My 1979 Camaro

Hi - John Christensen here main architect of RodandPiston.com and co-owner of it. Excited to bring the site back online after it's 10+ year hiatus.

Like a pheonex rising from the ashes!


Don't have it anymore but this was my 79 Z28 that was my first car that inspired my Forum Username:

http://rodandpiston.com/garage_vehicle_gallery.asp?share=9257ad49e01d4da8a03e6e3448e82fad

This is my 1979 Z28 that I named Azreal ( a play on the phrase "A Real Z" ) my father bought me at Carlisle, PA - when I was still 15 for $5,500 and I owned it for over 30 years, swapped engines in it twice, swapped the hood, put 373 posi-traction in it and had so many great times with it. I did finally sell it some years back for the sum of $5,500 - seemed kind of poetic to sell it for that much.

That first post is exactly the kind of garage story this place should collect. I always like when a thread includes both the memory side and the practical side: what the car was, what changed, what parts were hard to find, and what still needs sorting. If you still have old photos, even imperfect ones, they would make this thread feel like a time capsule.