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Cool Rides: Camaro man -- Car's speed and style has turned a lot of heads

December 29, 2008|DAVID BROCK

When Carl Carey stopped attending so many car shows a couple years with his 1987 Chevy IROC Z Camaro, it was a real space saver.

He could have filled an entire wing with the trophies the car has already won.

The approximately 110 awards fill a trophy case in the living room of his Harrodsburg home and also cover just about every other surface in another room.

"I only missed getting a trophy once the entire time I showed it," Carey said. "I've got a lot of them and a lot of memories to go along with them."

The car has been singled out by car aficionados in other ways, too.

It was the cover car for a 2002 edition of Camaro World magazine, a copy of which is proudly displayed in the back window of the car.

"That was something that was kind of a surprise at the time," he said. "They put this one ('87) on the front, but they write about all the other generations we had, too."

At one point Carey owned a model from each of the four generations of Camaro that Chevy has produced.

In addition to the white lightning in the garage and the red 2002 model that sits in the carport, he used to own two earlier models as well.

Carey said the '87 is mostly for show.

"It still has under 20,000 miles on it," he said. "The red one is what we drive all the time, though."

Although Carey enjoys cars in general, it would be fair to say that he is a Camaro man.

"I just like the style of them and how they run," he explained. "They are a nice car to look at, but I've always liked to drive them even more."

It also doesn't hurt that the car has plenty of muscle.

Carey said he has never pushed the car as far as it can go, but he is convinced that it can hit 150 miles per hour.

"You talk about power," he said. "That engine has tuned port injection, and it can really get away from you if you mash the pedal all the way."

Its speed and style have turned a lot of heads, but Carey doesn't plan on letting the car get away from its current home.

"People from all over have asked me to price it for them," he said. "But I can't put a price on it."

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