 

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that picture is sweeeeeeeeeeet!

 

Car looks great, Good luck on the next project!

Kyle

 

That is one sweet as car. Looks like thing from the adams family is driving lol

 

"A High School Sweetheart That Actually Puts Out" lol what a subtitle for the article.

Nice car. It's the best looking most tastefully done thirdgen I've seen.

 

thank you everyone for the kind words! i had airride and boze as a partial sponsor, for the new project though i have 12 sponsors so it will be on a slightly different level hopefully. thanks again.

 

are you gonna paint your new project candy apple red??

 

sounds excellent, that will certinally take it to a new level! so then obviously the new project will be another third gen.., right?!

 

Haha, my friend bought that magazine today (Mustang guy) and he said something like "Woa... thats a ****ing hot Camaro!!!"

Me: "Yea... I know the guy who built it, I've talked to him about the car"

That tool doesn't beleive me, lol

 

I was gone all weekend and when I came home and pulled that magazine out of the mailbox I was in awe. I love that car and when I had my Z28 its what kept me going with it when everyone else around here put it down I just thought I bet if it looked as nice as Jeffs car they would eat thier words. I have since sold the Z28 in favor for a much faster better looking GTA that will one day, with any luck, look as good as that one and then hopefully gain even more respect for thirdgens as your car did. I cant say enough about that car and I wish you still had it so we could keep looking at it on here, I loved to watch the cars progress over the years and it will be missed for sure. I just hope your next project stays thirdgen because Im sure whatever you do will bring more respect to that type of car as you seem to do great and tasteful work especially when every other car out there is way overdone due to the tuner guys making it seem like the norm and muscle car guys dont get the attention as much anymore.

 

Where can I get a copy of this thing? All the car magazines here in Miami are for imports! That is one bitchin' Maro by the way.

 

I just have one question for you mr. blackburn....when you see these features two months or so after you sold the car, do you have that feeling of "what the hell'd i do that for" or want it back?

I'll have you know i have seen tons of pics, the cardomain site is on my bookmarks tab to check for new pics, i have the chp, popular hotrodding, and yet i still went to a pep boys, autozone 2 checkers, 3 7-11's, 2 walgreens a target and a walmart last night at 8:30 when i got off work trying to find an issue to no luck. Its one of those things for example you told me teh grey panel and radiator support i had painted looked cheap and the black outs, i thought about it said yea they do, now i will pm kandied and bounce some of my more exotic ideas off him to kinda get a solid comment whether or not that something that would attract attention or whatever. I take it around and show everyone lik eyea i've talked to that guy!

 

still playing with colors but it will have at least some candy color.

 

91z.. i love the style to much to venture. can say it's sort of a coupe. was wanting a vert but couldn't find a decent deal so i'm trying something new. remember just because you have a sponsor doesn't mean you get anything you want and it's free. they more then often help with some expenses but more with connections which is the main thing. i definately plan to raise the bar but it's only against myself as i'm my worst critique.. we'll see but hopefully it all comes together nicely. i'm shooting for june.