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WOMEN IN CARS: AND VAST NEW WORLDS OF ROCK!

Maybe Eddie Cochran started it all when he sang "That car's fine lookin', man, it's something else" and "That girl's fine lookin', man, she's something else." Anyway, cars and girls have gone hand-in-hand with rock 'n' roll ever since. If you don't believe us, just ask Bruce Springsteen or the Stray Cats.

March 2, 1984

WOMEN IN CARS: AND VAST NEW WORLDS OF ROCK!

Maybe Eddie Cochran started it all when he sang "That car's fine lookin', man, it's something else" and "That girl's fine lookin', man, she's something else." Anyway, cars and girls have gone hand-in-hand with rock 'n' roll ever since. If you don't believe us, just ask Bruce Springsteen or the Stray Cats. Maybe the message is you can't have one without the other, but it still sounds like a pretty stupid concept to us. We mean, did you ever try to snuggle up with a car?!? Kinda hard unless you're Stephen King. Still, you oughta give cars their due—a car may be somebody's mother. And remember—Buy American!

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