Register now to get rid of these ads!

History The History Of Los Angeles

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Ryan, Feb 15, 2010.

  1. BrerHair
    Joined: Jan 30, 2007
    Posts: 5,006

    BrerHair
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

  2. hombres ruin
    Joined: Nov 21, 2006
    Posts: 3,305

    hombres ruin
    Member

    Great shots,nothing like the history we all try to capture today.I wonder what the market would be like for a gas station like the old days,white shirt,pants and bow tie,service as soon as you roll up.They do it today with barber shops ,why not gas stations?
     
  3. 49ratfink
    Joined: Feb 8, 2004
    Posts: 18,828

    49ratfink
    Member
    from California

    got to love the old photos.
     
  4. This is great, I love looking at old auto related pics. Things seem to be cleaner and simpler back then.
     
  5. billys54
    Joined: Apr 16, 2006
    Posts: 1,295

    billys54
    Member

    cool pics theres alot of history there
     
  6. ChassisResearchKid
    Joined: Feb 18, 2006
    Posts: 765

    ChassisResearchKid
    Member
    from Michigan

    Thanks for the info. Todd
     
  7. Mazooma1
    Joined: Jun 5, 2007
    Posts: 13,598

    Mazooma1
    Member

    This Packard dealership was on Santa Monica Blvd. The building is now restored and it's now a Mercedes-Benz showroom

    [​IMG]

    They decorated the showroom with a Christmas theme each year...

    [​IMG]

    Mr. Thompson, my old friend from the 1970's, was hired to photograph a man's new sedan delivery with his daughter sitting on the fender...it had just been lettered...
    great gasser material, maybe 30 years later...:)

    [​IMG]
     
  8. Deuce Daddy Don
    Joined: Apr 27, 2008
    Posts: 5,544

    Deuce Daddy Don
    ALLIANCE MEMBER


    Might be wrong---BUT---I seem to remember board track racing at the COLISEUM also(?)-------Don:D:D
     
  9. Mazooma1
    Joined: Jun 5, 2007
    Posts: 13,598

    Mazooma1
    Member

    No, Don, they raced midgets at the Coliseum and at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, but no boards
     
    Last edited: Feb 15, 2010
  10. Deuce Daddy Don
    Joined: Apr 27, 2008
    Posts: 5,544

    Deuce Daddy Don
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

    This is on Imperial Blvd. 1941, just West of Hawthorne Blvd.---Don't know what is there now!!!!----------Don:D:D
     

    Attached Files:

  11. Deuce3wCpe
    Joined: Aug 21, 2004
    Posts: 848

    Deuce3wCpe
    Member
    from New Jersey

    is this a real shot or a made for T.V. shot?.......looks a little like a very young Wally Parks

    [​IMG]
     
  12. sololobo
    Joined: Aug 23, 2006
    Posts: 8,378

    sololobo
    Member

    Man, gimme some room, I am high as a kite on vintage pix!! Thanx! ~Sololobo~
     
  13. AnimalAin
    Joined: Jul 20, 2002
    Posts: 3,416

    AnimalAin
    Member

    Mega cool. Thanks for sharing these with us.
     
  14. akjim
    Joined: Sep 27, 2007
    Posts: 25

    akjim
    Member


    Does anyone know the name of this book?
     
  15. big creep
    Joined: Feb 5, 2008
    Posts: 2,945

    big creep
    Member

    soooo rad! i love living here, just wish it would still look the same.
     
  16. hlfuzzball
    Joined: Jan 27, 2005
    Posts: 215

    hlfuzzball
    Member
    from Michigan

    [​IMG]



    This is Louis Meyer on right,at his Ford Authorized Flathead V8 rebuilding company ;prior to forming the Meyer-Drake Engr. Co, the successor to the Offenhauser Engine Co. builder of the Offy Indy engine.

    Tom
     
  17. flamingokid
    Joined: Jan 5, 2005
    Posts: 2,200

    flamingokid
    Member

  18. Theo Douglas
    Joined: Nov 20, 2002
    Posts: 807

    Theo Douglas
    Member

    Amazing stuff. It's just so cool to think about how revered automobiles were back then.

    Now, everything's plastic--except that styrofoam insert behind your bumper cover, which is ... wait for it ... styrofoam.

    Also, I love the photo of all the speed wrenches. Nowadays, no one's even heard of a speed wrench.
     
  19. hlfuzzball
    Joined: Jan 27, 2005
    Posts: 215

    hlfuzzball
    Member
    from Michigan

    [​IMG]



    Griff Borgeson on left at Port of New york ,checking the condition of FWD Miller race car , one of two purchased from Buggatti factory in France.
     
  20. Ryan ... thanks for bringing Jimmy's (BrerHair's) finds to our attention.

    I'll have to admit that I quit looking at the Cool pictures! Post them here! thread when it became nothing more than a "drama thread" ... and therefore I never even bothered to checkout the Cool pictures! Post them here! II thread ... I guess that was a misstake ... 'cuz these are very cool old pics!
     
  21. hlfuzzball
    Joined: Jan 27, 2005
    Posts: 215

    hlfuzzball
    Member
    from Michigan

    [​IMG]



    "Yak" Miller (Ak Miller) in his roadster pointing out decal on windshield.
     
    J Willy Richins likes this.
  22. BrerHair
    Joined: Jan 30, 2007
    Posts: 5,006

    BrerHair
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

  23. 66Coronet440
    Joined: Oct 26, 2009
    Posts: 422

    66Coronet440
    Member

    These pics are always awesome! Thanks for posting them.
     
  24. Steve Hedke
    Joined: Sep 28, 2005
    Posts: 74

    Steve Hedke
    Member

    Another LA parts store: note the head gaskets on the wall and the roll of brown butcher paper with string. I like the hand cranked bench grinders.

    LA Speedway, a banked oval board track in Culver City. Part of Sony Entertainment sits there now.

    Barney Oldfield racing Lincoln Beachey's Curtiss at Santa Monica.

    'Spin & Marty' being shot at the Disney Ranch in Newhall, 1957. The roadster has holes cut in the firewall so it can be driven without the driver being seen. When driven without a driver the hood side panels are removed. The same car was used in The Shaggy Dog a few years later.
     

    Attached Files:

  25. Steve Hedke
    Joined: Sep 28, 2005
    Posts: 74

    Steve Hedke
    Member

    Another LA parts store: note the head gaskets on the wall and the roll of brown butcher paper with string. I like the hand cranked bench grinders.

    LA Speedway, a banked oval board track in Culver City. Part of Sony Entertainment sits there now.

    Barney Oldfield racing Lincoln Beachey's Curtiss at Santa Monica.

    'Spin & Marty' being shot at the Disney Ranch in Newhall, 1957. The roadster has holes cut in the firewall so it can be driven without the driver being seen. The same car was used in The Shaggy Dog a few years later.
     
  26. BrerHair
    Joined: Jan 30, 2007
    Posts: 5,006

    BrerHair
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

  27. BrerHair
    Joined: Jan 30, 2007
    Posts: 5,006

    BrerHair
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

  28. Mazooma1
    Joined: Jun 5, 2007
    Posts: 13,598

    Mazooma1
    Member

    This is somewhat of a stretch, as it's 1957, and in Arcadia which is east of Los Angeles...
    This is at Santa Anita Race Track...my Dad was in charge of buying the new police cars each year and this year he chose to buy Chevrolets...
    That's Dad on the right and the other guy is from Chevy.
    The race track parking lot was a favorite of the hot rod magazines to photograph cars at. Tons of room, and no utility wires made it a natural.
    They also filmed the Dick Landy Dodge Dart doing wheelstands here for the television commercial for the Wham-O wheelie bars for your Schwinn Sting Ray bicycles...as seen here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWDprSdH2xQ

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    the only one that was black and white was the station wagon in the middle. It was the one with the speed radar equipment. The equipment was so large that it required the entire rear of the station wagon. The radar unit was all vacuum tubes, no transistors, so it was big

    [​IMG]
     
  29. slammed
    Joined: Jun 10, 2004
    Posts: 8,150

    slammed
    Member

    Clean, crisp photo's. Nice work Jimmy and company.
     

Share This Page

Register now to get rid of these ads!

Archive

Copyright © 1995-2021 The Jalopy Journal: Steal our stuff, we'll kick your teeth in. Terms of Service. Privacy Policy.

Atomic Industry
Forum software by XenForo™ ©2010-2014 XenForo Ltd.