Late 60's/early 70's look

hemicop said
Maybe it was a local thing, but back in the early '70s around NYC, if your car was set-up "right" (?) you had: the traditional "HI-Jacker" air shocks, gold anodized Moroso valve covers (with wing-nut bolts), Thrush, Cherry Bomb or " Purple Hornies" glasspacks, small lights in the wheelwells (why, I have no idea), L60-15 tires out back, 950cfm Holley, Tarantula manifold, Accel ignition, pinstriping by a guy named Vic Kessler and at least 1 "Connecting Highway Street Race Winner" decal in the 1/4 window.
Of course if you were a SERIOUS NYC streetracer the car was as much of a "sleeper" as you could possibly make it, you NEVER opened your hood & your races were always set-up for the early morning hours, usually at some obscure road.

You mean one of THESE?

I found this at a local swap meet and had to adorn my toolbox with it. :toothy10:

Connecting Highway was a section of the Brooklyn-Queens expressway that had the service road elevated above the highway, making for incredible street race spectating. Guys would trailer cars in back in it's prime. Now if you so much as double-park you have the Calvary coming in to escort you out. Joe Oldham talks about Connecting, and all the other NYC hot-spots, in his book Muscle Car Confidential.