Were any of your predecessors Camaro owners??

[NateZ]

Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

I've said it before and I'll say it again................That is one of my all time favorite musclecars!!! Seeing as though I can't decide between a few, that basically ties for first place. So.....if you ever need to send if off to a new home.....

Hey Tag, the '70 Chevelle is definitely my favorite, but I have that syndrome where I always want another car, so I have many #2's on my list.

As for sending it off to a new home, I'll keep you in mind. With the prices of "collector cars" being what they are today, I couldn't buy this car again if I wanted to because it is a legit SS and numbers-matching. It's sad, really. It's also actually a triple-white car (incorrect black interior currently) that took me years to find (you wouldn't think so, but they're actually rare). So the other part that stinks is the fear of driving it too much and getting into an accident because I don't know that I could replace it. :(

[SSmoked]

yo nate Z is ur chevelle a ls6? i watched a ls6 chevelle cortex silver with black stripes at a auction here in toronto go for $120,000. i was like HOLY crap
btw nice cars everyone its good to see people following their parents roots with keepen the camaro spirit alive

[NateZ]

Originally Posted by SSmoked

yo nate Z is ur chevelle a ls6? i watched a ls6 chevelle cortex silver with black stripes at a auction here in toronto go for $120,000. i was like HOLY crap
btw nice cars everyone its good to see people following their parents roots with keepen the camaro spirit alive

SSmoked -- no, I have the hydraulic lifter LS5 motor, conservatively rated at 360HP. A little easier to deal with than a solid lifter LS6. Also means I have air conditioning, which you couldn't get with the LS6.

Cars like mine don't get the big money that LS6 cars do, but they are typically worth more than the SS396 cars. There were actually fewer LS5's assembled than LS6's (4,298 vs. 4,475). Of course, based on the law of averages, there are about 20,000 SS454s out on the street -- just that most are clones.

[SulphurDave]

My Dad had three 69s not all at the same time. One of which he had until I was 5 and remember riding in.

The plate that's on his old truck (my project truck now) that has a picture of the one I remember riding in...

[fbodfather]

Originally Posted by FatherOfSpeed

My mom bought a '69 new in '69. Fathom Green, 327/ Powerglide (on the column). When I was born, I came home from the hospital in it. It was the car I learned to drive in. We've been inseparable pals my whole life.

In 2002, my son came home from the hospital in it.

1969:


1999:



Hopefully next year, I'll have a 2009 photo with both the '69 and the '09.

Any word on color schemes? Would love to get one in Fathom Green.

Now THAT'S a GREAT STORY!!!!

Glad to see the 69 is still in the family -- and loved very much!

[silveradoguy]

my dad had a 1968 base camaro witha 350 and a four speed manual,actually beat both a 455 1978 trans am and a 1970 440 charger!

[35th02ss]

Well lets see........Mom had a 70 396SS, which I was born in....Couldn't get to the hospital in time.....Then brought home in.......That car came from Roger Penske (sp) dealership in detriot, MI I believe. Mom bought it in 71 and had it until 74. Sold it because couldn't afford the gas in it and we moved. Then in 77 she bought a type LT(which I still own) Dad has had 2 firebirds one 83 looked just like knight rider and an 86. Both were wrecked and lost.

My first was the 77 type LT. Then an 83 Z28. The first one I bought new was a 30th Z28 which is sitting in the garage next to my 35th the Z7D and of course the 83 Z28.

Got to love GM..........

[80Zedder]

My mom owned a late 60's mustang fastback, then some jaguars "when it was still british" and many "me too" grocery getters.

I have been the only one into old hot rods and such

82 t-top TA
84 t-top HO TA
88 k-5 blazer with a big block supercharged
92 grand prix se
86 grand national
06 silverado special edition
07 silverado ltz
1980 camaro Z28
and my newest addition, 1969 Z28 rolling chassis awaiting a heart transplant.

[Loader]

Originally Posted by FatherOfSpeed

My mom bought a '69 new in '69. Fathom Green, 327/ Powerglide (on the column). When I was born, I came home from the hospital in it. It was the car I learned to drive in. We've been inseparable pals my whole life.

In 2002, my son came home from the hospital in it.

1969:


1999:



Hopefully next year, I'll have a 2009 photo with both the '69 and the '09.

Any word on color schemes? Would love to get one in Fathom Green.

This is really, really terrific! What a story - the life of that car!

I came home in a '55 BelAir!

[TAG UR IT]

Originally Posted by NateZ

Ok...more pictures, please!!!

[LS9CamaroSS]

Originally Posted by NateZ

My family has owned Chevrolets since the 1950's. In the South (and I'm sure other Southerners can agree), whether you drive a Ford or a Chevy (GM) is a matter of pride, and switching loyalty is akin to suddenly telling people you're a vegetarian or that you think guns should be banned. It's liable to get you disowned. Never mind what might happen to you if you started driving a Hyundai.

Growing up in the 70's, my dad and my uncles had: '70 Buick GS, '69 Olds 442, '65 El Camino, '69 AMX (cool car, so we'll let this one pass), and a '70 Chevelle SS454. Personally, I always thought the '69 and particularly the '70 Camaro were the end all to be all. So, my first car in high school in was a '70 Z28.

Sadly, I got rid of that '70 Z a long time ago and only one of my uncles still has his muscle cars, but the memories remain. Today my wife and I have our '70 Chevelle SS454. Nothing puts a smile on my face like firing up 454 cubic inches of raw American horsepower ... but I'm hoping (and I have faith, Scott!!) that the new Camaro will.

OMG YOU HAD A 70Z AND YOU LET IT GO!!!!! that is my dream car... a 70RS/Z28... *sigh* i can only hope...

[aldaron327]

My Grandpa is a GM Retiree and had some wicked cars including a 428 tri-power Grand Prix that my dad got his first ticket in. My Dad started out with a 66 Biscayne and upgraded to a 67 Impala SS. He got "our" first Camaro, a 1981 6 cylinder in White with Red interior when I was 6. He picked up a 94 Z-28 with T-Tops and red on black tweed interior when I was 19. I picked up an '89 IROC in black with Red interior and a 305 TPI. It wasn't the fastest, but man did it handle! Then I got a '96 V6 Camaro and stomped my friend (who had an '86 mustang GT) in races all the time. I wrecked my '96 and got lucky enough to get a '99 Z28 in black with grey interior and 6 speed. I dumped a ton of money into it and then I got married and had to trade it on something more practical that my (now ex-) wife could drive. I wish I could do it all again, because I would have kept them all and not married her... hehe. Now I have my '07 Trailblazer SS and soon will have a 2010 Camaro SS (or Z28... whichever is the INSANE one). I'm frickin' excited!

[dj_yaz]

I remember clear as day the day my dad bought his 79 Camaro Berlinetta . At the time I was 13 (1989)

It was a cold and clear sunday afternoon in February. I was on the couch watching my first Daytona 500. (Dont laugh here in canada NASCAR was hard to come by in the earl(ier) days.

Above the sound of the tv I heard my dad coming down the street. You know that hollow sound that comes from the old school two barrel 305's. He pulls in the driveway (at this moment he is only test driving it).

He comes in and tells my mother and me about how it is a good deal as we needed a car (at the time he payed $2100 with only about 100K kms on it)
without having to do anything to pass safety inspection. It was stock from bumper to bumper (including the factory mono radio)

We go for a drive, and next thing I know we are at the owners house and dad is writing a cheque.

On the drive home I remember thinking that I really could not wait to turn 16 and get my license so that I could drive it. The sad thing is that I only got to drive it a couple of times. Because when I turned 16 my dad would not let me be put on his insurance as an occasional driver. He thought the car would be too powerful for me.

He unfortunatly had to sell it when I was 17.

[z28collection]

my dad is a vette guy thats what got me started i couldnt afford a vette so camaros were the way to go it was love at first drive.