I grew up in a middle class blue collar/military neighborhood of wood frame homes, all less than 15 years old. Just over 30 homes per block. In hindsight, there were lots of young couples/families in the area. Muscle cars were family transportation at the time.
As a teenager I can remember the following cars on my street around 1974.
1. A gold 1969 428 Cobra Jet Mustang with 4 speed.
2. Green 1968 GTO automatic.
3. Maroon 1967 327 Nova SS with auto. (2 houses away)
4. Green 1969 Plymouth GTX 440 auto. (next door)
5. Blue 1966 GTO running the orig. 2 spd. auto behind a 428. (directly across the street)
6. Blue 1970 Dodge Super Bee, 383 with a pistol grip 4 speed.
7. Red 1966 GTO running a 421 and 4 speed.
8. Plum Mist 1967 GTO, 4 speed. (my brother's car. BTW, he smoked the above 421 '66 right after it was put together).
9. Signet Gold 1967 GTO, 4 speed. (mine)
10. White 1965 GTO, 3 speed Dearborn behind a '69 400. (also mine)
Last edited by 400 4spd.; 05-11-2012 at 10:34 PM.
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