Finally! JFR Major Announcement Thursday Jan. 15th (1 Viewer)

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The strange thing is that I remember seeing photo's of what appeared to be a Camaro FC body, with Nitro style spoiler and spill plates on the back at either the PRI or SEMA show, the pics were on Facebook. Definitely didn't appear to be an alky car, and it was around the same time that the first "major announcement" was due from JFR.

So if there is a (true) fuel Camaro Body floating about, a) Who has it and b) is it possible that there will be two specs of the Camaro Racing this year - The Mustamaro and the actual Camaro?

Oh, you can bet JFR will get the first 6+ bodies. Maybe even up to the first 12-15. Once that thing appears, Chevy won't want to go back to a hybrid of the two unless absolutely necessary, and most certainly won't allow a Mustang to be pulled out of mothballs and put on a JFR chassis. So yeah, there will be two sets of specs, but one will be temporary and will never see the light of day after JFR gets that first big order of Camaro bodies unless they just destroy body after body after body.

If anything, it may have been a mockup, probably with the wing area glassed on the alky version for visual effect. Heck, for all we know it may have been the hybrid version and JFR was doing all of that work prior to there even being an announcement.

 

[shaky dave]

force should have pulled some of the firebirds out of storage and wrapped them.will be intresting to see the hybrids at pomona

 

[FABMAN]

force should have pulled some of the firebirds out of storage and wrapped them.will be intresting to see the hybrids at pomona

Not legal

 

[Nunz]

There was a new Camaro FC body on display at PRI, but it was an alky body.

 

[FABMAN]

There was a new Camaro FC body on display at PRI, but it was an alky body.

I would be interested in seeing a Alky Camaro body, if anybody has a photo please put it on so we can see. It would be good to see it compared to what JFR has put together.

 

[FABMAN]

Just googled Jay Blakes alcohol Camaro F/C and it doesn't look at all like JFR's creation of a Camaro. I personally like the looks of the alcohol Camaro body, hope the fuel body looks that good.

Sorry, can't figure out how to send pictures with this smartphone.

 

[turbo ken]

The 2016 Camaro is supposed to have some substantial changes in the body from the 2015 version (kind of like what Dodge did with the Charger). The 2016 Camaro Fuel FC body will not be modified Mustang body (why make a 2015 Fuel Camaro body when the 2016 Camaro body will be different).
http://jalopnik.com/this-is-the-best-rendering-of-the-2016-chevrolet-camaro-1671746158

 

[Just Paul]

Looking at the Tafc body does nothing. Just like the Tafc Mustang looks nothing like the nitro mustang. The new tafc Camaro is just an updated Monte Carlo. The Monte Carlo body for alcohol has proven to be the best one and they didn't want to get too far away from that.

I get what Force is doing, and he really has no choice. Dave Benjamen made a Chrysler Lebarron out of a Chevy Beretta once. Others have had transgender bodies before but within the same parent company usually.

 

[Nunz]

I believe also, and I may be wrong, that GM will have a new generation Camaro for 2016.

 

[Just Paul]

Ok I have seen pictures of the new body now, It looks decent. They definitely rounded out the nose compared to what they had. Everything else looks the same. Courtney's wrap sure is wild.

 

[MHayes]

 

[Dave]

Those are some serious body latches! They don't look that bad I guess. You can hide a lot of lines or deceive the eyes with paint schemes too. From the stands they'll look fine.

 

[FABMAN]

Much better than drawing, I'm good with that look hopefully that will relive some of the pain. Well maybe not, lol

 

[DAN]

Time for a re-think on the graphics layout. I'm a JFR fan, but both John and Robert's car look like tired mash-ups of previous year designs. Courtney's design is wayyy too busy. Brittany's (despite having no major) could've done with some more creative text treatment for her name. DSR's design team nailed it this year - their Funny Cars look really fresh, and the Army car is badass. Would love to see what Blackbeard or Greg Russell could have done with JFR's layouts.

 

[MHayes]

Time for a re-think on the graphics layout. I'm a JFR fan, but both John and Robert's car look like tired mash-ups of previous year designs. Courtney's design is wayyy too busy. Brittany's (despite having no major) could've done with some more creative text treatment for her name. DSR's design team nailed it this year - their Funny Cars look really fresh, and the Army car is badass. Would love to see what Blackbeard or Greg Russell could have done with JFR's layouts.

I must have missed Capps new car because the one I've seen pictures of doesn't look much different than last year.

 

[Randy]

What does the big "X" represent?

 

[Mike]

RG, the big "X" is where Wolfman Jack broadcast from....

 

[DAN]

I could be wrong, but the X was meant to represent 10x Champion (at the time), and then became a 'Next Generation' logo. Capps' design hardly changes from year to year, but it's still a clean look. The 'Make a Wish' and Hagan's design are both really cool.

 

[PJ]

What does the big "X" represent?

That the car is an eX Mustang sorry I couldn't resist

 

[Randy]

RG, the big "X" is where Wolfman Jack broadcast from....

In the 1960's he broadcast his show just across the border in Mexico at a radio station that was 250,000 watts, 5 times the legal limit allowed in the US on 1090 AM. It was said that his broadcast was not only heard throughout North America, but it was picked up as far away as the Soviet Union. They said that if a bird flew near the broadcast tower it would drop dead from the sky.