Originally published early last week after actual unveil
Updated and republished: 3/27/2012
After watching last night's episode of American Chopper Sr vs. Jr., two things struck me:
1. An entire hour episode on just Paul Jr. Design that featured this special muscle car build from the concept, through the build to completion and the unveils at Daytona Bike Week on March 17, 2012. I knew that if Discovery Channel featured just PJD, not OCC and PJD together in a one hour episode that it would be a hit and entertaining for fans. And yes this special was entertaining for me. PJD has a lot more content then Discovery shows in just a 22 minute normal episode. (Keep in mind that PJD gets around 22 minutes and OCC gets around 22 minutes of content in a normal one hour episode. The rest is filled with commercials)
2. Obviously the muscle car build itself. I remember watching the build off with PJD's Mustang plane inspired chopper and thought it was an interesting creation for sure. They went outside the box. But now to see someone take a brand new Chevrolet Camaro and customize it in such a way that it's never been customized before...namely with adding a Whipple supercharger, custom exhaust, 22 inch rims, flat black paint, prop wheels with nose cones, plating and over 1000 pop riveting in aluminum panels and 580 HP for the "fighter jet feel." that's cool. It's original, its different and in some ways it works.
(Photo Credit: American Choppers Paul Jr Designs on Facebook", its a fan page.)
(Photo Credit: Paul Jr. Designs/Discovery)
Personally I'm getting more into the flat black paint job style on muscle cars than ever before and I have to say that I like this Camaro especially with 580HP on tap. And I will say that Trans American Muscle shouldn't have any problems selling all 77 of these limited editions Camaro's, of course that's at $84k each.
Updated and republished: 3/27/2012
After watching last night's episode of American Chopper Sr vs. Jr., two things struck me:
1. An entire hour episode on just Paul Jr. Design that featured this special muscle car build from the concept, through the build to completion and the unveils at Daytona Bike Week on March 17, 2012. I knew that if Discovery Channel featured just PJD, not OCC and PJD together in a one hour episode that it would be a hit and entertaining for fans. And yes this special was entertaining for me. PJD has a lot more content then Discovery shows in just a 22 minute normal episode. (Keep in mind that PJD gets around 22 minutes and OCC gets around 22 minutes of content in a normal one hour episode. The rest is filled with commercials)
2. Obviously the muscle car build itself. I remember watching the build off with PJD's Mustang plane inspired chopper and thought it was an interesting creation for sure. They went outside the box. But now to see someone take a brand new Chevrolet Camaro and customize it in such a way that it's never been customized before...namely with adding a Whipple supercharger, custom exhaust, 22 inch rims, flat black paint, prop wheels with nose cones, plating and over 1000 pop riveting in aluminum panels and 580 HP for the "fighter jet feel." that's cool. It's original, its different and in some ways it works.
Personally I'm getting more into the flat black paint job style on muscle cars than ever before and I have to say that I like this Camaro especially with 580HP on tap. And I will say that Trans American Muscle shouldn't have any problems selling all 77 of these limited editions Camaro's, of course that's at $84k each.
