Hemmings Muscle Machines

Muscle Music: Cruisin’ Tunes!

“I’ve always felt that the rock-n-roll tunes of the Sixties and our muscle cars of the same era were closely tied together.”

Back in the day, what was the first thing you did after starting up your muscle machine? Did you roll down the window, or adjust the rearview mirror? No, you turned on the AM radio to your favorite rock-n-roll station. The late Fifties and early Sixties was a time of musical change. Dick Clark’s was the first thing daily show.

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