By Jim Hagarty
I am not a car expert and have done no research on this, but I do remember when Chrysler’s PT Cruiser first hit the streets. It was quite a head turner and I believe sort of kicked off the trend to retro cars that would come along in years to come. It was not a re-born anything, unlike the Mustang, Camaro, Challenger, and even Volkswagen Beetle, etc., that were revived. It was its own invention. But it relied on just enough of the features from cars of the ’30s and ’40s to get car buyers nostalgic. Big rounded fenders, the hint of a running board. And even, in the case of the one shown above, a look reminiscent of the “woodies” of earlier ages. After awhile, the PT Cruiser became just part of the landscape and then faded away. Although on my way home from the coffee shop, where I photographed the one here, I saw a dark blue convertible version in a parking lot that looked pretty cool.
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Author: Jim Hagarty
I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.
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