Val Peyton, 1929 model a ford in spite of a broken hip he received in auto accident manages to work on car with crutches. Hot rods, Pomona, 1952
Santa Fe Springs southeast of Los Angeles, had several independent refineries in the 20's through the 70's Pics of a couple of fires and Russell petroleum crew...
You're a funny guy, Doug! (Funny? Funny how? I make you laugh? I amuse you?) I'm thinking you posted some of those Gardena shots before.
They're off as starter J.C. Agajanian waves off the first of 29 cars entered in the 1958 Mobilgas Economy Run, headed for Galveston, Texas. George Alsbury is driving the Chrysler New Yorker.
My family used to take our cars to Lou's Garage, we had one of their free loan cars one time, a four door, my dad went around a corner and the rear door came open, scary s**t when your a little kid, remember no seat belts back then...
Great shots of Gardena, Mazooma I think we sat in the front straight away mostly, guess thats why I don't remember seeing you...LOL
I think this photo may be taken in front of or very near the Rough Draft Studio, where I worked for a while. What a great thread! Great story by the way.
Low car law, 1959. Bob Blair illustrati<WBR>ng 1 inch clearance for low cars Bob Blair illustrati<WBR>ng 1 inch clearance for low cars".
OK, but it is still history of LA. Part of the charm, you gotta admit, is the lack of foreign cars. This journey has been 100% Americana! Imported car show, 1958
No, I've never seen them before...all from angles that are new to me...that one shot shows the auction building just off of Turn 1...geez, I forgot about that. We used to have to walk through that building to get to the track and they were selling stuff that was just junk...quite an experience for a kid...walk through an auction where everyone was yelling and then sit and watch guys crash almost brand new cars....ah, heaven...such fun!
Hot Rod awards, 11 June 1958. Wally Parks (President of Hot Rod Associatio<WBR>n); Frank C. Meunier (Advertisi<WBR>ng manager of Petroleum Corporatio<WBR>n) presented with award; Russell E. Fuson (Californi<WBR>a Highway Patrol) presented with award.
Hot rod jamboree at Hamilton High School, 1951 HOLLYWOODGRAHAM posted a pic from this same event earlier.
Check out the hotrod model on the shelf. Pasadena boy on leave from Navy works with electronic<WBR>s, 02 May 1952
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