Re: [Chevelle-list] First Chevelle Memory

[Gene Smith]

My first Chevelle was when I was 4 in 1969. Dad bought my uncle's ss 67 chevelle. Uncle Doug had just got it and was drafted to 'nam. It was red with black interior and 4-speed. Man I still remember how it felt when dad would rip through the gears.    Interestingly enough dad had a friend that had a 66 GTO. Blue and a three speed I believe. I remember riding in it to go fishing, no car seats then, I remember standing up in the back seat area holding on to the back of the front seat!!    Then my uncle Mike had a 66 SS Chevelle. It was an orange/white interior 4 speed car.   Out of the three cars, Dad's is the sole survivor, although a basket case I have the parts to rebuild it and hope to in the near future. I want to do it with  a six speed and fuel injection on a big block. Thought about a 496 but will probably consider staying with a 396 and add nitrous for the other couple of hundred on demand horses and get some mileage while on the freeway.    The Goat bought it in a parking lot of all places, an old lady ran into it and panicked and instead of hitting the brakes she stayed on the gas. That was mid 70's    Uncle Mike sold his years ago but found it sitting in a field about ten years ago. It may have been put back together but I really doubt it. It is probably still rusting into the ground.   It is true when they say your basic personality is formed in the fist few years of life, I also remember my dad having a 54 Chevy with a 49 olds engine, my uncles having an MG, and when uncle Doug returned he bought a 70-ish Camaro but didn't keep it long. I don't remember if it was anything special. Then my uncle Larry had a 69-ish 442 convertible until it was repossessed. I remember that was the early 70's, maybe 72-73 and things were tight with my family and they had come to stay with us and when the repo man came I tried to bargain with food stamps. That car was cool! Yellow with black interior. He late had a Gold Duster Plymouth.    Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: Walter Rutland To: Chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 2:45 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] First Chevelle Memory I was thinking back to the first time I remember seeing a Chevelle. The year was 1967. I had an older Cousin who had recently bought a GTO. I don't know what he had under the hood, I was 9 at the time. All I remember is that it was a light shade of blue, and had a stick. He had a friend that came over and had a 67 Chevelle, that was a light shade of green, had a stick, and sounded like thunder. I remember looking at the 2 cars side by side seeing how they looked similar, yet different. I also remember there being a challenge and them marking off a quarter mile(will lived out in the sticks). The Chevelle won.   Regards