Doomsday Impala

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Streetrod

6,468 posts

207 months

Friday 9th September 2011
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Now that is how a door slammer should look. I love the fact that it is a single colour with little in the way of graphics as you can really see the beauty in the lines of the car. Also it does not end up looking like a cartoon with a large rear wing etc.

Love it guys, just love it. Hope you get it fixed soon

diddly69

695 posts

178 months

Friday 9th September 2011
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What a beast! Bet that is a complete nutcase biggrin

central

16,744 posts

218 months

Tuesday 13th September 2011
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doomsdayimpala said:
The first event with the car complete was Webster test day 18th March 2011
photos by Mark Skinner







Andy
www.68impala.co.uk
"Doomsday Impala" on facebook
bowtie

Ello Andy smile

doomsdayimpala

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25 posts

152 months

Wednesday 14th September 2011
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hello pal. is that you Mr S.?

DAMAGE -
Not that bad for an 80 mph hit to the wall.
But, bad enuough though






spaximus

4,234 posts

254 months

Wednesday 14th September 2011
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I think this car looks fantastic. Much as I also like Redvictor, this seems more normal which makes it's performance look more spectacular, against Redvictor which looks what it is a race car. Top makrks for an unusual choice.

central

16,744 posts

218 months

Wednesday 14th September 2011
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doomsdayimpala said:
hello pal. is that you Mr S.?
yes

(Still sorting over 3,000 photos from the Euro Finals)

doomsdayimpala

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25 posts

152 months

Thursday 15th September 2011
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im a bit of a geek when it comes to Photoshop.

Here's one i did and it ended up being used on the front of RPM Mag.
This is our Photo.





Heres one from last weekend, the sky is a little more apolcayptic and sunny than it actually was ha hah
this picture was taken by Blackett (and puchased).



this one is a photo by Mark Skinner, that i put into CameraBag and Photshop and changed it to a Hipstamatic style, this is on free give away flyers, 1/4 of A4 size.




If anybody wants something doing, (im not a miracle worker) but ill have a mess with it for nowt if its something cool.
Changing backgrounds is pretty easy, pictures really need to be with 10 meg pixel min camera or better.
Any smaller and you lose the definition when you muck about with em.

Edited by doomsdayimpala on Thursday 15th September 15:57


Edited by doomsdayimpala on Thursday 15th September 16:01

jamiep

1,791 posts

220 months

Thursday 15th September 2011
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Wow, they are great photos.

doomsdayimpala

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25 posts

152 months

Thursday 15th September 2011
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this is the same picture above that our buddy Mark S took.
You can see i used the same fore-ground but layered it loads of times
this is one of my faves at the moment.


V8covin

7,334 posts

194 months

Thursday 15th September 2011
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When I clicked on the thread and saw the 1st pics I thought that's a pile of junk where's this leading.
But I tell you what the finished article is awesome,I love the way it launches and you're so right about the lines of the Impala.

All we need now is an incar video


doomsdayimpala

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25 posts

152 months

Thursday 15th September 2011
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i actually uploaded these today to Streetfire.


on board on a 8.80 pass
http://www.streetfire.net/video/doomsday-impala-in...


mish mash of burnouts etc
http://www.streetfire.net/video/doomsday-impala-re...


three year build video in 6 minutes
http://www.streetfire.net/video/doomsday-impala-fu...

Adz The Rat

14,144 posts

210 months

Thursday 15th September 2011
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Wow, incredible build!

Fleckers

2,861 posts

202 months

Thursday 15th September 2011
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nice car


central

16,744 posts

218 months

Friday 16th September 2011
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Starting to get through my (almost 3,000) photos from the Euros -


192 by Fast an' Bulbous, on Flickr

doomsdayimpala

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25 posts

152 months

Friday 16th September 2011
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Hi Pal.
Your the man, you the nail those photos every time. Awesome.
This must have been Thursday - Pre wall arguement :-)

central

16,744 posts

218 months

Friday 16th September 2011
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doomsdayimpala said:
Hi Pal.
Your the man, you the nail those photos every time. Awesome.
This must have been Thursday - Pre wall arguement :-)
yes

leffehoegaarden

199 posts

152 months

Wednesday 21st September 2011
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I think that this is the best looking doorslammer about at the moment. Having the vision and drive to go from the sad ol' girl pictured on the Californian driveway to this is what dragracing/hotrodding is all about. The Chevrolet designers that came up with the Impala shape must have had crystal balls, the way it looks from behind with tyres tucked up is just perfection (I feel like I'm cheating on the 69 Camaro when I look at it). If this was mine I'd sell my telly and put the sofa in the garage, it's simply jaw droppingly beautiful.

For those PH'ers who have no experience of dragracing and maybe think it's just one step up from banger racing. This car along with RV3 should really open your eyes. Make the effort and get yourself along to a big event where these cars are entered. You will never, never forget it.

Well done the Doomsday boys and girls. You're a credit to the sport.

Jakg

3,474 posts

169 months

Wednesday 21st September 2011
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Those rear wings... o.O It looks like it's going to eat everything else on the road.

It looks amazing!

doomsdayimpala

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25 posts

152 months

Wednesday 21st September 2011
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yeah im with that 100%, we all love GM, im a huge fan of 66 and 67 Pontiac GTO too.
Dave had a 65 impala, it was on the front cover of Classic American,



thats what sold full size Chevrolet to me. That rear quarter line, (coke bottle as they dubbed it) is so fabulous. We have deliberately kept all the lines clean, (sure we have no sponsorship anyway, but what the hell). But again your right, we made a stencil saying "doomsday" for the whole side of the car. Our buddy Chris did about 10 test pieces and they didnt cut it. Giving a drag car a name surely helps, so we knew it was going somewhere. So the logo went samll and less obtrusive at the bottom of the door.

The styling of the car still makes me stop in my tracks, something about the late 60's that gave automotive design freedom and spirit.... Hash and LSD probably.... lol


leffehoegaarden

199 posts

152 months

Wednesday 21st September 2011
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What's that stain around the girls knee on the front of that mag?

I know it's a beautiful car but isn't that taking it a bit too far?