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Old 03-14-2017, 12:54 PM
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Older lady's comment when this was my daily driver in the 90s- "That sure is a nice el Camaro!"
"Thank you Ma'am"...lol




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Old 03-14-2017, 12:58 PM
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Older lady's comment when this was my daily driver in the 90s- "That sure is a nice el Camaro!"
"Thank you Ma'am"...lol
Lol, best one yet! El Camaro!!!

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its just a Camaro with a Pontiac engine.

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Old 03-16-2017, 10:01 AM
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its just a Camaro with a Pontiac engine.
There was a character on "That '70s Show" that had a Trans Am. The character was telling his friends that there was a difference in a Trans Am and a Camaro. The bad part is that the character was supposed to look stupid for believing that.

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Cant tell you how many people mistake my Formula for a T/A or even worse a Camaro. Last year at the Elkhorn,WI car show Dennis Gage from My Classic car was there filming and made the same mistake ( he later said he was sorry ).
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Still in the Pontiac line I always get that's a LeMans with a GTO frt end when they look at the column shift and bench seat.
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Cant tell you how many people mistake my Formula for a T/A or even worse a Camaro. Last year at the Elkhorn,WI car show Dennis Gage from My Classic car was there filming and made the same mistake ( he later said he was sorry ).
Seems this has always been the case. Have gotten "nice Camaro" compliments ever since I bought my Formula back in '85.

Even had some guy ask (while looking right at the engine) if it had a "440 six-pack." He was obviously quite drunk though so I would have figured he'd know a six-pack when he saw it.

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its just a Camaro with a Pontiac engine.
Huh?......I always thought a Camaro was just a Firebird with a cheap Chevy engine in it!...... And a cheap interior and bland exterior. I guess I was wrong all these years.

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Huh?......I always thought a Camaro was just a Firebird with a cheap Chevy engine in it!...... And a cheap interior and bland exterior. I guess I was wrong all these years.
That's what I heard a guy say when he passed my car, to look at a 69 Chevelle.

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