NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds - View Single Post

1972LT1 · 12-01-2007, 07:16 AM

Born into it. The Camaro I own was my fathers first new car. He had 2 GTO'sbefore that. He knew what he wanted and went to the dealer and ordered it. After it came in he borrowed $100 from his Dad(1972) to replace the AM radio with an AM/FM 8 track(it still works!!). I can remember going to BenPilla on the weekend and walking around looking at all the parts while my Dad shot the breeze with the owner(they went to high school together). Went to a few car shows in the early to mid 80's with my Dad. I would walk around and look at all the different kinds of vehicles and compare the engines and bodies and wheels. 40 or 50 cars back then was a huge show, today that's a club meet or a cruise. I had tons of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars back when they had different wheels and rubber tires.Transformers. Got a HOT ROD 3 in 1 model kit for xmas in 85. It had a rustang, a 3rd gen Camaro and a 3rd gen T/A. Been building them ever since. Also my Dad used to work for Buick. I remember the day he brought home a Grand National as a demo car. He dusted a vette on his way home and had a grin on his face. And going to the Auto Show and seeing all the prototypes(Buick Wildcat,Pontiac Banshee,CERV,and others) Nature and nurture.

12-01-2007, 07:16 AM	#44
1972LT1 The Plague Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cherry Hill Posts: 955 iTrader: (0)	Born into it. The Camaro I own was my fathers first new car. He had 2 GTO'sbefore that. He knew what he wanted and went to the dealer and ordered it. After it came in he borrowed $100 from his Dad(1972) to replace the AM radio with an AM/FM 8 track(it still works!!). I can remember going to BenPilla on the weekend and walking around looking at all the parts while my Dad shot the breeze with the owner(they went to high school together). Went to a few car shows in the early to mid 80's with my Dad. I would walk around and look at all the different kinds of vehicles and compare the engines and bodies and wheels. 40 or 50 cars back then was a huge show, today that's a club meet or a cruise. I had tons of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars back when they had different wheels and rubber tires.Transformers. Got a HOT ROD 3 in 1 model kit for xmas in 85. It had a rustang, a 3rd gen Camaro and a 3rd gen T/A. Been building them ever since. Also my Dad used to work for Buick. I remember the day he brought home a Grand National as a demo car. He dusted a vette on his way home and had a grin on his face. And going to the Auto Show and seeing all the prototypes(Buick Wildcat,Pontiac Banshee,CERV,and others) Nature and nurture. __________________ www.cardomain.com/id/1972lt-1 My sanity wrote a suicide note.....one of us is illiterate and the other is blind.-OTEP That is not dead which can eternal lie, and in stranger aeons even death may die-H.P.L.