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**desert-rat** · 04-28-2021, 05:15 PM

Life does work out kinda weird. I graduated high school in 2000. I was in love with the C5 corvette. But the insurance was gonna kill me. So I bought a 1998 Camaro SS 6-speed. Still had the LS1 motor. I only drove it to work on Fridays. Drove my Saturn other days..
Married my high school sweetheart. Some how kids came along. Camaro wasn't gonna work. Sold the Camaro. No way I was gonna sport a mini van. So I bought a real man van...a full size Chevy G20. Than my uncle asked me if I wanted his '69 GMC. With out a doubt. He helped raise me and had that truck before I was born. Now I have it. Miss the Camaro though. But my wife and kids enjoy the truck more than the camaro.

04-28-2021, 05:15 PM	#33
desert-rat Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: 3,018 feet above the SoCal/Mojave Desert region. Posts: 351	Re: I couldn't afford a SS 396 at 18 and 50 years later I still cant. Life does work out kinda weird. I graduated high school in 2000. I was in love with the C5 corvette. But the insurance was gonna kill me. So I bought a 1998 Camaro SS 6-speed. Still had the LS1 motor. I only drove it to work on Fridays. Drove my Saturn other days.. Married my high school sweetheart. Some how kids came along. Camaro wasn't gonna work. Sold the Camaro. No way I was gonna sport a mini van. So I bought a real man van...a full size Chevy G20. Than my uncle asked me if I wanted his '69 GMC. With out a doubt. He helped raise me and had that truck before I was born. Now I have it. Miss the Camaro though. But my wife and kids enjoy the truck more than the camaro.