Detroit's Woodward Avenue was America's center of gravity for cruising and street racing in the '50s and '60s. Its widely paved surfaces with long sections of arrow-straight road between traffic signals provided the ideal location for stoplight street racing and cruising action. Woodward even became the unofficial test track for the profusion of hot factory iron churned out by Detroit's engineers. If you lived in the Detroit area in the '60s and wanted to drag race, Woodward Avenue was the place to go. Woodward Avenue: Cruising the Legendary Strip is filled with stories from the people who cruised and raced Woodward in that wonderful era. Also featured are the clandestine and not-so-clandestine efforts by the factories to build cars that the Woodward crowd would buy and race. Woodward Avenue includes everything that surrounded Woodward's action, including Detroit's legendary DJs who provided the cruisers' musical soundtrack, the hang-outs and drive-ins, the new car dealerships that provided the high-performance cars, and the legendary speed shops that provided the hot rod parts. If you are into muscle cars, great street racing stories, or just want to remember or learn how it was back in the day, Woodward Avenue: Cruising the Legendary Strip is a great trip down memory lane.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cartech Inc
ISBN-13
9781613250914
eBay Product ID (ePID)
148794627
Product Key Features
Book Title
Woodward Avenue: Cruising the Legendary Strip
Author
Robert Genat
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Motor Vehicles
Publication Year
2013
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
279mm
Item Width
216mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Robert Genat
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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