I grew up with two older brothers. Kenny & Mike. They are 15 & 16 years older than me. They always had muscle cars. Mike had a Chevelle SS with a 396, 71 or 72 455 HO GTO, 69 Road Runner with a 383, and a 70 Judge. I always heard the wild street racing stories that my brothers would talk about. Kenny was the one who really got me hooked. He had Mach 1 rustangs, Nova SS, and numerous GTOs. He would put me on his lap and we would drive down the back roads when I was young. He was not to impressed when I shifted from drive to reverse!
I guess when you're about 5 or 6 years old and you are around a lot of cars that squeal and smoke the rear tires, you think thats pretty cool and it leaves it's mark on you. Funny thing is Kenny will still do it to make me laugh, and I'm 36 now.
Mike's son now has a 70 Lemans, Kenny has 3 GTOs: 2 68's & a 71 and 2 Chevelles (try not to hold that against him). I'm working on a 69 GTO hardtop. Pontiacs are in our blood! Ya Chevelles, Novas, Road Runners ect. ect. are all cool, but they are not a Pontiac!
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