remember the days....

68ys8030 · #1 08-19-2003, 01:00 AM

remember the days??? 1981: I was driving my 73 Z/28 and a truck pulled out in front of me. totaled! their insurance company wanted to give me 800 bucks for it! i was 17 years old and my parents had to fight with the insurance company and i ended up getting 3900.00 for it. was a lot back then!
I ended up taking the insurance money and buying a MINT 69 RS/Z/28 for the then unheard of price of 4300 bucks! that
was a ton of money for a 69 zee at the time. I bought a 69 camaro SS
396 convertible in 85 for 3 grand and almost didnt buy it cause i was a small block guy !!! my best buy was a real 68 yenko in 89 for 1750 bucks! i've had 35 camaros since 1981 . i can remember when 2500-4000 would buy you a decent muscle car. and you drove it everyday! I've had chevelles, vettes,55-57's, V/8 vegas and novas. But i still always go back to the camaros. its really a shame they are so expensive that the kids nowadays cant enjoy them the way we did. I can remember sitting at a stop light and a gto or roadrunner pulling up next you wanting to "try it out".
the traffic wasnt as bad back then either so you wouldnt back down from them. Man i miss those days....
Now i might drive one of my cars maybe once or twice a month! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] have ten times the amount of money i had as a kid and half as much fun. i do enjoy going out into the garage and working on them in the evenings to relax.
i guess its just a part of getting old...err
how bout you guys?

**MosportGreen66** · #2 08-19-2003, 01:23 AM

I sure do remember those days! I bought my first Camaro (a 1969 Z) for $2,700 bucks. I could not pass up my newest Camaro (read my signature). With 17,800 original miles, I can let my son drive the car every once in a while and have him enjoy the 'timelss classics' we once used as daily transportation. 68ys8030, whos got that Yenko now?

-Dan

**Stefano** · #3 08-19-2003, 01:58 AM

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] https://www.yenko.net/features/2002/August2002.htm

68ys8030 · #4 08-19-2003, 02:04 AM

dan,
charlie lillard owned it about a year and a half ago (i think hes owned them all at one time or another [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]) last i saw it it was back in florida up for sale again for like 115 K. I remember racing a guy that worked with me in his 383 78 camaro in the 8030 car. back then it had N-50 mickeys and a built 396 with a dominator. wasnt much of a race.... he he [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
boy the street racing stories i could tell you.
see ya !!! steve

68ys8030 · #5 08-19-2003, 02:06 AM

the 8030 is the red RS car

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