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Our cruises were up and down East 14th st in the Hayward and San Leandro, CA (San Francisco/East Bay area) in the late 50's. 5 miles of main drag between two different drive inns that looked exactly like the one in American Graffiti film.
In Alamogordo, NM, we cruised between the A & W Root Beer Drive-In on one side of town and the Hi-Di-Ho Drive-In on the other. I went from a '63 Nova SS to a '67 Impala to a '69 Vette (all coupes) for cruising. I alternated riding with my best friend who, depending on which year it was, had a '65 or '67 442 or a '67 L 71 StingRay (red with black stinger) coupe. Those are such great memories. It's really difficult to believe it's been about 50 years ago.
I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley in southern California. After a party, a movie, a dance or whatever, we'd always head up to Bob's Big Boy drive-in on Colorado Blvd, in Pasadena. We'd cruise through the drive-in a couple times till we found a space, then load up on burgers and malts. Finally, we'd drive around to the alley that ran directly behind Bob's and roar up and down it with our Lakes pipes open. My little '53 Ford's flathead V8 was LOUD!
South St Louis county in the early 60s .. Cruise between the Steak & Shake, McDonald's and the Chuck-a-Burger .. Line up races, and drag on River Des Pere drive, or sometimes cruise out Hiway 66 to around the old Chrysler plant and race out there ..
Couldn't get away with that kind of behavior today, but some great memories, and no one got killed.
We would race at Connecting Hiway, and hang at Astoria Park on Shore Drive by the East River...
Connecting Hiway, I grew up I downtown manhattan, we would do multi car drives to race there!
Our fav spot was on the east river drive heading down from the Brooklyn bridge on the viaduct to the battery. We would stop the traffic let 2 cars drag, then let the traffic go
Late 70’s So Cal in a 65 mustang. Cruse the Orange mall, just drive around and around like idiots until the cops chased everyone off. Every few months make the drive to Whittier and cruse Whittier Blvd. Looking back I don’t understand why we thought it was fun. Although we were usually smoking something that I would lose my job for now.
I didnt put in my first post-My car was a '65 tri-power GTO rag top. The car was a real animal with a close ratio 4 speed, posi- transistor ignition, 3.90 rear end (or maybe 3.91) and other goodies I am too old to remember!
It ran like a raped ape! From light to light all along the boulevard in NE Phila!
Those were the days!!!!
How about hanging out at Taunton Green...with the two lunch wagons,.Sully's an Hickey's
Crusin the drag in Brockton ma. for hours and hanging at Jolly Charlies Fun Land
in No Attleboro Ma...~memories~
01-28-2015, 04:59 PM
East Bay area of California
we would hang out on Daytona Beach 
Great times for me at Rolands also! Only Kelly's survived, now have several locations! 
I didnt put in my first post-My car was a '65 tri-power GTO rag top. The car was a real animal with a close ratio 4 speed, posi- transistor ignition, 3.90 rear end (or maybe 3.91) and other goodies I am too old to remember!
