1968 Camaro Street Fighter Rendering

[JohnnyGMachine]

Hey guys,

Here's a little sneak peak design rendering of the 1968 Camaro Street Fighter I did for our first 1:18 die cast that will be available soon. It will be available early 2005. I showed a couple guys some of the prototype pattern photos at the dinner so I thought I'd share the rendering with the board. We teamed up with Billet Specialties and it will be equiped with a set of their 18" wheels and a matching steering wheel. There are a ton of mods made to this car from a T-65 6 speed to a custom fuel injected powerplant and more! Stay tuned!

Enjoy the rendering!

John

[trapin]

When you said '68 Camaro Street Fighter I thought you might have meant Steve Chryssos's 68 Camaro (http://homepage.mac.com/streetfytr/PhotoAlbum2.html)

That's a fantastic rendering by the way. The 3-D stuff is nice but there's still something to be said for the traditional 2D sketches.

[camcojb]

Yep, looks great John.

Jody

[mdprovee]

Very nice John. I like it.

Mike

[B Cichocki]

Very Cool! :1st: From my perspective, you and Desmond are the best designers that us regular schmoes out here have access to. Excellent work as always.
-Brian

[JohnnyGMachine]

Thanks guys,

I have been hammered with projects and am trying to do some more personal stuff. I have a 2007 Chevelle concept I designed that i think turned out pretty good, I'd like to post it and get some feedback.

To be compared to Desmond is a big compliment to me. He and Chip Foose are two guys that inspire me a lot. I've been a fan of Desmonds since I first saw his work in Car Craft. I hear he's working exclusively with Jesse James now?

again, thanks.
John

[Ralph LoGrasso]

The Camaro looks awesome, John! Nice work!!

[Zefhix]

Thanks guys,

I have been hammered with projects and am trying to do some more personal stuff. I have a 2007 Chevelle concept I designed that i think turned out pretty good, I'd like to post it and get some feedback.

To be compared to Desmond is a big compliment to me. He and Chip Foose are two guys that inspire me a lot. I've been a fan of Desmonds since I first saw his work in Car Craft. I hear he's working exclusively with Jesse James now?

again, thanks.
John

Lets see the Chevelle damnit!! :)
BTW- If you copied my car exactly, I won't be upset! ;) j/k
I wanna see the Chevelle!!!

[David Sloan]

Hey John !
Great work as always ! Were are you here in Ga.? I know i have been thur surgar hill.
Just cant place it. We should hook up some time. We are putting together a shop with a team of 4 guys. would like you to come check us out. I have some ideas for my next camaro that i would like to talk to you about, maybe do a rendering of it for us.
we will be located off of hwy. 20 about 10 miles west of canton. give me a call sometime.678-873-6578 Thanks!

[Steve Chryssos]

John,
That looks totally badass! Great work.

[XcYZ]

That's fantastic!

[JohnnyGMachine]

Thanks, I really can't wait to see the first painted sample of the diecast. It's gonna be neat.

Hey Steve - Just so you know you and your street fighter were an inspiration for this model. Who knows, I may contact you for the next PT Camaro we do and make a paddle shifting setup on it...ooooohh! LOL!
I just liked the insane thought of building a T/A Camaro or even a T/A Mustang that is just streetable with modern componentry. I think there's a lot of guys who share my fantasy of driving some sort of heavily modified race car on the street!

[Steve Chryssos]

Hey Steve - Just so you know you and your street fighter were an inspiration for this model.

I am truly honored. Thank you.


I think there's a lot of guys who share my fantasy of driving some sort of heavily modified race car on the street!

Yeah--there's enough of us out there. Wouldn't it be cool to "borrow" a Penske Camaro from the paddock of some vintage race and then toss it around on the street? That's how I feel every time I turn the key on my car and back it out of the garage. Like I'm doing something that's a no-no. Taboo.

Anytime you want to put a Shrifter™ into a diecast, lemme know, I'll forward you the CAD files.

[Nine Ball]

Love the drawing, any plans on building a full-size project of that one?

I'm also a fan of Steve's "Street Fighter" build style. Its a more hardcore performance pro-touring, and is also the effect I was going for on mine.

Tony

[67Sally]

Very nice John. I will have to get one of those for my office.