What age were you when you caught the "fever"?

[tom406]

Happy 22nd birthday!

I turned 35 this summer and like the above poster, there simply hasn't been a time in memory where I WASN'T into cars.

I've no doubt Charlie knows what fever you're talking about. He's just had it so long he prefers not to think of it as an illness. After a few years you can't think of it as a fever, you're just naturally "hot blooded".

If Charlie doesn't have the "fever" he must have caught something by now, cleaning out those barn-fresh 'Vettes - fleas, mites, something....

[WILMASBOYL78]

Bought my first L78 Nova in the winter of 73-74 when I was 18. $1400.00 It will cost you that much for the smog system now. You know , the one you through away back then because it was the thing to do. Oh well here we are, 30 years later and the only dfifference is a couple of zeros. Be cool.....TW

[firstgenaddict]

I am 32 now and like stated above can not remember when I was not into cars. My father would put me inside of a 1940 Ford with a screwdriver and pliers when I was around 4 and told me to take apart everything that I could find inside the car. Then he came home from work one day and I met him at the door with all the screws from every doorknob and electrical plate in the house.
I guess I became obsessed with Camaros when I was around 8 or so my dad bought my mom a 67 Camaro convertible for her birthday. Red, black int black top. 327 powerglide.
When I got to be about 12 she would let me pull it out of the garage to wash it... what a great way to get your kid to wash your car.

[hvychev]

Man I have always been exposed to cars! I caught the bug VERY early! Here is me circa 1986 when I was about 8 years old!

[Born30YrsLate]

For me it was when I was 12 during deer hunting season...my dad wasn't into cars, but I had an uncle that was...I was out at my uncle's house cutting up the deer from the season that just ended and I remember being a lot more interested with what was under the car cover (a '69 Camaro) than cutting meat off of deer....and it just so happens that I own that car now...as a matter of fact it is the first car I owned - bought it the day after I got my driver's license (yeah, he let me buy, drive it home and then made park it in the garage for a year before he would let me drive it, but that didn't matter, at least I had it)....and the fever temp just keeps rising -

[Canucklehead]

1969, 6 years old my dads buddy was looking for a new car. He had his son with him so i got to go to. We went to a ford dealership and he was looking at a 69 gold cougar with a cheetah print vinyl roof, we took it for a test drive and i thought the car was the coolest and he did end up buying it. Thats when i started taking a look at all the other cars out there, and caught the fever.

[Dave Rifkin]

This would be imposible for me to answer since I have always had the fever ever since I can remember. I think what really got me though was the cold December evening when my parents took me and my brother car shopping in Northern New Jersey. From looking at the snow covered Marlboro Maroon 1969 Corvette to our trip to the Ford showroom which housed a yellow 1970 Boss 302, a Black Jade Shelby GT500 and the Raven Black Mach 1. The test drive in the owner's 1968 GT 500 convertible to seeing, what would ultimately become our 1969 Grabber Blue GT500 which was under a cover along side the dealership. Yes, I would have to say that this night in particular solidified my passion for loud, fast and beautiful musclecars.

[MotownMadman]

Only problem with the "Fever", some people caught it and it ended up causing permanent brain damage.
Motown

[musclcar]

about 5 years prior to getting my drivers license or 1972.

[GRB]

Brain damage...that explains a lot!!!