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Would You Sell Your 1971 Chevy Camaro Z28 for $250,000?
Papa John's 1971 Camaro Z28
The founder of the Papa John’s pizza chain – who spent years searching for the beloved Camaro he sold to start his business – has finally been reunited with the muscle car.
In celebration, the chain is handing out free pizzas Wednesday to all Camaro drivers.
“The Camaro represents what I gave up to start Papa John’s,” said company founder John Schnatter. “Words cannot capture the emotions I am feeling….I never gave up hope that someday I would get that car back.”
In 1983, John Schnatter’s father, an Indiana bar owner, was on the verge of bankruptcy. So Schnatter sold his only asset, a black-and-gold striped 1971 Chevy Camaro Z28, for $2,800.
As he frequently told the story, he had to turn his back as the buyer drove away, unable to watch his cherished car go.
With the proceeds, Schnatter bought some equipment and started selling pizzas out of a broom closet of his dad’s bar, digging their way out of bankruptcy a pie at a time.
The pizza chain is now the world’s third largest and is worth $750 million.
Even as his buisness took off and he became rich, Schnatter never stopped missing his Camaro.
He had no record of who he sold it to and spent years looking for the sports car, even hiring a private eye to search. Read the rest of this entry »
1970 Camaro
Posted by chevyss in Feature Cars on August 23rd, 2009
Beautiful Camaro
Check out this 1970 Camaro that was posted on my classified site.
New Bahama Blue Metallic paint, White Super Sport Stripes and New Black cloth bucket seat interior. New and complete gauge package. Fresh 350 Good-wrench Crate motor, 2 V, with 350 Automatic transmission.
She cruises smoothly on the new 245/45/17 Cooper Zeon Tires and really shines with the new 17 inch Torque thrust wheels. Asking: $18,900.00 obo
To get more information and photos at www.chevysupersport.com
New Ideas For Old Chevys
Posted by chevyss in Feature Cars on August 21st, 2009
Custom Design by Steve Stanford
Trying to put an old face on a newer body style typically results in an abomination-we’ve seen ‘em by the dozen. However, Steve Stanford has developed the only body kit concept we’ve ever seen that takes full advantage of the third-gen Camaro’s styling strengths and eliminates its weaknesses. It works surprisingly well, doesn’t it? The best part of this concept is it’s totally doable without major surgery. The body is stone stock, and the fifth-gen Camaro body kit is designed to bolt in place of the original front and rear fasciae, hood, and rocker covers. The key here is proportion. The two cars share little more than a nameplate, so a critical artist’s eye is needed to pull it off successfully. Would it sell? The kit would no doubt be expensive if developed, but considering the abundance of supercheap third-gens out there, plus the price of a fifth-gen, we think it could be an investment many owners would be willing to make.
See more amazing work over at hotrod.com
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Finding treasure in Georgia!
65 Impala SS
Here we are again… heading out on a road trip to pick up an original 1965 Chevy Impala SS with an original 327ci engine rebuilt, original interior and body, SS VIN number… oh might I add, all the original documents proving OG status, as well as, being in the same family since birth? It’s approximately 8:30pm Saturday night and we have a 8-9 hour drive ahead of us – wheeeww – lets go over our checklist:
1. Red Bull / Monster (for driver) – check
2. 5 Hour energy drink (for passenger) – check
3. Road Map / GPS – check
4. Tunes – iPods – check
5. Petro – check
alright everything’s checked and we’re on the road again! The night flew by and at 6:15 am, we reach our destination. Not much time for sleeping as we had to meet the seller by 10. I can’t lie, I probably got about 2 1/2 hours of sleep due to the fact that 1 1/2 hours was me sitting in bed thinking about this gem we were going to see.
The next morning was exhausting, we had no sleep and knew we had a long ride home ahead of us, but we weren’t going to let the small details get in the way of us buying our 65 Impala SS. It took about 30 minutes to find the sellers house and we introduce ourselves and got all the formalities out of the way…. and frankly got down to business.
“Now that’s CHERRY”
A million thoughts ran through my head – was this car going to be another dud? Was this guy truthful on the phone or did we leave out any details when asking the “right” questions? What is this ride going to look like? I hope he doesn’t say something like… oh, the Impala I described last night was sold earlier this morning, but we have this one in it’s place…. please don’t say anything like that, please.
We walked up the driveway into his garage and there it was, I felt like Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard in American Graffiti – now that’s CHERRY, I can definitely dig this ride.
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