I joined this site in May 2008. I didn't own a Camaro then and had no prospects. I did own a ratty nothing 1972 Camaro that didn't run, for a minute, in 1988. I had traded a decent running 1972 F100 for it. But I remember the day in August 1976 my 14 year-old brother came home from the movies talking about this movie he saw about a race from New York to California, and all the cool cars that were in it. I was 12 at the time and I've always been more of a car guy than him, but not by a whole lot, and I asked a ton of questions. It wasn't until over a year later that we got cable and I saw it for myself on the then brand new HBO. Of course I was freaked out by the Daytona Spyder and 1966 Cobra, but the yellow Z28 blew my mind and has haunted me ever since. Hence my short flirtation with that '72 Camaro, but I was in no way in a position to do anything about my dream 33+ years ago.
The roach '72. I always dug the twisted square tube "custom" grill it had
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My dad with the F100 the day I bought it off of him in 1984. He passed away in 2005. Shortly after getting it I bought a brand new set of Cal Chrome 15x10 wagon wheel style wheels and 275/60x15 Dunlop Radial G/T Qualifiers for it. It looked sweet. Man, I wish you could still get those exact tires from Dunlop! The tread pattern was beautiful and they made a sweet hissing sound cruising down the freeway at 65 mph.
Fast forward to June of 2008 and my first post on nasty, at least I believe it was: https://nastyz28.com/threads/gumball-camaro.123394/
In December 2009, through a guy at work, I stumbled across this for $1000. Believe it or not, my wife, whom has since passed away (God blessed the time I had with you Kelley, I miss you) went with me to see it for the first time and said, "Okay, buy it."
It came with two pickup loads of parts plus another (blue) nose - with equally and identically rusted front fenders.
Kelley with the first load
I had no idea what I was getting into
But when my buddy Stew, who came with Kelley and me to look at it the first time saw this, we got giddy
The roach '72. I always dug the twisted square tube "custom" grill it had
My dad with the F100 the day I bought it off of him in 1984. He passed away in 2005. Shortly after getting it I bought a brand new set of Cal Chrome 15x10 wagon wheel style wheels and 275/60x15 Dunlop Radial G/T Qualifiers for it. It looked sweet. Man, I wish you could still get those exact tires from Dunlop! The tread pattern was beautiful and they made a sweet hissing sound cruising down the freeway at 65 mph.
Fast forward to June of 2008 and my first post on nasty, at least I believe it was: https://nastyz28.com/threads/gumball-camaro.123394/
In December 2009, through a guy at work, I stumbled across this for $1000. Believe it or not, my wife, whom has since passed away (God blessed the time I had with you Kelley, I miss you) went with me to see it for the first time and said, "Okay, buy it."
It came with two pickup loads of parts plus another (blue) nose - with equally and identically rusted front fenders.
Kelley with the first load
I had no idea what I was getting into
But when my buddy Stew, who came with Kelley and me to look at it the first time saw this, we got giddy
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