Grandfather's 68 SS Camaro.

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No pictures, but I'm kinda amazed at how quick it's progressing. Block's already back from getting tanked, it's been honed, and I've already bought most of the stuff it needs to go back together. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if it's back and ready to go into the car by New Year's! I don't think 15 year old me, or 18 year old me, or even 24 year old me would have thought it'd A) ACTUALLY happen, at least on my dime and B) In such a short amount of time. To say I'm ready to start bouncing off the walls in excitement is a bit of an understatement. Like I've been telling everyone, I've been waiting over 20 years to drive this car more than half throttle and more than two miles from home. I've never gotten to have fun behind the wheel of it, only as a passenger, and it's the only one of my grandfather's cars I never got to truly enjoy. The Mustang? I've beaten the hell out of that car since I was 18. The Grand National? Same. The Chevelle? Yup, I've even driven that fairly hard (except the transmission likes to upshift at 4000rpm but that car isn't my problem at this point in time)

But the Camaro? Nope. Hell, I remember taking pictures in 2018 (you can find them in this thread. I implore anyone who goes through and reads to disregard my utter, painful lack of knowledge, and my 'It's happening this time!' and 'I'm totally doing THIS to the car!' Call it youthful naivete, and at 26 I still have plenty of it) and it was a block from the house. And it still popped and stalled. Wire came loose from the distributor. Did it when I drove it in 2020, too. The time I drove it in high school, Dad was with me, I had my permit, and of course, it had a 650 Holley on it and didn't run right anyway.

What I'm saying is I've never felt big block torque unleashed by my right foot. Not properly. And I have an ear to ear grin just imagining it.