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Camaro Research Group Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mike S on January 11, 2014, 12:14:37 AM
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Too bad for this owner:
http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/chevy-camaro-zl1-owner-fights-dealership-totaled-car-170136602.html
Mike
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According to that article, taht ZL1 was/is owned by John Hooper, who is an early author of a Camaro book.. I've got one of them lying around somewhere.. OK.. Here it is:
"The 1969 Camaro Reference book.. from 'A' to 'Z'... " copyright 1991.
That was one of the first books I saw for the '69 Camaro...
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John has written 6 camaro books.
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I feel for the guy. You buy your dream car, probably took awesome care of it. The you bring it to the dealer to get a small (paint) issue resolved and one of their employees wrecks it. I thought dealerships carried insurance for such occurrences ? While I have no idea what "comparable " cars they are offering him, I would want a new car if I was him, or find a comparable car at another dealer and let them work it how to put it in his hands.
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I don't think there's any such thing as a 'comparable' used car, to one that you saved/scraped for, bought new, and cared for like a member of the family over 10,000 miles... I don't think I'd *ever* be satisfied with someone else's 'used' car... they should let him order a new ZL-1 (or Z28?) with any options/colors he wants, and hope he doesn't sue them...
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John has written 6 camaro books.
Yes, that's what the article stated. My post was trying to say that he had written one of the *first Camaro books* that I was aware of (the 1991 book on 1969 Camaros). I didn't have knowledge of his other books. After your post, I did some digging to try to identify the six books, but this was all I could come up with...
1. "The 1969 Camaro Reference book.. from 'A' to 'Z'... " copyright 1991. (two used copies on Amazon: $155, & $175)
2. "The illustrated Camaro recognition guide" 1967-'69', volume 1, copyright 1992. (available used from $40-$60)
3. "The Big Book of Camaro Data, 1967-73", copyright 1995. ($75 new, $45 used)
4. "The illustrated Camaro recognition guide" 1967-'69', volume 2, copyright ??... info not found...
5. "Conclusive Camaro Recognition Guide Volume 3: 1970-1973: Everything you always wanted to know
about 1970-1973...", copyright 2013, ($14.79 new, $14.21 used).
6. ?????????
There are apparently 3 volumes to his recognition guide, and I found Volumes 1 and 3, but I couldn't find anything on Vol 2 online? And this only brings the total to five. Can anyone else add information to this list of Camaro books by John Hooper??
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.. reading more about John Hooper's ZL1 situation, led me to THIS site.. for some VERY expensive auto wrecks.. :)
http://autos.yahoo.com/photos/infamous-exotic-and-high-performance-car-wrecks-slideshow/
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How about the other customer who took his Camaro SS into a dealership and two employees were doing burn outs until they fried the clutch, and conspired to blame the customer.It's in the Hooper story... under mechanics doing burn outs in blue.
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Here's the link...
http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/camaro-owner-records-mechanics-abusing-car-scheming-damages-152707580.html
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Here is the latest....
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/15/wrecked-camaro-zl1-new-replacement/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000588
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Just read this posting...man, that really sucks. Georgetown Delaware is about an hour or so from me I had no idea Mr. Hooper lived in Delaware or does he and he just bought his Camaro in the state.