My first car was a '67 Firebird 400, I bought that thing as a beat up primered pos. I spent 6 years and every penny I had rebuilding that thing from the ground up. Two days after I finally finished it I drove it to work because I had an appointment with an appraiser so I could get full insurance coverage on it. It got stolen from the parking lot while I was out working, the C.H.P. chased the guy, he rolled the car, it burst into flames, and burnt to the ground. I thought I would never own another Fbody after that, I was devistated....
When I met my wife she saw the pics of my Firebird and started talking about how she had always wanted a '67 Camaro. We have sort of kept our eyes out for a project car over the years, but in the mean time we have had a couple of kids and that has been put on hold... then I saw the '06 concept. I thought , " Wow, that looks a lot like the first gen but meaner !" . I didn't really think too much of it, but I got excited every time I caught sighting of it on the internet or in magazines. It was when we saw Tranformers and my wife saw it for the first time and she came unglued and yelled " What is that ?!!! ", I told her that it was the new Camaro and that with any luck it might be coming out soon, the next words out her mouth were "GET ME ONE !!! ".
Sorry, I went on a bit long there, the point is, this car is a replacement for my lost car, and my wifes dream car ( sort of ). In the long run it's much easier ( and cheaper ) to buy this car new, than find and restore/mod a first gen , and quite frankly I don't think a first gen would ever be this comfortable, handle this well, or have all the tech goodies this car has.
Great car !!
