The Camaro

This is the first time the Camaro has left the garage since P-Mo, Goldie and I pushed it into the garage when we moved into this house the very end of June 2008.

No door panels

No radio or any electrical. The carpet isn't installed and the seats aren't even bolted in.

Goldie was SO EXCITED!

There she goes!

In the middle of August we finally sent Goldie's Camaro to the shop to get the final touches done. (It is going to be more expensive than I was thinking but let's not get into that!) Goldie bought this Camaro in 2001 when we lived in Corpus. It needed a lot of work and wasn't even drivable when we got it. Goldie did some engine work and got it running and drove it everyday for about four or five years. Then in 2006 the hole above his head in the convertible top got too big and he would get soaked any time it rained. At that point Goldie and a friend took every bit of sheet metal off of the car and stripped out all the interior. We put it in the shop to have the body worked on and to have it painted. Goldie also had the seats recovered and a new top put on. At that point in the process we had to move to Norfolk. So the car sat in that condition until it went to the shop in August. A lot of the work we are having done is stuff that Goldie could do. But let's face it, since he has been gone roughly 19 of the last 24 months he has not had the time. When he might have a free minute or two the last thing I want him doing is being holed up in the garage working on the car. Goldie is not excited at all. You sense the sarcasm, right? He is like a kid in a candy store.

If you want to see the progress here is a link to an older post. http://aggies99.blogspot.com/2008/06/camaro.html