[danachevroletfor1967]

When the car bug first bit me I became a MOPAR guy. My favorite car and dream car in my later teen years was a 1969 Roadrunner, preferably with the 426 hemi. When I was in college in Idaho in 1972 I found a 1970 Dodge Challenger TA for sale in a used car lot. It was bright yellow with an automatic. They let me take it out for a test drive. It definitely could get up and go. I can't remember the asking price, but I know they were going to take my 1965 Dodge Coronet (my dad's old car) in as a trade, and I think I could have had it for $2,000 on top of the trade in. I talked with the original owner and basically found out there was nothing wrong with the car; I think he was just tired of it. Anyway I couldn't afford it at that time being in college and everything. I have no doubt that if I had been able to purchase that Challenger TA I would still own it today and still be a MOPAR man. But I guess that wasn't meant to be. After graduating from college and getting my first permanent, full-time job in 1975 I wanted to buy a new car. Chrysler stopped making any car I would have been interested in in 1974. I've never been a Ford guy. I wanted a back seat; that ruled out the Corvette. It came down to a Firebird or Camaro, and I felt the Camaro had more of a racing heritage, plus was cheaper. So I bought my first Camaro, a 1975 Type LT. I have owned nothing but Camaros since, other than a Blazer (1978 model that I still own) for getting around in the winter time. Long story short: if it wasn't for me being unable to buy that Challenger back in 1972, I never would have become a Camaro buff. So, I guess it worked out like it was meant to.