# Poppa Johns founders search for car........... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 25, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606 "2009-08-25T09:58:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![9c1ny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1ny/32/5050_2.png) [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/1 "2009-08-25T09:58:50Z")
has come to an end [http://www.papasroadtrip.com/](http://www.papasroadtrip.com/) cool story with a happy ending ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/2 "2009-08-25T10:00:57Z")
and to celebrate, a free pizza to any camaro owner tomorrow! > **[Papa John's To Give Away Free Pizza To Camaro Owners!](https://jalopnik.com/5344770/papa-johns-to-give-away-free-pizza-to-camaro-owners)** > > In celebration of Papa John's Camaro coming home with our help, Papa John's will give a free large one-topping pizza to any Camaro owner who visits a store on Wednesday, August 26th. Full details below. You lucky mullet-mobile owners. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/3 "2009-08-25T10:28:43Z")
Such a cool story. :tup: good post. ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/4 "2009-08-25T10:29:54Z")
thats awesome, bet it was easy to part with that car for that kind of scratch=) ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/5 "2009-08-25T10:43:28Z")
I’m going to a dealer to test drive a new camaro and stopping by papa johns on the test drive. ---
**Author:** ![9c1ny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1ny/32/5050_2.png) [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/6 "2009-08-25T10:50:01Z")
Buffalo sucks for not having any Papa Johns ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/7 "2009-08-25T10:50:50Z")
> [@9c1ny](#): > > Buffalo sucks for not having any Papa Johns agree 110% ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/8 "2009-08-25T10:55:38Z")
> **[Happy Papa John to give Camaro owners free pizza after getting his ride back](https://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/25/happy-papa-john-to-give-camaro-owners-free-pizza-after-getting-h/)** > > John Schnatter, the Papa in Papa John's Pizza, has been looking for his 1971 1/2 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 for nearly 20 years. He sold it in 1983 for $2,800 and used part of that to rescue his father's business and the rest to begin the pizza chain that... ![http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/papa_john_camaro.jpg](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/papa_john_camaro.jpg) John Schnatter, the Papa in Papa John’s Pizza, has been looking for his 1971 1/2 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 for nearly twenty years. He sold it in 1983 for $2,800 and used part of that to rescue his father’s business and the rest to begin the pizza chain that has gone global. He has spent more than 100 times that much trying to get it back. Starting off with a FBI agent, then a web appeal and a $25,000 reward, he got nowhere. The reward swelled to $250,000, and then he got on television and talked about trying to get the car back. Some Indiana readers heard about it, and a web engine search led them to [Schnatter’s story on Jalopnik](http://jalopnik.com/5344739/how-jalopnik-reunited-papa-john-with-his-camaro). Those readers, the Sloanes, thought they knew the owner of the car in question, because they had owned it and recently sold it. The new owner – only the third one, after Schnatter – was a Kentucky man named Jeff Robinson of Flatwoods, Kentucky. He had transformed the original Z28 into an 825 horsepower dragster doing 9.55 quarter-miles at 141 mph. Still, he was unsurprisingly content to sell his car back to Schnatter for the $250,000 reward. The Sloanes also got $25,000 for the assist. And now their gain may be your gain – if you’re one of the Camaro faithful. Papa John is so happy to have his car back that he’s giving away free pizza to all Camaro owners tomorrow, Wednesday, August 26. One pizza per Camaro, one visit per Camaro. Although we suppose if you can get that [transforming Bumblebee Camaro suit](http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/24/video-mexican-chevy-dealers-transforming-bumblebee-suit-redefi/) from the Mexican Chevy dealer, you might earn a couple more pies. _Thanks to everyone for the tips_ ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/9 "2009-08-25T10:58:17Z")
youre about an hour or two late on this one… [http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75647](http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75647) ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/10 "2009-08-25T10:58:28Z")
Good read:tup: ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/11 "2009-08-25T10:59:06Z")
> [@9c1ny](#): > > Buffalo sucks for not having any Papa Johns Chain pizza \<\<\<\< Buffalo pizza ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/12 "2009-08-25T11:05:59Z")
papa john’s is shitty pizza ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/13 "2009-08-25T11:07:19Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > papa john’s is shitty pizza +1 ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/14 "2009-08-25T11:14:40Z")
papa johns is my favorite national chain… way better than pizza hut or dominoes. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/15 "2009-08-25T11:15:36Z")
It’s funny seeing the WNYers, who have no idea what good pizza is because they’ve grown up used to the shit they serve here in WNY all their lives, call Papa Johns crap pizza. One of the biggest tragedies in WNY is that the wing capital of the world can’t make a pizza worth a shit. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/16 "2009-08-25T11:16:34Z")
Pappa johns pizza is good, i make it a point each time i travel to get PJ pizza for my hotel room… its usually pretty good ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/17 "2009-08-25T11:18:19Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > It’s funny seeing the WNYers, who have no idea what good pizza is because they’ve grown up used to the shit they serve here in WNY all their lives, call Papa Johns crap pizza. > > One of the biggest tragedies in WNY is that the wing capital of the world can’t make a pizza worth a shit. loljuat.jpg ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/18 "2009-08-25T11:24:39Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > It’s funny seeing the WNYers, who have no idea what good pizza is because they’ve grown up used to the shit they serve here in WNY all their lives, call Papa Johns crap pizza. > > One of the biggest tragedies in WNY is that the wing capital of the world can’t make a pizza worth a shit. loljuat.jpg ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/19 "2009-08-25T11:29:07Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > It’s funny seeing the WNYers, who have no idea what good pizza is because they’ve grown up used to the shit they serve here in WNY all their lives, call Papa Johns crap pizza. > > One of the biggest tragedies in WNY is that the wing capital of the world can’t make a pizza worth a shit. loljuat.jpg jays that was srsly so stupid. srsly ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606/20 "2009-08-25T11:30:16Z")
Cool story That car suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkkkks though. So terrible looking. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poppa-johns-founders-search-for-car/72606.md?page=2)