The Dream

Well, I'll have to admit that it all started out as a teenage dream. I have always loved the Chevrolet Camaro, and believe that my favorites have to be the first generation models. I love the look of the hidden headlights offered by the RS package.

I remember spending a weekend on a Fraternity Retreat in 1985, down in Hawkinsville, GA. One of my Fraternity brother's parents lived there and owned a cabin on a small lake. During the trip we stopped by his fathers house for a small cookout. During the short stay, Randy opened the garage door revealing a gorgeous first generation Camaro. "Anyone want to go for a ride?", he stated. I was the first in line. We laid rubber all over that town. I was hooked. I was about 20 years old at the time, and I had the fever.

On and off for years I occasionally search the Internet for whats available. Just window shopping, still dreaming. It appears that the going price for ready-to-drive model is in the $30K range. Way out of my price range. I have two sons that are heavy into Baseball and Wrestling. All my time and money towards supporting their habits, not my dreams. No complaints there, I love to see them play. Anyway, the only affordable cars have no interior, tranny, engine, and are currently painted 6 different colors of primer. Well while I love the car, I certainly do not know enough about them to know whats missing. These cars would fall outside of my comfort level.

Then on a day in August of 2008, I was speaking to a friend and found out that he had just bought a used truck that he had found on Craig's List. I had looked at Craig's List one time about a ear ago and really didn't like the interface. Hearing his story, I thought I would again check it out. Search for several different things of interest, I decided to check out any available Camaros. Low and behold, I found a local 1968 Camaro that appear to be all in tack. WOW! This could be it. I went to visit it the next day and within a 2 mile test drive, I knew I had to have it. Now that problem was to clear it with my wife. She knew that it was my favorite and with little convincing, she became excited as well.

So here we are... Proud owners of a piece of American History!