"I've always liked muscle cars," Kendall Wilson of Rogers says, starting with the 1981 Chevrolet Camaro he had in high school. "Dad did the work on it, and I drove it and made the payments," he remembers with laugh.
Now an adult with a job at Chandler Equipment in Springdale, Wilson has another Camaro, this one a 2010 silver SS. He bought it, he says, "when they started making some of the old-school muscle cars modern. I like the way they look." And he figures so do other people, which prompts him to take the Camaro to car shows like the one Saturday on Emma Avenue in downtown Springdale.
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Emma Live NWA
WHEN — Gates open at 8 a.m. Saturday; food vendors, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; car show, 2-6 p.m.; music by 90 Lb. Wrench, sponsored by Core Brewery, 6:30 p.m.
WHERE — Emma Avenue in downtown Springdale
COST — Free
INFO — Email rgarza74@sbcglobal.…
"The worst part is keeping it clean," he says, since he's not "fortunate enough to leave it in the garage. I drive it every day." The best parts, he says, are "seeing all the different cars, meeting a lot of new people and talking about cars."
The Emma Live NWA event, hosted by the Downtown Springdale Alliance, the Chamber of Commerce, the city of Springdale and Robert Garza's Driven Productions, is intended to "bring families to downtown Emma and provide a day of activities including a classic car show, DJ, food vendors, children's activities, live entertainment and a live concert in the evening," says spokeswoman Kay Bower.
-- Becca Martin-Brown
NAN What's Up on 06/30/2017