[Stroked355Z28]

As most have said, I too was born into a family that has always been involved in cars. My grandfather had a black '65 Ford Galaxie that he bought with a high-output thunderbird engine. I always had Matchbox cars as well as models that I would put together. My dad and uncle used to always bring me from car show to car show, every year till this day we still go to the LEAD EAST car show at the Hilton Hotel in Parsippany. My dad used to take me and my brother to drag events and Monster Truck Shows when I was little. My uncle built up a '55, thats right a '55 Porscshe that he always used to race on the round track. Him and my dad always had cars growing up that I have heard stories about. Their choice of car was the '57 Chevy. My dad at one point had a '55, a '56 with no motor or trans, and a '57 Bel-air sitting on the street in front of my grandfather's house. The one car he had, a black '57 with a white hard top, was all jacked up and had exhaust cut-outs, one time he went down the shore w/ his friends and told my grandfather if he needed it to use it, so when he came back from the shore, my grandfather was coming home from the food-market, and my dad just heard my him nail 2nd and smoke the tires coming down the street. Then my uncle's first car was a '57 that my dad gave him for his birthday and my uncle still has it till this day. My dad unfortunately doesn't have any hot-rods anymore, most recent car was a '49 Merc that he got rid of when I was 4 because his landlord at work told him he couldn't keep it there anymore. My uncle on the other hand still has a '67 Marina Blue Corvette Stingray, '55 Ford F-100 with a 454, blower on top, painted black with yellow, orange and red flames in the front, and right now is building up a '53 Willy's Aero Ace. When my cousin who is two years older than me got his license, he bought an '87 Mustang GT that he built into a monster with a supercharged 306 pumping out 600 horse painted custom, silver in the front fading to black in the back, and I was hooked on mustangs since I was 12, so when I got my license, bought an '89 GT. I restored mine, but things started going wrong with it, so I put it up for sale for $5,500, but my friend gave me the tip on an '83 Z-28 w/ a brand new 355 Stroker without any miles on it that the guy wanted $2,000, when I asked why so cheap, the motor alone cost $5,000 when he was done with it, the guy said he needed the money to make a college payment, so $2,000 was his price, a week later, dropped the price of the stang down to $3,500, sold it for $3,200 a few days later, on the same day took a flat bed to get the camaro, and used the remaining $1,200 on insurance and rims. So my whole life I have been hooked on cars, I've had my share of races for a 19 year old. When I drive a car of my own, I need to hear that rumble and smell the exhaust smell that we all love so much. Love cars and will probably love them till the end of time, I get very curious to see what cars lie ahead in my future. Later, Jeff.