MEMORIES

Story Jason Reiss (^) + Photos Grant Cox

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n the early ’70s, to be the lucky kid in town who

drove a muscle car to school was a privilege, not a right,

and David Miller almost didn’t have it. “My mom and

dad argued about whether they should get me one or not.

I was 17 years old and a senior in high school in 1972, and they

were worried about getting me a high-performance vehicle for

a driver,” he says.

of his dreams