Hello everybody. My name is Rich and I'm from North Jersey. I hang out over at the Nasty Z site, and have lurked on here from time to time.
Happened to come on tonight and saw a post refrenceing Chuck's (Musclcar) day 2 2nd gen Camaro. Chuck is an amazing contributor to that site and has a great knowledge of BM Camaros. His posts have helped me greatly over the years in my own Camaro buildup.
I remember seeing these cars when I was growing up. I saw one up close at the New York National Auto show, had to be about 1971. A friend of mine had his 64 GTO "Rat On" 427 convertable custom entered and he won, although I cant remember if it was at the same time I saw the BM Camaro. I also saw at least one on the streets in Passaic county.
Anyway these cars made a big impression on me, as it did for many of us.
A few years back, when I was looking for a car to restore, a friend that lived in upstate NY came across a 1972 SS 396 Camaro, which we were told sat in a shed for 26 years. We found many cars over the years together, but he called me when he stumbled across this one and told me it was a complete 41,000 mile, numbers matching 4 speed car.
Needless to say, I bought it.
Most would probably say that I should have brought this car back to stock specs, and maybe I should have, but I knew from the get go that I was going to build this into a Motion tribute car.
It is a long 6 year story, but I completed it last May and had lots of fun with it this summer, where I won over 10 trophy's, out of 11 shows I entered. All were 1st place, Best of Show and Best Paint.
Didnt quite know how to approach this board- Would you guys approve or disapprove of my tribute car? I never passed this off as a real BM car and never would, although there hasnt been a show where even hard core BM guys ask me if its the real thing.
I will end here and try to include a link to some pics. I hope you like my work, I did everything except machine the motor and paint the car. The no side stripe is a story unto itself and would be glad to elaborate if asked.
Thanks for reading, Rich
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