Anyone have a Drekar Z15 Firebird?
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For such a style of paint scheme I would'nt usually like something of such. But WOW that is a stunning car bumper to bumper; the whole aspect of the thing with the blower and other components. Sits just right as well.
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i've got a black t/a but for the most part it needs to stay black... i'm thinking a yellow hood stripe and the front bumper cover vee like that, but what do you think about the backside? should i do the top of the rear wing yellow and maybe a yellow ceta section? what do you guys think?
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i've got a black t/a but for the most part it needs to stay black... i'm thinking a yellow hood stripe and the front bumper cover vee like that, but what do you think about the backside? should i do the top of the rear wing yellow and maybe a yellow ceta section? what do you guys think?
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Found this on another site. Can't seem to find too much info on them
Drekar ASV Z15 Trans Am Supercar prototype (2002) (An upcoming design & tuner company Drekar ASV (American Specialty Vehicles) set its sights on paying homage to this piece of American heritage with it's own Firebird Supercar, the "Z15". With Drekar ASV's initial goal of converting only 35 "Collector Edition" vehicles (in which GM had only a few thousand produced to generally commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the Firebird) to this 600HP performance and appearance package, the name "Z15" seemed fitting as this was already the GM "RPO" code designated to those Firebird "CE" cars. With some essential help in collaboration, build components, and overall insight from fellow enthusiast Matt Murphy (who had already put aside his beautiful 400HP pilot Firebird "Ram Air 6" project due to GM's disbanding of the Pontiac Firebird Brand Team) and staff, the project was taking its first breaths in life. This new Drekar ASV Firebird "Z15" Supercar started out as previously mentioned in "CE" form which was coming directly from GM in a Pontiac yellow "54U". This color yellow had been previously used on the Firebird's in 1994. This production "CE" yellow was a tad more "pale" than the pre-production "CE" car which was finished in a much brighter Corvette "Millennium Yellow". It was immediately decided that the "Z15" would don an outstanding show car coat of the originally intended "CE" color Corvette "Millennium Yellow". The pilot car was painstakingly disassembled and then painted piece by piece, completing the paint scheme with the addition of a black Pontiac style "arrowhead" to cleanly but accurately portray the aggressive nature of this 'bird. With its fresh new look upon reassembly, the engine was carefully reinstalled with specific "Z15" milled heads & upgraded internals to match the custom "Z15" Vortech Supercharger w/Aftercooler. From exhaust, programming, drivetrain, braking & suspension - all planted to the pavement with Goodyear Eagle F1 295-35 ZR18 Supercar tires - this vehicle is complete and bold in every detail. In keeping with its donor "CE" styling cues, the ebony interior was accented with silver, including the "Z15" specific instrument cluster, "Z15" key fob, floor mats, console badge, auto-dimming rearview mirror with temperature and compass - even a yellow "Z15" logo specific car cover - are just a few of the things that lead to an overall uncompromised setup. After the pilot Firebird "Z15" was completed in its build, it was decided that it should be seen first by the people it was most built for: the Firebird enthusiasts. It was transported to the 2002 Trans Am Nationals in Dayton, Ohio – the largest Firebird show in the world - where the public was first introduced to this one of a kind 'bird at that largest event, during the last year the F-Body was manufactured. The company, Drekar ASV, sold the pilot "Z15" in December 2003 to a Firebird collector in PA.)
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How many Z-15's got built?
I'd sure like to see more Z-15 photos, car #'s & info.
I've been attempring to locate Blackbird's.
List needs more work...
Do you have any photos, car #'s or info.
http://www.daytonapacecars.com/id27.html
E-mail info/photos to jimsmt@lakeland.ws
Thanks Jim
I've been attempring to locate Blackbird's.
List needs more work...
Do you have any photos, car #'s or info.
http://www.daytonapacecars.com/id27.html
E-mail info/photos to jimsmt@lakeland.ws
Thanks Jim
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I think your article is mixing up 2 different yellow special edition Firebird builds.
The Drekar car was a millenium yellow Trans Am with the black v stripe built buy their company to offer as either an aftermarket conversion or if they could get dealership sponsorship an off the showroom package. GM High Tech did a 2 page spread on this car when it first came out. I don't think they ever referred to this car as a Z15 though.
The GMMG CE started life as a silver 98 V6 test mule that was given to GMMG by The Firebird Brand team to come up with a Pontiac version of the soon to come out GMMG ZL1 Camaro. They painted it up like a CE, dropped in a LS6 and put black Magnesium C5 wheels on it and left it in Firebird trim. Anyways the Firebird Brand team was disbanded and GMMG basically dropped the project. Matt used to drive this car around Atlanta as his beater but I think has since sold it. High Performance Pontiac also did a huge article on this car about 4 years ago.
When I have time I'll try to find the GMHTP and HPP articles talking about these cars. As far as I remember they only built 1 Drekar car and it was the yellow TA with black V stripe.
The Drekar car was a millenium yellow Trans Am with the black v stripe built buy their company to offer as either an aftermarket conversion or if they could get dealership sponsorship an off the showroom package. GM High Tech did a 2 page spread on this car when it first came out. I don't think they ever referred to this car as a Z15 though.
The GMMG CE started life as a silver 98 V6 test mule that was given to GMMG by The Firebird Brand team to come up with a Pontiac version of the soon to come out GMMG ZL1 Camaro. They painted it up like a CE, dropped in a LS6 and put black Magnesium C5 wheels on it and left it in Firebird trim. Anyways the Firebird Brand team was disbanded and GMMG basically dropped the project. Matt used to drive this car around Atlanta as his beater but I think has since sold it. High Performance Pontiac also did a huge article on this car about 4 years ago.
When I have time I'll try to find the GMHTP and HPP articles talking about these cars. As far as I remember they only built 1 Drekar car and it was the yellow TA with black V stripe.
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Here is the article 69camaross is talking about with the CE Formula
http://www.highperformancepontiac.co...ion/index.html
http://www.highperformancepontiac.co...ion/index.html
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There was only 1 built. YoungJedi, had the car painted two different ways to see which way worked better which is why there look to be two different versions, but its the same car.
We had talked at length about what he went through in developing the car and he had quite a lot of money into the project but sadly, no interest. So he scrapped the project to build 35 of them. I don't know what happened to the 1, but I would like to imagine he kept it. I haven't heard from him in a long time.
We had talked at length about what he went through in developing the car and he had quite a lot of money into the project but sadly, no interest. So he scrapped the project to build 35 of them. I don't know what happened to the 1, but I would like to imagine he kept it. I haven't heard from him in a long time.
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Both cars were awesome, I remember seeing them in HPP when they first came out. I'd love to get my hands on that CE Formula. Always liked the CETA's a lot but a CE Formula WS6 that would be a great car to have.