I need to browse this site so I can find these threads sooner. I remember the early 60s to early 70s street racing. There were always races on Vista del Mar by the hyperion plant in El Segundo. The stop lite at Grand was the start. Only bad thing was there was only one way in and out. Most got caught, since I only had an old ford I wasn't racing then only watching. In '64 I got a new 283 Chevelle SS. Put 4:11 in it and thought it was fast. We used to race over by St Bernards High School in Playa del Rey. I think I even won some races, low level stuff. When 409s and some of the Mopars came out they used to race down on the San Diego freeway at the Manchester on ramp where the 1/4 mile was marked off. There was a bridge overpass that we all lined up to watch on. The on ramp was really long. I also remember going over to a street by TRW in Hawthorne, CA that was a big time race street for awhile. I even remember seeing a full drag bike race there one nite. I got out of the Army in '67 and my dad knew someone at Nickey Chev in Chicago, where he lived. I bought a new 67' Camero SS 396, and it wasn't the 300 hp version. Break in was drive from Chicago to LA. Once in LA I changed the gears to 4:11s, traction bars, had some head work done, and put in a Hearst Shifter (that had to make it faster right ). I was working at NorthAmerican on Imperial Highway by LAX on second shift. There was a stop lite on Imperial heading to the beach that could guarantee a race every nite after work. There were lots of high horse power cars there as we were making good money. People would also come out and wait for us to get off work so they could race guys getting off work. I remember chunking at least one rear end and a couple of 4 speeds. Thats one car I wish I still had. I also stacked that car up, and think back on the racing we did. No one ever got hurt. We raced the 1/4 mile, or lite to lite, not the Fast and Furious version of the 1/4 that takes two minutes. Anyways thats some of it.