"...It would be neat to be able to get a REALLY high horse motor in it..."
Wasn't there some talk of factory Z06 power landing between the rails of some?.
It'd be nice to be closer to the action as I'd expect there's lots going on in and around Oshawa that most everyone is blind to?. As a kid growing up in Oshawa there was often preproduction and prototype units roaming the streets and nearby hiways.. In later years after we moved to just down the road from the Mosport circuit I'd see P&P units going to and from the track or catch them there on days GM would rent the facility for testing..
As a kid in Oshawa I most recall first seeing the upcoming '65 Chevys...wow, what a streamliner they looked like compared to the slab-sided '64's!.
Although they weren't built in Oshawa, about spring of '81 I ran across an '82 Camaro on a backroad North of Oshawa and chased the guy in my '69 442 post for a while...it was dark blue w/ a little antennae and had emblems covered w/ black tape?.
In the late 80's I chased a new 'Vette down the back roads from Mosport one day that had a Michigan Manufacturer's plate and some funky looking square tail-lights?. Although I can't remember what I was driving that day, knowing the roads I was keeping up to him pretty good until we hit the straight stretch and he was gone...little did I know I was trying to catch the upcoming ZR1!.
Around 1990 I remember a few of the local boys stole some kind of prototype 'Vette from outside the Bowmanville hotel where the GM guys were staying while testing at Mosport...I think it had no alarm or the alarm system was removed or had been disconnected?. Although the car was later found, I don't think the joy-riders were ever caught but expect they had some fun and it made news in the local papers also Vette magazine and a few others made note of the occasion..
So maybe it's too bad Keith's retired now...anyone else on the site here from Oshawa or work at the Motors?.
Also anyone here around Brampton Ontario where the new Challenger is being built?.
~ Pete
