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Model Specific Discussions => Trans-Am Camaros => Topic started by: Wahoo on August 25, 2012, 10:13:46 PM
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Driver Dick Hoffman
Jun 20 1971 Edmonton International Speedway
Jul 4 1971 Brainerd International Raceway "Donnybrooke"
Sep 6 1971 Michigan International Speedway
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There are just not too many pics of Hoffman's '71 Camaro out there at this time. Hopefully some will show up as we continue to research the old Trans-Am series.
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Not sure if this is your car, as I think there were two Hoffman Camaros built, but here is a scan of a photo I found on page 123 of the book entitled "Camaro! From Challenger to Champion: The Complete History" by Gary L. Witzenburg. The caption states, "Chevy engineer Dick Hoffman's Camaro built for '73 series." Could this be a typo and they meant to write 1971 or 1972, or did he also run a car in 1973??? Anyway, I thought of this thread when I was looking at this book the other day.
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That "under construction" photo is of the second Hoffman Camaro, the yellow one with the black hood and red vee-shaped stripes.
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That "under construction" photo is of the second Hoffman Camaro, the yellow one with the black hood and red vee-shaped stripes.
Thanks for the info.
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painting the Camaro tonight....
will post photos if it turns out OK.
fingers crossed.
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Cool !
Thanks for letting us know. I hope it turns out well and you're happy with it.
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Any updates here? Has the car been painted?
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The two frames in the first picture up top were not intended for an F-body Camaro, were they? All the underbody pictures I've seen show that even the raced F-bodies still had individual sub-frames that were not welded together using rail of some sort....which is actually surprising considering how many performance suppliers encourage the installation of "subframe-connectors" for 2nd gen Camaro/Firebird. Wonder why...?
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Those look like Corvette chassis' to me. Probably John Greenwood cars.
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Ahh, that makes much more sense. Thank you very much...I was just curious
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Ed great to see you and the car at Road America. It looks great!
Should be fun next month
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We need pictures!!!!
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We need pictures!!!!
Ditto!
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We need pictures!!!!
I was at the Vintage races at Road America this past weekend. What color is it now? I only remember seeing a red 2nd generation Camaro. I'll look through my pictures.
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I have some pictures of the Greenwood vette from last weekend, should I post 'em?
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YES, you should!!!
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There is a 150KB limit for attachments, so I'll do the best I can, if anyone wants higher resolution let me know.
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Couple more...
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I took these pictures of an early 2nd generation Camaro at The Hawk vintage race weekend at Road America. Is this what the car looks like now? I don't recall seeing another early 2nd generation Camaro at the event. I meant to go back and take more pictures of this car and the 1st generation Camaro parked in front of it but we left the paddock area and never went back. I also saw it on track but my camera battery was out of juice by that point.
If it's not the Greenwood/Hoffman car does anyone know more about it? I don't recall seeing this one before.
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I've never seen the red Camaro before. I'm sure it's not the ex-Greenwood/Hoffman Camaro but other
than that, I don't know anything about it.
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Is the Hoffman camaro likely to be at Monterey?
Robert Barg
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According to the entry list shown on the website, it does appear that Ed Wheatley will have the car there.
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The Camaro belongs to Sam LeComte......I can see my brother in the background of the photo! They took several cars up there. Jody O'Donnel finished third in the big Corvette race; all were pitted together, all from Dallas.
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The red Camaro is the ex-Gene Felton, IMSA Hilborn-injected small-block rocket..... I really don't know much about how it's set up now, or then; but VERY fast... Sam says it's scary... ;)
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I love vintage races, and some guys have this now, but I wish ALL the cars all had a little poster near it that described its history if there is any, weather significant or not I think it’s interesting.
Whether it’s the low-buck racer that had been racing his ’70 Mustang, with his family for over 20 years, or the big dollar cars like the Greenwood Vette, I like the history.
Some cars are re-creations of vintage cars, which are also cool, but if it has a past I’d like to know a little without needing to research a few cars I find to be interesting.
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Thanks guys for the info on the red 2nd Gen. Camaro.
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Road America Hawk 2013
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Car looks great - hope you are having a good wknd. at Monterey.
Robert Barg
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I got a chance to meet Ed Wheatley this weekend and see his car in person. Ed's a nice guy and his car really looks nice.
It's great to see this car finally returned to its original paint scheme after so many years. Here are a few shots in the paddock.
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Here are some shots out on the track...
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(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/May%202013/Wheatley4_zps2ee103da.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/May%202013/Wheatley4_zps2ee103da.jpg.html)
(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/May%202013/Wheatley6_zpsfc1084a8.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/May%202013/Wheatley6_zpsfc1084a8.jpg.html)
(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/May%202013/Wheatley8_zps345bf2b7.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/May%202013/Wheatley8_zps345bf2b7.jpg.html)
(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/May%202013/Wheatley7_zps14e0d896.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/May%202013/Wheatley7_zps14e0d896.jpg.html)
(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/May%202013/Wheatley9_zps15a4fd05.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/May%202013/Wheatley9_zps15a4fd05.jpg.html)
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and a shot of the car returning to the paddock after Saturday afternoon's race...
(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/May%202013/Wheatley11_zps1a9b78d8.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/May%202013/Wheatley11_zps1a9b78d8.jpg.html)
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That stripe pattern on the tail lamp panel probably made anyone behind him get dizzy from looking at it!
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That's the trick..... to keep them behind me.....