Really cool story about the Papa Johns Camaro. I had noticed lately in a couple of commercials that he drives a Camaro, but apparently that was one that he had built to replicate the one he had when he was a teenager. It must be nice to be able to offer $250,000 to find an old car. But I guess when you're the CEO of a national pizza chain, you've got a lot of money that needs to get spent.The funny thing is that Papa John's is offering a free large one-topping pizza to Camaro owners. I have a 1967 Camaro, but it is at my Mom's house and the battery probably needs to be charged. So that's a lot of work for a free pizza.
It's stories like this that make me glad that I never sold my Camaro, which I've had since I was 19. I first learned that lesson from my Dad. In 1997, my he was lucky to find the 1966 El Camino that he bought brand new in '66. He saw it rolling down the street with a for sale sign and immediately jumped in a car, tracked the guy down and bought it. He was the first owner in '66 but had to sell in the '70s when he and my Mom were starting a family. Before he bought it back, he told me that he really regretted selling it. In forty-three years, it has had three owners and has stayed in the same five block radius, which I think is pretty awesome.
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I seem to remember Dad needed a little coaxing to buy back the Camino and it wasn't until dinner that night when Mom, you and me all told him he needed to buy it back that he finally made up his mind. And I am really glad that you never sold the Camaro, even after that horrible accident. One of my few regrets is never buying a '68 truck like I wanted. But I guess there is always time for that and when I do, I will never let it go.
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