[Charley Lillard]

I did a internet search for the orig owner and mailed off two letters with a pic of the car. He just called me. He was delighted to know it still existed. In 1970 he was on his way to buy a 70 Charger green 440 RT Magnum and stopped and looked at this car first. While looking at the Charger he kept thinking about the Camaro. It was ordered by the sales manager as his personal demo but before it arrived he dropped dead of a heart attack. He said the car had just arrived right before he bought it. In 1974 he traded it back in at the same dealer towards a 1974 Caprice so he would have room for kids. It had 33,000 miles on it and they allowed him 3300.00 on the trade. He had never wrecked it but did get two tickets in one day going to a funeral. He had great traction problems in the winter that he solved by putting rocks in the trunk. He ditched the standard exhaust and had Midas install Cherry bombs with Triumph exhaust tips. He said the orig tires were Firestone redline tigerpaws. He then bought Michelin redline radials that used tubes. He said his wife said it was too peppy for her and I could hear her in the background agreeing. He doesn't think he took any pics of it back then but if he finds something he will mail it to me. He also said he waxed it every week. Pretty neat...