So That's Where My Money Went!
My first car ever was a 1965 Corvair Corsa,
it had four 1 bbl carbs and a 4 speed. I guess this established me as a
car nut right from the start. Some day I'm going to find one in the right condition, and with
the right options - and I just know it's going to be hard on my bank account.
OH oh .....it happened!! I'm now a Corvair Corsa owner again, this one is a keeper!!
I dealt the Corsa on my first new car, a 68 Camaro Rally Sport that I bought off
the showroom floor, light yellow with black. Lost most of my
demerit points on my drivers license on that car and my Suzuki X6 Hustler
motorcycle that I had at the time.
Traded the Camaro on a 71 Formula, first new car that I ordered. This was the
car that got me hooked on Pontiacs to this day.
In 1972 I ordered a Trans Am, unfortunately it was caught up in the big strike
at Norwood and after waiting 4 months the dealer gave me a great deal on this
455 GTO that was sitting on his showroom floor.
It's the only car that I have
been able to keep track of. Mike Burkett of Orillia is it's 3rd owner and has
done a total restoration on it.
I didn't find the GTO to be that much fun and I had sold my motorcycle a few
years previous so I sold the GTO and bought this 73 Celica GT and a Honda CB750 4
cylinder motorcycle.
In 74 I dealt the Celica on this Mazda RX2 - the first rotary giant slayer. I
put on some Adco sway bars and entered it in a lot of slalom races, wreaking
havoc on the Mini Coopers if the course wasn't too tight.
In 75 I got back on track when I dealt the RX2 on a new Formula again. I
eventually dealt this one in on the 78 TA I have now.
Some daily drivers along the way, 90 Regal Gran Sport, 79 Caddy Eldorado (a
sports car because it had 4 wheel independent suspension, 4 wheel disc brakes
and GM's first fuel injected motor - which was actually an Olds 350 with Bosch
EFI) and a 72 Olds Cutlass.
In 1983 I fell off my Suzuki drag bike in a big way and took up a new
hobby. I finished the restoration of a 68 Camaro convertible that 2 other guys
had started and stalled out on over a period of 6 years. One had worked in a GM
parts department and it came with a truck load of new parts. Thanks to Guy Kerr of Kerr Auto Body in Orillia ON
(705-325-7721) for making this car better than new.
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I traded the 68 Camaro on a new Silverado truck which became the "Sport
Coupe", and kept it for 11 years.
A few years back I bought a 3rd gen TA as I had never had one.
This 1988 GTA now appears on Brent Vaughan's web page as I sold it to him May
1999 - Brent lives in Memphis Tennessee. http://www.widetrackdrive.com
Totally stock except for the BFG Drag Radials off my 78, I took it to the track
one weekend, it ran 10 runs between 14.88 and 14.82 winning the Street class
that day. Nice car! Brent's having fun with it too.
In Dec 2001 I came across a mint 1960 Pontiac Catalina Tudor Sport Coupe, click
the photo to see the details.
A
rare 1979 Tenth Anniversary Trans Am. I came across this car by sheer luck, a friend had heard about it on the internet, it was stored in a barn in New Hampshire and I was
on vacation in Maine at the time, so it was "almost" on my route home. I stopped in to see it and immediately saw that it had great
potential.
It is a W72 400 4 speed car, they didn't sell any 400/4 speeds in
Canada in 1979! It had been in storage 5 years and it's owner now lives in Arizona. We negotiated for a month by internet and came to an agreement.
I really wanted to save this car.
On October 8, 1999 I drove to Munroe New Hampshire to pick up my "new" TA. I put in a new battery and it started
right up even with it's old gas. It's first trip in 5 years was 50' onto my trailer.
The car looks really good once cleaned up a bit. There is absolutely no rust anywhere but there is some body
damage to the nose, bottom of both front fenders and a "soft" dent in the right rear fender.
In February 2002 I was in a position to obtain another car I had wanted for
a long time (remember that Corvair?!) so
I sold this one to a good friend in Georgia who was looking for a good TATA to restore
- and he immediately started on it.
Thanks to Monica for protecting it from the snow and rain for all those years
- the car should be back on the road soon! Besides the body repairs it is also
getting a complete power train restoration - I'll keep this page updated.
2008 - How's this for an update - I now own it again!!
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Oh oh - strayed again - another fun car followed me home - 
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