How the Pro Touring bug got me.
 

Tell you a story of how I became caught by the pro touring movement.
I went to a Sam's club here in FTW which was advertising a Orange 69 Camaro for sale by order for $300K. True story. I was so struck by the look and stance I couldnt stop smiling. Soon after I was assigned to a office in Carrollton, coincidentally right down the street from Unique Performance. Say what you will, those guys were super nice to me and let me walk around the shop on my long lunches and soak it in. Hooked every since.

Hey, it's great you got hooked.... but even better that you never bought anything from those guys. :thumbsup:

unique is still open? the last i heard they were in trouble for vin switching or something and bondo'd every thing instead of repairing the metal the correct way. this all coming from the news. you can never believe all what you hear though.

I got the bug in 1973 when my dentist and family friend purchased a new 455 SD Trans Am. :woot:

I only got bitten recently...

When I decided it was time to redo the dead brakes and suspension on my Z/28.

I hooked up with Steve at EBMC, and got on this site.....

Now I am neck deep into my Project with much spent and much more to go...

I have to pull off of it to do house stuff, buy the wife a car, buy a new Truck, ect...

But I will get my car all set up soon...It is on the road, but it needs more work...

I am bit bad, and this website and you guys are only making it worse....Or better :thumbsup:

You knew about Pro Touring before the Godfather (Stielow) did? :lol:

:D The car looked the part anyway. :thumbsup:

This "Bug" you guys are talking about, is a big bug, and it bites pretty hard into you..

The "Bug" makes you spend money like an emergency room visit without Insurance...:thumbsup: :lateral:

I blame it on Stielow. :yes:

I blame you guys...:unibrow:


I also thank you guys...:thumbsup:

Absolutley. Year 2000 and Hot Rod had a pic of him building one in mock up. Big tires, stance, etc. I stalked him by email wanting to know how the heck he did that, but he never responded :cool:

Yes sir, that would be the one.......the blasted Mule!! :unibrow:

I was hooked back in elementary school. One neighbor had 2 Shelby Mustangs, One Gt 500 red/ white stripes and a reg one white/blue stripes and our other neighbor had a hugger orange Z/28. I remember they called them Cyn Cars.Those cars were the bee's knees LOL

Growing up the home next door had some nice cars. The Neighbor had a New 69 Corvette and a 65 Tiger. As an impressionable 5 year old I was in awe. Then one day the neighbors friend came by in a brand new bright orange 71 Pantera. Now 6 going on 7 there was no looking back. Add to this a couple trips with my older brothers to Riverside to watch the Nascars Road race. I dreamed of cars that went around corners.

Then in 1979 I got my first job and bought a Sunbeam Alpine and a load of parts. It was fun but handled like crap and was slow. Reading Herb Adams stuff I formed a plan. I bought a 69 Firebird and went to work on it spending all my tip $$ from busing tables. I had to sell that car in 94 but I knew one day I'd build a better PT car.

I was in a 7-11 and glanst over at the magazine rack and saw "it", Stielow's Red Witch on the cover of Hot Rod. I was hooked and scrapped my entire build plan and started researching this pro-touring thing. The cover of that magazine has cost me thousands of $$$....and several years.

How the Pro Touring bug got me...
Well, when we were young we were happy when somebody got a pic or card with an american muscle on it.:rofl: We grown up in the communism here in Hungary. I think I was around 18 years old when I saw the first american car in my life in reality. I think it was a 8X Corvette...
I was big fan of these cars and always watched them with admiration. They seemed reachless dream to me that time.
Thanks God the things were changed since then.:)

1990 i cut my coil springs and made my own lowering blocks. then i went to discount tire and got the fattest low profile 15"tires i could find for my 68

I saw Greg Weld's name and thought this was a drag racing forum. It looked cheaper than drag racing---so many lies, same type of additction. Sickos, all of you.

:lateral: :lateral:

When I first Saw the mule on a magazine cover I tried to steer away by building a drag truck (sold it) then this mini truck... now its no longer "mini truck" and is costing me about 5x's as much as what it started as but its okay...

Thank's Mark....

Matt

I blame it all on Stuart and the Aluminator.

I think the early years of Trans-Am and Can-Am racing did it for me. I'm only 42 but have a soul that was born in the late 60's. Looking at old books loaded with Chaparall's, Penske Camaros, McLarens, Boss Stangs and Cudas man those cars were maxed out Pro-Tourers of the day. That and Forza 4 for Xbox.

I also had a neighbor in '74 that properly built a late model Corvair with a mid-engine 327 for the time that car was very impressive. :yes:

The bug got me in 2010. My friend had a 66 Chevelle SS convertible with a 502, 20 and 18s, a/c and just a sick stance. He let me drive it for a day and I was gone hook, line and sinker!!! Needless to say I think my wife is secretly pissed at him, lmao!!!