PERIOD PERFECT
Dec 29, 2021
5 minutes
BY TOMMY LEE BYRD
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
THE AUTHOR
JIMMY ARNOLD’S FLAWLESS DAY TWO ’67 CHEVELLE
he muscle car era is a time that car enthusiasts believe to be the heyday of horsepower. Even though we understand that today’s horsepower and technology surpass anything that Detroit built during the ’60s, we also know that today’s cars lack the visceral feeling you get from a real-deal, old-school muscle car. For Jimmy Arnold of Church Hill, Tennessee, no amount of technology can replace that feeling. He grew up during the tail end of the muscle car era and distinctly remembers his uncle having a ’67 Chevelle with Cragar wheels and popular bolt-on modifications from the era. That car made an impact on his taste in cars, and it led him to own
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