Everytime I watch American Graffiti, I come away convinced I was born about 30 years late.
Even though I reached age of majority in the 1970s and cars were beginning to suck we still had lots of fun.
R&R matured in the 70s. A lot of great music.
Still plenty of 60s V8s running around that could be had for a song. If we only knew what some would be worth now.
You could buy a house, I did, for a song working a mediocre job.
We were mostly drinkers and the shinanigans we got up to....
My cruise would start in town, head out to St Catharines and off to Niagara Falls to try and pickup. Short of that we'd race between lights with all takers.
By the time I'd get back to home town I'd be close to empty.
One night I got 4 tickets for noise violations and laying rubber.
Work on the engines was a full time hobby.
The 351 Cleveland Boss I had took me a whole summer's work to get balanced and blue printed.
It still sits on an engine stand in my barn. I start it up with straight headers just to listen couple times a year.
And the girls... so, so many girls.
It's not when you were born but what you made of it.
I could tell you stories...
