A story to share about a 67' Camaro... - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

SA CHEVY · 04-26-2011, 09:06 PM

So Easter Sunday I went to meet with my parents at their new house they just moved into...my dad mentions to me about the guy at the end of their cul de sac having a 67' Camaro that sounds amazing and that I should go knock on the door and see if he was there so I could check it out...

Against my better thoughts with it being a "family" day I went and knocked on the door...no response...

Well about an hour later we're getting in the car to leave to dinner with family and I hear it fire up and he backs it out of the garage...BEAUTIFUL 67' Camaro red with custom black stripes on it (they were black stripes pearled with red so they had a red flake when you got up close)...aftermarket wheels, definitely not a stock motor...what I would call a resto-mod...

I introduce myself and start talking Camaros with him and mention about Camaro Fest that I had just attended and he says "Well....do you want to go for a ride in it?" my exact response was "HELL YEAH!!"

Can't pass an opportunity like that one up...

It's a 350 motor bored .30 over with a pretty aggressive cam in it...aftermarket suspension setup for track racing...this thing was amazing!! Dakota digital gauges and an aftermarket 6-speed mated to the 350 motor...just a beautiful car inside and out...

Well as we get to driving he tells me the history of the car...belonged to his mother who bought it brand new in...yep...December of 1966...it is originally a V6 motored car but has since been changed to a 350 from a different 67' Camaro he found...as the story goes he moved from Chicago to Texas when he was young and as his mother passed he went back to clean out her old house on the outskirts of town and found this diamond in the rough in the back of the barn on blocks with 185,000 miles on the odometer...tired she was but alive...he then began to restore the car piece by piece and in time it ended up the beauty I saw on that Sunday...

The amazing part of the whole deal is the build number on the car...

Build number 1,444...

I was riding in one of the earliest pieces of history that helped bring about my 5th gen today...just incredible feeling when he told me that...

Long story I know and theirs actually a lot more to it than what I mentioned but figured I'd share with you guys and let you know that old school is not dead and there are still survivors on the road still out there and you never know where you'll find'm at...

MS3DALE · 04-26-2011, 09:09 PM

Simply....

Devon · 04-26-2011, 09:17 PM

Great story! Sounds like an awesome car! Lucky you.

Kman 2011 ss · 04-26-2011, 09:22 PM

What after all that reading I don't get treated to a pic of it?
Tell me you took one.

SA CHEVY · 04-26-2011, 09:24 PM

I did not grab a pic because after going for the ride and talking with him some more and having him check out my car I was already an hour late for dinner and had to haul butt out of there....

but...

I know where he lives and know he would be more than willing to let me come back and grab some pictures of his car...

I'll add some more stories from this whole meeting as the thread progresses

SnoopyAce7 · 04-26-2011, 09:25 PM

Very cool!

2010 SSRS · 04-26-2011, 09:34 PM

sounds like an awesome Camaro

speedster · 04-26-2011, 09:38 PM

Cool piece of history you got to ride in T !!

Very nice.

BackinBlackSS/RS · 04-26-2011, 09:39 PM

Oh man, that is a very cool story. Thank you for sharing that. I got chills with the words tired she was, but alive. That is awesome.

SA CHEVY · 04-26-2011, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BackinBlackSS/RS

Oh man, that is a very cool story. Thank you for sharing that. I got chills with the words tired she was, but alive. That is awesome.

I was literally sitting in the passenger seat after he told me that just looking at everything in amazement...after all these years still on the road and the pure family history tied to the car gave me chills sitting in there!!

SA CHEVY · 04-26-2011, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speedster

Cool piece of history you got to ride in T !!

Very nice.

Thanks Bruce! Glad I could share the story with everyone and more pieces of the story to come as the thread lives on...

theoneriggs · 04-26-2011, 09:49 PM

Pretty awesome story man. There is a guy around here has 67ish mustang he takes to car shows. Thing is absolutely pristine he has a board he puts in front of the car that tells the story of how it was found in a semi-trailer a few years back in mint condition, seemingly forgot about. Stories like that are great to hear!

TBone · 04-26-2011, 09:50 PM

T.

SA CHEVY · 04-26-2011, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theoneriggs

Pretty awesome story man. There is a guy around here has 67ish mustang he takes to car shows. Thing is absolutely pristine he has a board he puts in front of the car that tells the story of how it was found in a semi-trailer a few years back in mint condition, seemingly forgot about. Stories like that are great to hear!

I love hearing those stories too...seems like a lot of history is just waiting for us to find it...

One of the stories I have about this Camaro involves a Mustang too...but waiting to drop that story til a little later on in the thread

04-26-2011, 09:06 PM	#1
SA CHEVY "HILLARY" Drives: "HILLARY" :D Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Bakersfield Posts: 1,922 View My Garage	A story to share about a 67' Camaro... So Easter Sunday I went to meet with my parents at their new house they just moved into...my dad mentions to me about the guy at the end of their cul de sac having a 67' Camaro that sounds amazing and that I should go knock on the door and see if he was there so I could check it out... Against my better thoughts with it being a "family" day I went and knocked on the door...no response... Well about an hour later we're getting in the car to leave to dinner with family and I hear it fire up and he backs it out of the garage...BEAUTIFUL 67' Camaro red with custom black stripes on it (they were black stripes pearled with red so they had a red flake when you got up close)...aftermarket wheels, definitely not a stock motor...what I would call a resto-mod... I introduce myself and start talking Camaros with him and mention about Camaro Fest that I had just attended and he says "Well....do you want to go for a ride in it?" my exact response was "HELL YEAH!!" Can't pass an opportunity like that one up... It's a 350 motor bored .30 over with a pretty aggressive cam in it...aftermarket suspension setup for track racing...this thing was amazing!! Dakota digital gauges and an aftermarket 6-speed mated to the 350 motor...just a beautiful car inside and out... Well as we get to driving he tells me the history of the car...belonged to his mother who bought it brand new in...yep...December of 1966...it is originally a V6 motored car but has since been changed to a 350 from a different 67' Camaro he found...as the story goes he moved from Chicago to Texas when he was young and as his mother passed he went back to clean out her old house on the outskirts of town and found this diamond in the rough in the back of the barn on blocks with 185,000 miles on the odometer...tired she was but alive...he then began to restore the car piece by piece and in time it ended up the beauty I saw on that Sunday... The amazing part of the whole deal is the build number on the car... Build number 1,444... I was riding in one of the earliest pieces of history that helped bring about my 5th gen today...just incredible feeling when he told me that... Long story I know and theirs actually a lot more to it than what I mentioned but figured I'd share with you guys and let you know that old school is not dead and there are still survivors on the road still out there and you never know where you'll find'm at... __________________ 2010 Camaro SS2 L99 Aircharger, Straightpiped, DT long tubes, Dyno tune by Cal Speed 384 HP & 392 Ft/Lbs. 13.203 @ 107.13 mph at Camaro5FestII

04-26-2011, 09:09 PM	#2
MS3DALE Drives: 2011 2SS/RS LS3/6M Litho#190 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Carmichaels,Pa. Posts: 2,274 View My Garage	Simply.... __________________ '11 IOM 2SS/RS LS3/6M HURST - Roto-Fab CAI-Kook's LTs-CORSA-Black Bear tuned Proud Litho owner #190 - Homecoming Litho #120 '15 SILVERADO Z71 1500 LTZ Crew Cab - 6.2 "Midnight Edition" -Airaid intake-CORSA

04-26-2011, 09:22 PM	#4
Kman 2011 ss Drives: '04vette- '11-1SS '11-1LS(wifes) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 164	What after all that reading I don't get treated to a pic of it? Tell me you took one. __________________ Magnaflow catback - CAI - Foose Legend rims Last edited by Kman 2011 ss; 04-26-2011 at 09:39 PM.

04-26-2011, 09:24 PM	#5
SA CHEVY "HILLARY" Drives: "HILLARY" :D Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Bakersfield Posts: 1,922 View My Garage	I did not grab a pic because after going for the ride and talking with him some more and having him check out my car I was already an hour late for dinner and had to haul butt out of there.... but... I know where he lives and know he would be more than willing to let me come back and grab some pictures of his car... I'll add some more stories from this whole meeting as the thread progresses __________________ 2010 Camaro SS2 L99 Aircharger, Straightpiped, DT long tubes, Dyno tune by Cal Speed 384 HP & 392 Ft/Lbs. 13.203 @ 107.13 mph at Camaro5FestII

04-26-2011, 09:25 PM	#6
SnoopyAce7 (ʘ‿ʘ) Drives: The one with a roof rack Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,221	Very cool! __________________

04-26-2011, 09:17 PM	#3
Devon Highway Man Drives: '10 2SS/RS Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ear Falls, ON, Canada Posts: 685	Great story! Sounds like an awesome car! Lucky you.

04-26-2011, 09:34 PM	#7
2010 SSRS Drives: 3 V8 Camaros Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Ocean State Posts: 111,187 View My Garage	sounds like an awesome Camaro __________________ Jannetty Racing JRE Street Package

04-26-2011, 09:38 PM	#8
speedster SST... Drives: SST Camaro 2010 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: East Coast of Florida Posts: 5,927 View My Garage	Cool piece of history you got to ride in T !! Very nice. __________________

04-26-2011, 09:39 PM	#9
BackinBlackSS/RS Go Blue!!!!! Drives: 2012 Cruze LT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 23,290	Oh man, that is a very cool story. Thank you for sharing that. I got chills with the words tired she was, but alive. That is awesome.

04-26-2011, 09:49 PM	#12
theoneriggs Drives: 10 Challenger R/T Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Fort Knox, Ky Posts: 88	Pretty awesome story man. There is a guy around here has 67ish mustang he takes to car shows. Thing is absolutely pristine he has a board he puts in front of the car that tells the story of how it was found in a semi-trailer a few years back in mint condition, seemingly forgot about. Stories like that are great to hear!

04-26-2011, 09:50 PM	#13
TBone Negative Camber Junkie Drives: 2010 1SS LS3/6MN ABM 1 of 23 Join Date: May 2009 Location: ChiTown, IL Posts: 1,824	T. __________________ "Horsepower is something that looks great in a Magazine article, but suspension is what actually gets you around the track fast.." Jack Olsen The drag strip is like sniffing glue, it's cheap, it's a decent buzz, it doesn't last long and they are all the same. Road racing is like China White Heroin, the buzz is stronger, the high lasts for hours, it's extremely addictive and they are all different. I can't wait for my next Track fix. DA HAWKS OWN DA CUP!!!!!

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