Originally posted by Bob Parmenter
Well, the SoCal scene in the early to late '60's was a lot like what Lucas depicted in AG. Van Nuys Blvd and Bob's Big Boy, Toluca Lake Bob's Big Boy, Hollywood Blvd, and to a lesser degree, Ventura Blvd in the Woodland Hills. All spots where we'd hang out at the burger stand, and cruise up and down the blvd just burnin' dead dinosaurs. Well, maybe a little "speed contest" promotion now and then!

A four year "interuption" involving khaki, camo, and combat took me away from the scene except for an occasional visit on leave. The cruising remainded until around 1969. After that it changed. Hollywood Blvd got overpopulated with "weirdos", and Van Nuys, along with the others, just didn't have the same allure.

What has come to pass in recent years is less of a cruise and more of a park in. And once it turns dark most folks seem to clear out. Back "in the day", we were just gettin' started when the sun went down. (rampaging geezertude??) I suppose that the street racin' thing got too far out of hand, and the irresponsible parking and blocking of local businesses led to the impossition of most of the anti-cruise ordinances of the '70's and '80's.

It was a neat slice of history in a nation bound to the automobile. A right of passage, a tribute to the emerging boomerness, a cultural "phenomenon" of an age gone bye. Whatever vain attempt to recreate it we attempt will only be a tribute, noble nonetheless, but still only stoking memories of a lighter time.
maybe it is a tribute me and my buddy try to enjoy a 1950s type
lifestyle yes we do dress like greasers people look at us like we are crazy i cant help it that just the way i am nothing it quite like the smell of fresh pomade in the morning
makes me think of better times not the crazy times we live in now
i am 20 anc still cruise mostly teens do it but it something i like to do cruise on a summer saturday night setback look at some sweet rides in okc there is a decent amount of rockabilly type
people we try to keep the spirit of the late 50s early 60s alive