Fbodfather Signed Camaro Finds Way From One Camaro5 Owner to Another, by Chance

[TAG UR IT]

Originally Posted by dtm4192

Thanks everybody for all of your kind words. I never expected this kind of a response..I was just overjoyed to find out my car is in good hands and that Scott's signature didn't get wiped away by somr unknowing dealer. I think from reading the responses in this thread I can say that Camaro5 really is like an extended family. I've heard other people say that but never believed it too much until now.
While it did hurt to lose my car and all the time and money I put into it I now have an 02 Z28 (see my signature). It might not be a 5th gen but it is a Camaro.
Also I'd like to thank Scott Settlemire for all the great things he does for us Camaro enthusiasts. One of those things being signing our cars at shows because if he hadn't done that for me I never would have found my car again.

On the flipside, you have yourself a Camaro...and one of the greatest Camaros out there RIGHT NOW. Dude...that 02Z28 you have??? I HAD THE SAME YEAR and color. BEAUTIFUL! I had mine with the T-tops and Hurst...and think that was about it. I loved every minute of it. I put on an SLP air lid and loudmouth exhaust. I got so many compliments on it. Take care of her and keep her pristine....those are GREAT cars@!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Tran

Very bittersweet story. Congrats to dsirmans! And to dtm4192: we all hope you find your way into 5th gen ownership again some time soon!

[Trey42590]

Very touching story!!

[dtm4192]

Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

On the flipside, you have yourself a Camaro...and one of the greatest Camaros out there RIGHT NOW. Dude...that 02Z28 you have??? I HAD THE SAME YEAR and color. BEAUTIFUL! I had mine with the T-tops and Hurst...and think that was about it. I loved every minute of it. I put on an SLP air lid and loudmouth exhaust. I got so many compliments on it. Take care of her and keep her pristine....those are GREAT cars@!!!!!!!!

Thanks. I think I remeber seeing some pictures of your's in the 4th Gen section before and it was beautiful. I just put on a Volant cold air intake on it and it already had the SLP Loudmouth with quad tips when I bought it.

Some better pics of my 4th gen

[Merc]

Very Cool story! I still smile every time I open the hood of Pumpkin.

[Unique Auto Depot]

Did the dealer tell you about the DEER LOL

[spyderbuddy]

Al Oppenheiser, Camaro Chief Engineer
Peter Kosak, Vehicle Line Director
John Fitzpatrick, Chevy Performance Cars Marketing Manager
Cheryl Pilcher, Camaro Product Manager
Jim Stanick, Vehicle Development Engineer
John Cox, Camaro and Corvette Accessories Manager
Adam Denison, Chevrolet Communications

* Scott Settlemire, the Fbodfather, will join us at the event.

I must be one of the lucky one's. I've had these great people sign my car.
An everytime someone asks," Whats with the Signed car", I just say it was Big Dog's of GM.

[Kendell347]

Awesome Story / connection..My car has an Fbodfather tattoo too! Scott S is AWESOME!!

[GhOsT-RiDeR 47]

LoL, I go to College in Hanover, IN at Hanover College! (Hanover, PA was mentioned in the letter.)

[2010ABM]

What an AWESOME story!!

[bdstealth]

What are the odds?Of him finding his car and the car getting a good owner.New owner then uses Camaro5 to find out details about the car(both owners), Love this story.When is the movie coming out?

[fbodfather]

Originally Posted by dtm4192

That's good to hear. My next mod to her was probably going to be window tint. For the signature (which was something else I was planning on doing) there is some clear vinyl that you can get. Just get some of that and cut to size and stick it over top of the signature. Like somebody else mentioned, don't clear coat it. I asked about that when she was in the body shop and they said it would cause the signature to smudge.

OK --------------this thread continues to get more and more interesting.........

SOMEWHERE -- I have a copy of the build docs for your 2002 -- you see, I decided that I was going to print off the last 100 or so........

Now - I'm headed for San Francisco (NADA convention) early this morning - and I'll be gone a week. When I get back - I'll go into my records in the basement - (they're next to Jimmy Hoffa and Amelia Erhardt's flight helmet...)

.........and see if I can't find them.....and if I do - I'll need your mailing addy so that I can send you a copy.............


I just feel so bad that you lost your pride and joy - I very much remember talking with you and I could see the pride and enthusiasm you had for your new Camaro. You have a great 2002 - and I just hope that as you get older, you'll be able to get yourself a new Camaro every couple of years.

Not sure what would possess your father to do what he did - but I also know that there is a reason for everything............

[PQ]

Good show Scott.

Simply awesome.

[dtm4192]

Originally Posted by fbodfather

OK --------------this thread continues to get more and more interesting.........

SOMEWHERE -- I have a copy of the build docs for your 2002 -- you see, I decided that I was going to print off the last 100 or so........

Now - I'm headed for San Francisco (NADA convention) early this morning - and I'll be gone a week. When I get back - I'll go into my records in the basement - (they're next to Jimmy Hoffa and Amelia Erhardt's flight helmet...)

.........and see if I can't find them.....and if I do - I'll need your mailing addy so that I can send you a copy.............


I just feel so bad that you lost your pride and joy - I very much remember talking with you and I could see the pride and enthusiasm you had for your new Camaro. You have a great 2002 - and I just hope that as you get older, you'll be able to get yourself a new Camaro every couple of years.

Not sure what would possess your father to do what he did - but I also know that there is a reason for everything............

Thank You again Scott! Check your PM's

[Silver2SSRS6spd]

Great story, enjoy the car!