06-06-2009, 11:52 PM | #43 |
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These are the cars I wanted when I first started driving........
But this is the car I drove until i was about 19 or 20
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06-06-2009, 11:53 PM | #44 |
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My car nut spark came from the 1969 corvette L88. But my camaro spark came after my senior year. I was going into the national guard and planned to used my 20k sign on bonus to buy a 69 project I'd seen for sale (it was 14,900 and needed little work. The other 5k was to go to new paint and a fuel injection conversion for the 350 it had.) - I knew I wouldn't want to drive it in bad weather so I was looking for a 3.8 V6 camaro to beat on. I found one for 4,000 not too far away so we went to go look at it. I'm glad I brought my stepdad along. He's a ASE master tech, and his eye caught what mine didn't.
It had wonderful paint - a new job, green with a bit of pearl that almost made it look dark blue from certain angles. I loved it instantly, and would have bought it then and there, with no test drive. But my stepdad wanted to take it out. He drove because I was still learning stick (I knew how to drive stick at the time, but not well enough to trust myself with the dealer's car - you break it, you buy it, right?) and he commented on a wobble in the shifter. I wouldn't have thought anything of it, but he thought it was odd. When we got it back to the dealer, we squeezed under it and had a look around, including a closer look around the outside. Apparently somebody had wrapped it around a pole and repaired it. Hence the new paint. The frame was bent horribly - the corner of the windshield was sticking out a little bit! I was devastated. We went home. My mom knew I was upset. A few days later, she called me while I was at work and said "If you're still interested in a Camaro... I know where you might be able to get one, if you want to go by after work and look at it..." It was older than what I was looking for, and she thought I might not like it. But it was worth a look, and it only had 90000 miles. It turned out to be a 1986 IROC. We took it for a test drive and it ran ok, but needed a new carb desperately. We talked it over for a little while and I decided to buy it. Went to the credit union and took out a loan for 2,000 and picked up the car. Had the new carb (a new edelbrock 650) in a few days later and did my first major work on a car. Before that the hardest thing I had ever done was an oil change. I fell in love with that car. Its a bond that will probably never break, even though I had to sell the car. I regret that sale every single day. EVERY one. I wish I had kept it and just scraped together to pay the insurance on the two cars. I absolutely want to own another camaro some day. The new camaro reminds me of my 86 in a lot of ways... Ways I'm sure only a former IROC owner would understand. This car captures more than just the 1969 turned retro. Its a true camaro, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Xanthos will be born again, and, this time, I'm never going to let him go. - Xanthos
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06-06-2009, 11:55 PM | #45 |
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Pink , I used to have a 79 vette , black , used to take my son to ele school in all his friend used to call it the battmobil
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06-06-2009, 11:56 PM | #46 |
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You guys will hate me for this but my best friends 07' GT
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"With a light touch on the brakes, run the revs up a bit. Slip off the brake and bury the throttle. There's a light chirp as tires scratch for bite. Then comes a sub-5.0-second sled ride to 60 mph. A tick over 13.0 sec. and you're through the quarter-mile. It's a rush, of course, but not overly dramatic. Try the same thing with this pair's predecessors of 1970 or so and you'll find yourself in a bit of a wrestling match. Ain't progress wonderful? Maybe yes, and maybe sometimes it's fun to wrestle."
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06-07-2009, 12:02 AM | #47 | |
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06-07-2009, 12:14 AM | #48 |
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Was born into it, dad had a body shop. I've seen a lot of cool cars, but he taught me at an early age if you're gonna fall in love, make sure it's with a woman, not a car
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06-07-2009, 12:20 AM | #49 |
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Hiya all Seeing and hearing about alot of cool cars here some of you are posting the first car you owned which is cool , and some are posting the car that made them fall in love with cars in the first place , their dream cars , which is also cool and the true intention of this thread . But either way nice to see and hear about all of your favorite rides and keep the good stuff coming , Great stuff
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06-07-2009, 01:38 AM | #50 |
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A 1981 Camaro Z28. My dad bought it when I was 13 and gave it to me for my 16th birthday. I was a car lover, and camaro lover from the day he brought it home.
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06-07-2009, 10:48 PM | #51 | |
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This is why I say "If there was a James Bond of North America, he'd be driving a Silver 2010 Camaro SS!" I'm a big Bond fan, and a big fan of the Vanquish!
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06-07-2009, 10:57 PM | #52 |
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I'm going to be honest.
This is the first car that I loved. Then a month later I found out about this thing called a corvette. |
06-07-2009, 11:31 PM | #53 |
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My Dad's 1979 Z/28. And the fact that my mother also owned 3 Camaros (68 69 and 78)
Unfortunately the '79 was the last one sold, and left one year before I was born. As such, I've NEVER ridden in or driven a Camaro until my test drive of the 2LT at DeNooyer. |
06-08-2009, 01:33 AM | #54 |
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06-08-2009, 06:30 AM | #56 |
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Well, I'd have to dig up the 68 pic but she never had pics of the 69 or 78. They weren't anything special, base V6 automatic coupes. Never owned a camera at that point either. But, she did have the fender emblem and steering wheel from the 69 after it was wrecked by a friend. No pics of those either because they were "lost in transition" when we moved from one house to another (I was 5).
79 Z never had any exterior shots, but I do have one with him sitting in it sometime in '81. |
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