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Old 04-28-2013, 11:54 AM   #33
Angrybird 12
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Originally Posted by BDBiker View Post
Talking about local hang-outs, McDonalds had just launched the "Golden Arches" restaurant and Shoneys had a drive-in(identical to today's Sonic). We would circle McDonalds then run to the other end of town and circle Shoneys.
Shoneys had a metal roof over the drive-in and my '69 had a full race cam with long tube headers bolted to ASP glass packs and no exhaust pipes. I would idle around Shoneys with the car doing the race cam shake and the metal roof would vibrate like it was about to fall off. I met my wife there and she was a waitress, she has put up with her "Bad Boy" for 40 years now. Still young at heart, and still bad to the bone in my mind.
Funny you mention meeting your wife at Shoney's. I met my first wife at our local Shoney's in October 1973, I was parked in the drive in area on the end in my 74 Camaro. She was with a friend and was cruising in her 73 Chevelle Laguna and I saw her point at my car and I read her lips as she said "Look a NEW Camaro!" I pulled out behind them and got them to pull over. She gave me her phone number and I called her the next day. We went out and were married two months later. We were married 32 years before I lost her to cancer in 2006.
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