I agree that the most "significant" Chevrolet is likely more a personal thing than something to be agreed on by the masses. Grand Sport vettes mean nothing to me personally, nor do any Z11 Impalas or convertible Z/28s, not to say they weren't important cars for Chevrolet, and to others, but none of those were significant in ME becoming interested in what I'm into today. I'd say the car that sticks in my head as "the one that started it all" was when Brian Henderson brought his freshly restored fathom green 69 sYc Camaro to a little local show in my hometown on his way to the Camaro Nationals some time in the early 90's. I know I wasn't old enough to drive, and my brother Erik was 5 years younger than i was...so we were both pretty young...Regardless, we knew what a Yenko was from the many stories my dad had told us over the years... and ironically were probably about the only people at that show who did! I talked Brian's ear off for an hour or more about the car, and he answered all my questions and mentioned he thought it was cool that a couple of punk kids showed that much interest in learning about Yenko specifics. It was the coolest car I had ever seen, and at the time there wasn't anyone else restoring Camaros to that level of detail. (probably still isn't as far as that goes!) It was the first Yenko I ever recall seeing "in person", and to this day it sticks in my mind as one of my favorite supercars ever.
That day started a friendship with Brian that has spanned close to 20 years now (wow!) and that Camaro is what got my blood flowing and eventually lead me to where I am today. On a personal level, I'd definitely say that green car was the most "significant" one for me...
-JB
