HWY 100 August of 1978

[Flight_740]

My dad and I were going through some of his old things and we came across this. It's an old news paper article about hwy 100. I will say, some things never change.

Note, The picture of the GTO is taken in oscars parking lot. It used to be called the Red Barn.


I just thought it was cool and wanted to share it with you guys.:thumbsup

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[Flight_740]

I also found it kind of cool how much hwy has grown. They only used the stretch between Greenfield and oklahoma.

[Karps TA]

Cool Article!

[jbiscuit]

Ooooo big block Caprice!

[Karps TA]

Did I miss it or was there not one word about police in that article?

[Flight_740]

HAHA!!

Thats before it was illegal to cruise.

I still remember the day they made it illegal. it was all over the news.

[Karps TA]

I was out at the "strip" for a year before it became illegal. And even then there was a heavy police presence.

It just make me wonder what came first. Was there problems, or did the police cause the problems?

[juicedimpss]

lol@ "panda" what a ghey nickname for a car :rolf

[Goat Roper]

That article makes me feel old but thanks for sharing it!

[scaleracer]

cool article i would have never known that had you not posted it because i am only 14.

[Flight_740]

The pictures are kind of hard to figure out. I don't know exactly where the first picture was taken. It's odviously before hwy 100 was as built up as it is now.

[GRAMPS SS]

My dad and I were going through some of his old things and we came across this. It's an old news paper article about hwy 100. I will say, some things never change.

Note, The picture of the GTO is taken in oscars parking lot. It used to be called the Red Barn.


I just thought it was cool and wanted to share it with you guys.:thumbsup

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s312/MikeandJenny_photos/scan0001-1.jpg

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god i feel old...i remember those cars.....and the barn.....ask your dad if he remembers the street machine nationals in milwaukkee in 1979 and how the highway was that weekend.....the cops had no idea what to do with all the cars from all over that came to milwaukee and we hit the strip.....bumper to bumper cars....till like 3 and later in the morning each day for that weekend....thats when i had my camaro...MAGIC DRAGON........those were the days......

[Flight_740]

I remember wisconsin ave being bumper to bumper during the cruise with Q. Guys running out and dumping bleach on the ground. That was fun.

[GRAMPS SS]

to clear us off the highway ..they put down water on the street..that was a good idea...............

[BAD LS1]

Cool article!! Is that Ron (juicedimpss) standing next that blown GTO?? BWAHAHAH

[GRAMPS SS]

^^^^^^^^^^thats what i was thinking...spitting image don't you think

[BAD LS1]

^^^^^^^^^^thats what i was thinking...spitting image don't you think

I do! Its either Ron or Jesus:rolf

[mike90lxII]

I remember cruising the hwy in highschool mid 80's and it wasn't as bad as it is now. I even got an attempting to elude ticket out there. The chevelle didn't handle very well :rolf this is back in 88.

guess i've grown up quite a bit since.

[GRAMPS SS]

Ron or Jesus....god thats a close one maybe we should have a poll for this one

[juicedimpss]

i might have to shave the goatee and go back to the porno mustache :D

[BAD LS1]

Ron or Jesus....god thats a close one maybe we should have a poll for this one

He does look like Jesus too though dont he? Just get him a robe and some sandals and a couple milk crates to stand on and you got it! :wow

[mike90lxII]

I remember wisconsin ave being bumper to bumper during the cruise with Q. Guys running out and dumping bleach on the ground. That was fun.

always wanted to do the QFM cruise. buy the time I finally got a car that I thought was worthy, well QFM was no more:rolf Jazz station what the hell

[wikked]

Should keep that article with you in the car and bust it out if you get pulled over, bet they'd let ya go :D

[Flight_740]

Should keep that article with you in the car and bust it out if you get pulled over, bet they'd let ya go :D



I never thought of that!

[indyzmike]

Wow, I have that article too. My first day of driving included some cruising on the Hwy. That was January 16th, 1978 in my 67 Camaro convertible.

[Heat Seeker WS6]

I remember doing the last QFM cruises. The last one was in the rain wasn't it?
Also remember the night QFM changed its format. I was working for Fuchs and had the Daytona at the time. It was a wierd & erie drive home in the rain with 'nothing' to listen to.

[GTSLOW]

Very cool +1 for you!

[Greg@GLD]

Man what memories! 1978... I was a Junior in High School and cruised the Highway in a 1969 GTO. Things were actually a lot different back than, and yea, "Oscar's" was a Red Barn...
In those days the "Norf Side" action was hot and heavy. Races on Villard and on Tower... The "cruise loop" went a LONG way, people didn't just hang out on The Highway. The loop went from Highway 100 to Tower, Brown Deer Park, Villard Street, The Milky Way in Glendale (Now Kopps) and the lakefront back then was also entirely different, and of course 27th street. There was action everywhere. Chicks, cars, parties ALL OVER.

[SSDude]

god i feel old...i remember those cars.....and the barn.....ask your dad if he remembers the street machine nationals in milwaukkee in 1979 and how the highway was that weekend.....the cops had no idea what to do with all the cars from all over that came to milwaukee and we hit the strip.....bumper to bumper cars....till like 3 and later in the morning each day for that weekend....thats when i had my camaro...MAGIC DRAGON........those were the days......

Definatly remember the street nat's. That shi.t was crazy. They would make the turn in front of HUB. At the turn they started putting down bleach and doing burnouts. Didn't last to long before the cops chased us out of the lot.

[SmokinRAM114]

damn i wish it was still legal to cuise with those kinda cars. my generation is getting burned for everything that was fun. they think its cool not to have a hood.. thats awsome. I always wonder where these ppl are and those cars..

[nismodave]

OMG the Q cruises Were awesome!!!!!!!!

[theavenger333]

before hwy 100, didn't Forest Home also used to be apart of the "strip"?

[FANAT1C]

Real cool article and pics. Thanks for sharing! :thumbsup

[SSDude]

before hwy 100, didn't Forest Home also used to be apart of the "strip"?

Never heard of FH being part of anything

[Karps TA]

The best part of the Q cruises were hearing open header cars downtown, with the sound bouncing off the buildings.

[Lash]

Wow! Thats pretty cool.

[2SLOW]

dam that must have been a blast!!!

[GRAMPS SS]

damn i wish it was still legal to cuise with those kinda cars. my generation is getting burned for everything that was fun. they think its cool not to have a hood.. thats awsome. I always wonder where these ppl are and those cars..

Chris...just look in your garage for one of those cars, your moms mach 1....and ask your dad and uncle Dave and Geno ...and Tim out at the cave.......we had a blast back then....don't remember racing on tower back then...we had other spots, but i may be wrong i was 22 back then....and my memory is not like it was...i think i have alzheimer's...god am i old:thumbsup

don't forget that was the hot time of crusing and street racing in the falls too.....that didn't last long..i think the falls started to shut down cruising in 1984

[03Mach1]

Great find! I like the part where he pays $1600 for the car and a whopping $1500 to "restore it to original condition"!! I know you did'nt make near the money back then,, but it just seems more relative than it is today. Thanks for sharing.:thumbsup

[Prince Valiant]

Ha...takes me back to the days growing up...

I grew up in FL, and in the late 70's, early 80's trucks were pretty popular in our parts. The scene down there was such that everyone went to paticular beaches and drag raced among the dunes. Literally, my dad would race with my brother and I in the back, holding on for dear life. He raced with a 79 Plymouth Trailduster.

There was a street scene, but it was considerably smaller than what was likely around here.

[awsomeears]

Very very cool read.

[Flicktitty]

Very cool +1 for you!

X2

[DynoTom]

Man, those "old days" of the HWY were so much fun !


I put 3500 miles on my Galaxie over the summer of 1985 out there !


Today I avoid driving on HWY 100 during a cruise night as much as possible.....I still will go out ot Culvers on the weekends but, I park my car now as it's just too crazy out there......



Here is a car that was a "real famous street racer" during the years I was cruising.....



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[Flicktitty]

/\ Is that a 65?
my dad i believe was loooking at a 65 or 66 a few years ago up at the Iola Show, very nice car!

any more pics?

[DynoTom]

/\ Is that a 65?
my dad i believe was loooking at a 65 or 66 a few years ago up at the Iola Show, very nice car!

any more pics?




Dave Senderhauf's legendary 1967 Buick street racer.....


We used to call him " 3rd. lane" as he was always driving in the far right lane looking for a race......With todays HP standards he would not be considered a feared street racer but, back in the day that car was a tuff customer......

[DynoTom]

/\ Is that a 65?
my dad i believe was loooking at a 65 or 66 a few years ago up at the Iola Show, very nice car!

any more pics?


FYI,.....Here is another of the 67 Buick...notice Boss LX's car in the pic too....:D



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[Flicktitty]

Thanks, what was done to the car?

[Waver]

It is amazing how times change...I started cruising real heavily in the sumer of 97, and then came back in 98 and 99....even then we could sit in one spot all night (the clark station) and just shoot the shit and have a good time....then things really changed, and it wasnt the same....seems like it was a steady decline since they made it illegal (my older sisters still talk about that).

[Crawlin]

Fast and Furious ****ed it all up

[Waver]

Fast and Furious ****ed it all up

Yea it did, and it messed it up in a hurry....now it is a crime to just sit and hang out with your friends in a parking lot up there if you are not eating.....

[juicedimpss]

damn,i feel old...i remember that car,in its time it was a serious contender



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[MurphysLaw88GT]

Very very cool +1

[HITMAN]

Cool article. I remember showing it to my parents, because they couldn't understand the whole cruising thing. Those were the days...

I remember when that Young America On Wheels show came to town. Standing in the middle of the highway right in front of the Southtown theater stopping cars in a big puddle of beer, water and cooler ice and egging them on into doing burn-outs. That was probably the most lawless mob atmosphere I've ever been a part of...at least until I started hanging out at Tower.:devil There was one car I remember from that show, a blue mid 60's Corvette with a cross-rammed smallblock and a big, chromed battle axe sticking out of the back. The Executioner was the name on it, I believe. These days, it would probably get laughed off of the street, but back then I was pretty impressed.

That Panda GTO SUCKED. As Ron said, the car was totally ghey, not to mention the disco reject that owned it, lol.

Dave Senderhoff's Buick was a bad-ass car back then. Him and his old man were quite a team. "The Boy and The Beard" were their nicknames. :rolf I remember the very first time I was up at Tower, he was racing guys and winning running regular street radials on Magnum 500's.(or whatever Buick called that style wheel) He was using VHT and damned near lifting the front wheels off the ground. The combination of Buick torque and excellent weight transfer really worked wonders on that car. Dave was really good at lining up races because he was a cocky fvcker that you just wanted to shut-up.

You guys saying Ron looks like Jesus, LOL! IIRC, one of his nicknames when he was working at Flintrop's was something like 5ft Mini-Jesus or something else along those lines...:rolf :rolf :rolf

[ProjectTwo]

Very cool. Too bad times have changed so much.

[GRAMPS SS]

this car below blonged to the famous JINGLES..president of the MILWAUKEE OUTLAWS...that car is still around and looks as good now as it did back then,...that was like 77-78 when he pulled that car out of hiding..and he took it to the street machine nationals at state fair in 79 and CAR CRAFT did a photo shoot of that car...and i think today it would hold its own...not that fast of a car with guys on the juice today....but that vette was no dog....
damm now i feel even older knowing jingles from back then.....


There was one car I remember from that show, a blue mid 60's Corvette with a cross-rammed smallblock and a big, chromed battle axe sticking out of the back. The Executioner was the name on it, I believe. These days, it would probably get laughed off of the street, but back then I was pretty impressed

[Crawlin]

one of his nicknames when he was working at Flintrop's was something like 5ft Mini-Jesus or something else along those lines...:rolf :rolf :rolf


"Dear... 6lb, 8oz. baby jesus.."

BWAHAHAHA

[Reverend Cooper]

oh omnipitent 6lb 8oz baby jesus

[Junky Giorgio]

Its funny you guys bring this up. I showed my Dad this thread and then he showed me a MILWAUKEE JOURNAL dated back to JUNE 26th, 1974 that he made the FRONT page of in his 1969 SS CHEVELLE! Quoted by my Dad "I had the fastest Chevelle in downtown Milwaukee on cruise nights. I had a Corvette LT-1 4 bolt main chevy pushing 400HP with a Mickey Thompson Dual Quad 2 GOLD Velocity Stacks that I had to take my hood off to drive the car. I had a Mr Gasket inline speed shifter, I never took my foot off the gas when I was shifting in a race! The Journal picked me for the FRONT PAGE article. on 6.26.1974"


Its not the greatest quality scan but you get the picture!

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[Heat Seeker WS6]

Thats freak'n cool. And an LT1??
Highway is a piece of living history as much as others want to dispute it. Our kids & grandkids will be running out there too and telling stories & tall tails of our own schenanagains. Peter Egan from Road & Track refers to it once in a great while as he's from WI.

[Flicktitty]

Hey Junky, you got on pics of your dads Chevelle?

[Junky Giorgio]

Hey Junky, you got on pics of your dads Chevelle?

somewhere he does. hes actually looking for them since i brought it up.

[Flicktitty]

cool, if you get them make sure to post em.