I just did a little net surfing and I think Guy Ripa actually still owns the Camaro, though it may have been turned into a race car in the intervening decades with a full roll cage, a monster motor on nitrous, and an automatic trans. Sure would be neat to see it again, or even get the car back minus the drivetrain. Now THAT would really be fun to irritate my brother with. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]
I found some photos from when I saw it at Guy's house in the early 1980's. Already had a monster motor in it. (My brother went through several engines while he had it. Several transmissions and driveshafts too). [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]
I now remember the tally on that Street Machine Nationals trip in 1979: two clutch setups, (one clutch went bad in Ohio from being adjusted wrong, then the replacement went bad from a broken bellcrank ball on the block that caused the clutch fork to jam into the pressure plate, crack the M21 input housing and pour gear lube onto the disc. And the most fun was replacing the brand new camshaft (lobe worn off) and adjusting the solid lifters in the Marriot Hotel parking lot in Indy with a crowd of drunken onlookers helping til the wee hours of the morning. Ah, those were the good old days! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
Oh, and I almost forgot. I abandoned him in Indy after he ran off with the maid at our hotel and took our trip money with him (and her). Ahhh, but I had the gas credit cards...and this was the middle of gas rationing time back in the day. It took him a week to get the 800 miles home because he could only fill up his tank on odd numbered days. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]
