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I recently contacted the new owner of "career project" to learn its current status. He was kind enough to forward some pics and his permission to post them on the forum as there were several forum members that expressed an interest in the car's development.
I'm very impressed with the way the car ...

Your communication skills leave considerable room for improvement, but, to answer your question in a civil manner, I'm in no hurry.

No need to get pissy Phil. I'm just trying to understand what the hurdles were as it was something I had given some thought to several years ago. Thank you for the feedback.

Hey Phil,

By "PITA" and "Bazillian man hours," does that mean the Camaro glass had to be trimmed, which would require annealing the tempered glass to cut it, or are you referring to the time to get tracks in place and functional? I ask because the hardest part is dealing with the glass if it needs ...

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever explored the possible fitment of one-piece '68 Camaro side glass?

Bravo! I laughed all through the reading of your attendant text because it sounded exactly like me. I envy your experience.
Cheers.

Hopefully the new owner will post to the Forum so we can all follow along...

I never would've guessed it would take 4 months to straighten out the body and get it in primer. Sheeeeez. Granted, there was a bit more to it than that and the cold weather contributed to some very long drying times on everything chemical but alas, its finally done and this Saturday I'm delivering ...

I haven't posted in a while because all my current efforts have been focused on body work and I figured most folks would find that kinda' boring as I'm sure the topic has been covered plenty in the past. However, one of the time savers I learned as an industrial designer provides a quick way to ...

The hood and deck lid are now complete and in primer. I got curious about the weight of each as I'd never gotten around to weighing the OE and carbon pieces to compare the difference. Unfortunately, the originals are long gone but now that the carbon parts are surfaced and primed I grabbed the ...

In my mind's eye I can see those exhaust tips dance a bit each time you hit the throttle. Wicked cool.

Hey Norm,
The interior mods are looking terrific, can't beat leather. BTW, I seem to recall reading somewhere in the Forum that you were considering a wheel change. Just curious as to the outcome of your pondering...
Cheers,
Ted

Hmmmmmm, if the open headers are just too loud, maybe a turbo or two would hush things up a bit...

Body work has been coming along nicely since the last post. There's been a lot more surfacing than I had anticipated as I haven't found a single straight panel on the car yet. The misery doesn't make itself apparent until blocking out the primer with guide coat. Also, the carbon fiber panels have ...

Prior to delivery of the car to it's new owner, I'm surfacing the body and gaping and flushing all of the panels and putting it all in primer.

Another area of attention is the front wheelwells. Due to the wide rubber, the tires made contact with the inner wheelwells and the outer wheelwell lips on ...

There's a nice vignette on John Fitch in the December, 2012, issue of Road and Track.