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Re: post #87283 This picture is from one of the Beatles' 1965 American stadium tour shows (notice the scoreboard and grandstand in the...
Just in from the 2013 Holiday Motor Excursion: Rick & Jan Barakat and kids in their 1913 Model T Ford ... note the shiny brass! This is always a...
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink dept.: The picture was taken this morning at the Holiday Motor Excursion in Irwindale,...
I've also heard of another trick photographers use to make the subject car look lower in the photograph ... fill it with weights or sandbags to...
Great story elements: You, Leland, the car & Gene Winfield ... obviously, good Karma (Carma ?!) is involved. The car gods have smiled upon you.
This picture is from the Los Angeles City Library archives and shows the Los Angeles Police Dept. Bank Robbery Squad. Shot was taken in 1927 and...
Here are a few more pictures of sabotage of the Los Angeles (now California) Aqueduct shortly after it was completed.
I believe that this photo shows investigators checking out explosives left behind by militants who bombed 400 feet of pipeline of the Los Angeles...
And if you listen closely late at night, you can hear the theme music from The Twilight Zone.....
I have this strange craving for an order of chicken-fried steak or a hot beef sandwich (with gravy & mashed potatos).....
Excellent video ... thanks for sharing. However, you get 1 demerit for not getting a closeup of the young hottie with the checkered flag !!
I went to the Holiday Motor Excursion the past two years and it was time well spent. You'll see cars and motorcycles that you rarely see in...
Since today's topic is diners, here are some shots of the famous Mickey's Dining Car in downtown St.Paul, MN. Opened in 1939, Mickey's is still...
Today's youth are interested, but in somewhat different aspects of the automotive hobby. A few months ago, a friend gave me a flyer for a Japanese...
This is a good news, bad news deal: Good news ... SouthUrn is back in action on this thread. Bad news ... I resume wasting waaaay too much time...
Invented in Paramount (Los Angeles), CA.
The Oriental Laundry sign in the background includes the phrase "NOT in the TRUST". Can anyone explain what this refers to?
Your interest in kit cars is a little outside of the focus of the H.A.M.B. I suggest that you check the guidelines for the Hokey Ass Message Board...
Here are a couple of shots of Clifton's Cafeterias. The restaurant that is being renovated is at 7th St. and Broadway in downtown L.A. The second...
Yes it is. The L.A. Times did a story on Clifton's Cafeteria about a year and a half ago. The present owner is doing a major restoration inside...
Glendale, CA....
With a car like the Cisitalia and in its complete condition, I'd have to vote with the preservation, not restoration group. Too often, the...
No, my focus was on the sweet '41 Cadillac coupe parked at the curb on the left.
As much as I love hot rods, I would never have the heart to molest a car this original. A tip of the cap to you for preserving this '32 ... many...
Whatever you're bringing, the phrase that pays is: "Priced to sell...."
If you have not done so already, check out the Garage Journal site. There is a tool discussion category on their forum which will put you in...
Exactly. Nothing there that shouldn't be.
Long story short, according to Rosco Gordy: Tempest 2 was rebuilt into a street rod in the late 70's - early 80's by someone in the Twin Cities....
I'm drawing a blank on this. I started going to the GSTA and the other Twin Cities shows in about 1960, but I don't recall the Rythym Rods. I may...
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