Register now to get rid of these ads!

History Hot Rod Delinquents from the Juvenile Farm!

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Bruce Lancaster, Jun 27, 2013.

  1. Bruce Lancaster
    Joined: Oct 9, 2001
    Posts: 21,681

    Bruce Lancaster
    Member Emeritus

    Shorpy.com presented this picture today:

    http://www.shorpy.com/node/15527#comments

    Shorpy is an inexhaustible source of early photos, including MANY of depression era filling stations and Model A's full of Okies headed for California...
     
  2. Gene Boul
    Joined: Feb 9, 2006
    Posts: 805

    Gene Boul

    I like it. More please! g
     
  3. Nick Flores
    Joined: Aug 13, 2009
    Posts: 1,357

    Nick Flores
    Member

    That cop must really be putting the fear in those boys to make 'em hold each others hand like that!
     
  4. 3wLarry
    Joined: Mar 11, 2005
    Posts: 12,804

    3wLarry
    Member Emeritus
    from Owasso, Ok

    Smile when you say Okies, pahdnuh...
     
    kidcampbell71 likes this.

  5. Thanks Bruce,,interesting photo,,looks like the front of the frame has a pretty good kick up. HRP
     
  6. John B
    Joined: Mar 9, 2001
    Posts: 1,433

    John B
    Member

    It was good enough for Rock Hudson
     
  7. Dang it, Bruce. I'm a sucker for vintage pictures! Thanks for contributing to my addiction.
     
  8. Bruce Lancaster
    Joined: Oct 9, 2001
    Posts: 21,681

    Bruce Lancaster
    Member Emeritus

  9. 3wLarry
    Joined: Mar 11, 2005
    Posts: 12,804

    3wLarry
    Member Emeritus
    from Owasso, Ok

  10. Bruce Lancaster
    Joined: Oct 9, 2001
    Posts: 21,681

    Bruce Lancaster
    Member Emeritus

    After working at Consolidated in San Diego from 1939-45, they repainted the heap, moved north a bit, and founded the LA Roadsters! :)
     
  11. Bruce Lancaster
    Joined: Oct 9, 2001
    Posts: 21,681

    Bruce Lancaster
    Member Emeritus

  12. GARY?
    Joined: Aug 15, 2005
    Posts: 1,631

    GARY?
    Member

    Quite a bit of chrome on the roadster, looks like the wires on the back too. Wold love to see more pics of the cars.
     
  13. landseaandair
    Joined: Feb 23, 2009
    Posts: 4,485

    landseaandair
    Member
    from phoenix

    Neat pic, wonder if it's an earlier version of this car?

    S&E 075 (800x600).jpg

    Also, Kenny's Drugs was on 1926 Westward blvd, but I still can't figure out where Westward blvd was. Must have been a surface street that doubled as a highway back when.
     
  14. 60'coupe
    Joined: Dec 21, 2006
    Posts: 874

    60'coupe
    Member

    I pick a Shorpy B/W photo everyday for my background !
    Thanks
     
  15. Those hoods have a very nice roadster there.
     
  16. tfeverfred
    Joined: Nov 11, 2006
    Posts: 15,791

    tfeverfred
    Member Emeritus

    Attached Files:

  17. Bruce Lancaster
    Joined: Oct 9, 2001
    Posts: 21,681

    Bruce Lancaster
    Member Emeritus

    Yes...but as the comments on Shorpy point out, that thing is an unstreetable race car, and it sure wasn't built on a teenage hoodlum budget. And the lounging hoodlums look a bit old for the Juvenile Farm, though this may be a meeting of the Alumni Association.
    It does very strongly resemble the Sefton roadster above...blasted pictures both manage to block view of distinctive details that might have survived years of modifications.
    Does the guy in the T-shirt look like Sefton to you?? I am not good on faces, but I think I see a resemblance.
     
  18. landseaandair
    Joined: Feb 23, 2009
    Posts: 4,485

    landseaandair
    Member
    from phoenix

    Kinda does.
    SHORPY_03686u_preview.jpg S&E 075 (800x600).jpg

    Think I was wrong about the address though. The one I had is from 1960 and if you look close at the Shorpy pic, the window seems to read "newer? location, 19? Ave and Buckeye Rd". After a little detective work it seems highway 80 and Westward Blvd through Phoenix were one in the same and 80 used Buckeye for a stretch.

    Sorry, I obsess about details sometimes.
     
  19. Cheers Bruce, these pics are so cool. JW :)
     
  20. need louvers ?
    Joined: Nov 20, 2008
    Posts: 12,903

    need louvers ?
    Member

    I have seen Westward both billed as Grand and Buckeye. Buckeye road is what first came to mind when I saw this picture just because of the narrowness of the road in the picture and the hotels. Even when I was a kid in the early seventies, you still had to go out Buckeye to get out to I-10 and it was a the major Westward corridor.
     
  21. Bruce Lancaster
    Joined: Oct 9, 2001
    Posts: 21,681

    Bruce Lancaster
    Member Emeritus

  22. fridaynitedrags
    Joined: Apr 17, 2009
    Posts: 402

    fridaynitedrags
    Member

    That's how AIDS got to Hollywood, it was smuggled in in the ass end of an old Hudson.
     

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.