Car Crazy
I found a neat site on the Internet awhile back that featured scanned copies of all sorts of old ads, mostly car-related, dating back to the 1890's!
The Old Car Manual Project
Well, I found a section that had old car brochures and came across a couple for Chevrolet from 1982.
In 1982, my parents bought a Chevette, oh yes, brand-spankin' new, four-door, four-speed Chevette, blue with racing stripes!
Anyway, we picked it up on a Monday night. I remember it was Monday because that was when my CCD classes were (Catholics know, others need an explanation. It's basically Sunday school on Monday night for kids.) So, to while away the time while my parents signed all the paperwork required for a new car, I picked up a couple of car brochures; one for the Camaro, one for the Corvette.
This site had'em (You really CAN find everything on the Web!) I recognized them both! Talk about a blast from the past. And ya know what, back then, 25 years ago, that was cool, having those pictures on my wall. I think I may have even gotten two of each, so I could display both in their full glory! I also vaguely recall the Chevrolet Citation brochure; I may have grabbed that one, too. (I don't know why!)
Camaro
Corvette
Citation
I look at them now and, yeah, still kinda cool, but I now know why my parents just shook their heads in confusion.
I was car-crazy back then. Corvettes, Camaros, Trans Ams, Mustangs, Barracudas and GTO's. Me and Danny would spend hours poring over Hot Rod magazines and J.C. Whitney catalogs building, in our minds, our dream cars. High-rise manifolds, dual-quads, CenterLines (those were rims that did not stand 24 inches tall and they stopped moving when the car stopped moving), hood scoops, six-by-nines (those were the biggest car stereo speakers you could find back then), sidepipes, chrome, blowers (now called superchargers), spoilers, bucket seats, dual exhaust, glass packs, hydraulic cams, power braking, popping the clutch, 60's, jacked-up in the back, Hemi, big-block, 351 Cleveland, bored and stroked; that was our vernacular.
Danny was partial to the 1971 Barracuda, a good choice. I leaned more towards the exotics; for a long time, I was a huge fan of the Porsche 928. (By the way, that -e on the end of Porsche is not silent.)
Aside from his affinity for the fine 1971 Plymouth Barracuda, Danny was mainly a Ford man, I was, and still am, partial to Chevy, as far as American cars go.
But all in all, I still like a Porsche.
The Old Car Manual Project
Well, I found a section that had old car brochures and came across a couple for Chevrolet from 1982.
In 1982, my parents bought a Chevette, oh yes, brand-spankin' new, four-door, four-speed Chevette, blue with racing stripes!
Anyway, we picked it up on a Monday night. I remember it was Monday because that was when my CCD classes were (Catholics know, others need an explanation. It's basically Sunday school on Monday night for kids.) So, to while away the time while my parents signed all the paperwork required for a new car, I picked up a couple of car brochures; one for the Camaro, one for the Corvette.
This site had'em (You really CAN find everything on the Web!) I recognized them both! Talk about a blast from the past. And ya know what, back then, 25 years ago, that was cool, having those pictures on my wall. I think I may have even gotten two of each, so I could display both in their full glory! I also vaguely recall the Chevrolet Citation brochure; I may have grabbed that one, too. (I don't know why!)
Camaro
Corvette
Citation
I look at them now and, yeah, still kinda cool, but I now know why my parents just shook their heads in confusion.
I was car-crazy back then. Corvettes, Camaros, Trans Ams, Mustangs, Barracudas and GTO's. Me and Danny would spend hours poring over Hot Rod magazines and J.C. Whitney catalogs building, in our minds, our dream cars. High-rise manifolds, dual-quads, CenterLines (those were rims that did not stand 24 inches tall and they stopped moving when the car stopped moving), hood scoops, six-by-nines (those were the biggest car stereo speakers you could find back then), sidepipes, chrome, blowers (now called superchargers), spoilers, bucket seats, dual exhaust, glass packs, hydraulic cams, power braking, popping the clutch, 60's, jacked-up in the back, Hemi, big-block, 351 Cleveland, bored and stroked; that was our vernacular.
Danny was partial to the 1971 Barracuda, a good choice. I leaned more towards the exotics; for a long time, I was a huge fan of the Porsche 928. (By the way, that -e on the end of Porsche is not silent.)
Aside from his affinity for the fine 1971 Plymouth Barracuda, Danny was mainly a Ford man, I was, and still am, partial to Chevy, as far as American cars go.
But all in all, I still like a Porsche.