OLD RED
AL NOE’S ’67 CAMARO RS/SS
“ My first car was a ’68 Camaro RS/SS. It was red with white stripes,” Al Noe fondly recalls. “I bought it when I was 15 and ‘redid’ it so that when I turned 16 I could have it finished and cruise in style.” With only his learner’s permit his parents reluctantly allowed him to take the car out with some friends who were a bit older and had actual driver’s licenses. “So, off I went to Edgewater dragstrip in Cincinnati,” Al tells. “I raced the car that night and have been hooked ever since. At the time I thought the car was fast, but in reality it was a stone. I think it went high 15s in the quarter-mile! ”
“I RACED THE CAR THAT NIGHT AND HAVE BEEN HOOKED EVER SINCE.”
l’s oldest brother, Tom, got him involved in the whole car thing as he owned a ’69 Camaro with a big-bock. Only 8 years old at the time, Al looked
