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July 20, 2017 4:22 PM

The Heartbreaking Story Of A Man And His ‘68 Camaro - David Obuchowski
I ask him if his dad still knew about the Camaro in the end. He says he did, and they’d reminisce about it often.
“Oh, he’d get a kick out of it. We’d get a kick out of it when we’d talk about it. I’d say, ‘Remember, dad, when I was in the service, and I heard from my friends you were cruisin’ Main in it?’ And he’d laugh.”
posted by CrystalDave (5 comments total)

I miss my Camaro. Sold it and replaced it with a sensible Asian sedan.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 6:05 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]

That is a great story well written. For some reason I find it the opposite of heartbreaking. I mean individual things in the story are terrible but on the whole I feel better after reading it. It un-depressing (that's the best word I can come up with for it) to me.

Maybe it's because I'm a car guy and we had a 68 Firebird roughly the same color when I was a kid. But there's more than that. Thanks for posting.
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 7:52 PM on July 20, 2017

Great story. Thanks.
posted by AugustWest at 8:17 PM on July 20, 2017

❤️💯😭
posted by Annika Cicada at 9:48 PM on July 20, 2017

My first car was a Camaro. Vickie. I ... I can't read this.
posted by Nancy_LockIsLit_Palmer at 4:10 AM on July 21, 2017