My 12 YO niece and her friend are from Sweden and are staying the summer with my mom down the street. My niece loves riding in the Firebird, but her friend has no idea what a classic American musclecar is about. Until Saturday when I took them for a ride to the parts store and 2 people gave us the thumbs up and another was chatting about the bird in the parking lot. They started to understand just how cool it is to have something that attracts attention and doesn't look like a jelly bean. Even when it vapor locks in the parking lot and the water pump seals blows.
The funniest is when I open the hood and people see the OHC6 Sprint and tell me it's not stock, no 6 cylinder came with a 4-barrel carb and sounds like that. I show them the owner's manual and sales brochure and they just don't get it.
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