TYPICAL FRIDAY NIGHT IN GLENDALE 1956

FOOTBALL GAME AT GHS....GAME OVER AND EVERY BODY STREAMED OUT TO GO TO BOB'S OR CRUISING BRAND.  CRUISING WAS A WAY TO SEE WHAT WAS OUT THERE....I MEAN,,CARS AND CHICKS!   BEHIND ALL OF THE ROUGH LOOKS, DUCK TAILS AND ALL, THERE WAS A SORT OF INSECURITY.  THE FLAT HEADS WERE FADING TO THE CHEV V8'S.  UP AND DOWN THE STREET WE WENT..JUST LOOKING.  THE OTHERS LOOKED TOO, BLONDS STARED AT RED HEADS,,,,NO FRIENDLY LOOKS..THAT WOULD BE WEAK!  AS FOR US, WE WERE IN A 34 FORD WITH A 48 MERC FLATHEAD.  THE BLOCK WAS 3/8 X 3/8 (BORE AND STROKE)...3/4 CAM, PORTED AND RELEIVED, EDELBROCK HEADS...H AND C IGN.  IT WAS FAST!  TURNED 101 IN QUARTER MILE.  MUSIC FROM EVERY CAR....SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN,  GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY....WE HAD ICED BEER AND WE HEADED FOR DORAN..A DARK STREET.  WE PARKED AND OPENED BEER NUMBER ONE... WE LIT UP AND SMOKED....AFTER ABOUT A SIX PACK EACH, WE  NEEDED TO PEE...NOT A PROBLEM; WE ARE BOYS!  OK, LETS GOT TO BOB'S ON COLORADO.....AS WE APPROACHED, LONG LINE OF CARS WAITING TO GET INTO THE PLACE.  SOME DUDE IN A 40 FORD RUNNING A CHEV KEPT DRIVING BY AND REVVING HIS ENGINE.....NO DICE, WE WANNA EAT.  FINALLY, WE GOT IN, MADE THE CIRCULAR WAITING LINE AND PULLED UP.   THE WAITRESSES ON SKATES WERE HAVING A BALL.  HOW THEY BALANCED THEIR TRAYS AND SKATED ...I COULDNT DO IT.   TWO BIG BOYS, FRIES AND A COKES....A CHICK IN NEXT CAR KEEPS STARING AT US.  BEING A BIT STONED, I GOT OUT AND DANCED AROUND A BIT.  TOLD TO GET BACK INTO CAR....FOOD GREAT, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE ON..STILL A LONG LINE..THE DUDE IN FORD IS STILL CRUISING LOOKING FOR A RACE...OK, YOU ARE GAME.  WE STOP SIDED BY SIDE AT A LIGHT.  HE LOOKS OVER AND SNEERS.  OUR FLATHEAD AT 3,000 RPM AND JUST WAITING....GO.....BOTH CARS BURNING RUBBER...WE SLIP THE CLUTCH A LITTLE AND THE CAR HOOKS UP....WE GO TO SECOND AND THEN THIRD...WE ARE AHEAD BY A CAR LENGTH....THEN, WE NOTICE SPARKS COMING OUT FROM BENEITH HIS CAR.....THE CAR FALLS BACK....HE BLEW SOMETHING....AND....THE REST IS HISTORY...GREAT NIGHT ON THE OLD TOWN...NOW, LETS GO HOME AND EXPLAIN TO OUR PARENTS !