Crusin' was never about parking in a shopping mall parking lot was it Chip? http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/phoenixs-cruise-on-central-truth-about-the-5-bucks/ Friday and Saturday nights were for crusin'. Up and down Speedway Boulevard ( yep , that's the name of the street, still is) aimlessly lookin' for girls and cool cars with the occasional stop light drag just like the movie American Graffiti.
I had a '56 Chevy Bel Air all through high School (1961-1965) 283 ( ok, it was a 265, but that's what i'd tell everyone, they didn't know) dual exhaust, four barrel ( yep, the mighty Rochester 4gc) . Ivory and Cinnamon or what ever they called it. Didn't last long, a friend had a '56 just like mine painted a dark Cadillac metallic green, so it was off to the base hobby shop ( Dad was in the Air Force) to get the color right (my first paint job)