>NO CRIME IN THIS LAWYER’S PASSION
The car: 1968 Firebird The owner: Chris Sorley, Aurora The story: There isn’t much Chris Sorley wouldn’t do for his 540-hp 1968 Firebird. He vividly remembers when his parents bought the car from his Uncle Jack in Bobcaygeon in 1968. Chris was 7, and was instantly smitten. “By the time I was 16, it was mine,” he proudly notes. “The quarter panels were flapping in the wind by then and the motor was at the brink.” But Chris had plans for the aging beauty. He’d been squirreling money away from his job at the local arena, and was ready to start spending. “For 10 years, every penny and all my spare time went into that car,” he recalls. “Later, I sold the motor to pay for my first year in university, but I kept the car.” Over the years, it’s had a restoration, a paint job, interior makeover, an LS3 conversion and more. Oh, and the “CRIMINAL” licence plate? That’s a hat tip to the university degree the Firebird’s motor helped buy. “I’m a lawyer now and have a degree
in criminology,” Chris explains. “But when I drive it I’m still just a 16-yearold.”
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