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2012 |
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The GTO Plays In The Superbowl
Stadium
As It Visits Indianapolis
It’s doubtful that there could be a more
interesting location for a car event
than the Lucas Oil Stadium in
Indianapolis, Indiana, especially when
the cars are right out there on the
field as the center of attention.
This year’s Hot Rod & Restoration Show was held in the same stadium
that the Superbowl visited just weeks
earlier. The Sabertooth GTO was one of
50 cars, of the hundred-plus vehicles
that applied, that was invited to attend
and be on display.
Held on March 22-24, 2012, this year’s event brought dozens of
industry companies to Indy. They provide
products and services for the growing
hot rod and custom car, truck and
motorcycle world, and this was their
chance to shine in a special facility.
Several of the companies that partnered
on the GTO, including Flaming River
Industries, Inc., Design Engineering
Inc., SSBC Brakes Corporation, Totally
Stainless, Brickyard Classic Radials,
Art Morrison Enterprises and more had
displays offering advice and product
information to show visitors.
As one of the Featured Vehicles at the event, which is presented by
Steel Rubber Products, the Sabertooth
GTO got lots of looks and fit in well
with one of the coolest car show
locations ever. Thanks to Eric Saltrick
and the staff for their help in making
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Sabertooth GTO Gets A Great Reception
At The 2012 Cleveland Autorama
The Sabertooth prowled the giant IX Center south
of Cleveland March 16-18, 2012 and ended up
capturing a lot of new friends, plus a second
place award in the Full Hardtop Custom category.
Fresh off its debut at the Detroit Autorama, the
GTO had a great location at the entrance to the
show, and hundreds of people took photos, asked
questions and hung out with the 1964 Pontiac.
Many of the comments centered around the intense PPGTO
blue paint, with equal attention for
the red new school/vintage look of the
four-bucket-seat interior.
While Penfound Design cars enjoy the experience
of the ISCA indoor shows, they are also at home
on the streets of America at outdoor events,
cruise-ins and road tours. The Sabertooth GTO
will be visiting all kinds of new venues during
the months ahead, meeting new friends who enjoy
seeing this 1960s musclecar icon.
Thanks to the Heitman family and all the folks
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SABERTOOTH GTO STARTS TO PROWL AT THE
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The
1964 Pontiac Sabertooth GTO was unleashed at the 2012 Detroit Autorama,
and tiger fans seemed to like it. From the casual observer who stood
back and whispered “Nice GTO!” to the hardcore detail hunter who noticed
all the body, interior and engine mods on the GTO, the speed and style
icon made a lot of friends. In the jungle of high performance ‘60s
performance cars, the 1964 is arguably the first modern muscle car. The
idea behind Sabertooth is to take all of the things that made the
original such a hit and bring it into the 21st century.
Any
muscle car starts with the drivetrain, and Sabertooth is no exception.
Since Sabertooth is a REAL 1964 Pontiac GTO, it uses the original motor
with lots of changes: 449 cubic inches, 507 HP and 528 lb-ft. of torque;
Richmond Gear five speed OD transmission; Barry Grant “Six Shooter”
tri-power and more. The result? Performance worthy of a tiger.
Sabertooth is a clean and smooth visual package, designed to look like
what Pontiac might build if it made a new 1964 GTO with today’s
technology. Updates include: engine turned grill/tail and interior
panels; functional hood and fender scoops; hood tach; single windshield
wiper; filled and narrowed bumpers; ventless doors; Corvette C6 door
handles; four 1968 GTO bucket seats; modified red factory gauges;
one-off 20” Boyd Coddington/Penfound Design-styled wheels with Toyo
performance tires, unique PPGTO blue paint and much more.
To
make Sabertooth happen, Penfound Design had great help from some of the
performance leaders in the industry. Partners include:
PPG Industries / Goodmark Industries / Year One / Boyd Coddington Wheels
/ Toyo Tires / Diamond Back Classic Radials / SSBC Brakes Corporation /
Air Ride Technologies, Inc. / Flaming River Industries / Griffin Thermal
Products / Ames Performance Engineering / Advanced Plating / GM
Performance Parts / Classic Industries / Art Morrison Enterprises /
Eagle Specialty Products / Wiseco Pistons / Federal Mogul Corporation /
Moser Engineering / Design Engineering Inc. / Comp Performance Group /
FPM / Fat Man Fabrications / Vintage Air / North Hollywood Speedometer /
Craft Customs / ACC Auto Custom Carpets / United Pacific Industries /
Weber Racing Equipment / Ken’s Performance / Custom Autosound.
Some
of the most talented people in the custom car world were involved in the
creation of the Sabertooth GTO. While the concept was developed by
Penfound Design, the following builders, fabricators and craftsmen made
Sabertooth happen, among them are:
B.S. Creations (body/paint/assembly) / Weber Racing Equipment (engine) /
Ken’s Performance (heads) / Chuck’s Custom Design (interior) / Skip
Wells (illustration) / J.D. Spayre (transportation), Other
contributors include; Frank Jemiola / TAP Industries / John Leonard /
John DiBartolo / Kerry Kilpatrick / Tim Nolan. |
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2011 |
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Penfound Design
Selects 2011 Jeep
Grand Cherokee
as Team Vehicle!
Learn below how the PD Jeep came together, and who
helped make it special!! |
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The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee has carried the Jeep image into new
territory with Hemi-power, all independent suspension and a
combination of luxury and toughness unmatched in American SUVs.
What could be better than that for the Penfound Design team
vehicle?
Of course, as neat as the stock Grand Cherokee is, it needed a few
tweaks to set it apart from the crowd. That’s where Penfound
Design and project partners Goodyear Tire, Wheel Pros, KMC
Wheels, PPG Industries, Inc., Presta Products and Jeep parts and
accessories got involved. |
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Follow Below To See How The Jeep Came
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Standard features on the 2011 Laredo
X Jeep Grand Cherokee include a chrome
grill and rear treatment, bright side and
rear moldings, and 18-inch alloy wheels.
Lurking under the Brilliant Black
Crystal Pearl Coat paint, however, a
smoother, cleaner, meaner Jeep was waiting
to come out.
That’s where Penfound Design came in. |
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New Grill, Trim Removal And Body
Painting |
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The smooth and clean plan started with the Jeep Grand Cherokee’s
trim level. The standard chrome grill with vertical slots was
swapped out for a Jeep Overland model grill with the
‘cross-hatch’ grill pattern of the lower bumper valance. This
new chrome grill, as well as the chrome rear taillight panel
were prepped for PPG Industries, Inc. paint by Brian Stitt and
his staff at B.S. Creations, Mansfield, Ohio,
Presta Products were used for buffing and polishing. The wide body side
molding, hood and tailgate and other miscellaneous chrome trim
were also removed. |
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Partners & Products For 2011 Penfound Design
Jeep Grand Cherokee |
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Sliman’s Sales &
Service, Inc.
Amherst, Ohio |
A&C Tire Center
Amherst, Ohio |
Brian Stitt, B.S.
Creations
Mansfield, Ohio |
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Do You Have Comments On The PD Jeep Grand Cherokee? E-mail Us At barry@penfounddesign.com |
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Penfound Design Cars |
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LoSabre |
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Cambiar |
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"...One of those timeless customs that will still look cool decades from
now," Hot Rod Magazine, December 2002.
The 1959 Buick LoSabre made its debut at the 2002 Detroit
Autorama, has been featured in more than a dozen magazines, and won
awards including a "Boyd Coddington Pro's Pick", "Custom Rodder Top 10",
and Lowrider Magazine "Best Lo-Rod". It continues to be shown and
well-received. |
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Impala
"...Most custom cars
are personal creations, built to suit the specific tastes
and desires of their owners and builders. A select few go
beyond mere personalization and approach the level of true
design studies..." Damon Lee, editor, Custom Rodder,
September 2006.
The 1963 Impala SportsRoof made
its debut at the 2006 Detroit Autorama, and was selected the
Super Chevy Pick Of the Show. From there it won a Fab Five Pick
at the Goodguys Great American Nationals, Hershey, Pennsylvania,
2006. It received "First In Class- Lo Rod" and a "Special Judges
Award" for the vehicle that "best exemplifies the lowrider
movement" at the Lowrider Magazine Tour Stop in Indianapolis,
Indiana. During the summer of 2006 it received numerous Super
Chevy awards, including "Best Full-size 1958-1964 Car" and "Top
8" at the Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana. At the Goodguys
Nationals in Columbus, Ohio, it received both a "Rod & Custom
magazine Top 10" and "Boyd Coddington Pro's Pick". The car was
featured in Custom Rodder, Super Chevy and Power magazines and
was shown in event coverage in Super Rod, Rod & Custom, Custom
Rodder, Street Rodder, and several other publications. American
Racing Equipment, Inc., selected the SportRoof for its booth at
the 2006 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the car was also on
display for three months at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports
Museum in Pomona, California at the end of 2006. In 2007 it was
featured in American Racing Equipment, Inc., advertising and
catalogs, was a cover photo for Jeg's Performance Products and
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"...the custom rod movement
has taken off and clearly created its own identity, one very
distinct from its nostalgia predecessor. And at the forefront are
clean, smooth, yet very stylish cars with a unique modern
twist...not overdone, not too flashy. Basically, cars like Cambiar",
Damon Lee,
Custom Rodder Magazine, November 2004.
The 1964 Cadillac Cambiar, see
above, appeared at the Detroit Autorama 2004 for the first time, was
a cover feature for Custom Rodder, a Goodguys Pick, the "Alexander
Brothers Pick" at the KKOA 2004 Nationals, and "Best Of Show" at
the 2005 Dub Magazine Cobo Hall Detroit show.
GTO
The 1964 Pontiac Sabertooth GTO was introduced to
America in an advance build Hot Rod magazine
article. Featured in the ‘Project Garage’ section of
the magazine, Rob Kinnan described the GTO as
“combining factory concept car with street race
sensibilities”. As “the fourth car from
Penfound Design, the GTO will have single
headlights, tucked bumpers, an engine-turned grill,
and functional scoops in the hood and fenders”.
Kinnan went on to write “One-off Boyd Coddington
wheels will be tucked by Air Ride bags. You Pontiac
faithful will appreciate that it’ll be powered by a
389 (stroked to 449 cubes) and a Barry Grant Six
Shooter intake”.
As shown above, the Sabertooth GTO is all of that
and more as it stalks the streets.
Inpala
"...Barry Penfound, under the guise of Penfound Design, is making quite a
name for himself building clean, crisp customs based on late-'50s and
early '60s two door hardtops. The past few years have seen a '63 Impala
Sportsroof, a '59 Buick LeSabre, and a '64 Caddy, but the latest, this
'59 Chevy dubbed Inpala, might just have presented his greatest
challenge yet, owing to one remarkable feature. It wears its original
paint.."
Kev Elliott, technical editor,
Rod & Custom
magazine, May 2008.
The 1959 Chevrolet 'Inpala', named because it was created in
just eight weeks, is the fourth Penfound Design project. After making
its debut at the Hot Rod Power Tour in 2007, 'Inpala' went on to appear
at nearly a dozen events, including Goodguys Hot Rod Nationals in
Indianapolis, the Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, and the NHRA Hot
Rod Reunion.
The 'Inpala' is based on a survivor, original paint 1959 Impala.
Inspiration for the car came from the "little book" custom magazines
like Rod & Custom in the 1950's and 1960's, which featured many new cars
that would be modified quickly so they could be driven and shown on the
street. Owners would change the grills, trim, wheels and tires so that
the original paint could be maintained. The result is that 'instant
customs' were born, and 'Inpala' brings that concept into the 21st
Century. |
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