Cruising Van Nuys Boulevard, 1970's...

Oh, if I just had my Big Block 67' Cougar XR7 GT back.

Yea, but riding in the back of a TC for cruising!!! For shame! And the pick up rear axle is blocked... it better be a dually 'cause I'm sure the one in the image is overloaded too!

LOL, :)

profdant139 wrote:


Cruising in a TC??

You cruised the strip as much to be seen as to see what was going on.
So yeah you could see TCs there along with extreme hot rods and exotic sports cars and kids in the family car.
I lived in San Diego and it was about a hundred mile trip and we would go up after work. There was no freeway, we travelled on Highway 101.

exhaustipated wrote:
Wouldn't it be great to have those gas prices back again.

Those of us not in CA aren't that far off right now. Adjusted for inflation, .32/9 is $1.89. The difference is made up by added environmental requirements added over the years. We're paying $2.19 at the moment.

LS

There is an article in today's LA Times about how that same area on the boulevard has now become a hot spot for prostitution. There are times that I really miss the old days.

Cruising in a TC??

Wouldn't it be great to have those gas prices back again.

Notice the pic with the gas prices? 32.9!

Cruising on Van Nuys Blvd and street racing over on Riverside Drive....those were the days!

Thanks for the great memories. I grew up in the San Fernando Valley. I was 16 in 1972 when first starting cruising Van Nuys Blvd on Wednesday nights. At 18 I cruised it in a 1970 Dodge Challenger 426 Hemi Hurst pistol grip 4-speed. Street racing on Woodland Ave. Great times!!

That truck is a '59 Chevy. My first truck and camper was pretty much identical to the one seen there.
It was a cool truck but scary and horrible with the camper on!