Beauty Shots and review

[Steve1968LS2]

Hey guys.. been swamped here with zero hour for the August issue.. gotta love deadlines



Finally got a chance to mess with the 68. Replaced the door latches and the door handels while I was at it. I was very impressed with how nice the insides of the doors were, virgin untouched sheet metal. You can tell the car has never spent much time in the weather. Gonna dynamat it in a month or so.

The car is a monster on the street. Took me a bit to get used to the reverse manual valve body TH400.. was trying to start off in third at first and to be honest the car had plenty of torque. Hitting second at a high RPM detaches your retinas due how hard it shifts. With the foam lined fuel cell the gas guage (i think) only reads the top ten gallons of the 16 gallon fuel cell. With the milage of the motor you can almost watch the fuel guage move tword E.. lol..

It is a handfull to drive. It is pretty close to a Pro-Street car with road race wheels. Love the car but there will be some changes.. hey, its a sickness and I can't help myself .. lol

First, If you remember my talk on here about converting a PS car to a PT car. Well this would be perfect for a little series on this. A T56, mess with the motor to make it more road course freindly, tweak the suspension a bit and show the differences that can be made for people that want to convert PS cars into a more road friendly PS car. I also want to hook up the oil cooler and accusump then run the Power Steering fluid through the existing trans cooler. The car will still be a beast but I think it will just a little more tame and LOT better for a road track. The brakes are great so I am not sure I will mess with them any unless I can score some of those new Baer 6 piston brakes. No AC, No heat and no radio is fine with me.. although the radio would be nice when the car is parked. Oh, and once I work out the motor deal I will go to the regular cowl induction hood.

You will notice the ducted front air dam is gone. I like the idea but not how it was executed. I am currently working on a new design that will not look so "riveted on" and will flow better. Maybe I will talk with tyler and come up with a product he can sell. Like I said, it's a great idea.

So without futher ado.. I present to you Penny.. as in Project Bad Penny

note: was gonna go with project Orange Crush but it seems to have been used a lot already.. still like it though..

Beauty Shot


Got Change?


Love the color


Like I said, love the car and I look forward to messing with it. Some personal things came up that meant I might have to sell her but that is still up in the air and for now I gonna enjoy the moment

There are a few more pics on the website.. still have to redesign it with my friend Rob (Poltergeist)..

[zbugger]

Damn she's puurrrdy.... I sure hope you don't have to sell it. That would be quite the loss. Hell, I just wanna see it once!!!!

[Steve1968LS2]

Damn she's puurrrdy.... I sure hope you don't have to sell it. That would be quite the loss. Hell, I just wanna see it once!!!!

It's a very slim chance.. family reason

For now I will be optimistic and enjoy the ride.. should have a few drive along videos up in the next few days.

[MrQuick]

what are you having twins or something...uhhhh sorry. You know if you use diapers instead of twenty dollar bills to clean your rims it would probably be alot cheaper, unless you need them diapers for somethi...ng .... uhhhhh huuummm sorry. never mind....see you in July!

[TheRoaringEagle]

oh man that's so beautiful. do not get rid of it! sell a kidney or a limb! you should also donate that cowl induction hood to me, you'll feel very good about yourself knowing you helped a kid out!

[mdprovee]

That is one BAD A$$ car. I hope you get to enjoy it for as long as posible.

Mike

[dhardison]

GORGEOUS and BAD-A$$!!

Dan

[69rs]

Penny is awesome, and probably more visceral, but dang your 69 was sweeeet!!!

[Piet]

Penny..eh?... I think that would be Miss MoneyPenny

[Steve1968LS2]

what are you having twins or something...uhhhh sorry. You know if you use diapers instead of twenty dollar bills to clean your rims it would probably be alot cheaper, unless you need them diapers for somethi...ng .... uhhhhh huuummm sorry. never mind....see you in July!

lol.. best post award goes to.. YOU!

I guess I could use $1 bills to clean the rims.. could save me a few.. ;)

I just love the dish on the rims and this seemed to give it good idea of the scale.

See ya!

[steemin]

Steve,
The 68 is a really nice car. I am glad that you were able to end up with the car you really wanted.
Not everyone has the same needs. Fortunately we can custom tailor the cars to suit our needs. So we as enthusiasts end up with a diverse range of cars to enjoy and admire!
Thats what makes this hobby great.
I am anxious to see the mods that you have in store for the "Bad Penny"
Scott

[Todds69]

Love the '68 gotta miss the '69....but sometimes we must let go to move on....best of luck

[Bill Howell]

Bad penny

Reminds me of the Lionel Richie song from years ago-"Penny Lover"
Except I bet it will be dollars not pennys it loves.

BTW what wheels are those again?

[Roger Poirier]

Steve, sell it? Are you crazy? You just bought the dam thing! I thought that was a typo and had to go back and reread it.

First, that color seems to be unique for a Camaro. It certainly set's it apart from many others. The hood in my opinion is totaly awesome. It seems to be the correct look with the size wheels you have on it. Plus, it also gives the car a very mean look. I agree with you on the air ducts in the front, good idea, it just needs a little R&D to make it flow with the rest of the car. You have to just love this thing. It is one outragous Camaro!

As you know, these are just my thoughts, to each his own. Good luck with the changes.

R.P.

[Nine Ball]

I'm glad you ditched those spoiler scoops, they took away from the level of quality that car consists of. The car is flat out awesome, I'd love to build something similar on the next go-round.

penny? Nah, its more bawler like 'fitty cent' haha

[Steve1968LS2]

I'm glad you ditched those spoiler scoops, they took away from the level of quality that car consists of. The car is flat out awesome, I'd love to build something similar on the next go-round.

penny? Nah, its more bawler like 'fitty cent' haha

The selling thing is just a maybe.. but family comes first and I would do this before taking a loan on our mostly paid for house -- Lets focus on me keeping it..

Roger, I like the hood and I don't like it.. it is sorta distracting when you are in the car and looks more drag strip than road track..

Tony.. in person it really does look like a penny.. I am thinking of having an artist draw me up a cartoon.. a penny (like the coin type) instead of Abe Lincoln it would have a girl on it.. a bad girl with rolled up sleeves and attitude.. maybe a tatoo.. lol.. Instead of "in god we trust" on it there would be "in torque we trust".. I have a mental picture..

The air ducts will make a return.. just in a more refined form. I need to find someone with big slicks I can borrow and some front skinnies.. gotta give Tony some competition in the quarter mile ;)

[Andrew McBride]

Steve,

Great looking car. Overall does the car handle as well as you expected? I remember reading something about it being a tight handling car. Well good to hear you got it home in 1 piece. Look forward to seeing your updates!

[Steve Chryssos]

Tony.. in person it really does look like a penny.. I am thinking of having an artist draw me up a cartoon.. a penny (like the coin type) instead of Abe Lincoln it would have a girl on it.. a bad girl with rolled up sleeves and attitude.. maybe a tatoo.. lol.. Instead of "in god we trust" on it there would be "in torque we trust".. I have a mental picture..

Bad Penny is a waaaay better name. And the pin up girl idea is awesome. Make it: "In Torque We Thrust"

[TwinSting]

Steve,
I was just on HotRodHotline and saw an ad for Bad Penny for sale. Is it true? Are you really going to part with it?

[68BNUT]

I think the penny remarks are my fault, im color blind and cant tell my oranges from my coppers, oh well, Im definelty diggin the bad penny with the tough girl penny picture. WHAT FOR SALE AGAIN!! That better be a scam. say it isnt so!