when did you 1st ?

when i was 15 my dad gave me a 1972 360 out of his dodge truck that needed an overhaul. all i had was this motor no car. took it to shop class at school tore it down and sent the block and crank to the machine shop. ground my own valves and put it back together. every one else was working on fords and chevy's so i had to be different. a friend of mine had a brother that had a 82 camaro with a 327 in it that seemed to be the car to out run. 45 miles from home i found a 73 duster v8 car with no motor,trans or front windshield. bought it for 150.00 it was about 30 degrees that day with snow on the roads we pulled it home with my grandpas ltd and a tow hitch. the front end was to light for the slick roads so i road in the car to help steer and brake. they all laughed at my yellow a body untill spring came and i spanked the camaro by 2 cars on our 1/4. been hooked on a body's ever since.