1967 Pro-Touring 122 Amazon (Project Volvo X)540 Horsepower LS6/Tremec TKO600 5-Speed

[BMW BRAD]

I actually like the blacked out the door and window frames....... it works well!

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

I actually like the blacked out the door and window frames....... it works well!

I will more than likely go that route but I am deciding if I will vinyl wrap or paint the frames, but that will depend on how the wrap works and looks, because its hard to beat the old Rustoleum Satin Black paint..

[BMW BRAD]

I will more than likely go that route but I am deciding if I will vinyl wrap or paint the frames, but that will depend on how the wrap works and looks, because its hard to beat the old Rustoleum Satin Black paint..

^^^ aint that the truth........ ^^^

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

^^^ aint that the truth........ ^^^

I have used a lot of Satin trim and stripe paints, from professional systems to various rattle can brands, and I have not found any better than Rustoleum Satin Black. I have used it for window trim and blacking out the lower rockers on a car, along with full hood black out's and stripes, and it goes on evenly and endures like nothing I have seen from other more expensive paints.. Waxes don't phase it, and it is also durable to normal scuffing or rubbing with out changing the satin finish, and that is the death nail to a lot of other brands.

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

I have considered using the 1st Gen Camaro air dam before, and I have had one on hand for awhile, but I didn't really give it a full try, so I think I will take another look at it after seeing the potential here?

By these posted pictures, I think that it has potential if it was situated several inches further back.? Luckily I have a custom metal one instead of the typical plastic, so I can take just a bit more liberty with the alteration and modification to get it just right, so I guess we will see how it works out.

[Keith602]

Ive been thinking about doing an air dam lately too. I personally dont care for the one in the above pics. I have seen the one that ipd sells cut and mounted behind the stock bumper ant it looks really good.




My reasoning for doing the air dam is purely cosmetic though. It would be to address how much higher the front bumper is than the body of the car. I like your idea about a custom metal one, but im pretty sure I dont have the ability to make one that actually looks good. Ive also thought about trying a variety of air dams from other cars in hopes that one could fit without too much modification.

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Keith.. I have done that same thing with the IPD air dam, and there is some work involved that is a matter of cutting slots out for the bumper bracket, and that is probably the direction I will go in the end. I am very curious to see what this might work out to be, because it actually is pretty period correct..

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Here are a couple of pics of the event decaling, and I think I like it overall... I have a couple of more smaller items like event numbers, but this is the overall theme.









The decals are right and left side so the red blocking works out correctly, and I think the color spectrum works great, and the red parts of the decals actually make the red brake calipers pop inside the wheels for some reason.

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

The car was a hit at the Plano Texas Cars and Coffee event this weekend, and what a great monthly car show of Exotics, Muscle Cars, Classics, ect, plus there was such a huge turn out of hundreds of cars that they quit letting them in at 7:30am. I got a visit from the Discovery Channels Fast and Loud Crew from the Gas Monkey Garage to check out the car, and found out that I am competing against Aaron in the upcoming Ultimate Street Car Challenge... And after that show, I went to eat lunch at the Gas Monkey Bar and Grill and pulled up into another afternoon car show I didn't know about, so I decided to pay the entry to have awesome parking, and I won Best Street/Race Car and Best of Show... LOL

[Miroteknik]

Congrats, you deserved it!

[boosted brit]

Thats awesome I love that show.

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Thats awesome I love that show.

I enjoy the show myself, but I hope that I am able to beat their 63 Falcon in a few of the judging category's at the Ultimate Street Car Challenge.. LOL Here is a YouTube video about the event...

For the guys that are not familiar with the Ultimate Street Car Challenge, there are several categories of judging during a 3 day event that range from Engineering/Styling, a Road Rally with spotters and check points through city to see if the cars make sense for real world driving by not having to do special maneuvers during normal driving task, Autocross and Speed Brake Challenge, along with the Hot Lap Challenge on a full road course.. From there, they put together all the scoring to find the best over all Street/Performance car, so you can kick ass on the Road Course and suck in the real world and still lose.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21qzyUU_ytI"]2011 OPTIMA® Ultimate Street Car Invitational Trailer - YouTube[/ame]

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

I have worked out some trunk close out panels to hide the fuel tank and clean up the appearance a bit, and I think it will look great as soon as it is all covered in leather, and it really quieted the car down a lot also.. I have also been working on the custom carpet, and as you can see in the pictures, all the floor panels are completely covered in the Hush Mat and Carpet insulation, and this has really transformed the overall quality of the cars noise and comfort..

[TruTaing]

this thing just keeps getting better and better. stoked to see what ya do w/ the trunk and the interior!

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

this thing just keeps getting better and better. stoked to see what ya do w/ the trunk and the interior!

Here are some pics of the interior before the carpet install...