I started getting into cars in the mid 60's and from my experience it depended on where you were at and if you were into the street scene at that time. In the late 60 (67-70) factory muscle cars wre almost a right of passage for kids in there mid to late teens and 20's. Those that were like me and couldn't affold something new were building are own to go head to head with the guys with new iron.

My junior/Sr year in HS we had a place about 2 miles out of town (on a state highway) with new asphalt that we would run on.

When I moved to St Louis in 70 the industrial park was the hot bed for racing.

When I got back to the states in 74-77 Lawton OK was pretty lively.

The one-ways in Davenport Iowa was also a pretty interesting place.

The cars during those times were pretty representative of what was in Hollywood Knights. As were the activities (although what was shown as 1 night in 90 minuets of movie would take place over 6 months or a years period of time.

Where I was there was always a local hangout where the car people (I beleive we were called hoodlums on a good night) would hang out and swap lies. Sometimes it was a drive-in (A1 in St Louis, Rocket drive-in or McDonalds in Lawton, the city park in other places.

Overall if you looked hard enough it was well into the 70's before it died out.