i saw this car in person it was just amazing!!

 

such an ugly, exaggerated, overdone design.
amazing how they fabricated all that though. waste of time when it comes to looks.

 

not a fan but I guess if it helps them sell there work then great. they clearly have som attention for it. just not sure its the attention they were after

 

I think most of the positive attention they are getting isnt coming from the thirdgen community. Most thirdgen fans are more "Purists" in that we dont really want to see them modified to the point where they lose their "Identity". I offer up the "Trojan" conversions as proof of that.

 

 

there are things that I like about the car, the big dislikes are the nose, hood & tail lights.
I think that this car is a shop car to fill time, it has been in troys shop for a few years. the car is a good display of tallant that they have and are capable of doing.

 

I feel like Ive said this a dozen times already. Amazing fab work, horrible design. And for those of you wondering, there will be no paint on this car EVER. They put so much work into finishing the metal because they never planned on painting it. The pics of it sitting on the show room are of the completely finished car.

 

I agree 100%. Def NOT for me.

 

I would like to hear from the fabricator. Are you there?

 

It wasnt one man, it was a shop of HIGHLY paid guys doing this work. And I doubt any of them are on here. I wanna meet the owner who shelled out probably upwards of $100k for this.

 

They may vary well be here why not? I feel sorry for the guy who shoveled out the bucks. One born every minute.

 

Because the guys who did this most likely arent third gen enthusiast. Theres a small chance one of them may be and a small chance hes/she on here, but odds are not good.

 

The owner's name is Joe Lendway.

It started as a T-top car. There are over a hundred pictures of the build here: http://www.radrides.com/proj.htm

It still has a long way to go to be finished, at least at the time of the pictures posted in this thread it did.

 

Looks like something that would be built for Pimp My Ride or Car Warriors. Kinda sad that with the money and labor spent on it, an iconic thirdgen could have been built.


Baddest by far/hands down has to be this one below...

 

I thought the car was done on the show room, looks like theyve still got a few small touches to do.

 

I automatically thought of this car when I saw the one done by rad rides. I was thinking they could take some subtelty cues from this car. The guy who bought this is not a sucker. The fab work is there. The style just is not for the majority. THe car in the picture above really is iconic because of so many factors. It actually had a regular mans budget, be it a high one. The owner did alot of work himself. The work was done buy some car guys that could be from any twon across the US. IT is you baddest hometown camaro.

The dark vader camaro above throws it out there as a botique car and with those lines thats all it could ever pass for. People will know the owner paid a pretty penny and there are element s that are done because they could maybe not because it was in good taste.

 

I'll take the hood.

 

Where can i find the details on this build. Looks like the owner has a good eye and great taste when it came to building that car.

 

 

Get comfy............ https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...one-phase.html

 

Haters gonna hate. Personally, I like to see something a bit different from the quintessential LS-swapped lowered thirdgen with one of the three popular aftermarket hoods that comprise three-quarters of the "heavily modified" population. I think the Ferrari body Z-28 looked cool, the mid-engine Firebird looked cool, and this looks cool. Are there design elements I don't agree with? Heck yes, but overall it looks pretty badass, and kudos to the owner for coming up with something he likes and sticking with it.

And now everyone is spewing out all sorts of hate... how dare he do something with his car that you don't approve of! Y'all should be ashamed of yourselves. Also, this:

 

I'm all for originality but sometimes you have to ask whether its artistic or if they are on crack...





I guess it's an acquired or unique taste? Haters gonna hate

 

How could you camaro enthusiast not like it. It looks like the "Bat Mobile" personally I would love to test drive it after being painted triple black with flames coming out the exhaust and of course a the bay suit hahaha!!!!!

 

I appreciate the work they put into it but I don't care much for the final product.

 

So if you read about Neil's car you will find it is a bit more than an LS1 car with a hood swap, and that the beauty of your comment. The car is done so tastefully that the casual enthusiast has to bee keen to understand the changes and your ordinary car guys are blown away by an examble of the car that looks bolder than bold without doing a diservice to the heritage of the car.

I looked at all the build picks and believe me some of the items they did have me looking at my car different, and that I can commend, The final product has me wondering why they started with a thirgen.

Look up the Zaino camaro there is another fine example of a car done great and word to the wise the motor is not an LS1.

 

Its not about everyone else suffering from mass conformity. I bought my car because I like the lines. I specifically bought it instead of a camaro (sorry guys, no hate intended), or 4th gen F-body because of the lines. Why would I mess that up?

If I wanted conformity, Id buy a civic. To me it looks ridiculous. Kinda like the car in the picture below. Just because you can, doesnt mean you should.

 

It's pretty easy to see the difference between those cars that somebody slapped some paint on and stuck random bits on with double-sided tape and the amazing fab work that's gone into the Camaro Troy is doing. You're comparing apples to oranges here.

I'm not saying I don't appreciate those vehicles; they're very nice cars and personally I do like subtle modifications in favour of the over-the-top ones. However, this is definitely not a "one or the other" choice and IMHO there's always room for someone to do something a bit different. You fellas should be applauding this guy for doing something interesting with a thirdgen rather than bashing him for wrecking one; if you want somebody to bash feel free to come by my area and track down the kids who think "fabrication" means "pop-rivets and double-sided tape."

 

I would go as far as to say bashing, as much as saying it is a tad bit over the top. Over the top can be subtle. Look at the Cuda foose built last year. That was over the top but crazy tasteful in my opinion. Also there is the Onyx mustang with Ferrari electronic paddle shif and F1 car suspension. Also over the top but the car looks mean, not superhero. The Ring brothers have a couple to. Don't take it as bashing as mush as constructive critizism.

If that car came back with a better nose and tail cause of our comments, dude that would be cool!

 

LOL. Pretty much the same thing. I'm not a fan either. In it's first stages it had promise but then turnd into a space ship.

 

I can think of 5 cars that are all top notch and much more tastefull. My personal favorite is the white twin turbo car with Fiske FM5 wheels. Think its about 1500hp. The qaulity of the work by Troy is incredible but I agree that looks more like pimp my ride styling.

 

agreed.

 

I think it looks amazing and there is a lot of work in there. Some of the comparisons people have drawn here are kind of stupid. There many different kinds of sweet 3rd Gens some are clean and stock, some are modified slightly with slick wheels, and some are total track purpose cars. The reason those types of cars are bad@ss is because you can see the intention. Maybe an all original car takes you back to the 80's or maybe you want to make the car your own with some tasteful upgrades or you see the practicality of a machine built for the track.

This car though is of a different kind. A completely modified exterior and although it's not what I'd want my Camaro to look like I a can appreciate the creativity and it's got a cool jagged/futuristic look to it. It's got a lot of extreme body lines but like a concept car some of those cues could be toned down and someone could draw their own inspiration from them for their own more subtle modifications.

 

I think it's fair to say that a majority of us are scratching our heads and asking ourselves...wtf! How could something so promising turn out to look like shitt? While the engineering and technical work are amazing, the design is horrendous. It seems as if the designers ran out of ideas and just started going nuts with the outrageous body work.

 

I completely agree. Aside from the hood I like the rest of the car. Its nice to see a little change. The other pics of the modified cars posted are just ridiculous (Except for the Camaro posted by Z28FAST1, This ones not bad). The OP car is not that bad, although the cost to build it is just stupid. The 3rd gen camaros are real good looking, but I just find most stock cars boring. Well except for Lambos and Ferraris they look incredible stock.

 

looks like a big silver turd from the tin man on the wizard of oz

 

I agree, looks kinda riced out, leave a classic a classic!!

If it looks like it runs on soy sauce, its not cool

 

Only slightly impressed, like a couple of the features but not the car as a whole...looks too tuner(ish). Not exactly sure how they can label $10k to reproduce that hood either.

 

fab work is awsome no doubt. some of the things they did do look cool. but most of it not. like the hood looks like total garbage. that hood almost looks as worst as the turbo daytona iroc hood lol. the tail lights dont fit the style of the car at all. the front bumper looks tuner-rice. and i bet the car weighs soooo much. mainly if it were completed

 

tone down the cowl and the fangs on the front end and I think that'll look badass.

Follow it through with a turbo LSx and a t56, racing seats, pillar gauges etc. Pull up with some college feat. electric youth on the deck...

 

simply put we love our third gens because they are third gens ! subtle custom touches or accent are great but major body mods not widely accepted . We are still searching for something personal and different to customize our cars and give individuallity! do i like this design ? no I do respect the custom fab work and the customer chose a third gen you never know when a project like this may add to more parts availabllity so kudos to you car owner and fab guys. thank you for choosing a third gen

 

What the HELL is that?!?! Is it on a trailer- is IT the trailer? I guess it is what you get when you have someone with skill but no design aesthetic..

 

I want the head light off it...thats about it though

 

you can buy that bodykit lol, not really custom.

 

Overkill from every angle.Now you know how the purist feel when somebody mods a 57 chevy!

 

I freakin' love that car! I wonder if it's done yet?

 

whats the hose/line,hangn down,

 

Prolly a trans cooler line. On a side note, I'm not a fan of the headlights in the blue car at all. They just look goofy

 

Ask any elementary school art teacher: the TRICK is knowing WHEN to take the brush away from the child...this car could have been 'oh MY GOD, that is what a 3rd Gen was meant to be!' Instead, it looks like what would happen if Salvadore Dali BFed George Barris. Nice fab work though- if that was all it was meant to demonstrate then it was a success!

 

I followed the build in Rad Rides site at first, and Yes it was looking to be one of the best Camaros ever (all Gens included in my opinion). I guess not anymore. They went a little over the top but I still Like it, though. I especially like the Low to the ground/Road racer style and the raised wheel well openings and exhaust outlets. The hood louvers kind of remind me of the C6Rs louvered hoods, but from the pics on the Rad rides site it seems to be a Fuel injected turbo engine so I don't see the need for such a tall hoodscoop.
Minus some details I think it is a nice car... I guess it all comes down to some people liking their Car Stock/Classic looking while other preffer Modified/Racing looks.

 

Just because some one spends hours and hours fabbing does not make it praise worthy. Looks pretty crappy really.