EASTBOUND CAMARO (Rt 66 Tucumcari NM)
The car could be a metaphor for the motel. Camaro was Chevrolet's belated response to Ford's Mustang. And the Motel Safari is just down from the iconic Blue Swallow Motel, built 20-years earlier, which swamps it in popularity.
Both typify distinct eras on the road. The Blue Swallow, from 1939, came at the end of the Great Depression. The Motel Safari is from 1959, the peak era for fins on Chevrolet.
