In the Beginning

Firstly, some background. My wife Helen is English. We met online in 2001 and finally met in person in 2005. She came to visit for 10 days. After her trip, she asked me to come to England to meet her family and friends and so that she could show me the sights. Knowing that this was going to be a trip of a lifetime and wanting to see my love and meet her family, I sold my beloved 1981 Camaro to fund my trip. Fast forward to early 2008 and my wife tells me it's always bothered her that I sold the Camaro to come and visit her. Despite the reassurances she was worth it, she said my constant comments when seeing Camaro's made it clear to her that I had some regrets! So she'd been looking out for one for me to restore. But being pretty clueless on what I wanted and what was good or bad, she wanted me to have some input into a purchase. Great!! I have a green light for a new project! So the great hunt began. I looked at different years, different colors, different levels of restoration. I had to decide how much money I wanted to spend on the initial outlay and how much time I wanted to devote to the project.