Saturday, August 13, 2011

Ron's dad

An exhaustive list of things Ron's dad likes:

1. Florida
2. Classic cars

We went to the all-GM show this weekend, which Ron's dad helps organize every year. The cars were organized by era, and walking along the rows of beautiful car after beautiful car (the oldest was from 1939), was like walking through US history. Year after year, GM turned out amazing, stylish, thoughtful designs that showed so much evident pride. And then...you hit the 1980s. What happened? The cars had been enormous for ages, but they suddenly lost their angles and curves. Rather than lightening bolt sexiness, glamor, and intelligence, the cars became arrogant, lazy-looking, Flintstone-simple, carved-out-of-granite dolts. There weren't enough examples to say for sure, but I saw signs of hope in a few of the newer models. Still, my heart belongs to the beauties of the past.

1957 Oldsmobile


1949 Buick Fireball

1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

1967 Chevy Chevelle SS



1957 Chevrolet Bel Air

1960 Corvette

1967 Corvette

1969 Camaro

1967 Oldsmobile 442



















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