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09-26-2004 #1Registered User
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- Aug 2004
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- Las Vegas, NV
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Been posting for a bit, but figured I would introduce myself...
Figured i'd finally post up a hi-how-ya-doin' kinda thing and introduce myself, since I will probably be signing up for the SEMA dinner to come meet some of you fine P-T folks in person.
Anyway, a little about myself and my car(s)... i'm 23 and currently living in Las Vegas, NV. Been here since`92. Spent a couple years in Japan after signing on for a 6 year hitch as a jet engine mechanic (2A6X1A for you zoomies out there ) in the USAF back in `99, then ironically got stationed back here at Nellis. Which works for me, because the motorsports community out here is pretty awesome IMHO. Plus you can't beat all the cool stuff such as SEMA coming through town.
But enough of that b/s, on to the fun stuff...
First car was a `93 Trans Am. Had it set up for drag racing because that's what most people around here are in to. I guess it's easier to go fast, go straight than anything else, huh? Shortly thereafter, I got involved with the Silver State Classic doing timing/scoring. That was my first exposure to "real" racing, other than that point-and-go stuff.
A few years down the road, I decided I needed something a little more comfortable to get around in, but also needed something I already knew how to work on. So I picked myself up a DGGM 96 Impala SS. Without going in to particulars on the project, I swapped in the aluminum head motor out of the Trans Am, and sold the T/A as a rolling chassis with a Moser 12 bolt left in it.
Hmmm... I have a decent sum of money burning a hole in my pocket... what's any self respecting car nut going to do? Damn right... buy another car!
So that brings me to my latest endeavor... my 1967 Camaro SS. I have been drooling over first gens for years after seeing a few rolling the streets of Vegas. And being a loyal bowtie guy, I just couldn't let the deal I found pass me up. I found my 67 up in Salt Lake City. The cliff notes version was rust-free, straight as an arrow, all original GM sheet metal/grill/taillights/etc... rebuilt 427 bottom end, rebuilt TH350, new torque converter... project car in pieces... $4000. Well, after talking to the guy and finding out he had no title for the vehicle, he knocked the price down to $3500, at which point I loaded up a truck and flatbed and was on my way to Mormon country.
Anyway, this is more or less how she sits today. Tons of work to be done...
Upon my return, I already had my mind made up... I want to be able to drive this thing every day that I feel like it and still get decent gas mileage... this thing is going to get a wicked little late model LT1/T56 (as seems to be so popular with first gens these days). So the big block currently has a new home over at another P-T members' house (zefhix), and the tranny/converter went to my roommate.
Sitting in the garage is an LT1 Vette 4 bolt LT1 block that has already been clearanced for a 383 rotating assembly, and the close ratio `93 T56 from my previously mentioned Trans Am.
Wow... I didn't know I wrote that much... I got to talking about my cars and I couldn't shut up.
Anyway, it will be teriffic to meet some of you folks at the SEMA dinner. There seems to be a TON of knowledge floating around on this board, and no lack of people willing to help out where they can. I am really looking forward to my time over here at P-T.com!Doug
67 Camaro - Project: Retribution
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