[Chris65LeMans]

"Real" cruising is for kids. We stopped cruising and drag racing every weekend when we were old enough to get into bars.

Anyone who grew up in the '60s or '70s on this side of town remembers Whittier Blvd. Now there are zero cruisers and plenty of street signs threatening fines.

Now - driving around for fun - I still do that all the time. Plenty of other classics always out here, too - especially on the weekends.

[Pontiyak]

I live in a small town of 2700. In the early to to mid 80's on every Friday - Saturday night there was always someone continually cruising our 2.5 mile drag. Up and down up and down we would sometimes put 100 miles on and never leave town !!
Lots of 60's 70's muscle ...lots of variety but always a majority of Mopars. We would hand out at the Texaco gas station usually at least 12-20 cars minimum.. After it closed at 9 pm it was the gather spot where the guys would talk drink beer and decide to go out of town to race at the marked out 1/4 mile. All with pre stage and stage area painted lines. If it was a still night could hear the boys racing it up out of town.

Sometimes we shoot the poop for awhile and cruise for a while.
We had town police and they had one cop car and a force of 1 chief and 3 officers. We would cruise and as long as you were not ripping the streets up we were rarely bothered.

As time moved on and lifes changed for some jobs away, cars sold for marriage the cruising all weekend faded away the next generation never really continued on what we did for cruising and cruising more. By mid 90's was rare to see someone cruising the drag and never seen a car sitting at the Texaco after 9:00.
Today Texaco is now a off brand gas station our 4 man cop force is gone replaced by a huge municipal force and I and one friend occasionally will meet to cruise the drag and drive out of town past the ole marked 1/4 mile the paint marks long since disappeared.

Only thing left is our 2 cars and just memories now.

Yes here it is gone.

[Squidward]

Originally Posted by Chris65LeMans

"Real" cruising is for kids. We stopped cruising and drag racing every weekend when we were old enough to get into bars.

Anyone who grew up in the '60s or '70s on this side of town remembers Whittier Blvd. Now there are zero cruisers and plenty of street signs threatening fines.

Now - driving around for fun - I still do that all the time. Plenty of other classics always out here, too - especially on the weekends.

Yup. It wouldn't seem the same now that we're all growed up.

I grew up in a small town south of Lansing, MI. We would cruise a little bit in our local town, one end to the other. We'd stop by Quality Dairy, pop the hoods, shoot the shiz, talk to the girls, and find out where the party was. We could hit the "Pot Lot" behind the row of downtown Main Street buildings, or see if somebody had an older sibling who could buy us some beer. I'd get followed all the way to the town limits by the PD, waiting to bust me for something. And I have one of those "Squealing Tires" civil infractions in the books.

We'd go cruising down Cedar and Pennsylvania in Lansing, or sometimes we'd go hit the west side and cruise Saginaw Ave. We'd do a little stoplight racing, and see the occasional girl give you a "flash" if she dug you or your car. Best one ever? A pair of hotties sitting up on top of the seats of a 67 Fairlane convertible. Got a tandem show while driving the 78 T-top Formula.

But it was all predicated on chasing tail or chasing a buzz. When you grow up you have easier access to both. You buy your own buzz, and stop chasing tail to marry it. And then years later you get a muscle car to remind yourself that for a brief moment in time you were the king of the world.

I couldn't really imagine doing it now. Driving my old car has become more of a spiritual reconnect for me these days, or a means to a thrill via racing.