In the 60s, a car was important not just any car a white-walled kustom or a big-engined hot rod imperative to nearly every red-blooded male, it allowed relative freedom. Weekends meant cruising the local loop or drive-in hangouts, street racing, or trying to meet every eligible female. In Midwestern towns, having a job and spending money on your car were of great importance. That four-wheeled gem was your whole world a way to explore, to show off, and a means of meeting that perfect companion. A kustom or rod gave way to factory hot rods, off-the-showroom-floor 1960s big-engined sedans. Drag racing became the game, speed and fearlessness ran rampant illegal drag races were standard fare. These stories will take you back to the 1960s a time of civil unrest, constant change, and growing up gradually into a young adult, although most of us didn t ever want these days to end.
