I didn't see your car in that issue but there are several cars in the "F-BODY GARAGE" area at Best In Show Coachworks (who is that? sounds familiar) and there is a 69 camaro at Fesler's shop too (some pro football player).
The Air Ride '68 (Brets car) is in there talking about the metal finished stripes.
The cover car is a 70-73 rs in a candy or pearl dark red.
There is a pretty cool feature in this issue. At least from a nostalgic viewpoint. It's a 1970 1/2 Baldwin Motion PhaseIII 454 Camaro.
Complete with the Starsky and Hutch style side stripe! LOL!!
I remember seeing (ok, I owned one) lots of jacked up, bad paint jobs, air shock hauling, bondo buckets in high school. Oh, those were the days.
The motion car is a great reminder of what was considered "hot" or "cutting edge tech". I guess going around corners and or stopping were just not important back then.
I remember my 68 rs I had. 327, 4speed, open diff with 3:27 gears I think and the best of all was the four wheel drum brakes. I had more "OOOHHH SH*T!!!!!" moments in that car than all others combined! I am amazed I lived through it! But it was fast and alot of fun to thrash on. My buddies Mustang (65 fastback) was no slouch and with 4 wheel disc brakes could out stop me every time, but he was always sucking my exhaust fumes when it came time to drop the hammer!
I can honestly say that I miss some of those days. But the reality is that today we are safer with our "cutting edge tech" and the cars might even be faster, at the very least they get better gas mileage, ha ha ha.
I could ramble on about the past forever, but that would be just like modern day torture and I just can't do that to anyone else. So, I'll shut up and move on....
I am looking forward to the days spent behind the wheel of my current Camaro and stompnig the hell out of the "GO" pedal. When the need comes to drop anchor, I will have that covered as well. OMG!!! I TALK TOO MUCH...
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