the history of car cruising today on Colorado martini
so we're about the annual Longmont cruise night
and every year classic cars and all sorts of cars
come in and the streets are lined
with people. We are in
our classes car right now our 1996 BMW Z3 Roadster. Let's take a look at some of these
wonderful cars. Car cruising has a long history unlike regular driving cruising
has a social and recreational aspect to like basically cruising is a drive that
takes a route that is usually a popular main drag in a town or city a strip
where everyone comes together and hangs out. Cruise nights are considered evenings
where cars drive slowly down the strip and they are often a gathering of car
enthusiasts and are regular events one of the oldest cruising strips is
Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles California cruising on this strip became
a popular pastime amongst lowriders during the 1940s before they knew it
this East Los Angeles tradition spread to surrounding neighborhoods dan eyes
boulevard in central San Fernando Valley just outside of Los Angeles California
is another popular cruising strips since the 1950s
but the most famous cruising strip is McHenry Avenue in Modesto California
so we just made our first path on tonight's cruise the pedestrians are
lining up on the streets the big thing in our town
more and more people and the cars didn't get better as the night goes on
we've got got about four more hours so let's go
the creator of Star Wars George Lucas also created the movie American Graffiti
this movie depicted the cruising culture of the late 1950s and early 1960s the
film was based on George Lucas's hometown of Modesto California
so basically we go back and forth back and forth up and down Main Street
Longmont and so cruisin is basically a social event
where you running your friends get to know people and that's really
what it's all about so up and down Main
Street
after another they parking garage you know to get your Camaro
your challengers and you know everybody gets together so it's definitely a night
of car clubs - so what's that the minivan Club
cruisin in Detroit was popular from the 1950s to the 1970s mostly in the city's
northern suburbs along Woodward Avenue also known as m1
the bruising was from Ferndale north to Pontiac the Woodward cruisin reached its
peak in the mid 1960s the casket cars got me laughing :
nice car bro
the baby
I say one of us I
never seen the movie FreeJack no exact it's one of the worst
just like that and we were all heartbroken when
but your classic that guy was such a natural
we could go on and on naming all the popular cruising strips around the world
but whether you're from a small town or a large city you probably have your own
story of cruising you strip in your hometown
no sadder
look at that beautiful Corvette guys my favorite car of all time I want one of
this so bad it is my favorite
the evening progressed we have more and more spectators
and the Dairy Queen is hopping
redneck heaven
hey you know homie what here's your car house fucking gorgeous dude so there's
everything out tonight we've got new hold bazaars therapeutical
yes we're representing the Germans tonight again
we got every country of the rock
Mustang represented right
No cruising mr. sleep unless you stopped at a
drive-in that has car hops here we are at sonic shipshape
by going back 50
got my mouth shake
one more lap
Mike
it's like 9:30 and nobody's going home
tomorrow
actually we provide since five