F-Body Europe

camarosource · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2005 3:58 am

A new edition for the local car shows I'm in:

I'm proud to say I had my car duplicated in 1:18th scale diecast metal complete with opening hood, opening doors, working wheels, turning steering, Blue (w/ metal flake) with silver racing stripes (approx 3 coats of paint and 3 coats of clear), blue and silver interior front and rear seats, carpeting, headlining, custom pedals, instrument panel, steering wheel, ground effects, rear wing, fog lights, IROC Daytona hood, and much more..

The car was fabricated from the Sunstar 1:18th scale (10" long) (Ended up at around 11") 1982 Diecast as it's the ONLY one made.

The following was done to it to convert it to a 1992 Camaro along with all customizing that is found on my own car :

Ground effects, exterior door trim, t-top to convertable conversion, IROC Daytona Hood (hardest part), Louvers, rear wing, all fabricated from scratch. The nose was reshaped to match the 1991/1992's, removed window handles, painted interior door trim complete with carpeting on lower portion of inner doors as found on actual vehicle, headlight pockets and inner fog light compartment painted black, reshaped instrument panel, painted black/silver racing pedals, Torque thrust ][ rims, added fog lights, interior carpeting, headliner, 1992 Camaro steering wheel, blue/silver painted exterior, blue/silver seats front and back, 5.7liter TPI engine, remoulded taillights, dual exhaust pipes out back, exterior and interior emblems and decals (all of them that are on car is on diecast), painted door locks and door handles, added mirror decals for realistic reflecting side mirrors, and lots more..

I bought a nice display case with glossy wood platform... Nice car has to have a nice display for it. ;-)

Pics at http://www.cardomain.com/id/camarosource

Roy · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2005 5:01 am

That is sharp.

Garry · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2005 5:23 am

Looks like a great (and expensive) piece of work ...

BenZ28 · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2005 11:00 am

Wow *impressed*

Ben

JackZ28 · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2005 2:23 pm

I've seen those ads. I guess if you're a car show freak, it is a good deal, but to the average Joe, 500 something odd bucks is too much for a car.

Garry · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2005 2:36 pm

*Ouch* Plus, if you change parts on your car as often as Jack, it gets even more expensive to upgrade both cars constantly :lol:

camarosource · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2005 5:19 pm

JackZ28 wrote:

I've seen those ads. I guess if you're a car show freak, it is a good deal, but to the average Joe, 500 something odd bucks is too much for a car.

500? Perhaps if you were doing as much as he did on my car, but he doesn't charge that for minor things.. (ie, repaints, minor mods, decals, etc...)

But if you are doing a car basically from scratch like mine, then likely yeah.

My list to him was over 30 things to do on it.. That to me is quite extreme.. course I am also VERY Picky. ;-)