What age were you when you caught the "fever"?

[YenkoChevelle69]

I'm 22 today, and to date have had 3 Chevelles. My first was a 69 Azure turquoise 69 malibu with 307/glide and a 10 bolt. Second was a 72 Parts car that was complete, just had questionable vin and trim tag. 350/350/10 bolt car.

The third and final is my current one in my Sig. I've had this obsession since I was 17 years old. How long have you had the sickness? LOL

[Charley Lillard]

Fever ? What Fever ?

[YenkoChevelle69]

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Fever ? What Fever ?

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[Pantera]

It was in the fall of 1957. I was with my mother downtown at Bill White Chev where she was buying a used dusty rose '57 Chev 210 post that my 2nd cousin had arranged for her to get from a woman that had bought it new and couldn't make the payments on it. He was the parts manager for the dealership so we got it at cost.

My Daddy was a ford man and he was pissed that she had bought this "Chev". I will never forget the new '57 Red/Red Fuel Injected Corvette that was setting in the showroom right in front of the parts dept. I remember setting in it and pretending that I was driving it. I was fasinated by the waffle iron looking seatcovers it had. I had never seen anything like that.

Daddy had drinking buddys that worked in the showroom of Donges ford a block or two away from the Chev place. He would take me with him on Saturdays as he went to see all of his buddys. I know now that it was just to get a drink with them. I thought the T-Bird was a neat car when it came out and daddy got me the AMT model cars each year off the wall that the salesmen used to show the different cars that they sold.

I was too young to be interested in cars in '55 when the Tbird came out but was almost 13 when Mother bought the '57 chev. So to make a long story shorter I think that was when I first became a fan of the "Muscle Car".

A Few years later daddy died in 1960 and mother started to drive his 59 Ford 4 dr. and left the '57 at home. I could get out early from school and I would blast home and get it out of the garage and drive via the backstreets back to school and pickup my friends. Boy that made a guy popular with the girls.

When I turned 16 mother gave me the '57. It was a 283 220 hp, Pglide with dual exaust. I took it to the drags and turned a best of 15:20 with it. Not too bad for a 60,000 car.

but I had aways wanted one of those Vette's. Got one finally in '66. Wish I had never let that one go. But that's another story for another day.

[Bill Pritchard]

I'm 53 years old and cannot ever remember a time when I was <font color="red">not</font> interested in cars. When I was very young our family lived in a house that backed up to a busy Highway. My mom says by the time I was 3 years old I could name almost every car that went down that Highway. Growing up I built plastic model cars and subscribed to Hot Rod and several other magazines. It's been a slow downward spiral ever since - and I've enjoyed every minute of it http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[JoeG]

HMMMMMmmm-I remember a blonde women wearing a surgical mask holding me up by my legs and smacking me on my a$$--That's when it started------ Or was that my bachelor party?? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif----

[djw69elky]

Can't remember exactly when...but I know it's contagious. Especially if you have an older brother. He's 4 years older, so I would guess somewhere around 10 or 11. He had some neat cars, too. A 62 Impala drop top when he was a senior in high school. Mom hated that car. She was afraid he would kill himself in it. He sold it to a guy who did just that, too. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Funny how you drift away from your interests when marriage and kids come along. But...they grow up and move out (eventually). Then you and your wife can resume "your" life and interests. At least, that's the way it's been for us. Now I've got the big block Chevy I always wanted, but could never afford. Life is good! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[tom406]

Happy 22nd birthday!

I turned 35 this summer and like the above poster, there simply hasn't been a time in memory where I WASN'T into cars.

I've no doubt Charlie knows what fever you're talking about. He's just had it so long he prefers not to think of it as an illness. After a few years you can't think of it as a fever, you're just naturally "hot blooded".

If Charlie doesn't have the "fever" he must have caught something by now, cleaning out those barn-fresh 'Vettes - fleas, mites, something....

[WILMASBOYL78]

Bought my first L78 Nova in the winter of 73-74 when I was 18. $1400.00 http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif It will cost you that much for the smog system now. You know , the one you through away back then because it was the thing to do. Oh well here we are, 30 years later and the only dfifference is a couple of zeros. Be cool.....TW http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[firstgenaddict]

I am 32 now and like stated above can not remember when I was not into cars. My father would put me inside of a 1940 Ford with a screwdriver and pliers when I was around 4 and told me to take apart everything that I could find inside the car. Then he came home from work one day and I met him at the door with all the screws from every doorknob and electrical plate in the house.
I guess I became obsessed with Camaros when I was around 8 or so my dad bought my mom a 67 Camaro convertible for her birthday. Red, black int black top. 327 powerglide.
When I got to be about 12 she would let me pull it out of the garage to wash it... what a great way to get your kid to wash your car.

[hvychev]

Man I have always been exposed to cars! I caught the bug VERY early! Here is me circa 1986 when I was about 8 years old!

[Born30YrsLate]

For me it was when I was 12 during deer hunting season...my dad wasn't into cars, but I had an uncle that was...I was out at my uncle's house cutting up the deer from the season that just ended and I remember being a lot more interested with what was under the car cover (a '69 Camaro) than cutting meat off of deer....and it just so happens that I own that car now...as a matter of fact it is the first car I owned - bought it the day after I got my driver's license (yeah, he let me buy, drive it home and then made park it in the garage for a year before he would let me drive it, but that didn't matter, at least I had it)....and the fever temp just keeps rising - http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[Canucklehead]

1969, 6 years old my dads buddy was looking for a new car. He had his son with him so i got to go to. We went to a ford dealership and he was looking at a 69 gold cougar with a cheetah print vinyl roof, we took it for a test drive and i thought the car was the coolest and he did end up buying it. Thats when i started taking a look at all the other cars out there, and caught the fever. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[Dave Rifkin]

This would be imposible for me to answer since I have always had the fever ever since I can remember. I think what really got me though was the cold December evening when my parents took me and my brother car shopping in Northern New Jersey. From looking at the snow covered Marlboro Maroon 1969 Corvette to our trip to the Ford showroom which housed a yellow 1970 Boss 302, a Black Jade Shelby GT500 and the Raven Black Mach 1. The test drive in the owner's 1968 GT 500 convertible to seeing, what would ultimately become our 1969 Grabber Blue GT500 which was under a cover along side the dealership. Yes, I would have to say that this night in particular solidified my passion for loud, fast and beautiful musclecars.

[Mr70]

In early 1963,while my Mom was 6 months pregnant with me,my Dad playfully drove a Tootsie Toy over her Belly a few times to massage her.This became a nightly routine.
Then later she says a Hospital Sonogram showed my hands at 10 &amp; 2.
A month later I was working the Clutch.... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Belair62]

When I was swimming around in my Dad's testicles I remember fishtailing and that started it all http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[JoeG]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif--Bob was your father Paul Bunyon???

[GRB]

42 years. I thought I'd grow out of it! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif <font color="red"> </font>

[Belair62]

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[LeMans Blue X77]

I'm 39 now and it was sometime in 1968. My parents went to our local chevy dealer to buy an Impala. I fell in love that day with a 1969 Pace car on the showroom floor. I remember sitting in it begging my father to buy it but he wanted the Impala and we went home in it not the pace car.
Years later my passions changed to include another love a 1988 930 Porsche. So for me guys that's how it started and I hope it never ends.

1967 Camaro bench seat 6 cyl std. Red
1968 Camaro bench seat 6 cyl std. Blue
1969 Camaro V8 Auto Orange
1969 Camaro V8 Auto Yellow
My baby 1969 X77 Z/28 05A Lemans Blue w/ Blk
Still no Porsche but one day!

Striker http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[MotownMadman]

Only problem with the "Fever", some people caught it and it ended up causing permanent brain damage.
Motown http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[musclcar]

about 5 years prior to getting my drivers license or 1972. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[GRB]

Brain damage...that explains a lot!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[GRB]

Now that I look at it I should probably add 1,000 HP to the ZL1 sig. That proves brain damage! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[RYCKR69]

I really got the sickness when I was about 12. I went to my great aunts house in palm desert and the neighbor had this car under a cover, my dad took me over to see it and it was a green shelby gt 500 convertable! The owner was the original owner and it had about 18k mi!!! He was going to get it detailed and have new tires installed the next week and sell it. He was asking 8,500-9,000 for it (around 1984?). I tryed talking my dad into buying it and he almost did. Now I remind my dad every time we see a shelby!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[FrankieZ]

I was always into cars but i was to busy buying houses raising kids and building my business and never had the money for extra toys. In 95 i bought my 1st vette it was an 86 pace car convertible with 10K original miles had it for a few years and decided i needed a "classic" so i sold it and bought a 62 fuelie that needed extensive work which kinda soured me on the "classics" http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif i sold that and bought a 98 convertible and started to do motor up-grades and got really deseased and put an obscene amount of money in the car but its really fast and fun to drive. when i wanted to buy the LS5 chevelle i have now my wife said "your going to sell the vette right ?" i looked at her like she had 2 heads and replyed "why would i want to do that honey i have an extra spot in the garage just going to waste" http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif
why is it that women dont understand these things lol.

Im hoping to win the lottery so i can build a 10,000 sq ft shop and have an unlimited car buying budget. I use to have different fantasys when i was younger and they didnt involve cars http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

FrankieZ http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[SmallHurst]

I was about 7 when I remember seeing the '78 Corvette Pace car sitting on the local dealers floor. I was trying to convince my mom that there was room under that back glass for stuff. I came home from the hospital in a '68 Barracuda, my first car was a '70 Ford Torino, my college car was an '84 Z28, and my garage has one car I can never imagine letting go, my '69 H/O! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[jg95z28]

My dad wasn't into cars and since I had no older brothers there wasn't much influence on me other than my uncles who had both been mechanics during their lives. I remember wanting a 57 Belair when I was ten, and my family says I started bugging my uncle to give me his 51 Chevy pickup when I was five.

At 13 I got a ride in my football coach's 68 SS-RS 396 Camaro and that was all it took to make me a Camaro-man for life. That was 25 years ago, and now I'm drawing my 18 year old stepson into the same addiction. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif