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101-Year-Old Man Buys a 426-Horsepower Camaro
By Nick Bunkley

“I wanted a sportscar,” said Virgil Coffman, pictured left, who turned 102 in January 2010. Mr. Coffman met with Ed Welburn, vice president of global design for General Motors, on Tuesday. Eight months older than General Motors, Virgil Coffman clearly is not whom Chevrolet had in mind when it decided to bring back the Camaro. But a bright yellow, 426-horsepower Camaro SS is exactly what Mr. Coffman, who turns 102 in January, wanted when he went to a Chevy dealership near his home in Decatur, Ill., in September. He ordered a “Transformers” special edition model, which is adorned with black stripes to resemble the character Bumblebee from the blockbuster movie.

After learning of Mr. Coffman’s purchase, G.M. flew him to Detroit this week to show him around a design studio and its Heritage Center, a museum filled with hundreds of cars it has built during his lifetime – and, of course, get a little publicity for one of the company’s hottest-selling cars. Mr. Coffman worked for G.M. from 1950 until 1973, first making bumpers for Cadillac's and later as a chemist. He has owned 35 to 40 different vehicles mostly G.M., none foreign starting with a “1920 something” two-door Chevy coupe. This is his first Camaro, and he says he likes it the best.

“The way it looks and the way it handles you can’t beat it,” he said. “People you don’t even know come up and talk to you in a parking lot.” Bob Lamb, a nephew who accompanied Mr. Coffman on his visit, said the sales staff at Miles Chevrolet was a bit skeptical of a 101-year-old man who came in looking for the $38,000 Camaro but more than happy to make the deal when they realized he was serious. “He told me, ‘If I keep that 10 or 12 years, it will be worth about $100,000,’” Mr. Lamb said. “He’s very optimistic.”

Since September, Mr. Coffman, who has outlived his wife and three children, has put about 1,800 miles on his new car, though he has yet to take it more than about 50 miles outside of Decatur. And while he loves the powerful V-8 engine, he keeps his speed down most of the time. “Once in a while I like to kick it up,” he said. “But I’m afraid to drive too fast and get a ticket, and then they might take my license away.”
101-Year-Old Man Buys a 426-Horsepower Camaro

 

Garage Door Covers - Decals  The large decals or covers for garage doors are available for sale. I am not sure where you can get them, but you could probably have them made at any professional decal shop. Probably the ones that specialize in vinyl decals. Such a cool idea, you can make it appear that you have something in your garage that is not really there. A great addition to just about any home, or business.
Applying the garage door decal to the garage door.
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1988 Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette, One of the Worlds fastest Street Legal Cars, 254.7 MPH
 

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