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1960 Chevy Impala

It was the beginning of the ’60s, a decade like no other, and we were about to live it. We would experience the Beatles and the Beach Boys, James Bond and Marilyn Monroe, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of a president, there was another war on many of our horizons, but in the meantime our economy was ramping up. All this and the Detroit horsepower and styling explosion was in full swing.

The interstate highway system, begun in 1956 and proclaimed complete in 1992, was (is) providing all of us with a way to enjoy, what else, our cars. The beginnings of drag racing, rod runs, and weeklong getaways were in the offering for us and our hot rods. What better way to “See The USA In Your Chevrolet” than with George Poteet’s

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