The Camaro Club (UK)

That's how i justify what has now become a permanent piece of furniture in the garage lol

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A little more progress to report.

Victor has done a great job sketching out some of my ideas. We are heading in the right direction, but not there yet.

Some of these are a little wild, but gives a flavor of the attack car I want to build.

Middle left is my fav front end, with the centre grill slats, and middle right is my fave rear/side view.

Retropower have a lot of work ahead



In the meant time Jason @ theGMR.com has completed the front uprights. We just need to get them shipped over to the UK so we can continue with the chassis build

The fabricated front uprights are based on the Corvette C6 uprights. Being made from steel, they are much stronger than stock and aftermarket parts made from ally. They dont suffer from deflection during hard cornering. Also they only weigh 1lb over the stock items.. but strength is way up

Jason starts with a load of machined parts. The hub face and upper and lower ball joint mounts


All the parts that make up 1 pair of uprights


One unique feature of theGMR uprights is they have matched the stock lower ball joint taper perfectly using a custom built reamer. They will not disclose the exact taper but we can assure it is not either of the standard 7 or 10 degree tapers.Their uprights matches the stock taper perfectly to ensure quality fitment with the stock GMR components.


1.5" thick steel tooling is used to ensure there is no deflection of movement during the welding process


The fully welded uprights


As you can see, only 1.1lb heavier than stock but so much stronger


The uprights can accept stock GM hubs, or the awesome GMR hubs. Guess what we are using on nighthawk


The completed upright with the calipers and discs bolted on



Fully completed fabricated GMR upright and hub, with brakes installed


Hopefully we will have more updates coming soon. In the meantime, like the facebook page to keep up with my musings and other great projects I find.

progress update

The roof skin is finally on and the exterior body restore is almost done.



You can see the full step by step pics here with the commentary

The Body Rebuild

Now we can start on the custom work This is where it gets interesting. The rear end and front uprights are on their way from the US, and the boys are itching to start work on the custom chassis.

But thats not all folks!

unfortunately victor also had to pull out of the design team but the good news is, Mike Gillett our original designer is back with his pens blazing!

These are almost final sketches pending any changes needed due to actual build constraints. The rear lights are still work in progress

The front grill and hood vents will be open and closeable at the touch of a button.




The rear diffuser is a double decker design. The top slot will be vented to the under side of the car, and will also be blown with hot gases from the exhaust. The feed slot and exhaust bypass will be motor controlled so I can shut them and reduce downforce when not needed. ie cruising. Most of the aero features on this car will be deactivateable to reduce drag under light duty. With an 800bhp V8 and current fuel prices, I need all the efficiency help I can get



You can see the full journey of how we got to these sketches here
Concept Drawings

Thats all folks until next time

Prefer this blokes designs to the others. They are really well done. Like the idea of remote control bonnet louvres!

Looks like the body's getting along nicely, and the rear end is done.. Just all the bits in the middle to sort now.. !!!

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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

Are you building this to do track days or for show purposes? I dread to think how much money you've got tied up in the car even at this stage

cheers...Nige

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Too much power...not enough hands!!

Update request please

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Same here as i don't do - not on Facebook !!

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Some days it just isn't worth chewing through the restraints !!!!

Hi guys

I will post an update in the next couple of days.

The chassis work has started. But the project is currently on hold pending funds and workshop time availability

Amit

Hi Amit,

Funds and time are the cryptonite of any project. Did you manage to get a flow of cash going again for it? Be good to see if there have been any milestones reached

Cheers,

Ray

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