#15TH - Value of 2002 Tom Henry Racing #15

[4th Gen Camaro Addict]

THAT ISN'T "GOOD" NEWS...........................THAT'S "GREAT" NEWS THAT THIS COLLECTIBLE CAR IS GOING TO BE SAVED FROM THE SALVAGE YARD ! ! ! ! ! !



HOPEFULLY YOU WILL KEEP US ALL POSTED ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS PROJECT ! ! ! ! !

[Dabom75]

Ya we want to see lots of pics as it progresses.

[thebodygod]

I have the Tom Henry car here, still in my trailor. I burned up 154 gals of diesel to get this car to my shop. I will be getting it in shop soon and get windshield out first and get all the broken glass cleaned up, then start with teardown and taking under-hood measurements. I will also put weld-in frame connectors.



I tried posting some of my photos from GMMG, but the file size was too large. I have many photos from Matt's place from the two trips I made to his shop (150). What I could do is post a link to a folder on my facebook page?? Loading ONE picture at a time is a pain, I'm used to loading 20 to 200 photos

[4th Gen Camaro Addict]

Jeff G. owner of Stoughton Collision Center in Stoughton, Wisconsin notified me today that he has been able to completely repair the Phase I Tom Henry #15 convertible that was involved in an accident in late December of 2012.



Jeff delivered the repaired Tom Henry Racing Camaro SS convertible to the owners today ! ! ! ! !



Car looks very good Jeff. Congratulations Jeff on a job well done ! ! ! ! ! :bow-blue: :bow-yellow: :greetings-clappingorange: :greetings-clappingyellow: :greetings-clapyellow: :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbupright:



Congratulations to the owners for having the car repaired and not sending it to the junk yard to be parted out ! ! ! ! ! :banana-blonde: :banana-dance: :banana-dreads: :banana-angel: :banana-rainbow: :banana-rock:



Here are the photographs that Jeff sent me and ask me to post for him.

[jbm37379]

I picked up my car at Jeff's on Monday after going round and round with the people at U-Haul in Madison. Finally got the correct trailer and headed to Stoughton. Glad to have my car back-Jeff did a fine job-couple of small issues that have to be worked out but all in all car is back in one piece. Subframe connectors really stiffened up chassis-no more dimple in rear quarter panel from chassis flexing. Jeff is sending me the missing SS emblem for front fender and I will sending my wheel to be touched up. I did have a couple of questions for the "members" here. First, does anyone know where I can obtain a Tom Henry Racing decal for my windshield? The one that I had on car was made for me by Matt Murphy prior to my car being in the Forge Muscle Car show here in Chattanooga in 2006. I have seen black and silver ones on several cars but none like the blue, red and white one I had on there previously. Secondly, does anyone with a Tom Henry car with the rally stripes ( I know there weren't many) on the front fender-can you give me some dimensional data? I had wanted Jeff to put them on(I think all the Tom Henry's should have them) but he said he ran out of time and didn't get to it. I have ordered some dark grey ones for my car but I want to make sure they go on in the correct location and the correct angle. Thanks to Jeff for getting my car back together-it has been raining here in Chattanooga since returning so haven't had a chance to get my car washed,waxed, and polished. I will post some pictures when I get everything back on car.

[daytonajim]

Check with JD.



Car looks great - happy to know it has survived. Jim

[4th Gen Camaro Addict]

@daytonajim wrote:Check with JD.



Car looks great - happy to know it has survived. Jim



If the decals you are wanting are like the ones on my Tom Henry Racing Camaro SS......................I'm pretty sure that I can help you out.





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You'll just need to contact me. I have talked you once before on the telephone. I'll see if I can find your telephone number again.



As far as your stripes......................you're talking about the "Grand Sport" stipes and I only know of one Tom Henry Camaro that had them and that was Tom Henry #22. Any good vinyl graphic's shop can make those stripes for you basically in any color you want them.

[jbm37379]

As a followup-have been having to jump start car even to get it on trailer when returning from Wisconsin. I thought just because the car hadn't been driven, it needed a good charge - not the case. Car won't start even after just sitting one day. So my question to the members is this - I know AC Delco is original equipment but who makes the best battery for the money? I had a Wal-Mart Battery (I know - don't ask) in there and it lasted for almost 5 years (probably a lot had to do with the in-activity) but I need a replacement now and I don't know if I should spend $127 for an AC Delco 42 month battery, $98 for a Sears Die Hard Gold, or just go back to Walmart and buy a 3 year battery for $89. I'm not going to spend big bucks for an optima or similar-I think it's overkill. Anyone want to weigh in on this?

[4th Gen Camaro Addict]

John.......................having been in the automotive repair business for many years.....................we sold Interstate Batteries and that is what I personally have in the vehicles that I have replaced batteries in EXCEPT for the Camaros. My three GMMG Camaros and my other Camaro will have AC Delco batteries as replacement batteries BECAUSE I take my Camaros to "judged" car shows where "ORIGINALITY" is important. If this is not important to you...............replace it with any brand you want. ALL batteries are made by only about three different companies with Johnson Controls manufacturing the greatest percentage of them.



http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/content/ ... tions.html



You can extend the life of your battery greatly by using a battery maintainer when you aren't driving the car. I have every one of my Camaros on a battery maintainer. I have three different brands and they all do a good job. I have Interstate Battery branded battery maintainers, Deltran Battery Tender branded battery maintainers and Die Hard branded battery maintainers. When you walk out into my shop at night...........all you see are little green lights everywhere showing that all the batteries are in "float" mode. I tell anyone that comes over and sees all the little green lights that all of my vehicles are on "life support". In addition to having all of my Camaros on battery maintainers...............I have my towing truck that pulls my car trailer on a battery maintainer (2010 4X4 Crew Cab Silverado pickup), our vacation vehicle (4X4 2011 Tahoe sport utility) on a battery maintainer, our boat (2000 Model 185 Sea Ray) on a battery maintainer and even my garden tractor (2000 John Deere 425 20 H.P.) on a battery maintainer.



I recently put a post in the "Technical" section of the forum board regarding this at daytonajim's request. You might want to consider reading it and purchasing one to hook up to your Tom Henry Racing Camaro when you aren't driving it as it only takes a few seconds to plug it in when you pull it back into the garage. Particularly where you drive your Camaro "infrequently", there are components in your car like the computer and the radio memory that continually "draw" on the battery. I just replaced the battery in my ZL-1 SuperCar last year so I got 10 years out of it but again...............I have battery maintainers on everything I own EXCEPT both my wife's and my daily drivers (2009 Chevrolet Cobalt and a 1997 Dodge Dakota 4X4 extended cab pickup).



Click on the link below John to go to the post I put in the Technical section of this forum board to view the post I made regarding installing a permanent "hook-up" for a battery maintainer on your Camaro.



http://forums.gmmgregistry.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=585

[Brangeta]

This will help you. I bought battery tenders for the Camaros around two years ago and had a lot of trouble collecting info about installing them on Camaros the correct way. Well, after a few hours of research and asking questions, I decided to make my own installation video. Those battery tenders are maybe the best things I've ever bought for our Camaros. Saves a lot of money not having to replace a battery every year now due to lack of driving.



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I don't remember why the video starts with the instructions for installing it on a '93-'97, but I eventually get to the '02 (red car). Maybe I started with general information first. I don't remember.