jski67
01-21-2010, 05:31 PM
How cool is that?!?!??
A quick background...I've been mostly a lurker here for years as my 67 slowly progressed, but now I finally have something to post about! I bought my Camaro in '92 while I was in college...it was my daily driver until '97 when I moved to Florida. It sat in my sister's garage for five years until she finally had enough (thanks Miss!), but luckily, a good friend towed in down for me, all the way from Ohio to Florida. I drove it about a week...it overheated badly...so I thought, well let's tear it apart and fix a few things.
That was 2002.
It was in worse shape than I thought. Floors were bad, frame rails shot...it actually had quarter skins riveted and bondo'd over the originals. So I tore it down to a shell and started doing what I could and what I could afford. I was learning as I went.
In 2004, I took the plunge and started my own business. Lucky for me, business went well...unlucky for the camaro, I had no time to work on it. By 2007, I felt I could afford to have someone finish of the bodywork. If I remember right, I believe I contacted Frank but he had a pretty good wait time. Of course, I was impatient and decided I wanted to have it done locally, so I could keep an eye on it (big mistake). I eventually found someone and the result was the common tale of "paint jail"...a year and a lot of money wasted.
Early last year, I finally called Frank again at Prodigy Customs and here we are today. To say I am thrilled would be the understatement of the year.
Last weekend, Frank was gracious enough to let me drive down and install my motor and trans (to avoid chips later) so I got to see everything in primer, ready for paint. I was already blown away at that point and could only imagine what the final product will be.
Wow, wow, wow...to me, it's perfect. For those that are curious, it's viper red. Yep, another red firstgen camaro, but I don't care. That baby is mine! LOL
I can't say thank you enough to Frank, Michael, Andrew, Raymond, Bob, Lisa and anyone else I forgot at Prodigy Customs...THANK YOU!
Jason
PS. The webcam was awesome. I watched Andrew paint a few coats of red...reveal the stripes...paint the clear and watched Frank call me to tell me it was done. I then proceeded to wasted the entire rest of the day emailing pictures to friends and family and talking on the phone. LOL
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC01583-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/Paint-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC_0057-2.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC_0060-2.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC_0061-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC_0064-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC_0065-2.jpg
A quick background...I've been mostly a lurker here for years as my 67 slowly progressed, but now I finally have something to post about! I bought my Camaro in '92 while I was in college...it was my daily driver until '97 when I moved to Florida. It sat in my sister's garage for five years until she finally had enough (thanks Miss!), but luckily, a good friend towed in down for me, all the way from Ohio to Florida. I drove it about a week...it overheated badly...so I thought, well let's tear it apart and fix a few things.
That was 2002.
It was in worse shape than I thought. Floors were bad, frame rails shot...it actually had quarter skins riveted and bondo'd over the originals. So I tore it down to a shell and started doing what I could and what I could afford. I was learning as I went.
In 2004, I took the plunge and started my own business. Lucky for me, business went well...unlucky for the camaro, I had no time to work on it. By 2007, I felt I could afford to have someone finish of the bodywork. If I remember right, I believe I contacted Frank but he had a pretty good wait time. Of course, I was impatient and decided I wanted to have it done locally, so I could keep an eye on it (big mistake). I eventually found someone and the result was the common tale of "paint jail"...a year and a lot of money wasted.
Early last year, I finally called Frank again at Prodigy Customs and here we are today. To say I am thrilled would be the understatement of the year.
Last weekend, Frank was gracious enough to let me drive down and install my motor and trans (to avoid chips later) so I got to see everything in primer, ready for paint. I was already blown away at that point and could only imagine what the final product will be.
Wow, wow, wow...to me, it's perfect. For those that are curious, it's viper red. Yep, another red firstgen camaro, but I don't care. That baby is mine! LOL
I can't say thank you enough to Frank, Michael, Andrew, Raymond, Bob, Lisa and anyone else I forgot at Prodigy Customs...THANK YOU!
Jason
PS. The webcam was awesome. I watched Andrew paint a few coats of red...reveal the stripes...paint the clear and watched Frank call me to tell me it was done. I then proceeded to wasted the entire rest of the day emailing pictures to friends and family and talking on the phone. LOL
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC01583-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/Paint-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC_0057-2.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC_0060-2.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC_0061-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC_0064-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/01/DSC_0065-2.jpg