Ironworks Project Donkey Kong Transformation

[ironworks]

Well Ladies and Gentlemen, I have funny story for you about a guy named Nic who lives in Bakersfield Ca. He bought this 68 Camaro off a co-worker of his. And began to search around trying to find someone to build his dream car. He was flipping through an issue of Camaro Performers, that had a short blup about Rich Allen's 68. He thought man that is good looking project, well in that article it said nothing about Ironworks as far as location, so he did an internet search and found our website. Well He was shocked to find out that we were in Bakersfield of all places. So he gave us a call and came by to talk about building his car. Well upon arrival he also met Frank who is local who owns the 48 truck and he knew him from some business dealings. At that point we talked about some work we had done on a 37 Ford for a buddy of Frank's named Frank. At that point Nic said "you mean the tan 37 Ford? That's my neighbor Frank who owns the Italian Restaurant? I was wondering where that car had been for a while." Well at that point I realized I needed to maybe do some door to door sales in Frank and Nic's neighbor hood. Sounds like a good neighbor hood for car building.

Well enough of the emotional made for TV Drama stuff. Nic already had picked up an LS3 with a 4L60 trans from the dealer. We talked about some different options for his build and decided to go with complete Speedtech Suspension set up on this project. We bought the headers and everything from Speedtech. We then ordered the complete Marquez Design Interior kit, the Billet hinges and handles from the Ring brothers and the axles from Moser and the brakes are on order from Wilwood. We ordered a Rick's Fuel tank and a ton of other parts.

We then began with the suspension and drivetrain install. We installed the Vintage Air Front runner on the engine and installed the headers. We got everything major installed in the car to begin our Fabrication around these parts. We built our own mini tubs and got those in place. We installed the DSE sub frame connectors and mocked up the front sheetmetal. We cut out the old dash and Mocked up the Marquez unit and set up the steering column. Currently we are working to widen the inner wheel tubs in the front to clear the wider tires.

Here is a rendering that Carter Hickman has been working on for us. We have some more changes. But this is where we are currently.


How the car came in and why it got it's name. DONKey Kong




No Camaro is complete without a King of the Cage sticker.

[ironworks]

A pic of the mini tubs.


Overall pic of the car

[elitecustombody]

Looks like it's gonna be one clean ride,I love the blacked out trim,but I'd do something with wheels to match the car's all black scheme , maybe do black outer barrels and few shades darker centers.

[94SNGLTURBO]

the car will look great and id also do something about the wheels. it looks good the way it is but would look better with black somewhere on the wheels

[ironworks]

Like I said the rendering is a work in process. We tried some all black and it was not what the customer was looking for. We also tried a few wheels and decided on these. I will keep you posted with what we come up with.

[hechtrod]

Baketown, Bako, Bakes...ah, I feel at home. I grew up in Tehachapi, just up the 58. Anywho, this 'maro is lookin' good. The Donk Kong name is pretty funny. It fits with the way it looked entering the shop.

[ErikLS2]

That rendering is killer. I would vote for black hoops on those wheels too.

Got a list of people to buy those wheels that came on it yet?

[ironworks]

The cool thing about those wheels are they bolt to EVERYTHING. they have like 3 patterns and are not very wide....

[Draginutz]

Is that just blue tape on everything or? I am looking for something to protect parts during mock up /assembly

[bonecrrusher]

When I saw the project title... I immediately thought of this...


LOL!

Camaro is looking good!

[ironworks]

Is that just blue tape on everything or? I am looking for something to protect parts during mock up /assembly

Just blue tape, It protects the little stuff, but if you drop a ton of bricks on it your probably screwed any way.

[Draginutz]

I will steer clear of the bricks!! LOL! Thanks
Oh and the car looks like it will be another nice one!

[72mach1]

Car looks awesome! Gonna be a great project.

[PonchoJohn]

So, what's the deal w/ the downbars that go from the cowl to the subframe? Any preload on them, or do they bolt/weld/attach as-is?
Thanks!

[srh3trinity]

Cool story and it looks like another great car is going to come out of Ironworks. I am curious what had been done to the car to get it riding high? I have seen some sketchy setups riding around, but they are usually much higher than this.

[ironworks]

The down bars bolt in and out. We use the Chassiworks firewall kit. It make it really nice a just gives it more support.

I'm not sure what they did to get it to ride that way. But It had no engine in the front so that might be it in the front but the rear had to have spring work or something cuz most everything was there really to weigh it down.

[CruizinKev]

wow awesome work so far! can't wait see more!

[BonzoHansen]

LOL, donkey kong. that rendering is bad ass.

[noff57]

bonecrrusher sad to say i was thinking the samething

[tmadden]

When I saw the project title... I immediately thought of this...


LOL!

Camaro is looking good!

This soooo embarrassing