It sounds like a fun evening!
I miss the days of the cruise-ins. Sometimes they were at Bob’s Big Boy in Chatsworth, other times they were elsewhere. But I loved looking at all the tricked out cars. SO much fun!
Everyone was always very good at buying food from the sponsor. And some places had burgers to die for!
Motorcyclists gather at a bar-and-grille we pass on the way to Scouts on Thursday evenings. Everyone seems very cheerful.
We get all kinds of cars.
Guy showed up last night in a bone stock Chevy Nova with original wheels and hubcaps and a straight six under the hood. Completely clean, original paint, like it was lightly used for 50 years, always garaged...
Kenny showed up in his Nova from the same year, except his is built out for drag racing as a gasser. No straight six for him. He’s running a 496 V-8 with a Holly 1050 Dominator pumping 130 octane race fuel, has a roll cage, 5-point harness, line lock, all tubbed out with 18-inch Mickys on a narrowed rear end — ballpark 800hp to the pavement.
Couple showed up with an all-original late-1940’s Volkswagen Beetle complete with rooftop luggage rack and whitewall tires.
There was a super clean, dark green Pontiac GTO that was so pristine — every visible part looked like it was fresh from the assembly line.
A couple of cars are for sale. The owner of a white 1974 Corvette running a 407 V-8 is looking for $22k, and a 1968 Chevelle SS running the factory 396 V-8 and 4-speed manual transmission in good condition is on the market for a negotiable sum.
It’s always a great time to look at who’s got what, who’s changed what, who’s new here — a fun social event, AND it’s a kid-friendly environment; in automotive circles, good parents don’t have to sail to the rescue if someone says the word “drag.”