Taken from GM Tuner Source:

“The 2010 Camaro is one of the hottest cars on the scene right now and one that no doubt will be the “it” car at this year’s SEMA Show. Now while anyone can head down to the showroom floor of their local Chevy dealer and pick one of these bad boys up, only a very select few individuals will be chosen by the GM Design Team to build a custom Camaro on behalf of General Motors. In total, eight Camaros will be delivered to the designers that won the design contest with a mix of V6 and V8 model renderings being selected.

The GM Design team is careful to provide an eclectic mix of Camaro concepts come SEMA time so the winners selected are from across all genres of automotive design and cultures. Those same folks at GM Design also like to make designers sweat a little and are only giving the lucky winners a total of eight weeks to complete their dream Camaro. All winning vehicles will be any combination of boosted, painted and lowered and will be equipped with new sets of wheels, brakes, speakers and interior accoutrements. So when the doors at the 2010 SEMA Show open, there should be a Camaro flavored for everyone’s tastes out on the floor.

GMTS friend and acclaimed car designer Neil Tjin was selected to receive one of the eight Camaros. This shouldn’t come as a surprise seeing how Neil has built some of the hottest GM-based creations over the past few years with his “Tjin Edition” Cobalt, Solstice and G8 GT. The new Tjin Edition Camaro will also be featured on the 2010 Tjin Edition Tour after its SEMA debut. Other Camaros going on tour after the SEMA show will be Rick Bottom’s Camaro which will be joining the Eclipse tour and Nick Ashby’s Camaro that will be loaded onto the National Guard tour.

As we draw ever closer to this year’s show, we’ll release the renderings of the winners proposed designs also. For the full rundown of Camaro winners, see below:

* Tjin Edition - Neil Tjin
* National Guard - Nick Ashby
* Rick Bottom Designs - Rick Bottom
* Sound Choice Audio and Performance - Mark Abate
* Bomex Aero
* DSO Eyewear
* Conrad Grunewald
* Trent’s Trick Upholstery

GMTS will be covering the builds in detail and breaking images and videos here. Continue to follow here at GMTS for all your up to date and breaking news as well as a behind the scenes look at what these builders and designers are up to.”

A few weeks back a good friend of mine asked my to help with the design/layout of a website for this new RC event that he’s helping coordinate in Harrisburg, PA; having some free time on my hand I put together a site with some direction of those involved with the project and came up with hobbyramaevents.com. They were looking for something simple and easy to navigate since it’s aimed towards young and old. Anyways, I also did a poster and postcard design for them as well to help get the word out around town… check it below:

For all you people that continue to contact me about these, here you go… they’re back up on eBay because everyone else is a flake.

DO NOT CONTACT ME IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY IN HAND AND ARE READY TO PICK THEM UP OR HAVE THEM SHIPPED.

First come, first serve… no more “dibs” or anything like that, it’s that simple. If you want them, click the eBay links below.

eBay, eBay, eBay link!

eBay, eBay, eBay link!

As promised, here are the other behind the scenes shots I took of the F430 yesterday, not pictured though is the $6,000 bottle of wine we also shot with. Can someone who drinks wine please tell me how much different that can taste versus, let’s say a $500 bottle?

Anyways, enjoy!

Earlier today I met up with almost world famous Jason Siu to help him shoot some stuff for a publication that he’s working for. Throughout the day we shot this Rolls Royce Phantom, a Ferrari F430 and some watches that are worth almost six-figures, completely stupid. Anyways, here are some of the behind the scenes shots I took of the Phantom, the Ferrari stuff will be up tomorrow.

Other than that, what a day, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson passed and so did Farrah Fawcett… tragic. Rest in peace.

Yesterday Kim and I headed to the Hollywood Bowl for the Femi Kuti, Santigold and Raphael Saadiq show. After sitting in traffic for what seemed like forever, we finally got to the event and just in time for the Santigold set which was pretty dope. After her set she mentioned the Raphael Saadiq was before hers and Kim began crying… alright, she didn’t but she was bummed because that’s who she really wanted to see. Anyways, we ended up staying to watch a little bit of the Femi Kuti set and then took off. Anyways, Sean Edwards is crying so here’s your post you… now give me my internet applause!

While in the making room mood, I figured I’d post these up for sale too. These are the wire wheels that I bought out of boredom for the Fit that we did for SEMA last year, 16×7″ 4×100 lug pattern. I had these powdercoated but then never ran them on the car so here they are. They’re a little dirty because they’ve been sitting at the shop since last SEMA but if you’re interested get in touch with me and we’ll work something out.

After looking through my closet I realized I have way too many pairs of shoes that I bought for no reason. I doubt I’ll move anything by posting this here but whatever; everything here is brand new, never worn and almost all of them have their original boxes… some rare, some not rare. If you’re interested feel free to email me at gene@ genetjin.com.

Vans x Supreme Ari Marcopoulos Era / Size 9.5 - Asking $150 or best REALISTIC offer.

Vans x Supreme Ari Marcopoulos Sk8 Hi / Size 9.5 - Asking $150 or best REALISTIC offer.

Vans x Marc Jacobs / Size 9 - Asking $120 or best REALISTIC offer.

Vans x Vault / Size 9.5 - Asking $60 or best REALISTIC offer.

Vans x Vault / Size 9.5 - Asking $60 or best REALISTIC offer.

Vans x Vault / Size 9.5 - Asking $60 or best REALISTIC offer.

Sperry Top Siders x Modern Amusement / Size 9.5 - Asking $85 or best REALISTIC offer.

Vans Era / Size 9.5 - Asking $45 or best REALISTIC offer.

Vans Era / Size 9.5 - Asking $45 or best REALISTIC offer.

Vans x Loomstate Slip-ons / Size 9.5 - Asking $45 or best REALISTIC offer.

Vans x Loomstate Slip-ons / Size 9.5 - Asking $45 or best REALISTIC offer.

Vans x Loomstate Slip-ons / Size 9.5 - Asking $45 or best REALISTIC offer.

Speedwell x Endless / Size 9 - Asking $45 or best REALISTIC offer.

That’s right, the Cobalt SS is back on Ebay with NO RESERVE. Click the image below to check out the auction.

Yes, I know I’m way late on these but I really don’t care. Anyways, here are some of the videos from the trip to Kihei back in March, including some from Hana, Haleakala and some others… enjoy!

http://www.vimeo.com/4948716 http://www.vimeo.com/4951714 http://www.vimeo.com/4948759 http://www.vimeo.com/4948752 http://www.vimeo.com/4951689 http://www.vimeo.com/4948655 http://www.vimeo.com/4948632 http://www.vimeo.com/4948658 http://www.vimeo.com/4952318