Street racing in Detriot Mi 1964

[OddRodsGarage]

Some old footage of some street racing circa 1964 ...I wonder if SGT PONTIAC is in there ???

Maybe he is the officer watching around 1:54 seconds in ?????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOTlbpBoIlg

 

[jfg455]

Neat video but I don't think I saw a single car that would break the 15 second mark in the quarter.

I especially like the cars returning on the same road they are running on...with kids standing in the road too

 

[Dirtyrat]

Thanks for posting that! thats pretty cool to see.. Looks like a couple 57 pontiacs I saw in that group too!

 

[soltz]

Damn Holigans

A 3 minute trip down memory line. [cl

 

[Torchie]

I used to cruise Gratiot alot and when we wanted to run we would go to the 21 mile rd entrance ramp to I-94. Long straight 2 lane on ramp that narrowed down to one before dumping onto the I-94 expressway.
And of course I would cruise Woodward as well. But by the early 70's the police were pulling over cars that were driving 2 abreast. And there were signs in some of the parking lots stating that cars with their hoods up would be ticketed.
Ah the memories......
Torchie.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Cool, yep a 15 second car was pretty respectable back then. The one Poncho had left his 800# front bumper at home, cool.

 

[Bamamav]

That was neat! Loved the big 63-64 Galaxies with the tails dragging, must have loaded them up with sand bags for traction. Looks like all were having fun!

 

[LilD]

That's was cool to watch. Thanks for posting

 

[Fender Banger]

1964 detroit

The Craziest part is the Police were Watching the hole thing ! It just tells ya How Much Better Life was then ![cl