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Old 03-27-2012, 04:16 PM   #4
Greg Hill
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Default Re: Interesting story/history behind your racecar?

My Camaro that I now race came from the late Jimmy Casey from Lubbock, TX. Jimmy and I were good friends and talked all the time and I mentioned to him I would like to have a 70-71 Camaro. A few weeks later he called and and said he had found a really nice car and it could be had for $1400 and he had a guy coming through Memphis and could deliver it to me. I told him I would take it and to have his guy bring it to me. The guy brought it to my warehouse and I helped him unload it. After the delivery guy left I started I started looking it over. I opened the trunk and there were a bunch of old greasy rugs in the trunk. I took the rags out and there staring me in the face was the gas tank. The trunk floor was almost all gone. I think I. Replaced every body panel with the exception of the top and deck lid.

Gary Jennings did the roll bar and chassis work and dipped the body in a large caustic tank to remove any body filler or seam sealer. Gary called me and told me I had better come up to his place and take a look at my old car because there wasn't much left of it. Well, he was right. Quarters, inside and outside wheel houses , both door skins, hood, fenders, inner fenders, and valance panels and I had a race car. I will say that it was a very light race car.That was more than 20 years ago.
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