Street Life Auto Club

In the early '70s, American muscle cars ruled the streets as teenagers rocked to the beats of Led Zepplin and The Doors. While the 1970s might reach too far back for today's youth, it was their parents who were still in their adolescent prime, hanging out at the local burger joint as they watched Camaros and Mustangs rumbling up and down the streets to the tune of "Earth Angel." More than a decade separates today's generation from our mom and dad's wild child era, but the love and appreciation for tire smoking, earth-rattling horsepower has been transformed from yesteryear to today.

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It doesn't matter whether you're into racing, shows or just plain cruising; you love parts. The newest stuff and the latest trends are all that excite you and garner your interest. When a new carbon-fiber interior piece, cold-air intake design or tuned exhaust hits the market, you're already sitting pretty at the top of the waiting list. But, innovations that are instantly recognizable today weren't always so. Carbon Kevlar seats, forged magnesium wheels, titanium exhaust systems and remote reservoir shock absorbers were not born on the streets, they came from the racing world. Hell, even drop-in air filters had to start from somewhere.

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