As if I don't have enough to keep me busy, with the launching of the 23 T-Rod rebuild, and preparing for the birth of our son.....something very interesting has come up.

I tell a story about my first car, a 1969 Camaro, that my Dad helped me build back in the early '80s. Here:

69 Camaro Page

Here is the twist. As a result of some indepth research, nearly 15 years later I found the current owner of the car. Turns out he lives about 3.5 hours from me. The car is now going through a second restoration, and is far from finished. The current owner was working with a body shop, but finally gave up on them after taking way too long. The car has been in the body shop for about four years.

The good news is they hung new quarter, floor, etc, in the car. The bad news is, they already started jamming it in a blue color.

This was a big weekend for me, and very emotional. I traveled with my wife in our 69 Corvette for a quick get away weekend, and made a visit to the old Camaro part of the trip.

I want to buy it back, so that I can put it back to where it wa in 1989...but the current owner does not seem interested in selling. I expect him to loose any money, and I realize I would pay more than the bucket of bolts is worth....but how many people get a chance to buy their first car back???????

Here is a picture of it taken Sunday 1/4/04