Gas cap spy shots...

[chicane67]

Joo gots mail mane....

[shortrack]

my old GSXR 750 Suzuki had almost the identical cap as above......had a lock on it too......

[JMarsa]

Steve,

I seem to recall you said at one point you didn't want this car to be all jazzed up the way your blue car was. Penny seems nicer. Comments??

--JMarsa

[Steve1968LS2]

Steve,

I seem to recall you said at one point you didn't want this car to be all jazzed up the way your blue car was. Penny seems nicer. Comments??

--JMarsa

If you compare the blue car to Penny you will see the difference. The '69 had polished this and chromed that, it looked like a show car. The only chrome on Penny are some of the OEM exterior parts like the bumper, door handles and that sort of think. Aside from the outer hoop of the rims there's nothing polished either. The engine bay has an factory look to it. Function was put over form, however if something could look good and still function as well (or better) then I figure what the heck.

I wanted the finished car to stand out for what it didn't have. I've spent far more time thinking of how to combine colors, textures and materials so that it's visually interesting to look at without going the traditional route of chrome and polish. This really shows up in the engine bay. The exterior looks much like it did when I got the car. The hood was swapped to a normal cowl, I replaced the window trim with OEM stuff and I added the "larry" gas cap. Oh, and I have some Marquez tail lights, but even they were painted to look more OEM. I want to have a factory look but with much higher quality materials.

The underside is just shot in a rubberized undercoat and the three-link (that needed paint anyways) was just powder painted in colors from the engine bay. The interior will have the same purposeful/factory/racecar look to it. Factory style carpet, no back seat and simple door panels. I do think Penny is nicer than my '69, but it was a totally different style of build. I hope every car I build is better than the one before.

I think the differences in the two cars can be summed up by what my wife said. "The blue '69 is like the girl you meet, take home to meet mother and then marry. Penny is the girl you really don't want your mother to know you're dating" lol

Oh, on the blue Camaro I would have ran the first gas gap (if it had a place for it)

[jy211]

I'm running the second one, this isn't a poll.. lol

I shot the first one from Marquez design. They didn't have a good pic of it installed, so I took one for them.

It's looks more blingy in the pic, most likely due to the flashes and such. The center area if brushed. The nice part is that it's engineered so you can take it apart and do finishes and the different parts. I think it would look great with the center area painted. Maybe black like the factory cap.

They need to make it in RS as well

[Steve1968LS2]

They need to make it in RS as well

They do. They also have one with ridges around the outer edge like the factory one.

[jy211]

They do. They also have one with ridges around the outer edge like the factory one.

any spy shots of that one?????

[Steve1968LS2]

any spy shots of that one?????

Not a very good one.. here it is from SEMA. The wide-angle lens distorted it a bit.

[jy211]

Damn another booth I missed out there! Those are both the SS...what about the RS?

Sorry to be a pain in the

[Steve1968LS2]

Damn another booth I missed out there! Those are both the SS...what about the RS?

Sorry to be a pain in the

No picture, but I was told there would be SS, RS and blank caps available.

[Damn True]

The Marquez unit isn't my cup of tea, but I do dig the Larry-werx item......any word on those things?

[Steve1968LS2]

The Marquez unit isn't my cup of tea, but I do dig the Larry-werx item......any word on those things?

I mailed a big box to you today

The marquez unit is a beautiful piece and would look killer on the right car. I think it would be even better with the center painted black.

[Dayton]

Steve,
Who makes cap #3??

[bnickel]

I mailed a big box to you today

The marquez unit is a beautiful piece and would look killer on the right car. I think it would be even better with the center painted black.

Steve, i was thinking along the same lines on the Marquez cap but with the brushed center anodized black, keeping the brushed finish under the black anodizing of course though. i think that would look killer. i just wish someone made a cool billet pop-open mustang gas cap like my factory 69 GT cap but with some cool anodizing or other other cool finish. i've seen all the current billet mustang caps and they are all twist on style caps. i just don't understand why someone can't make pop-open billet mustang gas cap