Something Old, Something Blue, Is Old Car City Something For You?

Something Old, Something Blue, Is Old Car City Something For You?

Sometimes you have to flip the script.

Over the past three years, Vettes of Atlanta Magazine has published over 1,200 photos of shiny, pristine Corvettes in all their muscular glory. So maybe, just maybe, it’s time to go in the other direction.

To embrace the other side. . . the rusty side.

With our trusty GPS directing the way, we headed northbound from Atlanta to 3098 Highway 411 NE in White, Ga.

It’s the home of the much-ballyhooed Old Car City, USA.

There was only one thing we could count on with certainty from the onset of this excursion. We wouldn’t be bringing home anything new to park in our garage when the sun went down.

Click on the link below to read the Vettes of Atlanta Magazine article.

Something Old, Something Blue, Is Old Car City Something For You?

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