Your new musclecar

Floyd Staggs · 09-09-2008, 01:19 PM

In 1960 my Dad, brother and I were at Riverside Int'l Speedway and saw the parade of Chevies. They had the prototype of the stingray in the parade. I told my Dad if they ever built that car I would buy one. A couple of years later GM announced the 1963 Stingray would be out in late '62. I went to the biggest Chevy dealers in so cal and ordered a stingray from each of 3 dealers and told them I would but the first one that showed up. A couple of mionths later a buddy who worked at one of the dealers where I ordered called and told me Ernie Hofman Chevrolet just got in a Stingray that wasn't sold. My Dad and I were at the dealership the next morning at 7:30 waiting for them to open. About 6 people lined up behind us. When the door opened we walked in and I put $100 bill under the wiper. An hour later and a loan of a couple of grand from Dad, and I was the proud owner of a Sierra Gold roadster with a 340 hp 327, 4 speed and am radio, $4848.00 out the door. It wasn't the fuelie split window I ordered but it was the first stingray on the streets of so cal. As it turned out with a little work it was faster than most of the fuelies that came out. I raced it for a year, set a couple of track records, and won a lot of trophies. Then Gas Rhonda showed up one day with a new Cobra. I could not beat that Cobra. My dominance in A/Sports was over.
About 6 months after I got my Vette, my mother bought my Dad a '63 honduras red Impalla SS with a 409 and a 4 speed. She figured if I had a new car Dad deserved one too. He had his a lot longer than I did.
If I only knew then what I know now.

09-09-2008, 01:19 PM	#1
Floyd Staggs VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,522 Likes: 145 Liked 227 Times in 99 Posts	Re: Your new musclecar In 1960 my Dad, brother and I were at Riverside Int'l Speedway and saw the parade of Chevies. They had the prototype of the stingray in the parade. I told my Dad if they ever built that car I would buy one. A couple of years later GM announced the 1963 Stingray would be out in late '62. I went to the biggest Chevy dealers in so cal and ordered a stingray from each of 3 dealers and told them I would but the first one that showed up. A couple of mionths later a buddy who worked at one of the dealers where I ordered called and told me Ernie Hofman Chevrolet just got in a Stingray that wasn't sold. My Dad and I were at the dealership the next morning at 7:30 waiting for them to open. About 6 people lined up behind us. When the door opened we walked in and I put $100 bill under the wiper. An hour later and a loan of a couple of grand from Dad, and I was the proud owner of a Sierra Gold roadster with a 340 hp 327, 4 speed and am radio, $4848.00 out the door. It wasn't the fuelie split window I ordered but it was the first stingray on the streets of so cal. As it turned out with a little work it was faster than most of the fuelies that came out. I raced it for a year, set a couple of track records, and won a lot of trophies. Then Gas Rhonda showed up one day with a new Cobra. I could not beat that Cobra. My dominance in A/Sports was over. About 6 months after I got my Vette, my mother bought my Dad a '63 honduras red Impalla SS with a 409 and a 4 speed. She figured if I had a new car Dad deserved one too. He had his a lot longer than I did. If I only knew then what I know now. __________________ Floyd Staggs 787 SST