Prodigy Customs Debuts 2 new finished project at 2010 PRI Show

[ProdigyCustoms]

Well, actually got selected for 4 cars this year, but a couple of those are old stand buys. Getting into PRI is a bit special as there are probably less then 100 cars in the entire show and only 25 special feature vehicles, and we got selected for 4 of those special feature spots this year. Two of the cars were awarded their own booths, the other two are in the Cafe Collection with everything from Jet Dragsters, to vintage FX Funny cars.

The first debut car is Mark Deutsch awesome 69VN10. Mark's car came to us just before summer after being traped in body shop prison for quite a while. Long story short the previous shop was doing gorgeous work but the bills and schedule were out of control with no end in site. Mark thought someone more familiar with Pro Touring Camaro builds and someone that could properly forcast cost may be better suited to see this one through. I think we have made his dream come true!

The car is simply STUNNING with awesome attention to detail in the Mark Deutsch / Ben Hermance design. The details are many, more then I have time for right now, but the basics are 550HP LS3, 4L65E, Full Chris Alston treatment front to back, Prodigy Total Car G Machine 14" Wilwood's all around, Everything Fesler offers including the first set of Fesler's new door and side panels. Our boy Jeff NAILED the interior, I cannot stress how gaga everyone has been over the interior. There is so much to say about this car, I will let Mark chime in with more details, but long story short, this is a show killer that will be out on the circuit in 2011 starting with the cruel Ecklers Winter Nationals 1000 point judging in February. We ain't scared a bit!

And no worries boys, once mark gets his 990 points..........He is going to drive the wheels off it!

Congratulations and Thank You Mark!

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The Second debut car is my own Just bring It Street Racer. Well, it is not exactly new, some of you have seen this car around for years. It has done many RTTHs event including the Pro Touring cruise! But it is all new now with a ton of modifications and updates. JBI has been a totally streetable low 9 second car since 1996 when we first built it for Michaels 15 and 16 year old brothers to race. Michael raced this car on his 15th birthday, went 10.90 on the motor, hell of a 15th birthday! While a totally streetable ride, I wanted it a bit more civilized, so we installed a bangin sound system, we added one of our custom Prodigy / Vintage Air Gen IV kits, Built a custom March Style Trac to work with the Evac pup and electric water pump, built one of our core supports with dual 16" fans including transmission and oil coolers that would cool the Space Shuttle exhaust! We added Speedtech control arms and did the redrill Gulstrand mod. All 4 corners were treated to Wilwood 12.2" (6) piston front / (4) piston rear.

We blacked out all the trim with black anodize and lightweight aluminum bumpers in Matte black. What really sets it off is the Debut of Prodigy / Forgeline new Drag Series wheels! 18 X 12 rears combines with 17 X 4 front are wrapped with 345 / 35 / 18 and 17 X 450 front M and H Racemaster Drag Radials. The response to the wheels has been..........incredible!

JBI has run consistent low 9s for years, but with the added weight of the new creature comforts, and with aspirations of going high 8s, a new NOS system from NX was added. So instead of one 300 shot, JBI now has 2 shots of NOS, tuned at 300HP and 200HP respectively!

So it is not Pro Touring, but a pretty cool car non the less. Drag week, here we come!

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The other 2 Prodigy Cars on special display are well known to al of you. Will and Shanna's Back in Black Convertible and Ted's infamous bull Run Racer.

Surprise guys!

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[jy211]

very cool! :thumbsup: can't wait...can't wait LOL :lol:

[BonzoHansen]

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I love the white piping on these seats, nice detail. Kind of nods to 67 deluxe seats. I want to do something similar. The seats themselves are nice too, they don't look out of place. What kind of seats are they?

[NOT A TA]

Very cool Frank, I'll check them out tomorrow!

[KPC67]

That's quite an honor Frank, cograts.
You guys rock:woot:

[Beegs]

Congrats Frank!!

[Hdesign]

Great job Frank! This is the first time I've seen Amy and Mark's car done. Interior looks just like the rendering! The Blanton's car looks awesome too!

[tones2SS]

Congrats Frank. Great job.:cheers:
Nice looking cars.

[coolwelder62]

Congrat's Frank.They look awesome.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:Scott

[Neil B]

Very nice! I can't wait to see them on Sat.

[mild2wild]

Nice job. Lookin killer as usual Frank!

[markd]

I love the white piping on these seats, nice detail. Kind of nods to 67 deluxe seats. I want to do something similar. The seats themselves are nice too, they don't look out of place. What kind of seats are they?

Thanks Bonzo!

If I remember correctly, the seats are Recaro e21 from a 2002 BMW M3. I actually got the idea from another forum member who used them on his 69 Camaro. You can usually find them on eBay for around $400 a pair.

MarkD

[markd]

Great job Frank! This is the first time I've seen Amy and Mark's car done. Interior looks just like the rendering!

Thanks Ben! You deserve some of the credit. You created the exterior and interior renderings based on my goals and your creative talent. Looking back, I am glad I had the renderings done. It made the build process go smoother, because it gave everyone a blueprint to follow.

MarkD

[Flash68]

What a nice diversified showing of cars there. Congrats Frank and thanks for posting.

[markd]

The first debut car is Mark Deutsch awesome 69VN10. Mark's car came to us just before summer after being traped in body shop prison for quite a while. Long story short the previous shop was doing gorgeous work but the bills and schedule were out of control with no end in site. Mark thought someone more familiar with Pro Touring Camaro builds and someone that could properly forcast cost may be better suited to see this one through. I think we have made his dream come true!

The car is simply STUNNING with awesome attention to detail in the Mark Deutsch / Ben Hermance design. The details are many, more then I have time for right now, but the basics are 550HP LS3, 4L65E, Full Chris Alston treatment front to back, Prodigy Total Car G Machine 14" Wilwood's all around, Everything Fesler offers including the first set of Fesler's new door and side panels. Our boy Jeff NAILED the interior, I cannot stress how gaga everyone has been over the interior. There is so much to say about this car, I will let Mark chime in with more details, but long story short, this is a show killer that will be out on the circuit in 2011 starting with the cruel Ecklers Winter Nationals 1000 point judging in February. We ain't scared a bit!

And no worries boys, once mark gets his 990 points..........He is going to drive the wheels off it!

Congratulations and Thank You Mark!


First off, I want to thank Frank and his small team of experts who worked on my car over the past several months. John Parsons installed the ISIS wiring and exhaust. William installed the stereo system, created speaker covers, boxed out the trunk and created the center console to incorporate the horseshoe shifter and double din stereo. Jeff covered everything in leather to match Ben’s rendering. Frank and team installed the plumbing and other small miscellaneous items to get the car in full working order.

Frank is correct, my car was at a local shop for 21 months and everything spun out of control, especially since I was deployed for 13 of those months. Once I got back in country, I decided to pull the car and send it to Frank who has experience in Pro Touring Camaros and one of this magnitude.

The car has about every piece of billet that Felser and Marguez make. The LS3 and transmission package came from Turnkey Engine supply. It also has a Prodigy Cool package, Ricks Hot Rod Shop stainless steel tank, Chassisworks front sub-frame, frame connectors, g-bar and FAB 9 rear, tons of Goodmark sheet metal, DSE instrument panel with Autometer gauges, Vintage air, power windows and door locks, DSE RS headlight door kit, DSE late model style windshield wiper motor with delay, DSE battery relocation kit and DSE mini tubs.

It has been an awesome experience working with Frank and team throughout this process. I consider myself very lucking to have such professionals working on my dream car.

Just to clarify…I did not want a trailer queen! Frank and I decided that we should get a few shows under our belts before I go out and thrash it.

MarkD

[DFRESH]

Frank---are those the new wheels for the Drag Car? Must be---it looks amazing with those on it----I may have to switch out my American's bro---right after I spend another 4k on a torque converter---LOL

Doug

[chevguy]

Nice work frank, love your beastie as well. Hopefully catch up with you at your shop for a look around when we come over for sema next year

[Tcwcar]

I know this is an old thread, but I just want to set the record straight......Triangle Restoration built Mark Deutsch car, not Frank at Prodigy Customs....he might of wired the car and put the interior and the stereo in but thats it....we did the rest.........and people aren't going gaga over your interior, there going gaga over the car we did.....it easy to come in at the tail end of the project and pick eveyone ones work apart..... Mark also made a comment that Frank was such a saint for taking an hour out of his day to come and look at Marks car....I have countless hours in that I did not bill Mark for.....phone calls to Feslers, to Turnkey, Chris Alstons, Wilwood and so on and so on, all parts that I never made a dime off of, Mark bought all his own parts.....and as far as being in body shop prision, that was Mark's choice....I'm going to post pics of what Marks car looked like before we started, beleive me it was a rag....it was no new Dynacore body here, we had to replace every panel on that car, even the roof.....we told Mark he should go with another body, but he said it was a california car and he wanted to use it, OK, just means $$$$$ in body work, that was his choice.....Also here are some more pics from this inexperanced shop......Sorry guys it just really pi** me off when people like Frank from Prodigy come in at the and acts like he the Man that put it all together.........The fact is boys do your reserch time = $$$$ in this world....I did everything Mark Deutsch asked me to do and then some, I'm the one that had to wait to get payed when he was out of money, and he didn't pull out of my shop because of the work we did, he pull it because he was out of $$$$$$$$$$.....Triangle Restoration built that camaro not Frank from Prodigy........

[ProdigyCustoms]

Well, actually got selected for 4 cars this year, but a couple of those are old stand buys. Getting into PRI is a bit special as there are probably less then 100 cars in the entire show and only 25 special feature vehicles, and we got selected for 4 of those special feature spots this year. Two of the cars were awarded their own booths, the other two are in the Cafe Collection with everything from Jet Dragsters, to vintage FX Funny cars.

The first debut car is Mark Deutsch awesome 69VN10. Mark's car came to us just before summer after being traped in body shop prison for quite a while. Long story short the previous shop was doing gorgeous work but the bills and schedule were out of control with no end in site. Mark thought someone more familiar with Pro Touring Camaro builds and someone that could properly forcast cost may be better suited to see this one through. I think we have made his dream come true!

The car is simply STUNNING with awesome attention to detail in the Mark Deutsch / Ben Hermance design. The details are many, more then I have time for right now, but the basics are 550HP LS3, 4L65E, Full Chris Alston treatment front to back, Prodigy Total Car G Machine 14" Wilwood's all around, Everything Fesler offers including the first set of Fesler's new door and side panels. Our boy Jeff NAILED the interior, I cannot stress how gaga everyone has been over the interior. There is so much to say about this car, I will let Mark chime in with more details, but long story short, this is a show killer that will be out on the circuit in 2011 starting with the cruel Ecklers Winter Nationals 1000 point judging in February. We ain't scared a bit!


Ahh, excuse me sir. Never once did I say we "built the car". Never once did I Pick your work apart

"it easy to come in at the tail end of the project and pick eveyone ones work apart"

In fact quite the opposite

Long story short the previous shop was doing gorgeous work


I never made any claims to what we did and did not do. I made it pretty damn clear the car was gourgous up to the point we took over. But since you joined the forum with your chest puffed out about how we were claming we built the car. I could go into the list of redos we did.

I never claimed to do anymore then we did.

Get a grip.

This clearly falls under the joining the forum for bashing rules.

[Stuart Adams]

I don't see where Frank crossed the line. Mark even admitted what Frank was saying was correct.

Cool car.

[Steve1968LS2]

Yea, I don't see where Frank tried to mislead anyone.. And joining a site just to bash someone is sort of weak.

[tmadden]

Steve I agree, Joining Lateral G to vent and point fingers shows a fair amount of bitchassness.

[RECOVERY ROOM]

And joining a site just to bash someone is sort of weak.

I agree

[Rick D]

WOW :wow: The thread is almost a year old. Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed today. Car does look very nice.