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What Record Are You Hearing Now?

GerardG said:
Cruisin'1962
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I used to see these Cruisin' albums in record shops back when I was a teen but never bought one. Well, I thrifted one today.

Yep, a nostalgic look back when crusin' main street in your heavy Chevy or Dodge'm was a Saturday night ritual. The rumble and growl of big displacement V8 engines everywhere.

Burnouts on skinny bias ply tires. Fuel just pennies per gallon (even fewer pennies per litre). Lead accelerator foot a must. AM radio blasting the top 40 hits and golden oldies from the summer before.

All the cool cats lookin' for a pretty kitty to cruise with and hang with at the Burger Palace.

Drive in threatres, drive in food, drive in Tasty-Freeze cones, drive past garbage cans, drive through car washes everywhere and open late.

It was a keen time and it never really ended but faded away like the maroon paint on your old man's Ford Country Squire Estate Station Wagon. Yeah, I remember it and miss it.

Gerard
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Love this! Obviously this was somewhat before my time and I only really got to experience this in the movie "American Graffiti", but this would be fun if it ever came back. I do have the soundtrack to the movie and try to get my fix that way. Man, John Milner's bright yellow 1932 Ford Deuce Coupe was the bomb. I have seen the actual car a few times, but would love to have one! :cool:

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ranf1970 said:
Love this! Obviously this was somewhat before my time and I only really got to experience this in the movie "American Graffiti", but this would be fun if it ever came back. I do have the soundtrack to the movie and try to get my fix that way. Man, John Milner's bright yellow 1932 Ford Deuce Coupe was the bomb. I have seen the actual car a few times, but would love to have one! :cool:

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I was a boy when guys like John Milner were around. The did look and dress like that. A too tight t-shirt, either black or white, tucked into blue jeans. Italian style pointed toe, slightly raised heel Chelsea boots. A pack of smokes tucked into the rolled up t-shirt sleeve. Hair Brylcreamed into a duck tail so neat the comb marks could be seen. Cars were always hopped up cherry rides with headers or lake pipes, oversized four barrel carburetors, and lots of noise.

My late father drove a 1963 cream colour Buick Electra 225. That nearly 5000 pound behemoth got a whopping 9mpg on the highway. It had all factory options except AC. He talked about that car often until he passed.

Those cars from rat racer to boulevard cruiser rode poorly, handled poorly, stopped poorly, cornered poorly, and were often built poorly but, damn, they had style!

You knew from the car a man drove what his probable station in life was. Drove a Chevrolet? He was starting out in life. Drove a Pontiac? He was single, slightly better off but appreciated performance. Drove an Oldsmobile? He was married, had kids, a little more advanced career wise and maybe still appreciated performance (Oldsmobile wasn't called the Rocket Division for nothing). Drove a Buick? A young, successful, well paid, up and comer. Drove a Cadillac? He had made it to the top!

When a man brought home a new car every other man on the block dropped by to admire the new iron.

It was a long time ago. A different world. People were different too. In some ways it was better. In some ways it wasn't. I won't comment or argue how it was and wasn't. That's up to the individual to decide. As for me I remember it mostly with affection.

Gerard
 
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