Re: Cars with Cragars
Tom... I remember the family dealership (Martins Auto Corral) just south of Century III mall on Rt 51. You guys used to always have all kinds of cool muscle cars on the lot back in the early 1980s. I didn't get my license until 1988, but I was obsessed with Chevelles, etc from about age 8. I blame my Dad, as he got me into the whole car hobby. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
As an aside... I met Tom back in about 1991 when I was in college working a summer job at a Chevy dealer. I was driving a brown '70 Nova SS clone to work as a daily driver back then. Started life as a 230 ci PG car, and I converted it to factory buckets / console, PDB, 350/TH350, 8.5 10-bolt posi, multi-leaf springs, SS hood, etc.
Some people seem to think that clones are a relatively new thing, but I can assure you that people like me who couldn't afford the real deal were creating SS cars from base models even back then. It was much easier to buy a $500 base model and "upgrade" as money allowed. Of course, back then you could find the "good" SS parts for affordable prices in junkyards and at swap meets. Even 30 years ago, we all knew there was something special about a real numbers matching car though.
Anyway... back to the Cragar discussion...
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