So far all my long haul trips have been in my classic cars (33 Ford Pickup & 68 Camaro) so this is what I do to prep a classic car for a road trip.

the third gen Camaro/Firebird.

Third Generation Camaros/Firebirds.

on the C6 Corvette Z06 and ZR1s and the COPO Camaro you had an option to fly back and have a hand in assembling the motor for your own car with the watchful eye of the master tech. The LS7 and LS9 were hand built on a special line.

early flathead were used to power commercial generators and sawmills. They would use the flathead to power the huge saws to slice logs.

Hershal Mcgriff started at Sonoma in NASCAR West serial in 2012 at 84

I'd love to see them come back to Portland International Raceway (PIR) in Oregon. I loved watching the trucks run there when I was a kid. Now there is no big level NASCAR in the NW area of the country. The track layout creats some great racing and the huge group if fans in this area would love to see NASCAR return to…

simple answer A Corvette. Any year Corvette. Want to spend time in the garage working on a car get a C1 (53-62), C2 (63-67) , or a early C3 ( 68-72). If you just want a car to drive get a C5 (97-04) or a C6 (05-13). You could even get a C7. There's a Corvette for every retiree. It also explains when you look for a…

older Chevy pickups, my personal taste is 67-72 preferably 71-72 because they went to five lug hubs on 1/2 ton models and front disc brakes were now standard. But really a 70s to late 80s Chevy/gmc truck.

yeah my car was never going to be mode since it was a rare anniversary car. Main reason I sold it. Then upgraded to ls1 camaro!

the opti itself not bad, plug and wire change in the camaro engine bay was a weekend of broken plugs, cussing and busted knuckles.

mine was fine up untill I sold it. Had nothing but replacement water pumps are crap

97 was the best for the opti. They added a vent to keep the cap from drawing moisture. The early ones would condensate and short out. I got lucky on my 97. Plug went bad but had 110,000 so did a tune up of plugs and wires pulled water pump and the bearing fell apart as I sat it down on the bench.

93-97 Camaro Z/28 - so high tech that if one drop of water leaks from the water pump you now have no ignition.

1967-1968 L30/M20 Camaro. This was a true factory sleeper that hardley anyone noticed was built and is still misunderstood today.

actually only 66 was the L79 really "hot" they built a handful of 67s supposedly but then dropped it in the nova. The L79 lived in the Corvette and Chevelle.

I'm a die hard Chevy guy but in 70 the stage 1 Buicks were quicker.

they really are not because the cars were more powerful than the tire tech at the time. The skinny bias plys and polyglass tire never would have traction.

the ZL-1 engine was all aluminum. It was stuffed into 69 69 Camaros under the COPO program because GM had a ban that stated that no small cars get a motor bigger that 400 CI. The option was a RPO in the Vette but it cost 4,000 bucks in 69. Only 2 vettes were built with the ZL-1.

the 68-69 Nova SS had 396 BIG blocks rated at 375hp. 68s only came with 4 speed stick but Fred Gibb, a hi performance dealer, used the COPO system for 50 L78 (396 ci/375 hp) with the TH400 auto for automatic drag classes.