The birth of Orange Krate...

[DerbyChamp06]

Great looking photos Jim! BTW, the front painted license bracket really, really looks good. Think yours is the only one I've seen with that, and it looks so much better than the stock black color. The new Camaro is not very "front plate friendly" but it actually looks good on yours with that painted bracket.

Glad you liked the Converse Shoes. When mine arrive, I'll put them on, along with a fav orange Polo shirt, and post a "salute pic" to Orange Krate . You should get some Orange Hi-Tops! Everyone would know you mean business when you stepped out of Orange Krate. And for the monogram, you could put "Kaptain Kr8" (hitop mongram limited to 12 characters, so abbrev necessary) ....there's an ebay seller with that moniker and it has a nice ring to it. The Starship Enterprise had Captain Kirk, and the Starship Orange Krate could have Kaptain Krate piloting it....Funny, but when I took a friend for ride in a rental 2010 Camaro, I joked it was like entering a spaceship, and I meant that in a good way

[Orange Krate]

Originally Posted by DerbyChamp06

Great looking photos Jim! BTW, the front painted license bracket really, really looks good. Think yours is the only one I've seen with that, and it looks so much better than the stock black color. The new Camaro is not very "front plate friendly" but it actually looks good on yours with that painted bracket.

Glad you liked the Converse Shoes. When mine arrive, I'll put them on, along with a fav orange Polo shirt, and post a "salute pic" to Orange Krate . You should get some Orange Hi-Tops! Everyone would know you mean business when you stepped out of Orange Krate. And for the monogram, you could put "Kaptain Kr8" (hitop mongram limited to 12 characters, so abbrev necessary) ....there's an ebay seller with that moniker and it has a nice ring to it. The Starship Enterprise had Captain Kirk, and the Starship Orange Krate could have Kaptain Krate piloting it....Funny, but when I took a friend for ride in a rental 2010 Camaro, I joked it was like entering a spaceship, and I meant that in a good way

HA! What you smoking up there? Wanna share? HA HA HA "Kaptain Kr8" does have a ring to it.

[Orange Krate]

I am just now getting around to posting up Youtube videos of the Turbonetics Open House. I have some of the Bumblebee, SST, and Misc. These are all low budget video from my cell phone. Sorry in advance for poor quality.


SST



Bumblebee



Bumblebee-Turbonetics-SST cars all lined up.



Orange Krate with Litho #182


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[blade_ss]

So where are the new videos of the fly bys?

[DerbyChamp06]

Originally Posted by Orange Krate

HA! What you smoking up there? Wanna share? HA HA HA "Kaptain Kr8" does have a ring to it.

Sometimes wish I were smoking something...lol. Just chalkin' it up to too much time in the office cubicle, and working a 6 day work week since 1997 Hopefully a roadtrip to KY soon will cure what ails me

Got the shoes on Friday! Only 2.5 weeks from order date. Very nice shoes As promised, here's my salute to Orange Krate. Have a good week Jim! My work is done here

[Orange Krate]

Originally Posted by DerbyChamp06

Sometimes wish I were smoking something...lol. Just chalkin' it up to too much time in the office cubicle, and working a 6 day work week since 1997 Hopefully a roadtrip to KY soon will cure what ails me

Got the shoes on Friday! Only 2.5 weeks from order date. Very nice shoes As promised, here's my salute to Orange Krate. Have a good week Jim! My work is done here

You are fit for duty now! HA!!! My cousin lives in Kentucky in Vanceburg. Never been there but always wanted to go see it. Perhaps an Orange Krate road trip? Take some time and enjoy yourself back there. I am on vacation for a couple of weeks trying to do some work and catch up on stuff around the house.

Great shoes and shirt...just sayin'!

[Orange Krate]

I posted this up on separate link in general discussion area. It is awesome. I like the history and music.


http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showpo...79&postcount=1

[Orange Krate]

Originally Posted by blade_ss

So where are the new videos of the fly bys?

We tried to get some decent video fly bys but the POS camera we had was pretty much worthless. Time to buy my own HD camera and do it right. Soon...very soon. Still on vacation (working at house!). I haven't even taken Orange Krate out of the barn on a power run this week! Sacreligious!

[Orange Krate]

I ordered myself up a new 100 Year Anniversary Chevrolet T-Shirt in ORANGE! Is there really any other color?

It is a nice design. However, I have to say that the quality is not good. The T-shirt is very thin and ultra light. Don't expect a "Beefy T" quality. It isn't up to Hanes standard or even Fruit of the Loom. The silk screeing job is spotty. I am sure the Chevy Mall guys will say...send it back. But the point is... we shouldn't have to send it back and the quality should be there for the money charged! That's it. Enough said.

The upside is that I did get a free dime size "100 year anniversary pin" with the shipment. I am sticking that one away for a special occasion. It is sealed in its own box with the official holographic seal. Here are a couple of photos of what I got. The t-shirt photo isn't the one I got. I will post that up later so you can see what the real quality looked like. Chevy Mall needs to have a talk with their vendor about their silkscreening.

[Orange Krate]

I submitted my vote for the best Chevy of all time contest. Make sure you vote! I am posting this on my Facebook page as well. Here is the link:


http://www.chevrolet.com/100-years/b...y-of-all-time/


As they say... Remember to vote and vote often


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[Orange Krate]

Today I took the Orange Krate, wife and youngest daughter to Lake Casitas up near Ojai, California. It was about 140 mile round trip by the time the ride, picnic and sightseeing were over. On the way towards home we detoured through Ojai and looked at where I used to work in the 1980s. Then I drove Orange Krate up the notorious Highway 33 towards the Los Padres Forest and Mount Pinos Summit. We only went as far as the Friend's Ranch roadside market where you can buy citrus, nuts and candies etc. It was closed due to the late hour. My wife had her digital camera and I asked her to capture a brief video of us coming back down Highway 33. The quality isn't that good but you can get an idea of the Orange Krate motoring down that long lonesome highway. It was a great day for riding.

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[blade_ss]

I always love taking little trips like that. I haven't been through the 33 in a longtime but I used to go through Lockwood Valley all the time. Great photos also. I'm going to start getting Sunday's off we should go out for a drive soon.

[speedster]

Jim -

You always have the greatest photos and such heartfelt, upbeat stories to share. Thanks for both.

Orange Krate is looking and sounding awesome !

[andredmg]

Luv the video brotha, I so wish I could take my whip out on a nation wide trip and meet all the cool Camaro peeps on C5, you,re on my top ten list Jim. Happy to see you still enjoying Orange Crate and thanx for sharing.