Welcome to Choppin' Competition #24!

I've got a feva'...and the only cure...is more Zeta!

A mere three hours after Holden debuted their next-generation VE Commodore, Statesman, and Caprice sedans, we're getting set to make them better...for the American market.

Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to take one of the four Holden VE sedans and Americanize it as a US General Motors product. Remember that the vehicles we're likely to see are a Pontiac, Buick, or Chevrolet, with the most likely models being Monte Carlo, Impala, G8 (Bonneville/Grand Prix replacement), GTO, Invicta (Buick sedan), or Riviera. The bodystyle you create is up to you.

Size guidelines remain at 800x600, so please size your entry accordingly. Here's the link to the images to get you started:

Holden VE Range

The winner will recieve a GM-related prize and will likely be featured on the Cheers and Gears homepage.

Deadline is Saturday, July 29th @ 11:59PM your local time.

Welcome to Choppin' Competition #22!

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Allright, ...here we GO !!! first IDEA...it may need some fine tuning BUT...

I am NOT gonna even Argue the NAME on this one ....GTO :

Edited July 16, 200618 yr by MRDETROITMETAL

Allright, ...here we GO !!! first IDEA...it may need some fine tuning BUT...

I am NOT gonna even Argue the NAME on this one ....GTO :

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I don't argue the name but the grill and headlights should be different. Keep the headlights the same but use a grill like the Woodward GTO concept had. :AH-HA_wink:

From the looks of it, it should be called Sunfire, not GTO. MDM, you can do much better... don't rush :AH-HA_wink:

yah fix the grill; id actually like the headlights if you can grill it to match

im thinking thinner and taller and "squarer?" as opposed to that shape might be better

To me, I see a performance version of an Aztek in that rendering. Sorry.

My first impression is Neon SRT-4. Sorry, but no.

OK, try this one then...:

I plan on doing the entire car for the entry here, once the design is right.

the front end on the GTO is important to get right this time , but the present GTO in spite of al the complaining IS consistent with the Original Tempest LeMans (aka GTO) ;

A real "sleeper" car it was too, looks like aunt mable's Tempest but went like a bat outta hell on fire !!!...same as the present GTO with a 400 HP vette engine !!

THIS WAS THE "ORIGINAL" MUSCLE CAR ...everything else just followed ;

Edited July 17, 200618 yr by MRDETROITMETAL

I have worked on a chop but can't get the color correct. If anyone wants to give some advice here it is:

I have worked on a chop but can't get the color correct.  If anyone wants to give some advice here it is:

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Looks great. Need the color to match? Easy! Select the area you need to color match and airbrush/gradient over it!

I've got a feva'...and the only cure...is more Zeta!

haha, Love that SNL.. "I've got a feva'...and the only cure...is more cowbell!"

Anyway, here's my first chop, a NG Grand Prix (Note: I said first. ):

Hmm... let's Wave the old Grand Prix bye bye...

I'll enter one later when I have spare time after last day of classes. Too busy right now.

NOS...I agree with you !...that was my first impression of the SS V as well...it IS a GP

...the right side grille is abit off on it tho bit off on it tho...

Edited July 18, 200618 yr by MRDETROITMETAL

I have worked on a chop but can't get the color correct.  If anyone wants to give some advice here it is:

91z4me, here ya go..considering we were workin the same pix ....

I JUST HAD TO FIX URS, ...a little paint brushing is ALL it needed, so USE THIS ONE if ya want to as your entry, I WILL VOTE FOR YA !!

it's PERFECT !.. I GIVE UP !!........LOL

Edited July 18, 200618 yr by MRDETROITMETAL

I JUST HAD TO FIX URS, ...a little paint brushing is ALL it needed, so USE THIS ONE if ya want to as your entry, I WILL VOTE FOR YA  !!

Poor job "fixing" his entry, the color is smeary and doesn't match.

Let him do his own work, he only asked for advice..

Here's some advice: Instead of chopping and just trying to match the colors of the implanted part, you need to mold them together. Then you can work on the color

Poor job "fixing" his entry, the color is smeary and doesn't match.

Let him do his own work, he only asked  for advice..

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LOL...I was NOT tryin to do it ALL for him !!!, ya know ?

ooo, i was looking at someon's request thread for a new commodore chop and then saw the 'lets make it official' post, clicked the link, scanned the chop criteria, and made a monaro. is it ok for me to submit the monaro even though it's not an american product? if so...

Edited July 18, 200618 yr by Camaroman22

NOS...I agree with you !...that was my first impression of the SS V as well...it IS a GP

...the right side grille is abit off on it tho bit off on it tho...

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Nah, that's just the angle of the pic..

haha, Love that SNL.. "I've got a feva'...and the only cure...is more cowbell!"

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I love it!

Maybe I'll actaully make an effort, get off my @$$ and enter a chop this time.

hey, im new here, lurked around for awhile.... decided to try my hand at this comp

im new at this so any advice would be great.....thanks!

First off, welcome to C&G, SS623!

Second, good chop, but add some of your own touches to it! That's the art and beauty of "chopping" is that you can manipulate it to whatever you want, be it good or bad! Use that to your advantage and you'll do quite well.

They actually made it.

http://entertainment1.sympatico.msn.ca/Mus...imumCowbell.htm

Here's a second entry, a Buick Lucerne (I'd name it Invicta, but the car reminded me of a Lucerne, so it shall keep its name):

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How many entries are allowed, Fly? I've got a lot of free time haha

Wow. That's nice.

As many as you want, but remember, quality > quantity

As many as you want, but remember, quality > quantity

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Yes, everybody entering, keep this in mind :AH-HA_wink:

Ahhhh I'm SO p*ssed right now! I just put like 30-45 mins work into my "big" chop for the competition and as I tried to save (after copying the image), Photoshop shut down on me. Then, I re-opened Photoshop and the copied image won't paste. It didn't even copy.

dude that sucks but i was just thinking that noone did a caddy or buick chop so i had started a chop hoping it would come out to a buick ( with MS paint) but i didnt get far and it looks more like a pontiac at this point.

this is as far as i am right now should i continue or stop? MS paint remember

it wsa kinda gonna be a GNX but i lost time . . . and no i didnt put in the emblems it takes forever to put em in pixel by pixel blah not gonna spend the time that i wont have later

kinda looks liek a VW the second one to me but i didnt think many would think saturn

these are my entries i guess i may have another i want to put in instead im not submitting mulitple if i can get it done

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Keep going with them, mute.. they're not bad!

This should be my final entry, a Chevelle:

Keep going with them, mute.. they're not bad!

This should be my final entry, a Chevelle:

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That is HOT!

I also like the little Saturn.

That is HOT!

I also like the little Saturn.

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well i dont it looks like a nissan sentra i quit im not choppin with paint anymore . . . unless noone else does the el camino

well i dont it looks like a nissan sentra i quit im not choppin with paint anymore . . . unless noone else does the el camino

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I was thinking about making an El Camino, but didn't really feel like it... Not my type of vehicle. Go ahead and do it!

yah i cant get it so that i feel like it turned out right . . . someone else def should do it tho

These chops are looking good, guys. Nos, for yours, your GP, maybe stick the Solstice's fender scallop on instead of the Aussie version, and you need Ventiports on your awesome Buick. Your Chevelle is interesting... but it looks too "Euro" to be a Chevy, imho.

To be totally honest, the cars are crisply tailored and look great as Holdens, but I hope they are all completely reskinned for each US division, even the Pontiacs.

it looks more like a caddilac but i kinda played with your chop a bit and made the grill match the headlights more in my opinion . . . but now pontiacs arent really sharp theyre curvaceous as they say

it looks more like a caddilac but i kinda played with your chop a bit and made the grill match the headlights more in my opinion . . . but now pontiacs arent really sharp theyre curvaceous as they say

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hey thats OK, I like it ...I have not had any time right now to do more cuz I am building my website at Stingraysstudio.com right now so I hope to have someting else before the deadline, if I can get this programming stuff finished this week !!

ooo, i was looking at someon's request thread for a new commodore chop and then saw the 'lets make it official' post, clicked the link, scanned the chop criteria, and made a monaro.  is it ok for me to submit the monaro even though it's not an american product?  if so...

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That.

Is.

HOT!

I think I may actually get in on this. I've never actually been in a chop comp, but I'd love to give this a shot.

figured i might as well give this a shot...

nomad ss

who needs a magnum to haul stuff

Welcome to the site, pineapple, and sweet chop!

hah i cant beleive i didnt think of that . . . nice chop i love it and its a great idea. executions not bad but its not really realistic with those hair line pillars

Buick Gran Sport ;

I need to fix a few details, to tighten it up some...but I have No time right now,...maybe I can get back to this before the deadline ?, but I may not have another chance so I posted it as is.

....made from the Holden SS V sedan.

Edited July 26, 200618 yr by MRDETROITMETAL

I've never been a fan of the LaCrosse concept's headlights, but that actually doesn't look too bad. Nice job, MDM.

I think we have like 11 entries so far.. let's get some more, fellas!

Buick Gran Sport ;

I need to fix a few details, to tighten it up some...but I have No time right now,...maybe I can get back to this before the deadline ?, but I may not have another chance so I posted it as is.

....made from the Holden SS V sedan.

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Are you sure that wasn't the current Commodore to begin with? Looks awfully similar to THIS.

Nice job nonetheless.

I'm pretty sure that is the current Commodore.. same color, rims, lower fascia.. but I'm not discriminating him

The original pix, jeez...now i feel bad that I posted it nefore it wasreally finished, as I was worried about time, I am gonna have to clean it up before the deadline, as i like it too !

Yep, we were right, it's not the new style :AH-HA_wink:

I give him permission to enter it, however. You guys with me?