Hi! British Camaro owners stopping by

[alistair]

Hi guys.

I'm Alistair and I am working on a '69 Camaro with a friend as a kind of joint project (its his car though)

Its stock right now and he has a vision of a cool pro-touring ride which will be at home on the windy back roads around the UK.

His background is the kind of cars I guess you call imports here, and my back ground is more the drag racing and resto-mod type of build (I always drive American cars when I can - what you call a domestic is my import LOL)

I have (amongst other things like a '68 Plymouth Sport Fury and a '66 Buick) a 3rd Generation Trans Am GTA so I might get a bit pro-touring on that one as well...

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[The Stickman]

Welcome to the forum.

[MyFriendScott]

Great to see some American muscle being represented in good fashion in Great Britain. Welcome.

[CruizinKev]

welcome aboard Alistair!

[alistair]

Thanks for the welcoming words, Nice Monte, Kev

[martin 1768]

Welcome alistair looking forward to follow your build
Martin

[DarkBuddha]

Welcome... neat that you guys own US muscle. I find it personally ironic that you guys want our stuff when I want you guys' stuff. I'd love an '87 RS500, or even a '10 RS500, or a Mk I or Mk II Escort, or an EsCos.:drool:

[absintheisfun]

nice to see some F-bodies over there! Just curious, are they right or left drive? I know I've seen some right drives in Australia, but can't tell from the pics.

[alistair]

both of mine are left hand drive. Curiously enough right hand drive "yanks" are looked at with some suspicion over here. Possibly because of the way some were done (even factory) by cutting the column half way down and having a chain across behind the dash to connect the RHD top to the LHD bottom! Pedals were done like those dual-controls you get in learner cars. Some were done properly, but even those seem to be worth less than a good left hand driver would be.

I only had one right hand drive American, a '67 AMC convertible, and oddly enough that landed up in Germany after I sold it to a friend who sold it on via eBay.

Overtaking trucks is the only time you curse it for being LHD. Even then its just about positioning youself well back and making good use of the car's power to execute a safe passing manouver. It scares passengers though!

[Dragonsnake]

Welcome Alistair...i think i have seen your posts on Resto rides too:).

[Dobster]

Welcome..