| Can you remember back to a time when cars were | | | | Come on, you can still remember it. |
| real? I mean when they were made of good heavy | | | | Those were the good old days, rock and roll, poodle |
| metal. A time when they all had their own character. | | | | skirts and white bucks. Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, the |
| They didn't all look the same. | | | | Big Bopper, Bill Haley and the Comets. Music you |
| A time when you could tell a mile away that a Chevy | | | | could really dance to. |
| or a Ford was coming because of the identifying | | | | Of course, there was a time that some parents and |
| characteristics. The rumble or roar of the engine. | | | | religious leaders thought rock and roll music was the |
| That special sound a Pontiac made as it rolled down | | | | dreadful sounds of the devil and wanted it banned |
| the highway. Every car had its own specific sound | | | | but we proved them wrong and rock and roll lived |
| and we knew all of them. | | | | on. It still does today. |
| That was a time when all cars had a class of their | | | | The rock and roll music blasting on the speakers or |
| own. They all had their own shape and look and each | | | | at a local sock hop. Drive-in movies and drive-in |
| year we waited for the coming changes wondering | | | | restaurants with car hops on roller skates. |
| how we could modify it and make it look even | | | | Remember cruising the gut till all hours of the night? |
| better. | | | | Getting stopped by a cop, not for speeding and |
| We could chop the top, add some fins or cut in | | | | getting a ticket, but just because he wanted to |
| some vents. We could change the paint design and | | | | know where you got a certain part or how you |
| add some flames and a lot of pinstripes. We always | | | | made something work. |
| had a new idea to make our car an extension of | | | | There were even times when the Police department |
| ourselves. | | | | would work with us to close off a section in town |
| Back then we all had our own favorite car and we | | | | and throw a street dance. We could all grab our |
| worked on it everyday to make it shine, run smooth | | | | guitars and drums and beat out a few tunes that |
| and stand out in the crowd because it was ours and | | | | everyone would dance to. Even the cops would |
| we were proud of it. | | | | enjoy it. |
| There was the 51 Merc, the 57 Ford convertible, the | | | | Remember it? Sure you do. You remember it and it |
| 57 Chevy. And don't forget the Charger, the | | | | reminds you of the good times you had and the car |
| Transam and the Firebird. All classic cars in a classic | | | | you owned. The way your car shined and the sound |
| time. | | | | those glass pak mufflers made when you hit the |
| A time when it was fun to go to the drag strip and | | | | peddle. The marks you left on the pavement when |
| show everyone what your car could do. It was great | | | | you burned rubber leaving a parking lot. |
| to pop the hood and show off the powerhouse that | | | | Its too bad that our kids can't remember things like |
| made that puppy roar. To see all the chrome shine | | | | that. So why don't you put on a some of that rock |
| and sparkle. | | | | and roll music, grab your old photo album and sit |
| Remember when we hooked a spark plug to the | | | | down with the kids and just talk about those good |
| exhaust pipe to burn that excess gas? Man, we could | | | | old days. |
| shoot a beautiful flame 10 feet out of the tailpipe. | | | | |