[chuckwalla]

Maverick's rings a bell. I usually hung out around Woodward north of fourteen mile. Worked at a gas station just north of 14 mile that doubled as Chrysler's secretly sponsored street racer. They supplied the best parts and tech so Chrysler had the fastest cars.
We used to drink Meisterbrau in coke cans all night up and down Woodward from 14 mile to Pontiac and back. Never got caught. Never had any problems either. No seatbelts, smog checks. Cars back then were radical. You could do anything and we did. Cars had an engine with a gas line and an electrical line and lots of power. Sunoco 260 or nearly avgas was essential for really high compression engines.

[jettester]

I grew up in Royal Oak; worked at the Eastern Market most of my high school years on every Saturday; remember the Mr. Chips guys driving through the neighborhoods?; how about the Ethnic Festivals on the River where every weekend had a different nationality pouring the brewskis and cooking the food?; or, how about the tanks parked outside of the armory on 8 Mile?