Regenerated GT
Kim Adkins bought his ’82 GT new, then renewed it
story and photography by Tom Shaw
“I
t was the summer of 1982,” Kim Adkins remembers. “I was 26
years old, three years into a new job that turned out to be a 35-year
career with one of the largest tobacco companies in the South. It
was time to buy a new car.”
Hey, that’s a great moment in the life of a hard-working man. Now the
shopping begins. Kim wanted something with power and had his eye on
either a Mustang or a Camaro.
“I test drove several,” he says, “including the new Chevy Z/28.”
Remember the rivalry between the two back then? Camaro was all new
that year, too. “My mind was made up, though, when I test drove the new
’82 Mustang GT.”
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