After being trapped six weeks in a 1971 time warp, I had the controls of the Curbside Classics time machine all set for the mid-eighties. But once again, fate interceded. Running some errands, I had my first encounter with no less than two 2010 Camaros. Then, on the way home, something called out to me as I tooled down Franklin Boulevard. I found it parked behind the old boarded-up Chevy dealer, and it had an important message for you and me: “beauty is not in the eye of the beholder; it’s in the object itself.” (Read More…)
Posted in Curbside Classics, Editorials
Tagged as 1970s, 70s, Best of TTAC, Camaro, Curbside Classics, Eugene, Oregon, Paul Niedermeyer, Seventies
Tagged as 1970s, 70s, Best of TTAC, Camaro, Curbside Classics, Eugene, Oregon, Paul Niedermeyer, Seventies
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