M
y great-grandfather owned the Monterey Chevy dealer
ship, Roller Chevrolet, from 1934 until the early 1970s.
He had two daughters and in 1968 gave each of them a
brand new Camaro. My grandmother, Charlotte Tice, eventually sold hers.
This is the car that belonged to my great aunt Jeanette.
My dad was always into cars, and I inherited that gene. I didn't know
about this car until Jeanette passed away. She willed it to the family with the
stipulation that we not sell it. It had been sitting idle for a while, but it did
run. With a little maintenance, it was good to go and now runs like a champ.
Although I run an automobile restoration business, we chose not to do a
restoration on this Camaro. It's all original, and has a little wear and tear…a
scratch here and there. It's broken in, there's nothing to worry about.
We all take this car out. It's great for tooling around town, or cruising
down the coast for lunch at Nepenthe."
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GREG GARNEAU
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO
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